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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 21/02/22

      Well, the Red Weather Warning was not what we all expected as staff left school last night! We are sorry to end the half term like that, but hope everyone stays safe and the storm passes today. It has been a very long wintery half term and I do know everyone was ready for a break after all the hard work and growth of the last seven weeks. Teachers posted online learning for today. Any school sports kits or belongings in school will now have to wait for collection for the start of next half term...Mr Lucas was kindly checking for perishables this morning before preparing to lock the school before the storm.

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 11/02/22

      Over the last few weeks I have managed to squeeze in attendance at some local and national meetings with other headteachers. At each meeting we have, unsurprisingly, discussed the ongoing issues with Covid and the well-being of our pupils and staff teams. At Bentley, like all good schools, we are very mindful to support children make much needed catch up progress in their learning, but this is a careful balance, keeping well-being in mind. What we have noticed across the nation in the last month is;

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 04/02/22

      It has been wonderful to see some first signs of spring shooting up this week, as we have moved into February, and our pupils have noticed spring flowers starting to blossom, which is such a joy.

      In school today we have had such a lot of fun with each class having an amazing drumming session using the steel pans and Japanese Taiko drums. There has been a lot of booming music, team work and concentration! A super day to celebrate our ongoing ‘2022 Year of Music at Bentley’ and a big thank you to our PTFA for funding this.

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 28/01/22

      I am pleased to say we seem to have moved past the peak of our Covid cases this week. That being said some people have experienced a range of symptoms and some adults do seem to have been more unwell. We send our love to those at home and hope to see you back at school soon when you are better.

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 21/01/22

      It has been a tricky week at school where we have had high staff and pupil absence due to Covid and other illnesses. To throw into the mix we had an unexplained fire alarm and the water was turned off. In a typical week these would have been the ‘big news’ but keeping school open and running from 8.55am until 3.15pm has been the much bigger challenge and it felt very close to having to shut down school at several moments. A huge thank you the marvellous Bentley staff team who have worked so hard to cover and ensure children have been learning and safe. It feels quite miraculous we finally got to Friday without a hoard of locusts or a blizzard…I think a glass of wine may be called for this weekend!

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 14/01/22

      I personally find January a tough month with the post-Christmas blues, bills arriving and the grey days and dark nights. Illness and Covid worries seem so common at this time of year for many of us, and I sadly have a family funeral to attend today. I am also well aware of the current emotional loads for several other people in our wider Bentley school family. Our thoughts and best wishes are very much with you.

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 07/01/22

      We are delighted to welcome everyone back to school for the Spring Term.  We hope you were able to enjoy a restful break.

      We know many staff and families had disrupted Christmas plans and the current news suggests we are very much in the difficult time of year for Covid and flu. We have been reviewing our Risk Assessments and will continue with all current arrangements but continue to review. We have made plans in case of staff absence and of course will always endeavour to offer face to face for all pupils where it remains safe, and we are able to. Parents and carers will be very aware of the risks and also the required expectations if we have positive Covid cases. The worst case risks for us are;

      • High numbers of pupils with Covid leading to PHE enforcing a group or whole class to self-isolate
      • Staff absence leading to us being unable to provide schooling safely for all year groups and being forced to return to remote learning
      • High numbers of unwell staff leading to us having to use our contingency planning for remote learning
      • HC3S staff being unwell and unable to offer school dinners
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    • The last week of term at Bentley...

      Published 17/12/21

      A huge thank you for all the many lovely messages of thanks for all the staff for all the Christmas performances over the last two weeks; the joy of our pupils, the pride of staff and the love of parents and relatives has made the Covid tracking and hard work involved all worthwhile. We have been truly blessed here at Bentley this term in so many ways and December has been the cherry on the top! Please click here for some ‘memorable moments’. 

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    • Christmas at Bentley

      Published 17/12/21

      Christmas at school is always really special - and it has been lovely again this year.  From fundraising events for our PTFA like the Christmas Fair and the Elf Run, to Nativity plays, singing Christmas carols around the Christmas Tree and visits to the Church.  Here are some of our treasured memories...

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 10/12/21

      It has been such a joy to see the Key Stage 1 Nativity this week. It was brilliant to be able to welcome parents and grandparents into school again and it felt extra special. There were many highlights for me and the singing and enthusiasm will stay with me for a very long time. Across the school, the children are all enjoying the singing and acting they have been working on. Bravo! We have all our fingers and toes crossed that our current Covid situation remains static to allow adults in next week too.

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 03/12/21

      After a fantastic outdoor Christmas Fair we are all excited about our Elf run today. A huge thank you to everyone for getting behind these school PTFA fundraisers, which are bringing so much joy to all of our children! The teachers and support staff have spread some Christmas sparkle around the building with all the Christmas trees and decorations. Yann and Gemma from St Mary’s got us even more excited about Christmas in their weekly Collective Worship yesterday too!

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    • This week at Bentley...

      Published 26/11/21

      We may have had one day out of school for the INSET, but we still seem to have squeezed in a full five days of activities!

      As I write, the sun has come out, I can hear Year 6 elves getting changed and there has been a huge amount of activity with the PTFA getting everything ready! We are officially excited for Christmas and the children are looking forward to enjoying all the special treats and stalls. Thank you to everyone involved in setting this up and to everyone for coming along and getting involved and enjoying all the fun.

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