Bishop Bronnescombe

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Inset Day 2
Friday, 03 September 2010

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Monday, 06 September 2010

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Wednesday, 08 September 2010

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Bishop Bronescombe - News Blog Page

Summer Holidays

22 July by Nicola Gordon

Another academic year is nearly over, although it seems hard to believe. I have been fortunate to share the time with the current Year 6 since their Reception days, I came to start my Headship here at Bishop Bronescombe when this group of children were starting their learning journey in Reception. The school has moved on considerably since that point and I am pleased to say that on our regular school improvement visits, which we have once a term we have been graded ‘outstanding’ for the last couple of years. I will continue to work hard for the children of Bishop Bronescombe School and after a rest and hopefully some sunshine will return in September for another productive academic year. I wish all the children in Year 6 all the best for the future. Mr Massey

Welcome Back

14 June by Nicola Gordon

Welcome back to the second part of the Summer Term! I hope you all had a good break and are raring to go - we have lots planned! This will be the last half term that our Year 6 children will be with us and I hope that this time proves to be memorable with the events we have planned. We will be welcoming 40 new children in to Reception in September and we are busy preparing for their arrival. The Year 5 gifted and talented sessions being run by Callington Space Centre are due to start this week, as well as a trip to the Minack Theatre and Hazard Alley. We will endeavour to keep children and parents informed, however with such a busy half term ahead, please do not hesitate to contact the school reception if you are unsure or require any further information.

Half Term Holiday

28 May by Nicola Gordon

I hope that the good weather continues for the half term holiday. A reminder that school will be closed for 2 weeks as our INSET days are following the half term holiday. The first day back to school will be Monday 14th June 2010. I look forward to seeing the children then and enjoying lots of summer, fun activities in the next half term. Thank you to the parents who have shown the school support over the last half term with help at school events, trips and helping in class, it is much appreciated. Mr Massey.

Does your child want to join a club but you don't know where to look?

12 May by Hannah Ward

The Cornwall Family Information Service have a comprehensive list of clubs on offer across the county, from Brownies to badminton, Scouts to swimming. There are contact details and even club website links all accessed from the main site.

The FIS website also has information on holiday clubs for your child to attend. Just click on the 'Family Information Service' link on our useful links page and have a browse through.

Mr Gynn's Marathon Run	30 April by Nicola Gordon
Congratulations to Mr Gynn for completing the marathon last Sunday! Mr Gynn completed the run in 4hours 50 minutes, which is a great time for 26 miles! Thank you to all the children and parents who contributed last Friday to the Precious Lives Appeal, the school raised £245. We hope Mr Gynn is in training already for next year!

Science week blasts off at BB!

22 March by Katie Dalton

Science week has been launched into space today, with Foundation Stage and KS1 children enjoying a visit from Callington Space Centre. They've learned some fascinating facts about space, engineered some rockets of their own and even launched them from the BB launch site - if you saw any unidentified spaceships today,it may well have been one of them!
BB children spoke about their most amazing Science facts in assembly. Did you know..?
Pluto is such a small planet, scientists are investigating whether it can even be called a planet!
Plants need water, soil and sunlight to grow, but too much watering will make them rot and die!
You produce enough saliva in your lifetime to fill two swimming pools! - revolting, but true..
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets...is a mnemonic way of remembering the order of the planets from Mercury to Pluto....let's hope Pluto is still a planet!
Each glass of water you drink, may have already been drunk and recycled seven times before!
Mr Ellacott's fact: the air you breathe is made up of different molecules and some of the those molecules have been in the air for millions of years, so who knows who you may have shared a breath with!
....watch this space for more science week updates and check you child's class page for more information and photos.

Outdoor Learning

03 March by Adrian Massey

Classes 3,4 and 5 have been using the expertise of Helen Blackburn with Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants to have their learning sessions outside. The children (and Staff) have thoroughly enjoyed these sessions and we are grateful to Helen for coming along (fresh from Mount Kilimanjaro) to help us in this work.

Mor designs have been adding the completing touches to the 'Secret Garden' for us and we hope to have this project finished for Easter. The mosaic tlie pictures the children made have been added in today. Seating, willow weaving and sail canopies are all in the pipeline.

We will be reducing the height of the blue fence on the junior playground and backfilling with soil to provide a huge growing space for vegetables and flowers. We will have potato planters and tyres and awhole variety of growing plants. We may be looking for volunteers to help tend them during the holidays.

We need to continue to develop the outside areas in order that we can continue to enjoy the outside spaces we have to further the children in their learning journey........! Get the children out, away from screens and let them play!

Parent Consultations

24 February by Adrian Massey

Parents consultations will be held after school next week on either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday details of days and available appointment times are on each class door. We encourage all parents to attend as this is a valuable opportunity to discuss your child’s progress and their targets.

Should the available time slots not be suitable please contact the class teacher in person or send in a note, or contact Reception by ‘phone and we will be happy to arrange an alternative time.

The Spring Term is the ‘big push’ to hep to move your children on in their learning. It also gives us time to listen to your views on your child’s progress allowing enough time to affect change before they leave their current class. Please do make every effort to attend. The process is only going to be effective if we work in partnership with you. Many thanks. Mr. Massey.

Year 5 & 6 Half Term PDA Challenge

11 February by Hannah Ward

We have organised a half term PDA challenge that Year 5 & 6 children can complete over the half term holiday.

The first task will be to record their eating habits using Excel Mobile on a spreadsheet that they should already have on their handheld device. However, it can be downloaded from the 'Useful Links' section of this website should they need another copy. When the children return to school we can use the data in maths lessons to make graphs, find averages and discuss results.

The second task will be to make a sound recording about their half term break (something they have done, a film they have watched or a book that they have read). We would like this delivered in the form of a 'rap' or read out as a poem. We are hoping to share these recordings by placing them on the school website when they return to school.

To enable this all Year 5 and 6 children will be able to take their handheld device home free of charge. Those parents that normally pay will not need to pay for this week.

Please remember that the devices are fully insured and encourage your child to use it as just another 'learning' device the same as they would treat a book from the library. They are free to use all the other programmes (Sums Online, Word, Notes, GPS, Bluetooth, Media Player, Electronic Book Reader etc) that are available too.

Year 5 & 6 children will be given a help sheet reminding them of some of the key features of their PDA and how to do a sound recording, however a copy of this is also available from the 'Useful Links' page of this website.

New Look Website

10 January by Adrian Massey

It has been an unusual week but the work to make BB the School it is continues, even if we are not in the building! I am delighted that you will be reading this piece on our new look website. We are indebted to our Parent Governor, Glyn Buckland for helping us to turn our virtual wish list into a virtual reality! Glyn is always unfazed by our demands and has worked with Miss Ward (ICT technician), Mr Gynn (ICT Co-ordinator) and I to achieve this great new look. You will have access to all the usual favourites on the site with the class galleries, downloadable newsletter and our new feature – BB TV, where we will showcase the good work your children achieve. The whole purpose of the site is to enable you, our parents, extended families, visitors and other interested parties to catch a glimpse of the school day for your children. What better way than daily updated news from all 10 classes? We hope you enjoy the site, feedback is always welcome using the ‘contact us’ button. Please do let us know what you think. It takes an awful lot of work from all the TAs, Teachers, Secretaries and me to make this as good as it is so feedback to tell us it is all worth it helps to drive us on!