We were very pleased to award the first winners in assembly today.
Congratulations to:
Readers of the week Authors of the week
KS1 – Amelia C (1B) KS1 – Ava H (2BC)
KS2 – Rugby E-G (3D) KS2 – Harry T (5JW)
Year 3 & 4 Boys v Garden Fields
The boys hosted a return game against a very strong Garden Fields team on Monday. The previous game had been exciting and very close, especially as Garden Fields had a whole team of quality Year 4’s. Starting well, making the right decisions and passing really well, it was a tight first ten minutes which ended 0-0 but not many chances for either team were created. Archie E-R, Luca and Fraser protected Year 3 keeper Archie N brilliantly and he himself proved what an outstanding prospect he is.
The 2nd ten minutes was slightly different, as the quality of the Garden Fields midfield gave them a 2-0 lead. That said, Bowmansgreen created several chances themselves but found the keeper hard to beat. Jason, Toby and Ollie worked hard and looked dangerous on the breakaway but with no luck.
The 3rd ten minutes belonged to Bowmansgreen. Firstly the bravery of Ollie created space for Brendon to shoot into the bottom corner to give hope, Ollie then scored an equaliser after good work from Olivier and Brendon. The Garden Fields keeper had to make several good saves to keep them in the game as Bowmansgreen totally dominated. A breakaway goal from Garden Fields was the only real chance they had in this period.
The 4th ten minutes was even until the final five minutes as tiredness told and Garden Fields took advantage of bringing thirteen players and scored three goals to make the final score 2-5.
A thoroughly enjoyable game and despite the result, it shows the strength and depth there is at Bowmansgreen in football terms. With every player in the team excelling, praise must go to the Year 3’s, Archie, Olivier and especially Brendon for their performances in their first matches for the school.
Squad – Archie N, Luca, Archie ER, Fraser, Jason, Toby, Ollie, Brendon, Olivier.
Cross Country @ St Columba’s
Results – well done to all runners who gave their best on a tough course!
Tommy – 43 Laila – 31
Jack – 58 Leila – 38
Ollie – 104 Anisa – 72
Joseph – 106 Emily – 84
Year 3 & 4 Girls v Skyswood
A team of year 3 & 4 girls, some of whom were making their debuts for the school, went to play against Skyswood on Wednesday. With Charlotte in goal, Ava and Poppy in defence, a midfield of Izzy, Jacey and Elissa and Phoebe playing as a striker, it was the girls from Bowmansgreen who scored first. Jacey put Bowmansgreen ahead with a fine run and finish. Jacey also scored the 2nd goal, again finishing well after good work from Ava and Poppy.
Elissa scored a 3rd goal not long before the end of the 1st third, a good finish from the edge of the area. Verity, Chisholm and Tayla came on for the 2nd third and fitted in superbly as Phoebe, Izzy and Elissa went off and Jacey went in goal, giving Charlotte a chance on field. Skyswood got back into the match with a well worked goal half way through and only good goalkeeping kept Bowmansgreen from increasing their lead.
More changes in the final third saw Charlotte go back in goal, Jacey, Poppy and Ava getting a break, plus Phoebe, Elissa and Izzy coming back on. Skyswood scored the only goal of this third with only 2 minutes to go, meaning that Bowmansgreen held on to win 3-2 in a terrific match.
Squad – Charlotte, Jacey, Ava, Poppy, Alissa, Izzy, Phoebe, Verity, Phoebe & Tayla.
Boys B v Killigrew
The boys played the penultimate league game of the season away v Killigrew hoping to win and move into 3rd place. It started very well for the boys in green as they took control of the game and created several early chances, only to be thwarted by the extremely tall Killigrew keeper. Eventually though the deadlock was broken as Dylan sent in a decent cross which got a deflection off a defender and looped over the keeper into the bottom corner. Not long afterwards, it was 2-0 to Bowmansgreen. Tobi, getting on the end of an Evan cross, toe poked into the net.
