Newsletter 14 - Brunswick Primary School

ISSUE 14
18th December 2015
A Fantastic First Term
What a great first term it has been for us all here at Brunswick Primary. The two
schools have amalgamated smoothly and it has been good to hear so many positive
comments from parents and carers; your support has made the whole process so
much easier. The Autumn Term has been rounded off by some excellent Christmas
performances by each year group. The hard work and commitment of both the
children and the staff meant that they were really successful and signalled the start of
Christmas for us.
Brunswick Website:
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INFORMATION, INCLUDING
DATES FOR THE YEAR, PLEASE
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I need to say a big thank you to all of our children for their work this term, the school
www.brunswick.brightonhas a real buzz about it and visitors to the school always comment on how well
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behaved, hardworking and polite our children are. I am always incredibly proud to hear
feedback about our school. I would also like to thank our wonderful staff for their
commitment to ensuring that our children receive a great education, to the parents
and carers for your continued support and to our governors for their role in leading our
new school.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas break and a prosperous New Year.
We will see you safe and sound when the school reopens for the Spring Term on
Tuesday 5th January 2016.
Mr Collins
Goodbye and Good Luck
This term we are saying goodbye to Mr Baker who is leaving us to take up a post as a
Year 5 teacher at St Luke’s Primary School. During his six years with us he has been a
key person in Year 6, ensuring that the children in his care have been given the very
best education possible. He has also spent time as PE Subject Leader and more
recently as a member of the team developing writing across the school. He will be
missed and we wish him all the very best for the future. Eagle class will end their
educational journey at Brunswick with Danielle Butler who will be returning to us in
the New Year. She is very excited by this prospect as she knows the children very well
from her time in Year 5.
We are also saying a big thank you and fond farewell to Katie McAllister who is leaving
us after nearly 7 years as a teaching assistant with the Infants. The school has really
benefitted from Katie’s caring manner with the children and her very thorough and
professional approach in all she undertakes. Katie’s association with the school started
Reminders and
Requests:
Please could we politely
ask parents not to use
the school car park thank
you
Please could you let
afterschool clubs know
directly if your child will
not be attending a session.
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long before she joined us as a member of staff. As a parent, she worked tirelessly for
the Friends of the School Association and the whole community benefited from Katie’s
amazing cooking skills at many Christmas fairs! It is with great sadness that we say
goodbye, but we wish her all the very best as she returns to her original career in
nursing.
Welcome to Brunswick
Next term we will be welcoming James Coulter to the Year 3 team. He will be taking
over from Alison Colbran who has been appointed as Deputy Head Teacher for the last
two terms of this academic year. We are really pleased that she has stepped up into
this position during this very busy time in the school’s development and she will be a
great asset to our Senior Leadership Team. Ms Colbran will remain as Year 3 Leader
during this time to oversee the work taking place in the year group. James will be
working as a class teacher in Iguana class until the end of the academic year and we are
looking forward to him joining us.
We will also be welcoming two new teaching assistants to the Infants in the New Year.
Both Rhys Baylie and Donna Maloney will be joining our team.
Christmas Charity 2015
Thanks to your huge generosity our school raised a fantastic £595.00 for the
NSPCC. I know this will be greatly appreciated by the charity. Thank you so
much to everyone who contributed.
Side by Side Christmas Party
Thank you to everyone who came along to the party on Monday, a fabulous
time was had by all. We would welcome your feedback on this party to help
us with planning further events. Please contact Miss Willbridge or the school
office with you views.
Brunswick Website:
FOR A WEALTH OF SCHOOL
INFORMATION, INCLUDING
DATES FOR THE YEAR, PLEASE
LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE:
www.brunswick.brightonhove.sch.uk
We raised £383.50 to
spend on our
playground by wearing
Christmas jumpers and
silly hats for our
Christmas lunch.
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Class Awards
This week we are celebrating with…...
