Dear Parents and Carers
This year our school will be supporting Children in Need by taking part in ‘The Big Spotacular’ on Friday 16th November. (Nursery children- in addition to the above date, there will also be a Children in Need day on Monday 19th November)
Children will not need to wear school uniform on this day; they can dress in anything spotty. A suggested donation of £1.00 would be gratefully received.
We look forward to seeing you all wearing your spots.
We also have Pudsey Ears available at a cost of £2.50 and Pudsey Pin Badges at £1.00 each. These are now on sale from our school office. Please take a look at the pictures below to view the items we have for sale.
Thankyou for your support.
The school lunch theme for this term is Bonfire Celebration. This will take place on Monday 5th November.
Please take a look at the menu for this day.
Thank you
Poppies are now available from our school office and donations are greatly received.
We also have some other items available that come in a lovely poppy design:
Friendship Bracelet £1.00
Slap Rulers £1.00
Poppy Reflectors 50p
Sharpener 50p
Ruler £1.00
Eraser 50p
Pencil 50p
Thankyou
We have written our new 'Home School Agreement' for this year. In this it sets our expectations for the school, children and carers. Please read this on the school website, Piota app or on Class Dojo. Your child will be asked to sign a copy of this. We will ask you as carers to sign a copy at the parent consultation meetings next week.
Many thanks
Anna Cvijetic
(to view the Home School Agreement, please click on the Letters tab under News and Events)
Packed Lunches
The Get Ahead Partnership visited our school and understood how healthy our children's packed lunches were. We were really surprised by the results and thought we would share these with you:
However
A staggering 43% of children brought 2 or more sugary treats to eat in their packed lunch.
Only 22% of children brought wholemeal bread.
73% of children brought a packet of crisps to school.
Just 23% of children brought water to drink in their packed lunch.
72% of children did not bring any vegetables in their packed lunch.
From seeing this data, we would really like your support in trying to improve our packed lunches and this is why we would like to hold a Let's Get Healthy Cafe'.
What will the Let’s Get Healthy Café involve?
Children and their parents or guardians will be given ideas of healthy items they could include within a packed lunch. Alongside this, we will be offering a small amount of these healthy packed lunch foods for you to try.
Please see the poster below for details about our next parent workshop.
Thank you
On Friday 19th October we will be celebrating Harvest Festival in school. Our Year 6 children will be leading an assembly for the infant and junior children.
Like previous years we will be collecting non-perishable foods (tins, packets, pasta, rice etc) for the Scunthorpe Food Bank who support families in our area. Your donations will be gratefully received.
Please kindly send any donations to the school with your child between now and the Harvest Festival.
Thank you for your support.
Three North Lincolnshire Councillors were put in the hot seat by Year 6 pupils as they visited Berkeley Primary School in Scunthorpe.
Leader of the council, Cllr Rob Waltham, Cllr David Rose and Cllr Helen Rowson took questions on the workings of the council, what the role of a councillor is and about council tax!
The visit was to help the pupils understand the democratic process in North Lincolnshire and the UK.
Cllr Rob Waltham, the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, explained what being the leader of the council meant, what councillors do, and what his favourite parts of his job are. As cabinet member for Children, Families, Learning and Leisure,
Cllr David Rose explained how he was responsible for all the schools in North Lincolnshire and what he does to help them be the best schools they can be. Cllr Helen Rowson explained the role of ward councillor, and her responsibilities as lead member for farming.
Headteacher, Anna Cvijetic, said “It’s important that the pupils learn about our democratic society, and understand how decisions are made locally.”
“It won’t be too long before they’re at the polling stations themselves and they need to know how they can decide how our area is run.”
“I’m really thankful to the councillors for coming in and taking the time to answer questions from our Year 6s.”
Cllr Rob Waltham, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said:
“We were thrilled to visit Berkeley Primary School to help the children learn about the democratic process. They weren’t shy with their questions and we talked about everything from how North Lincolnshire Council started back in 1996, to the new play areas at Normanby Hall Country Park and the future of Civic Centre.”
“I hope that by letting the school children ask questions of their local councillors from a young age – and see that we’re real people doing jobs just like their mums and dads – they’ll continue to engage with local democracy when they’re older and it will encourage them to get involved in making decisions that affect our communities.”
At the question time session at the school, one pupil asked Cllr Waltham, “What does your average day look like?”
“I wanted the children to see the wide range of what we do as a council, and all the people we as elected members work with to secure the best deal for them, their school, and their families at home. I don’t think they’d believe all the things we have to fit into the day if they saw my diary though!” continued Cllr Waltham.