Brampton Bulletin

B r a m p t o n P r i m a r y S c h o o l S t r i v i n g t o R e a c h t h e B e s t Week ending: 25.5.12 Summer Term: Issue 6

Inside this weeks issue: Big Dance Forthcoming Dates 4H British Museum Parent compliment Week 1 Menu Gold Book Entries Weekly Attendance And finally Secondary Selection Tests Forthcoming Dates: Sunday 27th May FOB Inflatable Day Wednesday 30th May Visiting Writer in Assembly Golden Jubilee Lunch Parent Council Meeting Thursday 31st May 7.15 FOB Friday 1st June pm Royal Garden Party Kings and Queens Day Monday 4th June Half term Monday 11th June Y6 Police Talk Wednesday 13th June Play to Infants from Rose Bruford students Monday 18th June Y1 Phonics Screening 9.00 Class Photographs

B R A MP TO N J O I N S I N T H E B I G D A N C E
On Friday 18th May Brampton Primary School joined thousands of people from around the world in in the Big Dance, helping to achieve the world record for the most amount of people dancing at the same me t was organised y the Bri sh ouncil s glo al project, onnec ng lassrooms t aims to develop cultural links etween schools in Britain and a road hroughout this term, the children have een prac sing the rather complex dance which focuses on portraying the various events of the Olympics and Paralympics through movement At 1pm on Friday, the children interrupted their lunch reak to perform the dance, and although the dance was dicult, all of the children seem to have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it was lovely to see all the children dancing around the school We hope to hear soon that we world record a empt was successful he event helped to promote the children s physical educa on as well as ge ng them excited for the 1 Olympics n addi on, par cipa on in the Big Dance event will contri ute towards our nterna onal Schools Award as it allowed the children to feel part of an interna onal event held across the world and incorpora ng dancing from other countries Many thanks to Miss Benne and Miss arter for organising this for us and well done to all of those who took part!

Brampton Primary is a restorative school where the initial response to conflict is to find a solution where things are put right, the victims needs are met whilst also meeting the needs of the wrong doer and meet all the schools responsibilities.

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4 H V I S I T B R I T I S H M U SE U M
On Monday 14th May, 4H travelled to The British Museum to participate in their Music and ICT workshop. The session linked back to the Year 4 topic Africa, and enabled the children to explore the artefacts in the museum, use digital equipment and make music all under one roof. The class got snappy-happy with their digital cameras, looking at different masks and weaponry, and found out lots about celebrations within different African tribes. Once back in the Samsung Digital Centre, the children used their findings to work in groups and create their own piece of celebration music. They got to use their Djembe drums as they do in school, and also tried out using other African instruments too. The children then had their pieces professionally recorded, and these are going to be sent back to Brampton for us to use within our Music lessons. The class thoroughly enjoyed their trip and were, once again, a pleasure to take out of school; we had many compliments from members of the public on how polite and well behaved the children were on the train and tube. Well done 4H! Governor NewsFinance and Personnel This Governor sub-committee met last Tuesday and discussed the Finance Report and the proposed budget for 2012-2013. They received an updated staffing report and reviewed the School Development Plan. As part of their responsibilities they monitored the Teachers Performance Management cycle and staff risk assessments. Arrangements for succession planning were discussed. Parents Comments We were pleased to receive recently a lovely complimentary letter from Mr and Mrs Clarke, parents to Joshua in 5B and Zachary in 3W. They wanted to congratulate Miss Fisher and staff on the changes made over the last few years to make our school such a wonderful place to learn. They wanted to thank Miss Bennett for her work in maintaining normality during the distractions of building works and wished to commend Miss Wilson for the Teachers Gold Book for her inspirational teaching. They were very pleased with the quality of outstanding work seen this year in 3W. They were also very appreciative of the extra effort by teachers and teaching assistants to organise well conceived, relevant and interesting school trips to inspire and educate children. Finally the Family SEAL sessions were praised as thought provoking and informative. Many thanks to the Clarkes for their kind comments - we have a very hard working staff and it is always great to have their efforts acknowledged with such positive feedback.

