I can confirm that no home learning has been set this week and that there will be no home learning over the Christmas holiday. Home learning will next be set on Thursday, 11th January. Thank you to all parents/carers for the support you have offered your child, with their home learning, this term.
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Winter Wonderland
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the fair – we raised an amazing £3700.
Best Attendance
KS1 – 2TC
KS2 – 5CW
School is Closed
Monday 11th December 2017 – School is closed today due to severe weather warnings. We hope to be open as usual tomorrow.
Severe Weather Conditions
We will make every effort to keep school open. However, in exceptional circumstances severe weather may mean that it is unsafe for children and staff to get in to school. If it becomes necessary to close the school or delay opening, parents/carers will be sent a text (if you have changed your mobile number recently please let us know.) Please bear in mind that when mobile phone networks become busy, text messages can be delayed.
With this in mind, please also follow the guidance below:
- Check the school website www.bowmansgreen.herts.sch.uk
- Listen for updates on Three Counties Radio (103.8FM)
- Sign up to the new Hertfordshire Schools Closure Notification System by following this link: member.everbridge.net/index/892807736725489
Headteacher’s Message – 7.12.17
Key Stage One has been extremely busy this week! Especially for Father Christmas, the Jolly Postman and Mr Rushforth! Your children have sung, entertained and really shone during their Christmas performances and judging by their huge grins, they have thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Thank you for supporting your children with costumes and learning their lines. They looked and sounded great!
We are really sorry that we had to change the seating expectations for the KS1 performances at such late notice. The fire safety regulations that we were recently reminded of relate to the amount of chairs we can have in the school hall if there are people also sitting on the floor. With the safety of your children our priority, we know the decision to limit seats was unhelpfully late and unpopular but we hope you understand that it was necessary. We are already thinking about how to prevent this from being an issue next year.
Thank you to the parents who attended this week’s parent workshop. Pastor Adrian Woods provided information about how to access free, independent legal advice as well as the support available to local residents from the Churches Together foodbank. If you have any time or donations to give to the foodbank, Adrian would love to hear from you via email: londoncolneybc@gmail.com. Debbie Stewart shared some tips and suggestions about looking after our own well-being, especially during this busy festive period. Please see Debbie’s top tips for managing stress over Christmas, attached to this newsletter.
These workshops have become a really worthwhile and well-supported part of our work with parents. Please look out for the timetable of spring workshops from Mrs Manly and Mrs Stanley. Next week is the final parent workshop of 2017. Please come and join us for a cup of tea, a mince pie and share your thoughts and suggestions about future workshops.
Today was the final celebration assembly of 2017 and as always it was a pleasure to celebrate the successes and achievements of our fantastic pupils. Today that included congratulating super swimmers Leila, Jack and Lola who all took part in a local championship last weekend. Well done!
6HW – Our visit to Airbus Foundation Discovery Space
On Tuesday 28th November we went to AIRBUS (Stevenage). When we arrived, we met a lady called Shell and she told us about what they do at Airbus. The first thing we did was explore their science room where there were many different things and experiments to try.
The things I tried were the lightning ball (plasma globe) and the centrifuge spinner. After that, we met an engineer called David who was helping to construct the Exo Mars Rover. He talked to us and answered our questions about the robot (which is probably going to be launched around the year 2020) and Mars itself. David also showed us the yard where they test the robots; it is exactly like the surface of Mars. He also told us about the prototypes: Bridget, Bradley, Bruno and Brian. We learnt that Mars has two moons: Phobos (Greek god of fear) and Deimos (Greek god of terror).
Next, we made electric buzzer games. We used polystyrene, bendy wire, batteries, red or black insulated wire, and lots of tape! It was very difficult. The aim was to get the wire wand through the bendy wire track without making it buzz.
When that was over, Shell (the ‘Queen of Science’) showed us the most amazing light demonstration ever! The lights were turned off. Then we split light through a triangular prism and looked at transparent, opaque and translucent shapes. We saw that light travels in a straight line by blowing talcum powder in the path of a laser light. Then she had three lamps; one blue, one red and one green. Lights don’t mix like you think they do; if you mix coloured lights, they all turn white. We also looked at UV light and interestingly, bees see the world in UV so they know whether a plant has pollen in it.
