This week has been poppy week as every morning we have been making our giant poppy. All the children have been contributing to enable us to finish it ready for today. It looks lovely and everyone should be very proud of how wonderful it looks.
We hope you enjoyed the toffee apple green muffins for breakfast this morning; they were donated by Tesco as well as the berry smoothies.
Breakfast Club is £3 for the First Child/Adult then £2 for any other sibling. We open every day from 7.30am. The Friday movie next week will be “Despicable Me 3”. See you there!
MRushforth
3D Visit the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space
3D recently visited the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space in Stevenage.
The children had an amazing day at the foundation where they were able to learn about science, technology, engineering and maths by playing with the interactive exhibits; attending workshops and listening to a presentation about the search for life on Mars from one of the Airbus engineers.
They also got to see the viewing gallery where the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rover robots are tested.
You can see the fun they had in the gallery of photographs below, click on the image below to view the gallery.
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Best Attendance
KS1 – 1H (Miss Hicks)
KS2 – 3D (Miss Ditella)
Reception News from Ms Robbins – 10.11.17
This week
We have completed the second week of our new theme ‘Colour and Light’. We focused on ‘Day and Night’. We read the story ‘The Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell and talked about nocturnal animals. We made owls using pine cones, feathers and fluff and then wrote descriptive sentences about them using ‘wow words’. In maths we learnt about time…daytime, night-time, days of the week and months. We talked about the sequence of our morning routine using the song ‘Here we go round the Mulberry bush’ and then made our own little books about this.
Next week
We will be focusing on ‘multicolour’ using the story of ‘Elmer’ by David Mckee. We will be talking about all the jungle animals and making simple zigzag books about them. In maths we will be focusing on pattern and how the squares of Elmer’s patchwork ‘tessellate’. We will find out which shapes tessellate and which don’t. We will also start rehearsing for the Early Years Christmas play which is only 3 weeks away!!
Resources
For one of the activities we’ve planned next week the children will need a clean empty plastic milk bottle, large or small. If they could bring one in on Monday it would be very helpful.
Reminder
Please remember that Wednesday is our P.E. day and the children need their PE kits that day. We had a lot of children without kits this week.
HELP!
If you are having a clear out of old toys and making way for new Christmas toys please remember Reception! We welcome donations of old toys in good clean condition. We are particularly interested in:
- Cars and emergency vehicles
- Dolls buggies and dolls clothes
- Construction equipment like Lego and Playmobil
- Small Duplo/Lego people
FOBS Cinema Night – Friday 17th November
All children are invited to the cinema night – next Friday from 5.30 pm. Entry is £3.00 and includes popcorn and squash. Please drop off children at the Year 1 classrooms and collect at 7.30 pm from the Main Entrance. We have a choice of 3 films for children to choose from, which are either U or PG rated. We hope to see you there!
Headteacher’s Message – 03.11.17
Welcome back!
This half-term promises to be very busy with planning already under way for our Nativity and Christmas performances, our carol concert and Christingle service. Please check the ‘dates for your diary’ for events relating to your child.
Pupils have returned after the break with a very positive attitude to their learning and they are producing some exceptional work. I have been so impressed with the quality of poetry that I have read across the school this week. Bowmansgreen clearly has some very talented poets!
Forest School has arrived at Bowmansgreen! This week, pupils in 3S were the first to experience this new part of our curriculum. They spent the day learning and working together outside and had a fantastic day. I am very excited about this aspect of our school curriculum which will make the most of our wonderful school grounds and help to build pupils’ resilience, collaboration skills and self-esteem through hands-on outdoor learning experiences. Mrs Stanley will contact parents when it is the turn of your child and their wellies!
Today, pupils in Y1-Y6 were able to take part in the Big First Aid Lesson which was live-streamed to their classrooms. This interactive lesson, organised by St John’s Ambulance, was based on the theme of bonfire night and included safety tips and first-aid information associated with firework-related injuries as well as more general life-saving skills.
On Thursday, we were treated to a workshop led by students from the Purcell School for young musicians. Pupils were able to see and hear a selection of orchestral instruments being played, including a harp – which was very exciting! It was great to be able to welcome back the very talented musicians from Purcell and they certainly entertained and inspired your children.
Please be reminded that next Tuesday we are holding another parent workshop, this time with the theme of maths in the Early Years and Key Stage One. Parents who attend are asked to make their way straight to the mobile classrooms after the drop-off, where tea and coffee is available, rather than wait in the school lobby. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible.
Enjoy the fireworks and stay safe this weekend.
Forest Schools with Mrs Stanley
This week was our very first Forest School session at Bowmansgreen. All the children will be able to take part over the year.
The weather was fine and dry and the autumn leaves were very crunchy! Class 3S spent the day outside making ‘hibernation nests’, leaf colour lines, recognising leaves and trees and best of all burying each other in a bed of leaves. Even Mrs Stanley was covered in autumn leaves by the children!
We had homemade vegetable soup in the morning and carved Pumpkins in the afternoon. The smell of the pine needles made us think about winter time and Christmas. What a great start to the programme! Looking forward to working with all the children over the year.
To see photos of the day click on the image below:
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Purcell School Visit
We were very lucky to receive a visit on Thursday from the very talented musicians from the Purcell School. The children were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed participating in the performances.
Click on the image below to access the photographs.
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Sports News from Mr Sanders
Girls v Skyswood
The girls played against Skyswood on Thursday and ran away with a 2-0 win. They produced a fantastic performance, especially as most of the girls were playing their first match for the school. Anisa and Rhia scored the goals.
Well done girls!
Squad – Daisy, Bianca, Abbi, Darcie, Jacey, Keira, Anisa & Rhia.
St Albans Primary Cross Country Champs – Wheatfields
Well done to all of the children who took part in the Cross Country race on Wednesday afternoon. Here are the results:
Girls Boys
Laila B – 15 James – 18
Leila O-B – 41 Tommy – 50
Mya H – 72 Zeph – 61
Mia P – 78 Isa – 78
Anisa – 84 Evan – 80
Lacey – 85 Jack – 99
