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Bolnore Village Primary School Updown Hill, Bolnore Village, RH16 4GD [email protected] www.bolnorevillage.w-sussex.sch.uk Volume 15, Issue 147, 20 March 2015 – Residential hedgehogs Bolnore Village Residential School FACT OR FICTION? Drop bears live in the forest at Hindleap Warren. Have you heard? The word ‘eclipse’ was first used in the 13 th Century. And… Oliver Knowelden has been awarded his pen licence. Woohoo! BVPS Tel : 01444 456715 ‘It takes a village to not look at an eclipse.’ Mr Sear Mr Sear Mr Sear Mr Sears’ App of the Week s’ App of the Week s’ App of the Week s’ App of the Week This week: Solar Walk Solar Walk serves up a visually impressive 3D model of our solar system. Set against a haunting, atmospheric soundscape, the app shows planets and satellites in their correct positions, and offers mini movies and facts. This jaw- dropping app provides a wholly interactive 3D model of our solar system, one that’s had me hooked for days. It’s the kind of thing you can imagine a science teacher using in the classroom of the future — except that we don’t have to wait. Perfect to lead on from the eclipse! Apple: Yes Android: Yes Cost: £ Free ON THE HORIZON • Tuesday 24 March – Year 5 have earned themselves a Mrs Allen ‘Fabulous Behaviour’ Treat – Pyjama Day! Well done! • Wednesday 25 March – Governors are in the playground to hear your views. 9.15 am Spring Bonnet Parade in the Hall (or outside if fine) for Reception. Year 6 Has Talent – pm. KS2 girls’ football tournament @ Lindfield - pm • Thursday 26 March – Teddy Bears’ Picnic for Reception – pm. Easter Magic Assembly. FoBVPS Cake Sale – we’d love donations from Year 5 and 6 please. Y5 and Y6 boys’ football tournament @ Oathall - pm • Friday 27 March – Mid-year English and Maths Achievement, Progress and Target Setting Reports out to Parents. Junior and Infant Choir Performance open to parents at 2.45 pm. Year 5 – Knights of the Round Table fabulous finish. Last day of term. • Summer Term starts: Monday 13 April 2015. Half term is Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May. INSETs: 1/06 and 22/7 • Year 4 Residential: Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May • Year 6 SATs week: Monday 11 May to Thursday 14 May • Class & Whole School Photo: Friday 15 May • Year 5 Residential: Monday 15 June and Tuesday 16 June – letter out shortly. (It will involve sleeping bags and fried eggs!) QUICK READS • Summer Term Clubs letter out early next week. Please read the accompanying letter carefully as there are some changes to arrangements. Thank you. • Active Kids Vouchers – We’re collecting – thanks! • Year 6 School Leavers’ Song – Warning: you’ll need tissues. Mrs Allen heard it today. Still recovering. • 6 baby guinea pigs in school today! Thank you Mrs Budgen! • Cricket/Athletic Trials completed – info out soon. I like school because you get to learn new things every day. Christian, Year 2 Moonshot Twitter: @bvpsmoonshot @bvpsmoonshot @bvpsmoonshot @bvpsmoonshot Moonshot Question What else could get in the way of the sun to cause an eclipse? ECLIPSED! Did you know that the next partial eclipse in Britain is not until 12 August 2026 and the next total eclipse in will be in September 2090? This week we have been getting excited about the eclipse! We have watched videos of the solar eclipse from around the world, modelled how the eclipse happens by using footballs, tennis balls, inflatables and balloons and explained the science behind it. Milo, in Year 1, was even heard explaining it to the adults at the disco! Oak Class took the opportunity to take the drums out on to the balcony and drum to the sun in a very spiritual way. Pity it was so cloudy! HEDGEHOG RIGHTS OF WAY The number of hedgehogs in Britain has dropped drastically. Their habitat is being taken up by housing developments (like Bolnore) and they can’t roam freely to find food anymore. If you do one thing this weekend, let it be cutting a hedgehog shaped hole in the fence so they can get through. Thanks from the hedgehogs! Miss Baldwin, our SMSCD