In conclusion, we had a very fun-packed day and if you get a chance, we recommend going to AIRBUS. We learned so much!
By Leila, Mya, Evan, Thomas and Yunus
Sports News from Mr Sanders 07.12.17
Bowmansgreen Girls v Wheatfields
The girls made the journey to play Wheatfields in the Wix 7 a side, knowing that it was going to be a tough assignment as Wheatfields had won all the games they had played this season so far. The game started well for the girls as great work from first Laila, then Mia, set up Lacie who finished brilliantly from a tight angle. 1-0 up after six minutes. The game was tight and end to end as two very good sides went head to head. Bowmansgreen defended superbly through Marilena, Lucy, Kyeesha and Sofia to keep the outstanding Wheatfields forward restricted to limited chances.
The second half was also very tough, Bowmansgreen were not creating too many chances as they looked to hold onto the lead. Wheatfields was dominating possession and territory, and both Marilena and Emily had to be alert to keep the score 1-0, clearing two chances off the line. Laila and Lily looked dangerous on the counter attack and was the perfect outlet who relieved pressure countless times. There were 30 seconds left when, for the first time, the Wheatfields forward had a clear sight of goal and made no mistake. A late equaliser! Extra time started and Wheatfields went ahead for the first time in the 2nd half with a decent finish at the far post. Mia, playing her last game for the school before moving away, forced a great save from the Wheatfields keeper with just seconds left. The Bowmansgreen girls were superb against strong opposition, the toughest match of the season and they showed great character and resilience and this game proved how good the girls are and how far they have come.
Squad – Emily, Kyeesha, Marilena, Sofia, Mia, Laila, Lily, Lacie, Lucy.
Bowmansgreen v St Peters
A joint year 4/5 side hosted St Peters in a friendly match on Wednesday. The game started well for Bowmansgreen as Laila looked dangerous on the right side of midfield, forcing the St Peters keeper to save smartly at the near post early on. With players being in different positions as an experiment, it was St Peters who stung a surprise and opened the scoring, and the forward finishing well when one on one with Archie. Despite hitting the post through James, it took 15 minutes for Bowmansgreen to equalise. Laila created herself some space on the edge of the area and fired into the bottom corner.
Once this goal went in, Bowmansgreen again started to dominate but despite having eight shots in short succession, just couldn’t find a way past the keeper. Archie had to be alert to make a fine save when called upon with four minutes to go, even though he hadn’t touched the ball for ten minutes. Freddie, George and Tommy looked solid and the two year 4s, Luca and Jason, worked hard and fitted into the side perfectly. The winning goal came from the foot of Ollie. A through ball from James, who had held off the challenge of the defender, was taken in his stride and finished well past the advancing keeper. A good performance and result.
Squad – Archie, Freddie, George, Tommy, Ollie, James, Laila, Jason and Luca.
Breakfast Club News from Mrs Stanley – 7.12.17
As we countdown to our Festive Break we hope you have enjoyed all the different activities and games. Just to let you know our Special Friday Breakfast next Friday will be sausages, scrambled eggs and beans. Please join us in your Christmas Jumpers! Have a lovely long weekend and see you on Monday 7.30am.
School Choir
The choir have been super busy practicing for Christmas. They performed four songs at the Christmas fair where they looked and sounded fabulous. On Tuesday, they went along to the St Albans Abbey and joined together with the St Albans Primary School Music Association at their annual Carol Concert. The Abbey was packed with children and grown-ups and it felt very festive. A special mention to Mara (Y5) and Bianca (Y6) for performing their parts so well in front of so many people and well done to the whole choir for singing so beautifully. Thank you to those parents who came along to support the children on both occasions.
The KS1 music club performed four songs at the Christmas fair on Saturday. Not only did they look fantastic, but they sounded brilliant too. Well done to all those who came and thank you to their families for their support.