Despite dominating play and chances in the 2nd half, Killigrew somehow found a way back in to the game and scored with their only chances to make the final score 2-2.
Squad – Archie, Adam, Dylan, Evan, Owen, Daniel, Zeph, Tobi and Zak
Thank you to those who came along to our parent workshop this week, led by Rachel from the NSPCC. Look out for ‘Your child’s online world’ booklets arriving in book bags in the coming weeks. O2 and the NSPCC have partnered up to provide a helpline number which talks parents and carers through setting parental controls, adjusting privacy settings on a variety of electronic devices. Visit nspcc.org.uk/onlinesafety or call 0808 800 5002.
Pupils will be taking part in the ‘Speak out Stay Safe’ assemblies next week. Years 5 & 6 will have an additional workshop based around the theme of making themselves safe.
If your child took part in the Young Film Makers Club last term you should have now received their work. The film is sent via email to the address that you provided at the time of the booking. The email contains the links to download your children’s films.
If you have not received the films as yet please contact Gillian on northherts@youngfilmmakersclub.co.uk or message her on 07341305131.
KS1 – 2BC
KS2 – 3D
A great start back with the light mornings and daffodils putting a smile on our faces. This morning we had crumpets, scrambled eggs and beans followed by a disco to celebrate the music of the BRIT awards.
Next week on Thursday – World Book Day dressing up– we are having a special character disco. Next Friday’s breakfast will be sausages, scrambled eggs and beans. Hope to see you there.
It was lovely to see some new faces this week. We’re hoping the sunny mornings will encourage more of you to give us a try if you haven’t been before
This week
We have been talking about washing and exercise. We talked about our half term week, drawing pictures of what we’d been up to and writing sentences about our pictures. We have enjoyed using our ‘Gym’ role play area doing lots of different exercises. We have been adding all sorts of items including washing, people, actions, sounds and natural resources and using a number line to help us work out the answer. We have really enjoyed using our newly resourced creative area using some of the items donated from you (please keep them coming!).
Next week
Next week is ‘Book Week’ and we are lucky enough to be having the author of ‘Dinosaur Roar’, Paul Stickland, visiting to work with the children. All our work will be based around this book and therefore about Dinosaurs. Our maths work will focus on subtraction next week. Don’t forget that Thursday is World Book Day and we will be dressing up as book characters on that day.
Independence
All the children in Reception are now independent in organising themselves at school and those few who still need a little help have the Reception adults to support them. They do not need to be brought into the classroom so please say goodbye at the door. There is an adult on each door if you need to pass on a message. We still have some parents who regularly bring their children into the classroom and they don’t need to. Thanks
P.E.
Some children have lost items from their P.E. kits as the children are now changing in school. Frequently the children accidentally pick up another child’s clothes and put them in their P.E. bag. Can you please check your child’s bag regularly and if they have brought home another child’s kit please bring it back into school.
Pupils at Bowmansgreen love maths! Pupils have worked so hard this half-term and have thoroughly enjoyed the fun and challenge of their maths and home learning activities focusing on pattern. It was great to see so many of you at yesterday’s curriculum evening, celebrating your children’s learning in maths. It is always lovely to see pupils proudly sharing work with parents and we appreciate the turn-out and support for these events.
I am aware that there were significant problems with parking and traffic during last Friday’s school disco. The school and FOBS are thinking together to see how we can help alleviate these pressures on drivers, local residents and pedestrians. I have previously sought legal advice as to how far the school can or should be involved in parking and traffic issues and the advice is very clear – these are not school staff responsibilities and situations can actually become more inflamed if we try to intervene or ‘police’ such situations. We have to trust that parents will park and drive sensibly. We can, of course, help alleviate the pressure in other ways such as looking at opening the rear gate or not holding two discos on the same evening. Any changes will be in place for the next disco.
