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Friday 13th June 2025
This week in assembly we discussed our Value of the week, 'Respect.' We watched a video clip about what respect meant to different people and how they apply it in their lives. We also looked at protective characteristics and what they mean and learnt what the word 'discrimination' meant. The children were able to talk confidently to each other about why some of the signs/job adverts we shared were discriminatory to different groups of people. Maybe you could ask your children how many of the protected characteristics they remember using the symbols below as a guide.
A number of our Values Certificate winners were recognised for showing respect this week. The recipients this week were Arlo, Nye, Isla, Tomek, Dylan, Ellie, Alicja, Benaiah, Agnes and Harrison.
National Sports Week and Sports Day Plans
Monday 16th June - Friday 20th June is National Sports week. During this week, the children will be taking part in various sports during the day as well as their normal P.E. lessons. For Monday to Thursday, please send your child to school wearing their P.E. kit. This must follow the school P.E. kit policy (no football shirts etc.) details of which are here. On Friday 20th, the PTFA jolly jar donation non-uniform day, children may wear their non uniform clothes in the sports sessions as long as the clothing (and especially the footwear) is appropriate and safe to participate. Please can you keep this in mind when you send your child to school on that day. (Year 3 parents, please note that for the school trip to the Roman Baths that day, children will be expected to come to school in normal school uniform).
Sports day will be held on Wednesday 18th June at Victoria Park near the entrance on the corner of Hill Avenue and Nutgrove Avenue. Please see the times below for when your child(ren) will be taking part. You are more than welcome to come and watch.
AM: 9:15 - 10:00: Reception
AM 10:00 - 11:30: Maple, Mulberry, Bay, Birch, Mangrove, Elder
PM 1:15 - 2:45: Beech, Magnolia, Eucalyptus, Lime, Juniper, Hazel
CST Sports Day
Year 5 were lucky enough to take part in the CST sports at Headley Park on Wednesday. Activities included boccia, curling, tag rugby, football, Quidditch, tug of war, and sprint races. All children represented Victoria Park brilliantly!
Year 5 Steel Pan workshop
On Thursday Year 5 took part in a creative steel pan workshop, which was great fun! They made so much progress in the space of just an hour, so much musicality on show!
Attendance and Punctuality
Well done to Maple class for leading the way with the best attendance for the first week back after the holidays. We are having a big final push this term to improve attendance across the school so please support us with this, making sure your child is in school every day possible.
Summer Fayre Preparations: Important Dates From the PTFA
This term, the PTFA will be collecting donations for the Summer Fayre. They will on the playground before and after school on the days below seeking the following donations:
Friday 13th June - teddies
Friday 20th June - cake donations and non-uniform day for jolly jars donations
The summer fayre itself will be on: Saturday 21st June
We appreciate all donations you can give and REALLY appreciate any volunteers who can sign up to help at the at the Summer Fayre itself.
For more information on the preparations for the Summer Fayre and all the PTFA's activities please have a look at the information below.
CST Parent & Carer Survey
Please find below a link to this year's CST parents and carers survey. This year, we will be closing the survey before the end of term on Monday 30th June at 9.00am. This form asks you about your experience of your child's education. The responses are treated anonymously and confidentially to identify what we are doing well and what we can do better. If you have more than one child at school, you only need to complete the survey once. This survey comes from CST and is the same across all of our schools and academies. Thank you for taking time to complete these questions.
The link for the survey is here:
Impact Food School Dinner Survey
We are keen to hear parents’ thoughts on the school dinners their children receive, and here is a short survey: https://forms.office.com/e/p25g6GVT4h
Sponsored Reading Challenge
A huge thank you to all the children, families and sponsors who took part in our World Book Day Reading Challenge! The children completed a range of exciting reading tasks and were sponsored for their efforts and in total we raised £869 to spend on books. We’ve also received an additional 60% from Usborne, bringing our total to a fantastic £1,390.40.
Well done to everyone involved - your reading really has made a difference!
A Message from the Playteam
As the weather is getting warmer we are finding lots of jumpers/cardigans in the playground at the end of lunch time. Any property that has no name, is put in lost property, which is located in the entrance to the school office. Feel free to pop in and take a look there for any lost property.
Polite Notice: Office Capacity and Bringing Items into School
Recently the office have been spending a lot of time delivering lunch boxes, water bottles, swimming kits, coats, musical instruments etc that have been brought into the office during the day. Please be mindful to give these items to your children to bring into school with them. Many thanks
National Thank a Teacher Day
Next Wednesday is National Thank a Teacher Day. We are very lucky at Vicky Park that our parents and carers very often thank our teachers and other staff for all of their hard work and dedication. However, please do feel free to make a special point of thanking our teachers (and any of our staff) next week if you chose to- we will always be appreciative!
Important Dates for Term 6
- Wednesday 18th June Sports Day
- Friday 20th June PTFA Jolly Jar Donation Non-Uniform Day
- Saturday 21st June PTFA Sumer Fair
- Wednesday 25th June SEND Parents' Evening
- Friday 27th June 2025 INSET DAY
- Tuesday 15th July Sumer Big Sing
- Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Last day of term
Remember that you can see all of the term dates and INSET days on the term dates page of this website.
Coffee and Chat for Parents of Pupils with SEND
A few parents have organised a coffee morning for parents of pupils with SEND, meeting next friday, the 20th June at Grounded cafe, on Bedminster parade, opposite Bedminster library, Come from 9.15 (after drop off) until about 10.30am.
"This will be another informal get together, a chance for parents of children with SEND, either with or without an EHCP, to meet each other with no fixed agenda other than to try and positively support each other, and hopefully feel less alone in our parenting of our SEND kids."
There's no need to book, please just turn up if you can make it.
Shine this Summer in Southville
We have loved seeing so many children come along to Shine Holiday Clubs and look forward to welcoming more of you.
For children aged 5 to 11 years, holiday club days run from 09:00-15:30 with late stay hours available if you need them. There are loads of different activities running including Cookery Workshops, Creative Workshops, Mega Mashup, Mini Gym & Cheerleading and more!
Book now using the code: Early Booker for 20% off your Holiday Club activities!
Shine are Ofsted Registered so you can pay via Childcare Vouchers and the Tax-Free Childcare Scheme.
Click Holiday Clubs here to see what’s on.
See you at Shine!
Join us for Kidical Mass 2025
A safe, family-friendly city-centre ride calling for safer streets for children and everyone. Come on bikes, scooters, skateboards or roller-skates!
Meeting at Castle Park Bandstand at 11am, Saturday 14th June.
For more info and timings go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1092916332861306
There’ll be feeder rides from several locations in Bristol. These feeders will congregate in Castle Park for 11am where there'll be some blinging of bikes, Dr. Bike and bike tagging. At 12pm we will set off en masse from Castle Park for a slow city-centre ride to Millennium Square, arriving around 12.30pm to enjoy the Festival of Nature.
Chew Valley School open evening
Dean Forest Railway
Forest Railway Stories, taking place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June 2025.
This fun-filled weekend includes three steam train departures each day, brake van rides, and a variety of interactive activities for families and children – all included in the price of a regular day ticket!
We’d be very grateful if you could share our posters and flyers with your parents and carers. These are attached and can be printed or distributed digitally.
If you’d like more information or additional materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch using the contact details below.
Event: Forest Railway Stories