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We have had an enjoyable day in school today, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. Everyone has looked fantastic in their red, white and blue clothing and we all enjoyed singing our special coronation songs in collective worship this morning.
I can well and truly say that we’re back into the full swing of the school routine this week and all the staff tell me that the children have been working very hard.
I hope you all had a good break over Easter and were able to recharge the batteries ready for the term ahead. We have an exciting term coming up with lots of events for the children to join in with, from coronation celebrations to residential visits.
I want to say a big thank you to everyone for their kinds words and many hugs this week. It has been a great send off. A big thank you to you all for my Bentley painting and special teddy which will remind me of all of you. After much thought, I have decided that the amazing legacy gift donation of £875.29 will go towards a Mrs Pinchess Reading Cup award for ‘Great Reading’. The rest of the money should be spent on new furniture for the staff room…something I have not had the budget to do, but much needed for our super staff team.
We have started today with an AMAZING celebration of creativity, with all the super homework the children brought in. This was part of our ‘Kindness week’ in having a break from the typical homework, (and giving teachers a week off marking and setting homework as a kindness to them!) but also to enjoy doing something different. A big thank you to you at home for supporting all our artists and craftspeople to make some brilliant pieces – they are wonderful!
We suggest asking children to empty any special (ssh…Mother’s Day!) items from their book bags when they get home today. Thank you to the teachers for their Blue Peter-style inspirations and for helping create something handmade by your child, all done with a lot of LOVE.
Asking the children in assembly, they unanimously raved about the fun of the snow on Wednesday! I think it surprised a lot of us adults, who are very used to snow forecasts not being for us ‘down South’. By Thursday, after the rain had washed the snow away, it all felt like a dream!
Thank you to everyone for the amazing efforts with our super World Book Day on Monday. We really love reading at Bentley and this annual event is a special celebration of all things ‘book’. The children clearly enjoyed the book swaps, online author meets and the dressing up and I think from all the parent smiles that you did too! A big thank you to the Forresters for the super photos they took to mark the event. The photo links have been emailed to parents, so you may purchase them if you wish. Funds raised benefit the PTFA.
Dear parents, carers and friends of the school,
Thank you for all your support and interest in my visit to our link school in The Gambia. The children have been so keen to hear all about it and to know how their fellow pupils are doing. I was able to share lots of news and pictures in our assemblies this week (please see attachment below),
The generosity of pupils, governors, staff and our wider community has been amazing, My bags are full of wonderful books and donations to share with our friends in Sitahuma, thank you very much. Fingers crossed that I can fit in some clothes of my own too! I am very excited about returning to Kaira Konko and look forward to reporting back to you all after half-term.
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A big thank you to all the child shoppers today who helped us to raise £160 towards Gambian community projects. I am so excited about visiting Sitahuma again at half-term. My suitcase is filling up fast with lovely books, pencils and sports donations, collected by our school community for our Gambian friends. I know the money will be so well spent and I can’t wait to report back all the news to our Bentley children, who have been so inspired by this special friendship with children across the globe.
Dear parents, carers and friends of the school,
It does feel as though it has been January for longer than a month already! We have had very cold days, rainy days and grey days, so the Gambia charity hot chocolate was very much appreciated yesterday. We raised an amazing £289.80. Thank you so much for your support…that will buy an awful lot of school lunches for our friends in Sitahuma!