Thank you for your responses to the survey I sent out. You have given me a great insight into parents' views of the school. I will be sending out a separate letter to share some of the findings with you early next week.
It has been another busy week at school with lots of interesting and fun learning taking place. I needed to drop a few bits off at school this week (safely at the school gate!) and had the pleasure of arriving at break time. It was wonderful to see all the children playing so happily. I was treated to lots of children coming up to the gate and saying hello - I cannot wait to be in the school building with them all properly!
It has been another busy week in school with lots of super learning and the final ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions taking place. I hope you found these sessions an informative introduction to your child’s new teacher and year group. Mrs Miffling has been visiting all the classes this week to see how they are settling in and has been really impressed with the children's hard work and their attitudes to learning.
The weeks seem to be flying by - I cannot believe it is the end of week 3 already! I love receiving my updates from Mrs Miffling and hearing about everything everyone is getting up to in school.
It was lovely to meet so many of you on Friday at the Family BBQ. It was a fantastic turn out, probably the delicious BBQ smell wafting through Bentley encouraged any who were undecided! Thank you for all of your well-wishes and positive thoughts – it means a lot. I cannot mention the BBQ without sending out some appreciation. Thank you to the wonderful PTFA – working locally to Bentley I have always heard rumours of how amazing the team are at raising money for the school, so it was wonderful to see them in action. Chatting to Molly (one of the wonderful co- chairs) she told me that there are a lot of exciting events planned this year – I cannot wait! Thanks also needs to be given to the wonderful Bentley staff – who, after an incredibly hot first week back, stayed to support with raising money for the school.
The staff would like to welcome you all back after the summer holidays! As you are aware, Mrs Hallett, our new Headteacher, is unable to be with us in school at the moment, however she has sent the following message for the school community:
We have had a fantastic final week of learning for the school year and have enjoyed reminiscing about all that we have done since September. We can’t quite believe we’ve managed to fit it all in! Alongside all the regular learning in classrooms, we have been out on educational visits, hosted visitors to school, stayed away on residentials, taken part in a range of clubs, participated in lots of sporting events, had fun at PTFA events…the list goes on! Most of all we have enjoyed being together as a community, giving each other courage when life is tough and looking after one another with love. Our Christian values really have shone through this year.
I hope you enjoyed reading your child’s annual school report last night and were proud of all they have achieved this year. The staff have all been incredibly proud of the children’s hard work and the progress they have made, and thank you for your support at home to ensure your child completes their homework on time and commits to reading at least five times a week.Please enter an introduction for your news story here.
As I write this the children are all excitedly taking part in Move Up Morning where they are getting to know their new teachers and the expectations for their next year group. This is the perfect time to reflect on achievements over the past year and set goals for the new. Your child’s report will come home next week and I know you will all be very pleased with how much your children have achieved this academic year. See below for the full list of staffing.
It was great to see so many of you at the Summer Fair last week. It was a fantastic afternoon with perfect weather and an excellent range of activities to keep everyone busy and having fun. Just over £2000 was raised for the school, which is incredible! Events like these take a huge amount of planning and organisation and would not be possible without the support of our school community; from chopping onions, to putting up gazebos, to cooking burgers on the barbecue – the list goes on! A massive thank you must go to our wonderful PTFA chairs, Molly Scotton, Sarah Cordina and Sarah Forbes who coordinated the event. Please see the thank you list at the end of the newsletter for further thanks.
As I write this, the final preparations are being made for the Summer Fair this afternoon. The PTFA have been working very hard behind the scenes to make this a fantastic, enjoyable event, with lots of fun activities, tasty food and terrific games to play to keep the whole family entertained. A big thank you in advance to everyone who has volunteered to help – we can’t run these events without your support.
What a wonderful week we have had here in school! Following on from a successful Sports Day last week, Year 5 and 6 represented the school brilliantly at the Alton Cricket Festival this week. A boys’ team participated on Tuesday and a girls’ team on Wednesday with both teams winning lots of their matches. We are waiting to hear if they have made it through to the final being held in Southampton next week! A big thank you goes to Mr Goddard and Mr Metters for taking the team to their matches, driving the minibus, cheering the team on and keeping them cool!