Zephy – Chameleon
Charlotte – Leopard
Cui Li - Iguana
Louie – Puma
Tova – Salamander
Daisy –Tiger
Alyia – Centaur
Finn - Falcon
Dominic - Unicorn
Whole class-Kestrel
Violet– Griffin
Elizabeth-Osprey
Daniel - Phoenix
Whole class - Eagle
Matilda – Owl
Brunswick Website:
FOR A WEALTH OF SCHOOL
INFORMATION, INCLUDING
DATES FOR THE YEAR, PLEASE
LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE:
www.brunswick.brightonhove.sch.uk
Unauthorised Holiday—
Penalty Notices
In line with Local Authority
recommendations, our
Governors have decided to
issue penalty notices to
parents/carers who choose
to take their children out of
school during term time.
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Brunswick Website:
Thank you to all the brilliant parents who attended the Baby Afternoon
in Reception on Monday; it was the perfect way to round off our All
About Me topic!
FOR A WEALTH OF SCHOOL
INFORMATION, INCLUDING
DATES FOR THE YEAR,
PLEASE LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE:
www.brunswick.brightonhove.sch.uk
.
Year One
In History we will be learning about toys past and present. In the first week back next
term please can the children bring in a favourite toy to share with the class — not
something that is precious and they can't sleep without!
On Thursday 7th January we will launch our new topic with a ‘Toy Day’. There will be
lots of fun learning and the children should come dressed as their favourite toy. During
the day we will undertake a DT challenge, for which we will need lots of reclaimed
materials: boxes, tubes, plastic tubs/trays, yoghurt pots, bottle tops, etc. – all clean
please!
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Attendance
KEY: Green = 97% attendance, Yellow 95—96.9% Orange = 90-94.9% attendance,
Red = 89.9% attendance and below
Class
Rabbit
Hamster
Duck
Fish
Lobster
Jellyfish
Seahorse
Starfish
Octopus
Dragonfly
Ladybird
Butterfly
Grasshopper
Iguana
Chameleon
Salamander
Gecko
Lizard
Leopard
Tiger
Jaguar
Puma
Phoenix
Unicorn
Griffin
Centaur
Osprey
Falcon
Eagle
Owl
Kestrel
Totals
30/11/2015 07/12/2015 14/12/2015
92.3
97.7
96.5
97.5
97.7
97
94.7
95.3
97.7
94.7
93
98
97.7
98.6
97.2
97.5
98.7
93.5
97.2
93.1
96.3
95.9
92.8
96.6
99
97.1
94.8
96.7
95
97.3
91.2
96.1
96
95.7
95.8
97.5
95
97.3
98
95.3
96
91.7
94
97.3
98.7
96.9
98.3
98.9
93.7
89.7
95.9
95
96.9
98.1
91.9
93.8
94.2
97.1
95.6
95.2
92.1
93.8
78
95
94.3
95
94.1
85.7
85
82.3
99.3
90.7
96.3
94.7
97.7
89.3
95.3
93.1
95.2
96.1
93.3
91
94.7
93.1
94.4
92.2
91.6
90
97.7
92.9
94.8
90
93.3
97.7
80
92.7
Brunswick Website:
FOR A WEALTH OF
SCHOOL INFORMATION,
INCLUDING DATES FOR
THE YEAR, PLEASE LOOK
ON OUR WEBSITE:
Unauthorised Holiday—
Penalty Notices
In line with Local Authority
recommendations, our
Governors have decided to
issue penalty notices to
parents/carers who choose
to take their children out of
school during term time.
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Whole School Dates
21 December - 4 January: Christmas holiday
22 February: Inset Day – School closed to children
6 June: Inset day – School closed to children
Infant Dates
Junior Dates
Reception Dates
Year 1 Dates
Year 2 Dates
11 February: Bear Day - children to
dress as bears
7 January: Toy Day – children to come
dressed as their favourite toy
15 January: Africa Day—children to
come dressed as the colours of the
Kenyan flag (red/green/black)
8 February: Termly Learning Conference-Ladybird & Dragonfly - 1.15 - 6.00
9 February: Termly Learning Conference-Ladybird & Dragonfly - 1.15 - 6.00
10 February: Termly Learning Conference-Grasshopper- 1.15 - 6.00
11 February:Termly Learning Conference-Grasshopper&Butterfly- 1.15 6.00
12 February:Termly Learning Conference-Butterfly-1.15-6.00
Year 3 Dates
Year 4 Dates
Year 5 Dates
10 February: 2.45 –3.15
Workshare: Vikings and
Dragons
Yours sincerely,
Shaun Collins
Headteacher
Year 6 Dates