co- ordinator took an assembly to show the children just how much of their learning is linked with spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Certificates were given to children who had demonstrated an appreciation of these key areas of learning. Can you name two things we do for each area? ROBOT WORKSHOP On Wednesday, children in Year 3 and 4 were visited by a group called Robogals from the University of Sussex. They aim to encourage girls to become interested in the field of Technology and Science. Robogals brought a selection of Lego robots for the children to use. In the first activity the children had to direct the robots around a series of obstacles in order to collect the treasure. The second activity required the children to programme the robots to follow the tape they had laid out on the floor. The robots used light and sound sensors to prevent them from hitting objects. The children used their knowledge of direction, angles and position to help them move the robots effectively. Year 6 had an amazing trip away to Hindleap Warren. Activities included: archery, problem solving, camp fire, Forest Adventures (mud!), rock climbing, swimming, bed making, taking on the Tunnels, marshmallows with hot chocolate, trying the ‘Leap of Faith’, rock climbing and of course, eating. Thank you to the fabulous instructors at Hindleap Warren and to the most important person of all, Johnny the Chef! Thank to Miss Waters, Mr Sears and the TA team for making it all happen. Everyone came back very tired and just a bit muddy. GRUFFALO DRAMATICS Barrie’s Year 3 and 4 Drama group entertained the Reception Classes with their performance of ‘The Gruffalo’. Such was the enjoyment by Reception that the play was repeated and the stage was flooded with owls, foxes and snakes and a few extra mice and Gruffalos. Well done to the Players and thank you to Barrie! KS1 celebrated the end of their very successful gardening topic today. Everyone came in dressed for the garden. What can you spot? The children talked about who they had come as, imagined their own garden and designed seed packets.
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Bolnore Village Primary School Updown Hill, Bolnore Village, RH16 4GD
www.bolnorevillage.w-sussex.sch.uk
Volume 15, Issue 147, 20 March 2015 – Residential hedgehogs
Bolnore Village Residential School
FACT OR FICTION? Drop bears live in the forest at Hindleap Warren.
Have yo
u heard
? The w
ord ‘eclipse’ was first used in the 13
th Century. A
nd… Oliver K
nowelden has been aw
arded his pen licence. Woohoo!
BVPS Tel : 01444 456715
‘It takes a village to not look at an eclipse.’
Mr SearMr SearMr SearMr Sears’ App of the Weeks’ App of the Weeks’ App of the Weeks’ App of the Week This week: Solar Walk Solar Walk serves up a visually impressive 3D model of our solar system. Set against a haunting, atmospheric soundscape, the app shows planets and satellites in their correct positions, and offers mini movies and facts. This jaw-dropping app provides a wholly interactive 3D model of our solar system, one that’s had me hooked for days. It’s the kind of thing you can imagine a science teacher using in the classroom of the future — except that we don’t have to wait. Perfect to lead on from the eclipse!
Apple: Yes
Android: Yes
Cost: £ Free
ON THE HORIZON
• Tuesday 24 March – Year 5 have earned themselves a Mrs Allen ‘Fabulous Behaviour’ Treat – Pyjama Day! Well done!
• Wednesday 25 March – Governors are in the playground to hear your views. 9.15 am Spring Bonnet Parade in the Hall (or outside if fine) for Reception. Year 6 Has Talent – pm. KS2 girls’ football tournament @ Lindfield - pm
• Thursday 26 March – Teddy Bears’ Picnic for Reception – pm. Easter Magic Assembly. FoBVPS Cake Sale – we’d love donations from Year 5 and 6 please. Y5 and Y6 boys’ football tournament @ Oathall - pm
• Friday 27 March – Mid-year English and Maths Achievement, Progress and Target Setting Reports out to Parents. Junior and Infant Choir Performance open to parents at 2.45 pm. Year 5 – Knights of the Round Table fabulous finish. Last day of term.
