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Learning about compassion and people seeking sanctuary

Fri 26 May 2023 Iryna Fowles

Year 2 Beech have been very busy for the last few weeks learning about compassion and people seeking sanctuary. We have read four fantastic books and completed various activities for each of them (see photos attached).

The books and our completed work were shared with other classes who are very keen to create some artwork as well.

Workers Memorial Service- Letter of thanks from Cllr Gosling

Wed 17 May 2023

We are extremely proud of our Year 5 children who performed at the North Lincolnshire Workers Memorial Service.

Please see the letter of thanks below from Cllr Gosling.

King Charles IIII Coronation celebrations

Fri 05 May 2023 Anna Cvijetic

We had a lovely day celebrating King Charles III's Coronation. We did lots of activities in class, had a great picnic lunch with delicious buns and got together to sing the National Anthem.

Confirmed amendment from September 2023 to Berkeley Primary School’s opening times

Wed 03 May 2023 Anna Cvijetic

Many thanks for your responses to our consultation regarding the extending of our school day to ensure we meet the 32.5 hours provision. Parent and staff feedback was in agreement and the Governors have now ratified the change to the hours as was proposed.

Therefore from the start of the 2023/24 academic year (Tuesday 5th September 2023), our school day will start at 8:45am and close at 3:15pm. The gates and school doors will open at 8:40am for the children to start making their way into the building and will close at 8.50am (after this time you will need to bring your child into the main office and register them with the office staff).

Breakfast Club hours will change slightly, and will begin five minutes earlier at 7.40am until the start of the school day.

King's Coronation Celebrations

Fri 28 Apr 2023

We will be celebrating the King’s Coronation here in school on:

Wednesday 3^rd May for Nursery children.

Friday 5^th May for children in Reception to Year 6.

Children are invited to dress in red, white and blue/ non-uniform on this day. They will be taking part in lots of Coronation themed activities and singing the National Anthem during the day too.

The school lunch on Friday 5th May will be a party themed lunch. If you would like your child to have this lunch, then please select this the normal way via ParentPay. Please note, this will be the only school lunch option on this day so children will need to bring a packed lunch if they do not want the party lunch.

(All Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 children will be having the party lunch)

Party Lunch Menu:

Sandwiches- Tuna, ham or cucumber & cream cheese

Sides- Mini pastry rolls, potato wedges, garlic dough balls and carrot & cucumber batons

Desert- Vanilla ice cream

After School Clubs Summer Term 2023

Fri 21 Apr 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have been organising our extra curricular activities for this term. We are offering a variety of enrichment activities for the children, trying to cater for a range of interests and age groups. I am sure that you will join me in thanking our great team for giving up their own time to volunteer to run these clubs for our children. The list of clubs available this term are on the reverse of this letter.

If your child would like to join a club then please log on to your ParentPay account where the clubs available for this term will be listed for you to select. To make this process fair you MUST ONLY select ONE club for your child. If you select more than one your child will be cancelled from all clubs selected.

Booking opens from Tuesday 25th April at 4.00pm where you will then be able to view and book your child onto a club. As there are limited places at each club, places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If a club is full then the ParentPay system will not let you book onto a club. If you have yet to use ParentPay and need your login details, then please call in at the school office.

All clubs will start from Tuesday 2^nd May apart from the Wellbeing Club, which will start from Tuesday 9^th May due to the Strike Day and the Art Club, which will start from Monday 15^th May due to the Bank Holidays. All clubs will run until Friday 30^th June.

Gooch Judo will continue their sessions on a Wednesday in the Junior Hall. There is a £3 charge for this per week, £24.00 for the full term. Payment for the full term must be made via ParentPay at the point of booking. Please note, once payment is made, this is non-refundable so should your child be absent from school or no longer wants to go to the club, we are unable to refund this back.

Once a child has signed up for a session, we do ask that children stay committed to their activity for a term and attend each week. If for any reason they are not able to attend, please can you ensure that the activity leader is made aware.

As always, Infant children will need to be collected at the end of their after school activity. We recommend that Junior children are also picked up from their activity, but this is parental choice. Please indicate whether your Junior child will be collected or allowed to walk home on the ParentPay system when booking onto a club. Please ensure you are punctual when collecting your child at the end of the club. Should you be late on more than one occasion then your child will unfortunately not be able to attend the club.

CLUB	YEAR	DAY AND TIME	WHO
Art	Y5/6	Monday 3.15-4.15pm	Mrs Cvijetic
Wellbeing	Y1/2/3/4/5/6	Tuesday 3.15-4.15pm	Miss Marshall
Tag Rugby	Y5/6	Tuesday 3.15-4.15pm	Mr Fell, Mr Leek & Mr Spencer
Rounders	Y3/4	Wednesday 3.15-4.15pm	Mr Jones
Judo	Y1/2/3/4/5/6	Wednesday 3.15-4.30pm	Gooch Judo £24.00 for the Summer Term
Football	Y3	Thursday 3.15-4.15pm	Mr Jones
Comic Book *Lunchtime club	Y6	Thursday 12.00-12.30pm	Mrs Marsh
Maths Booster *Invitees only	Y2	Friday 3.15-4.00pm	Mrs Fowles

EID Celebration in school- Monday 24th April

Tue 18 Apr 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

Eid Mubarak to everyone!