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SCHOOL M EALS W E E K B E G I N N I N G - 2 8 T H M AY 2 0 1 2
Monday Meat
Chicken Pasta Bake Jacket Potato with Baked Beans

Tuesday
Sausage, Mash and Onion Gravy Fish Gratin with New Potatoes

Wednesday Jubilee Lunch

Filled Rolls Sausage Pinwheel Vegetable Pinwheel Crudits Chips and Dips Jubilee Ice Cream & Shortbread Fruit Wedges Orange Squash

Thursday
Beef Lasagne with Garlic Bread Tuna Mayonnaise Jacket Potato Vegetable Lasagne with Garlic Bread Jelly with Fruit

Friday
BBQ Chicken Thigh with Rice Cajun Fish with Chipped Potatoes Vegetable Wrap with Chipped Fruit Deli Bar

Fish or alternative Vegetarian

Roasted Vegetable Vegetable Pasta Cornish Pasty with Mash Chocolate Oat Cookie Sponge with with Fruit Chocolate Sauce Wedges

Desserts

A choice of salads, seasonal vegetables, fresh bread, fresh fruit platter, fruit yoghurt, milk and drinking water are also available daily. Peanut Allergies Please can we remind everyone that we are a Peanut Free school in our cooked meals and we ask parents not to put any nuts or items containing nuts in their childs packed lunches. Thank you Parent Council Representatives Many thanks to Mrs Buckner who has agreed to be the Parent Council representative for 2PW. A ballot was required for RJ as we were pleased to receive 3 volunteers. The results will be announced next week. We are still looking for representatives for 3WH, 3W, 5B, 5C, 6M, 6S so if you are interested please let the school office know as soon as possible. The first meeting of Parent Council Representatives will be on Wednesday 30th May at 7.30pm. Reception Parents Questionnaire We are currently seeking the views from Reception parents as to their first years experience at Brampton. We have already received a number of completed questionnaires, so please complete yours as soon as you can. A summary will be published later. FOB News Inflatable Day The 6 CHARGE is for all the inflatables to go on as many times as you like throughout the day, age 2-11. The additional charge mentioned in the letter (marked with an asterisk) are just for the BBQ, drinks, face paint, go-karts and bucking pig. Any queries to the FOB mobile 07944 196895. We look forward to seeing you all there on Sunday!

BRAMPTON GOLD BOOK Striving to Reach the Best Every week we print the names of those children who have achieved in either their work, conduct or behaviour around school and have been entered in the Gold Book. They have been mentioned in Mondays celebratory assembly. After 3 mentions children receive a bronze certificate, 6 mentions for a silver, 9 mentions for a gold, 12 mentions for a Super Gold and 15 mentions for a Platinum certificate, 18 for Diamond, 21+ for a Head teachers Award and 24 for a Special Head teacher Award and Badge.
1B 1B 1B 1W Louis West (Bronze) 1W Harley Brown (Silver) 1W Rebecca Dickson (Silver) 1W Arnav Ahuja 1W Zak Drew 1W Sahil Chowdhury 1W Lucy Courtney 2BAmaan Shazad 2B Zara Karim 2B Aleeyah Ackburally 2PW Daisy Ingram (Platinum) 2PW Maria Buckner 2PW Jack Packham 2PW Ami Brown-Rogers 2PW Tommy Weal 2PW Charlie Tracey x 2 2PW Ben Steiner (Gold) 2PW Rhea Baruah (Gold) 2PW Lewis Dampier (Silver) 2PW Valentino Florez-Nunez 6MNicole Hogben (Platinum) 6M Caitlin Morris (Diamond) 6M Erin McKay (Platinum) 6M Grace Buttle 6M Jessica Tolliday (Head teacher Award) 6M Michael Eonwunzo Unfortunately there is not enough space to mention the childrens achievements here but if you are interested to see your childs mention please pop in and ask to see it.

Weekly Attendance

Week ending 18.5.12 RB: RJ: 1B: 1W: 2PW: 2B: 3W: 3WH: 4C: 4H: 5B: 5C: 6S: 6M: 87.7% 98% 98.3% 95.9% 96% 99.3% 95.7% 96.9% 98.7% 95.3% 92.4% 99.7% 99.3% 100%

HOUSE POINTS Week ending 18.5.12

1st Blue = 77 3rdRed= 50 2nd Yellow = 53 4thGreen = 44

Well done to 6M and the other classes above 96.1%

Our School Total was 96.7%! Raffle Prize Winners The winners in this weeks draw for a treat with Miss Fisher were Archie Donovan, Samuel Regan in RJ, Harry Payne in 3WH and Antariksh Patel in 5B Well done to them for showing the appropriate behaviour.

Congratulations to Blue House members!

And finally.......Secondary Selection Tests Current Year 5 will have their Secondary Selection tests on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th September 2012. Remember if you like what were doing tell us and others! If you dont, please help us improve! School Office; 020 8303 2873 Fax; 020 8298 0286 Email:admin@brampton.bexley.sch.uk

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