• Summer Term starts: Monday 13 April 2015. Half term is Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May. INSETs: 1/06 and 22/7
• Year 4 Residential: Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May
• Year 6 SATs week: Monday 11 May to Thursday 14 May
• Class & Whole School Photo: Friday 15 May
• Year 5 Residential: Monday 15 June and Tuesday 16 June – letter out shortly. (It will involve sleeping bags and fried eggs!)
QUICK READS
• Summer Term Clubs letter out early next week. Please read the accompanying letter carefully as there are some changes to arrangements. Thank you.
• Active Kids Vouchers – We’re collecting – thanks!
• Year 6 School Leavers’ Song – Warning: you’ll need tissues. Mrs Allen heard it today. Still recovering.
• 6 baby guinea pigs in school today! Thank you Mrs Budgen!
• Cricket/Athletic Trials completed – info out soon.
I like school because you get to learn new things every day.
Christian, Year 2
Moonshot Twitter: @bvpsmoonshot@bvpsmoonshot@bvpsmoonshot@bvpsmoonshot
Moonshot Question What else could get in the way of the
sun to cause an eclipse?
ECLIPSED! Did you know that the next partial eclipse in Britain is not until 12 August 2026 and the next total eclipse in will be in September
2090?
This week we have been getting excited about the eclipse!
We have watched videos of the solar eclipse from around the world, modelled how the eclipse happens by using footballs, tennis balls, inflatables and
balloons and explained the science behind it. Milo, in Year 1, was even heard explaining it to the adults at the disco!
Oak Class took the opportunity to take the drums out on to the balcony and drum to the sun in a very spiritual way. Pity it was
so cloudy!
HEDGEHOG RIGHTS OF WAY
The number of hedgehogs in Britain has dropped drastically. Their habitat is being taken up by housing developments (like Bolnore) and they can’t roam freely to find food anymore. If you do one thing this weekend, let it be cutting a hedgehog
shaped hole in the fence so they can get through. Thanks from
the hedgehogs!
Miss Baldwin, our SMSCD co-ordinator took an assembly to show the children just how much of their learning is linked with spiritual, moral, social and cultural
development. Certificates were given to children who had demonstrated an appreciation of these key areas of learning. Can you name two things we do for
each area?
ROBOT WORKSHOP
On Wednesday, children in Year 3 and 4 were visited by a group called Robogals from the University of Sussex. They aim to encourage girls to become interested in the field of Technology and Science. Robogals brought a selection of Lego robots for the children to use. In the first activity the children had to direct the robots around a series of obstacles in order to collect the
treasure. The second activity required the children to programme the robots to follow the tape they had laid out on the floor. The robots used light and sound sensors to prevent them from hitting objects. The children used their knowledge of direction, angles
and position to help them move the robots effectively.
Year 6 had an amazing trip away to Hindleap Warren. Activities included: archery, problem solving, camp fire, Forest Adventures (mud!), rock climbing, swimming, bed
making, taking on the Tunnels, marshmallows with hot
chocolate, trying the ‘Leap of Faith’, rock climbing and of
course, eating. Thank you to the fabulous instructors at Hindleap Warren and to the most
important person of all, Johnny the Chef! Thank to Miss Waters, Mr Sears and the TA team for making it all happen. Everyone came back very tired and just a
bit muddy.
GRUFFALO DRAMATICS Barrie’s Year 3 and 4 Drama group entertained the Reception Classes with their performance of ‘The Gruffalo’. Such was the enjoyment by Reception that the play was repeated and the
stage was flooded with owls, foxes and snakes and a few extra mice and
Gruffalos. Well done to the Players and thank you to Barrie!
KS1 celebrated the end of their very successful gardening topic today. Everyone came in dressed for the garden. What can you spot? The children talked about who they had come as, imagined their own garden and designed seed packets.