Eid is an extremely special celebration for Muslims as it marks the end of Ramadan and is known as the "Festival of breaking fast." It’s a joyful time spent with family and friends, celebrating Eid with the people you love, eating a lot of food (mainly desserts), and thanking God for all of the love and strength Muslims have been given. On this day, many people sit down to a feast with family and friends, wearing their best attire, and donate money before going to the mosque. For many children, this is a celebration to look forward to; many are spoiled with new clothes, treats, gifts, and money. We hope you have a lovely Eid!

We will celebrate EID in school on Monday 24^th April.

Each class will have a party in the afternoon on this day. We would like children to come to school in their special clothes/ party clothes and wear them all day.

We would appreciate you helping with food for the parties. The children will be having a normal school dinner, but some treats for the parties would still be appreciated. Please could you send the treats in with your child on this day and they will be distributed for the children to share. We request that you make sure there are no nuts, strawberries or bananas in anything to ensure children with allergies are safe. School will provide drinks, cups and plates.

Thank you for your continued support and we hope the children enjoy celebrating this occasion.

School hours changing- Proposed amendment

Tue 18 Apr 2023

18th April 2023
Dear Parents and Carers,

Proposed amendment from September 2023
to Berkeley Primary School’s opening times

The Government's 2022 white paper laid out plans for all mainstream state-funded schools, such as ours, to provide a 32.5 hour week, or 6.5 hour days, by September 2023. Currently, we are short of this target by 15 mins. Therefore to meet the new requirements, we need to extend the school day.

Following consultation with our Berkeley Primary School Governing Body, we propose from the start of the 2023/24 academic year (Tuesday 5th September 2023), our school day will start at 8:45am and close at 3:15pm. This will bring us in-line with the new 6.5 hour day. The gates and school doors will open at 8:40am for the children to start making their way into the building and will close at 8.50am (after this time you will need to bring your child into the main office and register them with the office staff).

These times were chosen after much discussion, we considered: - the start and finish times of our local primary school St. Augustine Webster (they start at 9:00am and finish at 3.30pm) to avoid congestion on local roads by starting / finishing at different times. - that due to the soft start we already have (opening gates at 8:45), we feel this change would not impact parents and children much as the majority of children come into school at 8:45 currently.

We appreciate this may impact you in terms of childcare or working arrangements and therefore we would welcome any feedback you may have. If you require any further information or have any questions, comments or suggestions please email me at: head.berkeleyprimary@northlincs.gov.uk by 28th April 2023.

Best wishes
Anna Cvijetic
Headteacher

Inspire Afternoons Summer Term 2023

Fri 31 Mar 2023

Dear Year 1 to 6 Parents and Carers,

We are delighted with the feedback from our Inspire afternoons. The feedback shows that you have enjoyed them and feel like you know more about how we teach and our curriculum - brilliant!

We have planned the dates for the Summer term, see the attachment for the dates for your children's classes. The sessions will take place in the infant school hall (Y1,Y2, 4 Oak & 4 Holly) and junior school hall (Y3,4 Beech, Y5 and Y6).

If you are not available to join your child, a grandparent, aunt, close family friend, etc, could attend. It would be great if every child had an adult with them. To enable us to ensure children are safeguarded, all children will be closely supervised by the staff and the adults will only be allowed in the hall and to use the toilets.

The afternoons will begin at 1.40pm, finishing about 3.00pm to give enough time for the teacher to take the children back to class and round off the day for 3.15pm (children cannot be taken home early at 3.00pm). It is essential the adults arrive by 1.40pm otherwise it will be very disruptive to the lesson.

When it is your child’s Inspire Afternoon please go to the main entrance of the infants or juniors.

Infant Hall

When – 13:40-15:00	Teacher	Class
Thursday 27^th April 2023	Mrs Jones	Y2 Oak
Thursday 4^th May 2023	Mrs Bielby & Mrs Fowles	Y2 Beech
Thursday 18^th May 2023	Mr Dalgleish	Y2 Holly
Thursday 25^th May 2023	Mr Spencer	Y4 Oak
Thursday 8^th June 2023	Miss Sultana	Y4 Holly
Thursday 22^nd June 2023	Mrs Elsagood	Y1 Oak
Thursday 29^th June 2023	Miss Marshall	Y1 Holly
Thursday 6^th July 2023	Miss King & Mrs Suddaby	Y1 Beech

Junior Hall

When – 13:40-15:00	Teacher	Class
Tuesday 25^th April 2023	Mr Goodall	Y3 Oak
Tuesday 2^nd May 2023	Mrs Nunes	Y3 Holly
Tuesday 16^th May 2023	Mr Leek	Y3 Beech
Tuesday 23^rd May 2023	Mrs Harling	Y5 Oak
Tuesday 6^th June 2023	Mrs Grinhaff	Y5 Holly
Tuesday 13^th June 2023	Mr Newsome	Y5 Beech
Tuesday 20^th June 2023	Mrs Humphrey & Miss Woods	Y4 Beech
Tuesday 27^th June 2023	Mrs Marsh	Y6 Oak
Tuesday 4^th July 2023	Mr Fell	Y6 Holly
Tuesday 11^th July 2023	Mrs Burnett	Y6 Beech

Comic Relief 2023- Thank you!

Tue 21 Mar 2023

Thank you to everyone who supported our 'Wear Red Day' for Comic Relief.

An amazing £398.70 was raised.

Thank you!

Infant Hall

Junior Hall

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