I hope this newsletter finds you well and in good spirits as we bid farewell to the end of the spring term. It has been a truly wonderful and busy term here at Bentley, filled with exciting events and memorable moments.

As a church school we are beginning to turn our attention to the Christian festival of Easter in our RE lessons and Collective Worships.  Year 5 and Year 6 have visited St Mary’s Church, Bentley to work with Rev. Matt and Gemma to learn more about Lent and Easter and to share a special Lent Lunch together.  A big thank you to everyone who helped with these two events from making flapjacks, to setting up the hall, heating up soup and slicing bread, to tidying away at the end.  Thank you also to members of the church community who also offered their help at these events.  Year 3 and Year 4 are busy preparing their contributions to the Easter Service on the last day of term too and Year 4 have visited St Mary’s Church in Froyle today as part of their RE unit of work.

Yesterday, we all enjoyed the extra day of 2024 by taking part in our ‘Take a Leap’ event.  This involved the children jumping forwards, from side to side and then clapping in time to music. If you think this doesn’t sound like much of a challenge, have a look at our Facebook page to see a video of some Year 6 children taking part – the coordination needed was very tricky indeed!  The event was great fun and it was lovely to see the children make such quick progress in a short space of time.  A big thank you to the PTFA for organising the event and for all those who came on the day to help out.

We have had a fantastic time in school today (safely) breaking the rules!  There have been uniform violations, wacky hair designs, juices in water bottles, extra playtimes and much, much more, all in the spirit of fun and raising money for our school.  A big thank you to all the staff and children and to all of you for supporting this event, it raised £453.00 for the school, with Yr 1 being the most prolific rule breakers and making £81.00!

I can’t believe it’s Friday already – the weeks really are zooming by!  As usual, there has been lots of great learning happening (see below for the best learning of the week from each class) and staff have been commenting on how proud they are of our children’s fantastic attitude towards their work. 

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help in school following the request in our newsletter last week.  We are really looking forward to welcoming you in to support our children, especially with their reading development.  If you are interested and haven’t yet been in touch, we still have times available across the school if you would like to help out.  Just contact the office to let us know!