In recent months, schools have been asked to put into place procedures to quickly move pupils and staff away from an identified risk or unsafe situation. Such practice is sometimes referred to as ‘lockdown’ although this is not a term that we have yet introduced to pupils. A lockdown procedure is a standard health and safety procedure, similar to a fire drill. Although the need for such action is very unlikely, we want to ensure that should it arise, we have a whole school, sensible and proportionate response that all pupils and staff are familiar and confident with. This week, we practised this procedure, leaving the playground quickly and sensibly and returning to our classrooms. We will continue to formulate our whole school plan and present parents with our final policy next half term.
Our next parent workshop is the first Tuesday back (Feb 20th) and will be led by the NSPCC. This session is part of a wider programme called ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ and is linked to the assembly and pupil workshops that the NSPCC will be delivering at Bowmansgreen. I would encourage all parents to attend this workshop which is aimed at helping our children to keep themselves and each other safe.
Enjoy a lovely half-term.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Maths Curriculum Evening last night. We hope you enjoyed seeing the work your children have produced, which showed off their Maths knowledge and skills. It was great to see parents and children having a go at the different interactive adventures.
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Click on the gallery above to see the photos of the evening.
Last week we ran a Maths Competition “Estimation Station” for all the children, where they had to estimate the number of sweets in a jar.
The winners of the competition were:
Rec – Hector who guessed 68 (correct answer was 70) KS1 – Shakyra 1B, Anna 1H, Aimee 2BC, Carlo 2BC, Aron 2TC who all guessed 50 (correct answer was 48) KS2- Sofia 4B who guessed 593 (correct answer was 583)
We also had the competition at our curriculum evening and the winners were: KS1 – Garin – who guessed 48 KS2 Child – Ruby E who guessed 600 KS2 Parent – Mr Edwards who guessed 595
Our next Curriculum Evening will be on Thursday 15th March (3.00pm–4.00pm & 6.00pm–7.00pm) which will have a Spanish Theme.
Cross Country
Cross Country placings announced on hsaa.org.
Year 5 Boys:
James 17th
Ollie 98th
Year 5 Girls:
Laila 9th and will represent Herts in the National championship in March.
Lacey 130th
Mariya 132nd
Year 6 Girls:
Leila 49th
Emily 116th
Boys B v Margaret Wix
The Boys B team made the short trip to play Margaret Wix in a league match on Wednesday but it proved to be a tough test as Margaret Wix came out the stronger side as they won 4-0.
The game wasn’t without chances for the Bowmansgreen team but once again, they found the opposition keeper in great form. Conceding three goals in the first half of play wasn’t ideal but a more determined showing during the 2nd half was encouraging. Szymon and Zeph showed the way with hard working performances but in the end Margaret Wix proved too strong as the final whistle blew.
Squad – Simon, Zeph, Adam, Hugo, Tiago, Tobi, Evan, Szymon and Owen.
Boys A v SASS
The boys A team unfortunately bowed out of the St Albans Cup yesterday as they lost 2-0 against a strong Skyswood side. The first goal was fairly harsh as an indirect free kick was awarded to Skyswood. The resulting shot ended up hammered into the back of the net. This woke up the Bowmansgreen boys and Ollie, Tommy and James looked lively and nearly equalised just before half time, with James using his pace to go past the defender and shooting just wide. The defensive unit of Alfie, Jack and Freddie were stretched for the rest of the half but stood up to the task.
The 2nd half was a spirited performance as Skyswood looked to double the advantage and Bowmansgreen tried to get on level terms. George came on and was solid in the tackle and pushed forward later in the game to put pressure on the opposition defence. The game ebbed one way then the other but it was Skyswood who got the all-important 2nd goal with only two minutes remaining.
Overall it was a hard working performance from Bowmansgreen but it was Skyswood who were the stronger team but certainly progress has been made in the last few matches.
Squad – Taye, Freddie, Alfie, Jack, George, Tommy, Ollie and James.
