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What a busy week it has been at Bowmansgreen!

Friday’s celebration assembly is always a highlight of my week as it is a time to come together as a whole school to celebrate the behaviour and achievements of our wonderful pupils. This week, I was lucky enough to have Maisie by my side, to help me announce the names of pupils who were being celebrated this morning. Maisie did a fantastic job of  presenting the cockerel cards and trophies. Thank you Maisie – you are a star!

Parents who joined us for this morning’s celebration assembly were able to hear the first performance of our new school song.  Mrs Flatt has been working with Year 5, during their music lessons, to write the lyrics and create a school song that represents our ethos, values and school life at Bowmansgreen. Thank you Mrs Flatt and Year 5 – you have done a super job. Our school song sounds amazing!

Maisie had earned the opportunity to help me with my assembly duties as a result of her bid in the staff auction at the summer fair. Other auction winners include Lyra who, with her guests, joined Miss Golding for lunch today and Ella and Kiera who have been busy baking scones with Mrs Stanley.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support their children and enjoy sports day with us on Wednesday. It was a great day and pupils in all year groups had fun taking part. Congratulations to Morpurgo House for being our winning sports day team.

Congratulations to Keira and Lucy for getting through to the final of the Rotary Club’s Junior Bake Off. The final takes place at Sandringham School on July 17th. Good luck girls!

Next week, pupils will find out who their teachers are for next year. There will be an opportunity for parents to meet the new class teachers next Thursday, during our final curriculum evening of the year. We hope to see you all there!

Enjoy your weekend.

Our Latest Celebrations

Author of the week

2LC: Anna and 4H: Shay

Reader of the week

1W: Abigail and  5CW: Kulthoum

Mathematician of the week

Rec: Isla and 6HW: Fernando

 

Ms Scoot Award for Effort

6HW: Simon

 

Star of Kindness

4H: Willow

 

Attendance

EY/Rec: 1W
KS2: 3C

Headteacher’s Blog

Key Stage One had a great start to their week with their sponsored Daily Mile, helping to raise money for Herts Vision Loss.

Again, we were lucky with the weather and delighted that parents and other family members were able to join us for this event.

Thank you to the families who have already sent in their sponsor money. We are hoping to present the money raised to Herts Vision Loss next week so please send in any outstanding sponsor money by Monday.

The Summer Reading Challenge will take place again this year in libraries across Hertfordshire.  Children can sign up at our local library and then read six library books of their choice to complete the Challenge. It’s FREE to take part and will help keep your children busy and practise their reading skills during the holiday.        https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

This morning, our September 2019 reception children visited Bowmansgreen for their second ‘play and stay.’ Mrs Stanley prepared a tasty breakfast for them and their parents and then they spent time in their new classroom, getting to know the staff who will be working with them in September. They were very well looked after by some of our current reception children who did a fantastic job of making them feel welcome, sharing their equipment and helping them try out new activities and experiences. Children, you really did yourselves proud with how kind, responsible and supportive you were towards the new class.  Thank you to all of the staff, visitors and children who helped to make this morning so successful. I look forward to working closely with our new parents and children in September.

As you know, on Saturday July 13th, the Bowman Music Festival is taking place at Bowmansgreen. With only two weeks to go and to help ensure that FOBS can finalise planning for the event, a deadline of this Sunday evening has been decided for all ticket purchases. Please therefore purchase your tickets via the link below so that numbers can be guaranteed, to avoid the event being cancelled.          https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bowman-tickets-60211311654 

Enjoy the weekend weather!

 

This Week’s Celebrations

Author of the week

Rec: Oliver and 5JW: Izzy

Reader of the week

2LC: Zenias and 6G: Zoe

Mathematician of the week

1W: Willow and 3S: Harry

 

Best Attendance

EY/KS1: Rec EK
KS2: 3C

Kwik Cricket

A great way to end a busy week, was playing cricket in the sun as a year 6 Kwik Cricket team visited Skyswood. A really tight and entertaining game went right to the last ball as a wicket won it for the hosts, 83 runs to 82. This was a different experience for Bowmansgreen as the game was played on the playground, which meant that the bowling was straighter and had an even bounce.
Well played everyone and thanks to our hosts, Skyswood.

Mr Sanders

Our Latest Celebrations

Author of the Week

1W: Kian and 3C: Ava

Reader of the Week

2BC: Clement and 3S: Shaf

Mathematician of the Week

2LC: Isabella and 4CG: Fatima

 

Attendance

Rec EK and 4CG

Headteacher’s Blog

This afternoon, 3S were learning about the Summer Solstice. In the UK – and the rest of the northern hemisphere – today is the summer solstice which means that it is the longest day of the year. I wonder what else 3S can remember about the Summer Solstice?

We are lucky to have such beautiful grounds at Bowmansgreen which pupils make good use of , not just at play times and for PE but also during their eco-days. Today, I joined Mrs Stanley, Theo, Dantae and Freddy in the wildlife area as they released some baby frogs into our pond. They also had a go at pond dipping and learnt to recognise when a baby frog can breathe out of the water.

Tomorrow, some of our Y2 and Y4 pupils will be performing in a concert at the Radlett Centre as part of the Radlett Festival of Music. Pupils have been busy rehearsing with Mrs Street for their performances which include songs from The Greatest Showman, Mary Poppins and Joseph. Good luck children and have lots of fun. I know you will be amazing!

 

District Athletics results

Overall District Athletics results from Tuesday  and Thursday.

Year 6 boys 100m – 1st Simon  6th  Rotimi
Year 4 boys 80m – 1st Brendan
Year 4 girls 80m – 5th Lyra
600m boys – 1st  James
Boys 4x100m relay – 3rd Simon, Rotimi, Tommy, James
Girls 4 x 100m relay – 6th Lacey, Jacey, Mariya, Ava.
Boys shuttle relay – 1st  Jed, Olivier, Lennon, Brendan
Boys long Jump –  1st James
Boys Throw –  4th George and 6th Freddie
Boys High Jump – 4th James

The boys’ team came 2nd overall and missed out on 1st place by 1 point. We await to find out the girls’ overall position.

Others to have run today and were involved on Tuesday were Mara, Alex, Blake, Oscar, Ava Nicole, Izzy, Aylin, Izabela, Amelie, Luca, Toby and Sadie.

Well done everyone who competed over the two days. We are very proud of all of you – a great team effort!

Thanks to Mr Cropper’s help today and to Miss Hancock for covering Athletics Club.

Mr Sanders

World Games Day

Some Bowmansgreen children were lucky enough to attend World Games Day for the St Albans and Harpenden Sports Partnerships, hosted by Oakland’s College.
A mixture of Year 4 athletes and Year 6 Sports Ambassadors had to negotiate several sports during the day, take part in a quiz and enjoy a performance by a dance crew that had been on TV’s ‘The Greatest Dancer.’
First up, was the athletics which was followed up with Tri-golf, kids’ fitness, dance, football, Tag rugby, rounders and cycling.
All in all it was a fun-filled day and the children had a great time. Well done to all of them!

Tommy, Laila, Luke, Imogen, Lyra, Aylin, Lennon and Brendan.

Mr Sanders