October 2023 2nd Edition Update

• To ensure our children are happy and we explain things well
• To ensure no child leaves our school unable to read
• To ensure children learn a broad vocabulary to access the world around them
• To enhance the educational experiences of diagnosed and undiagnosed children with SEND

Thank you

Thank you to all the reception parents who paid for the sand for the sand pit.

We are so grateful for your help. This will make a great difference to the learning experiences of our children.

Thank you

Another big thank you to everyone who has donated towards our harvest collections. If you still wish to donate, it is not too late, we will be collecting non perishable items all week at reception.

Thank you

It's a triple, thank you for all the cakes donated and money spent at our macmillan cake sale on Wednesday 4th October. Once confirmed, we will share how much we raised for cancer research.

Please ensure you recieved a letter regarding our upcoming parent consultations on Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th October. Apart from year 3, whose dates are Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th November. Our booking system is now live. Be sure to confirm your appointment so you do not miss the opportunity to contribute towards your child's learning experience and education.

If you missed the letter, you can find it on the schools website.

Catch up with you all in my next video.

See you at the gate.

With a huge turn out of parents volunteering, Family Day was a great success with many jobs achieved around the school. One of the areas of impact, is that our forest is ready for the delivery of forest school lessons to all children again.

Some of the jobs that were not completed are going to be finished very soon by the parent volunteers.

To all the parents that gave a helping hand, and Ms Da Silva for facilitating this annual event, we are grateful for your time, hard work and commitment to our community and school.

Well done to year 5 & 6 for completing your Level 2 Bikeability training.

Congratulations on completing your final journey to Battersea Power Staion.

Thank you to all who donated towards our Harevst Festival collection. Clapham Park will be coming to collect our donations soon!

Well done to all the children in Early Years and KS1 for hosting a Harvest assembly for parents.

Friends Association Bonneville

Please help support your child with their spellings by looking at the spelling rules, sounds and patterns in each word. Practicing spellings daily (or as much as possible) will help your children to learn and remember each word.

In KS1, children will need to choose five spelling words to put into sentences.

In KS2, children will need to write a sentence for each word, using neat, joined handwriting.

This will give the children the opportunity to understand the meaning of each word, put the word into context and allow them to practice their handwriting.

All spelling books must be given the Class Teacher every Wednesday. This will ensure that your teacher has enough time to get the new spellings stuck in. Children will be doing a weekly spelling test in the back of their homework books so you will be able to see how well they are doing.

What new words have you learnt this term?

In these difficult times any of us can find ourselves in challenging situations. Should you need support, please contact Mr Connelly who can support with food vouchers discretely.

If you need support filling in the application, make an appointment with Mr Connolly.

Monday 2nd - 5th- Harvest Collections

Thursday 5th - Year 4 Ufton Court meeting @ 3.30pm

Friday 6th - KS1 Harvest Assembly (Parents welcome)

Monday 9th - Year 1 Phonics @ 9.15am

Monday 9th & 10th - Year 3 & 4 Bikeability

Monday 9th -13th- Wellbeing Week

Tuesday 10th - World Mental Health Day (Dress in yellow- apart from yr5)

- Year 5 trip Chelsea Physic Garden

Wednesday 11th- Open Morning @ 9.30am

Friday 13th- FAB AGM @ 9am

Monday 16th - Class RI trip to Clapham Library

Tuesday 17th- Class RI Parent Phonics Workshop 9.10am

Tuesday 17th & Wednesday18th- Parent Consultations

Wednesday 18th - Class RB trip to Clapham Library

Thursday 19th- Class RB Parent Phonics Workshop 9.10am

Friday 20th- FAB Dress Up Day

-Last day of term 3.15pm (normal end of day routines)

Monday 23rd - Tuesday 27th- Half Term

Monday 30th - INSET Day (school closed to all pupils)

Tuesday 31st - Children Return & Year 6 Secondary Application Deadline

Central to raising standards in all schools and ensuring all pupils can fulfil their potential, is the need for children to attend school regularly to benefit from their education.

There is a strong link between good learning, high achievement, rapid progress and developing good social skills with excellent attendance.

We want to take this opportunity to outline our expectations for school attendance this academic year.

If your child arrives at school from 9.01am they will be marked as LATE, if they arrive after 9.30am they will be classed as “late after the register is closed” and their attendance is classed as absent for the morning session. As the registers would have already been returned to the Department for Education.

Regular poor punctuality can also have a negative effect on your child’s attendance as well as their academic learning. Being 6 minutes late each day equals 30 minutes of missed learning every week.

If your child’s attendance drops below 90%, we will need to share our concerns with the Local Authority Education Welfare Officer at Lambeth Council.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/

https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2022/12/aaa-guide-for-parents-on-school-attendance.pdf

Congratulations to our attendance winners last week...

FAB stands for Friends Association Bonneville.

Many, many parents are involved in enabling fundraising for our school. Thanks again to the FAB Office Team, for galvanising the community and keeping everyone updated through their wonderful Newsletters.

It is great to see new faces getting involved. A donation of 1 hour per term (that’s only 3 hours per year), of your time, is all that we ask. Whether it be class rep, planning/hosting an event or standing on a stall. Some parents very generously agree to host an event like our amazing wreath making workshop, or the gathering of donations for our incredible raffles. We always need more help and support. Every parent is a member of FAB. I ask that everyone gets involved.

bonnevillefab@gmail.com

www.bonneville-primary.lambeth.sch.uk/scholl/fab/

When we need particular support from our parent community, we post for help on our 'Call to Action' page on the schools website, and send the direct page link in an email to our parent community. So signing up is really easy!

Perhaps you would like to be a secret reader (reading a story to your child’s class), or would like to support us in maximising children’s opportunity to practice their reading skills, we need you.

Press the title to find out more.

It is important to us that any concerns or questions you may have are dealt with as efficiently as possible. The structure we have in place is designed to do just that.

The structure

1) Your first port of call is -Your child’s class teacher

(email via the admin team to request a meeting)

2) You may contact the leader of your child’s phase (see below)

This includes issues regarding communication and organisation

(email via the admin team to request a meeting)

Should you be dissatisfied with the handling or outcome...

3) You may raise your concerns with Ms Parker

(email via the admin team to request a meeting outlining the nature for the purpose of the meeting)

Leaders are required to share items (as appropriate) with Ms Parker on a weekly basis, even if the matter is being handled by them.

We request that you do not field your concerns to FAB but instead work directly with the school staff as outlined above.

Don't forget to book your meals on Scopay.

Rooms and spaces are available for hire at Bonneville. Use the link to check out our website and find out more.

Use this link to connect to the website and access community resources.

Weekly- News Summary Video

Bi weekly- Year group learning updates on the school website

Monthly- Newsletter 'The Bonneville Buzz'

Monthly- Federation SEND Newsletter: https://www.smore.com/3ahfv

Termly- Annual Calendar of dates

Termly- Federation Newsletter

For more information on any of the above and more, press below to visit the schools website and follow us on Twitter!