This week in assembly, we talked about International Day of Democracy to explore with the children how decisions are made in the UK and within our own school. We explained to the children how they could be elected to be their class representative on our school council and be part of the decision making process for improving our school. Miss Mullen also explained how the process to become a school councilor works and what a prospective candidate would need to do if they wanted to put themselves forward for the role. Next Tuesday, will be School Council Election Day when each class will vote for their representative for the year. 

The School Value this week has been respect and the following children were awarded Values Certificates in assembly today for "being caught" exemplifying this value. Well done, Josh, Nina, Nye, Ada, Keion, Olive, Tilly, Tariro, Manyse, Nadifo, Ubaid and Ahmed.  

Years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all had ArtLab workshops this week to start to create pieces for the Art on the Hill Exhibition on Saturday 4th October. Guided by Lucy from ArtLab, the children have produced some superb work so far. There is a sneak preview of these year group's work below.

Next week it will be the following year group's turn:

• Monday 22nd: Year 4 and Year 5
• Tuesday 23rd: Year 6 and Year 3
• Thursday 25th: Year 6, Year 3 and Year 4

The children are likely to be using a lot of paint on some large surfaces during the workshops. On the day your child is doing their workshop, to prevent uniforms being covered in paint, they can bring in some old clothes (that you don't mind getting paint on!) to change into during the workshop. 

Don't forget, like so many of our extra opportunities in the school, these brilliant workshops have been funded by the VPPS PTFA.

Watercress Farm Visit

This week 10 children from across the school went on a trip to Watercress Farm.  They had a fantastic day looking at nature, splashing in puddles, paddling in the stream and picking berries.  There were smiles all round and the children demonstrated our school values of determination throughout the day overcoming challenges.  

Each week we will be sharing our whole school attendance figures with you so you can see how well we are doing.  We will also share the top 3 classes attendance for the previous week and any classes that had all children on time to school everyday.

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

Piano lessons at VPPS

Piano lessons are available through our independent piano teacher, Fiona Prescott. Fiona has been here since 2019 and offers 20/25/30 minute lessons at family friendly prices. She hosts several recital opportunities throughout the year too. Please get in touch with her directly if you are interested: fprescott2020@gmail.com. 

Important Dates for Term 1

• Friday 26th September Inset Day
• Saturday 4th October Art on the Hill
• Wednesday 15th October SEND Parents' Evening
• Tuesday 21st October PTFA Discos
• Thursday 23rd October PTFA Discos
• Friday 24th October 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. 

Windmill Hill Community Centre Open Day

The Windmill Hill Community Centre have their fun day tomorrow (20th September 2pm onwards).
With fun and games on church lawn, 2-4pm (inside the community centre, if it’s raining). Kids craft session in small hall, 2-4pm. Refreshments available with home-made cakes inside the church, where the toy library is also coming. Games on the lawn include hoop-la, knock down tins, smash the Maltester, snail racing, name the cuddly toy and guess the number of sweets. The bar in the community centre will be open from 4pm and the live music starts at 5pm.

BRAMBLY FARM OPEN DAY ANNOUNCEMENT  

Due to the terrible weather forecast tomorrow we have decided to postpone our open day. The open day will now be a day later- on Sunday 21st September. Timings will still be 11am-4pm. 

Please don’t come tomorrow (Saturday) as we won’t be open. Please spread the word about the change of day. 

We’re looking forward to seeing you, and hopefully some , on Sunday. Thank you lovely community for your understanding   

PH Camps Holiday Clubs

City of Bristol Swimming Club

Scrap Store holiday Clubs