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BJS BulletinBILTON JUNIOR

SCHOOL

16TH JUNE 2017

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Please pay for school Dear All,
dinners via SIMS Agora What a gorgeous week weather wise!

I have had the great pleasure to be with my colleagues Mrs Thomas and Miss Cartmel working in Yr6
this week...see the photos below of the many activities the children have been involved with. The fun
packed week has included French food tasting, cooking, art and Design Technology projects and lots
more besides. Parents are invited to look at some of the work the children have been involved with on
Friday afternoon.

Please follow the link to see our 'Activities Week' Blog:

Open Evening— http://www.biltonjuniorschool.co.uk/activities-week/4593908808
Tuesday 11th July
3.30pm—come and Can I say a massive thank you to all the children for their exemplary behaviour and huge thanks to Mrs
meet your child’s Thomas and Miss Cartmel who have led the lion share of the week allowing me to continue to lead the
new class teacher school. I am blessed to have such talented and passionate staff to help me run this school.
and work through-
My thanks also to the members of staff who have taken children to France this week, leaving their own
out the year families for a week to care for our children. Taking children is an immense pleasure but it is also a mas-
sive responsibility which we do not take lightly. Thanks goes to Miss Lewis for leading the trip ably as-
sisted by Mrs Webb, Mr Cantillon, Mrs Atkins, Mrs Talbot and Mrs Spraget. Please follow the link to
the Yr 6 Blog to see their visit highlights:

http://www.biltonjuniorschool.co.uk/france-2017/4593903090

If you fancy helping me with a spot of digging, I am in school from 9:30 until
about 11 on Saturday. Bring a spade :-)

Lunch Time Top Table Grammar/reading meeting

HOPE SERVICE Every week Mrs. Want to help your child improve their grammar or reading
Oliver G—4JE Thomas F—3FR Reeves-Brown and but don't know how? This workshop is for you! This hour
Joe D—3ED Matthew P—6KC her team awards session will provide you with all you need to know in order
GENEROSITY WISDOM
Eloise S—3ED Amy G—3AT children for to support your child successfully during their time at BJS. It
Charlotte D—3ED Axel M –3AT demonstrating our will include details on the National Curriculum
Olivia C—3ED Christian values expectations, an outline of how we teach these aspects of
Evie P –3ED during lunch time, English in school, how you can
Rheagan F—3ED the nominated
Akshita M—6CC
children get an help your child at home and an

invitation to join overview of KS2 SATs tests.

the top table on the

Friday of that week. The session will run on

Tuesday 20th June at 9:30am

and 5:30pm.

Excellence Awards Our school needs you -
please vote for us!
This week’s Excellence Awards were presented to the
following children during Thursday’s assembly: Our school needs you! Help us win £5,000 of
National Book Tokens for the school library - and get
3AT—Finley W for more independence in his work £100 for yourself! Just enter the competition online,

3FR—Olivia C for always being cheerful and helpful AND for it only takes a minute:
trying hard in English this week http://po.st/schools17

3ED—Harvey T for making a big effort with Punctuality
presentation
Well done to our amazing school community!
4SV—Annalise B for being super sensible member
of class This week we have seen the best time keeping for the whole
school year with only 6 late marks across the whole school!
4BY—Mark G for hard work and focus in maths Chestnut and Oak Houses won Time Keeper's with 1 late mark
each, whilst year 5 won the Golden Pocket Watch award with 0
4JE—Charlie K for persevering in all athletic events
late marks across the year group.
5BG—Sam M for always being an eager contributor to class Congratulations also go to 3ED, 4SV, 6AL and 6KC for perfect
discussions
time keeping.
5FM—Evie H for being responsible in her learning Well done also to 6AL who are now the class with the best
attendance level in school, just taking over from 5BG who pre-
5SS—Milly G for just being an amazing role model, friend and
super student—thank you! viously held the lead for several months.

6CC—George, Noah, Asher, Jaiden and TG (6AL) for musical
composition and generally supporting one another

6KC—Brody L for going the extra mile in creating a play about
Joan of Arc

6AL—Imogen C for persevering with a super drawing of the
Eiffel Tower.

French—Connie McC (3FR) for excellent effort and enthusiasm
in French—Bravo!

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Forest School—This weeks reflection Open Evening for Students
by Nathan A currently in Year 5

Last time at Forest School we had a game of Please check on the various schools website
hide and seek. We hid in some strange but before attending to ensure times/dates are
some good spaces, some of the others took still correct
the camouflage to blend in with the leaves.
Lawrence Sheriff—Wednesday 28 June 2017,
Next, we got to do whatever we wanted. The 2 sessions– 6.00pm to 7.00pm and from 7.00pm to 8.00pm
others went to do some den building then Rugby Free Secondary School—27th June—6.00pm to 8.00pm
they started to climb a tree they made a lad- Bilton School—4th July—6.00pm to 8.00 pm
der to get up to the tree and they got down by Harris—14th September 6.00pm to 8.00pm
JUMPING! Luckily, they didn’t hurt themselves. Ashlawn—20th or 29th June from 6.30pm
While I was there I started to make a swing for Rugby High School—28th June 7.00pm to 9.00pm
them but it wasn’t good I think it needed a Avon Valley—21st September—TBC
little bit more rope. I tried to get the rope up Princethorpe—Open Afternoon - Sunday 24th September 2017 –
to a tree branch but it was too high. 2.00pm to 5.00pm

I also started making a GIANT pencil but it was
taking ages.

THE BIG QUIZ This half
terms—
Hosted by Bilton School PTA Value for
Friday 7th July 7.30pm @Bilton School
Over 18’s only Life
£10 per team (max 6 players)
Register now via Licensed
[email protected] Bar
Payment on the door

Bilton has
Talent!

Do you have a particular talent
or skill?

Please enter our Talent show
on

Friday 30th June
at the Summer Fayre
between 5:30 and 7:00p.m.

Let Mrs Norton know the
following info:

Name of Act, names of people
taking part and how long you
will need on the stage.

Hopefully our amazing BJS
choir will be kicking it all off!

Book Donations for stall at Summer Luau Party

We are having a second hand book stall at the
PTA Luau Party.

If you have any books you could donate to the
school please send them into school by Wednes-
day the 28th June.

School Information School—Diary Dates

 School gates open at 8.40a.m Tuesday 4th July—Sports Day—am
 School starts at 8.50a.m - Any child arriving after this time is late Tuesday 11th July—Induction day—new
classes
and will be marked as such. Thursday 20th July—School closes at 3.30pm
 School finishes at 3.30p.m Friday 21st July—Teacher Training day
 If your child is ill and going to be absent please either telephone us on 01788 810675 2017/2018
Term starts Tuesday 5th September 2017
(you can leave a voice mail if the office is closed or busy) or email us Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October
on [email protected] 2017—Half Term
 If you feel you need to meet with a teacher face to face please
email [email protected]
 If you need to talk with a teacher over the phone or have a general enquiry for them
please email [email protected] Our teachers are busy with your
children in the classrooms all day however they will get back to you as soon as
possible.
 If you would like to share concerns or contact Mrs Hodgson our Home/School
Support worker, please call the office, pop into school or email her directly
on [email protected]

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