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Friday 7th March 2025
In our whole school assembly on Monday, we marked the start of Ramadan and also had a visitor, Bryony, from Bristol School Streets. She reminded us of how the traffic calming measures around the school operate at the start and end of the school day. She pointed out that some vehicles (such as those belonging to emergency services, blue badge holders, local residents and ones making deliveries) are still allowed to drive on the roads at these times. This means we all need to still be careful crossing or cycling on the roads around the school during this time and not assume the road will be completely clear.
Our school value this week has been Respect. Our Values Certificate winners this week are Tommaso, Annelise, Nikodem, Iris, Ava, Basel, Tilly, Ubaid, Lillyann and Emmeline. Well done all of you!
World Book Day 2025
This week, we have enjoyed celebrating our love of reading for World Book Day! The children's costumes were fantastic, with so much creativity on display. It was wonderful to see the school filled with exciting book characters and to hear the children sharing their favourite stories with friends and teachers.
As part of the celebrations, we came together for a whole-school assembly to talk about our favourite books, characters, and stories. We also explored different types of books we might enjoy reading next, inspiring lots of great ideas and recommendations. After our assembly, we paired up with another class in a different year group so that the children could share their books and read with someone new.
The sponsored reading challenge will be running for the next two weeks, up until Thursday 20th March. We are hoping to raise money to go towards new books for our school whilst encouraging a lifelong love of reading. The children should have received a sponsorship form alongside the reading challenge grid yesterday. Sponsorship forms (as well as money raised) will be collected on Friday 28th March. If you are collecting cash, it will need to be in a named envelope.
A huge thank you to everyone for making World Book Day such a fun and memorable event!
Year 2 SS Great Britain Trip
Year 2 went to visit the SS Great Britain as part of their history learning. The children had an amazing day on Brunel's ship and took home some lasting memories.
Year 3/4 Football Tournament
Over the past three weeks, children from the Year 3/4 football team have played in a tournament organised by the Ashton School Sports Partnership. The improvement that has been shown has been fantastic to see. This culminated in both teams ending unbeaten in the final week of the tournament. They should be incredibly proud of how they have represented the school.
Year 2 Drama Day
Last week Mulberry class enjoyed a day filled with oracy and drama activities, led by ex-VPPS teacher Mr Kelly. We explored feelings related to performing, such as shyness and confidence, as well as how to position ourselves for an audience and project our voices. We then, in groups, rehearsed and performed a scene linked to our recent trip to Watercress Farm. We had so much fun!
Year 2 rail safety workshop
Last week Year 2 took part in an exciting workshop with Platform Rail learning all about being safe by railways, the benefits of train travel and what jobs people do on the railways. We got to dress up as train drivers and engineers and learnt about all the things we might see and hear at a train station.
Costume Swap Shop
A massive thank you for all the donations and swapping at our World Book Day costume swap last week! It was brilliant to have such a lot of engagement from our school community and for so many costumes to find new homes. It is another brilliant way for our children to understand what little things they can do to reduce their impact on the planet and be more sustainable. A big thank you to our parent and staff volunteers for making it happen.
Fake Flowers wanted
If anyone has any fake flowers they would like to donate we would love to have them in Reception. Please drop them off at Cherry or Willow class or the office. Many thanks the EYFS team.
Attendance and Punctuality
Important Dates for Term 4
- Friday 21st March Comic Relief
- Wednesday 26th March Parents' Evening
- Thursday 27th March Parents' Evening
- Friday 4th April PTFA Cake & Uniform Sale after school
- Friday 4th April 2025 Last day of term
Important Dates for Term 5
- Tuesday 22nd April 2025 First day of Term 5
- Friday 23rd May 2025 Last day of term
Important Dates for Term 6
- Monday 2nd June 2025 First day of Term 6
- Friday 27th June 2025 INSET DAY
- 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. These and other important dates are also on the website calendar.
We are already thinking about Easter Holiday Clubs and Shine are running a huge range of activities in Southville.
We currently have our early booking offer on for parents with 20% off so they can get their Shine activities for less.
Holiday Club days run from 9:00 – 15:30 with extended hours available if needed. Choose from a great range of activities from Creative Eggs-travaganza, Mega Mashup, Cricket Fundays, Mini Gym & Cheerleading, Cookery Workshops, Play-in-a-Day and Little Steppers Dance.
Enjoy 20% off all activities! Use the code: Early Booker in your basket for 20% off.
Click here to book your activities with a discount. We can’t wait to see you at Shine!
Penny Brohn UK Easter Egg Hunt
Penny Brohn UK are holding a Easter Egg Hunt event on Friday 11th April.
Easter Egg Hunt - Friday 11th April
https://pennybrohn.org.uk/event/easter-egg-hunt-2025/
This year we are holding a Easter Egg Hunt event for children to visit our garden to go on a trail to find the Easter bunny's lost password for his egg collection. The event includes games, crafts and chocolate!
The event is located at our National Centre in Pill just outside Bristol (BS20 0HH). Children's tickets cost £8 and parents are free!
About Penny Brohn UK
Penny Brohn UK is a national cancer charity based outside Bristol, providing free care and support to anyone affected by cancer, before, during and after treatment. Penny Brohn UK focuses on wellbeing, mindfulness and nutrition with a team of cancer support experts, including doctors, nutritionists, counsellors and exercise therapists. With our support people live well with cancer.