28 Feb 2012

Year 2 China Day

Chinese Lion Mask
On Thursday 09 February, Year 2 held a special China Day.


The Day was part of a project on China.


The children were lucky enough to sample some Chinese food at school!

Key Stage 1 Karneval Parade

The Key Stage 1 Parade
On Rosenmontag, our Key Stage 1 children dressed in various costumes and paraded in our School Hall.


The children sang, and clapped along to, traditional German Karneval songs.


We thank Mrs. Durban for leading the Parade.

Pancake Day

Pancake Racing

Pancakes with jam

On Shrove Tuesday, our Foundation Stage 2 classes took part in Pancake Races. Afterwards, it was necessary to try out panckakes covered in jam!

27 Feb 2012

Key Stage 2 Clowns

KS 2 Clowns
On Rosenmontag, the local town of Rietburg kindly invited our Key Stage 2 children to take part in their Karneval Parade.


The theme of the parade was 'clowns'.

24 Feb 2012

Parents' Computer Workshops

Would you like to learn the computing skills that your children learn at school? Would you like to impress your children, by helping them with their computer homework?


Then you are in luck! We will be running four, basic computer workshops for parents, every Monday until the Easter holiday, beginning on Monday 05 March.


We will open our Computer Suite at 9am and the one hour workshops will start promptly at 9.30am. The workshops will cover Google's word processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications.

10 Feb 2012

Road Safety

This week, Mrs. Titley and Mr. Westmoreland delivered 2 assemblies about Road Safety. The topics included crossing roads safely, the Green Cross Code and ‘being seen to be safe’.


We have received a kind donation of children’s visibility vests, so that drivers can see children on dark mornings and evenings. We would like to thank Col. Burnes (HCSO), Col. Probert OBE (HQ 1 Div) and the Divisional Master Driver.


We have enough vests for each child. Please take good care of the vests and return them to school when you leave Bielefeld, so that we can re-issue them to new arrivals. Please do write your child’s name in each vest, discretely in biro.

e-Safety

We thank Mrs. Carroll for running many e-Safety briefings this week for our children, parents and staff.


Topics included current hazards, ways to counter security weaknesses and the various opportunities to learn from the Internet’s vast resources.


Parents explored 2 safe websites that Service Children's Education makes available free of charge, at school and at home: Education City and Espresso.


Drop into the School Office for a copy of our leaflet.

China

Year 2 has been learning about China.


On Thu 9 Feb, the children had a special China Day.


There were some splendid costumes on display and excellent Chinese food to savour.

3 Feb 2012

Health and Safety

We have completed a H&S Audit successfully. 


Health &Safety is everyone’s responsibility.


If you see a hazard around school, please tell a member of staff.

KS2 SATs

Parents of Y6 children, please note that KS2 SATs Week runs from 14 to 18 May. Please avoid booking holidays etc. during that week.


It is vital that your child completes their SATs test.

Cold Weather

Our children go out to play whenever possible, even in cold weather.


The majority of parents send their children to school with suitable coats, jumpers, hats, scarves and gloves - with their names written inside clearly and permanently.


Thank you for making sure that your children are warm and dry, and their clothes are found easily.

Karneval!

On 20 Feb 12, Rosenmontag, we will celebrate Karneval. There will be special assemblies for FS1 to Y2 in the morning and KS2 in the afternoon. 


The town of Rietburg has kindly invited our KS2 children to be part of their procession. The theme of the town’s procession this year is ‘clowns’. Please make-up and dress (warmly) your KS2 child for the start of the school day on the 20th and provide him/her with a packed lunch.


If you can spare some time, we need adult volunteer helpers, please. Simply return the slip on the letter that was sent to parents on 31 Jan.