Bentley C E Primary School
This week at Bentley...
This week, we have been incredibly proud of our Year 6 children during their SATs tests. The children have come into school each day with such a positive attitude, showing resilience, determination and maturity throughout the week. Most importantly, every single child has tried their very best and should feel extremely proud of themselves.
To celebrate the end of SATs week and reward the children for all of their hard work, they are currently enjoying a well-deserved trip to Legoland. I am sure they are having a fantastic time together and making lots of special memories.
During SATs week, it has become a lovely tradition for the children to enjoy a sausage or bacon roll each day once the tests are complete. A huge thank you must go to our wonderful kitchen team, who prepared these treats every day on top of cooking all of our school dinners. Your kindness and support helped make the week feel extra special for our Year 6 children.
Elise Cavanough, our Chair of Governors, has asked me to share this with you all:
"This week I have had the privilege of invigilating at all the SATs exams completed by our Year 6 pupils, in my role as a governor overseeing the administration of the tests. I was struck by the maturity and calmness that all the children demonstrated throughout. As in previous years, the children had been well prepared. They joined Year 6 children across the country, on the same date and at the same time, to sit the same papers, in formal exam conditions. The purpose of these exams is to ensure that children leave primary school with the knowledge and skills set out in the National Curriculum at the conclusion of Key Stage 2, ready for the next stage of their learning at secondary school. Termly assessments are a core part of learning at Bentley, so they are very familiar with the concept. Assessment is a key part of establishing the progress of children and identifying areas of challenge. As in the SATs exams, children with special educational needs have access arrangements appropriate to them to ensure equity.
The comradeship and mutual encouragement I saw on display amongst our Year 6 pupils was wonderful. A huge thank you to all the staff who supported this week - first among them our incredible year 6 teaching team of Mrs Blake and Mrs Williams, supported by Miss Miles. There are also a large group of others, along with governors, who ensured all the tests ran smoothly. On behalf of all the governors, thank you so much for your hard work and I congratulate all of Year 6 on their achievements this week. Today they are enjoying a well deserved treat - a class trip to Legoland. But they still have a great deal ahead this term - new topics of study, a residential and preparations for their much anticipated Leaver's Play. You will be able to spot them as they are all now sporting their Class of 26 Hoodies! Have a fun and relaxing weekend Year 6 - you deserve it!
Elise Cavanough - Chair of Governors"
We also wanted to say a huge well done to Year 1 following their trip to Arundel Castle this week. Miss Hastie was incredibly proud of the levels of curiosity the class showed throughout the day, alongside their impeccable behaviour. The children represented Bentley beautifully and were a credit to both their families and our school. Well done, Year 1!
This week, all classes have also had the opportunity to visit our wonderful new Attenborough Garden with Madam Jones. Each class has designed a set of rules to help us think carefully about how we can look after and protect this very special space. We are looking forward to using the garden regularly as part of our learning and reflection time.
Have a lovely weekend.
Vicky Hallett
Headteacher
HOUSEPOINTS
The house points from this week will be added to next week’s totals as Year 6 were not here today.
ATTENDANCE
Governors have set the attendance target for the school at 97%. The class with the best attendance last week were Year R and Year 2. Well done R and Year 2!
Attendance figures for each class for last week are below:
SAFEGUARDING
Instagram has announced a new feature that will notify parents if their teenager repeatedly searches for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period of time. The news from Meta details how alerts will be sent to parents who use Instagram’s parental supervision tools and will subsequently provide guidance and resources to help them approach sensitive conversations with their child.
Instagram Releases Alerts for Parents When Teens Search for Self-Harm/ Suicide Terms
GOLD BOOK/GOLD CARDS
Well done to those children who were awarded a gold card. We’re very proud of you!
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Gold Cards |
Gold book |
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Year R |
Amanda x2, Juliana, Mollie, Ada |
Ada |
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Year 1 |
Whole class, Isaac, Felicity, Anabelle |
Lissy |
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Year 2 |
Robin, Lawrence, Pen |
Henry |
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Year 3 |
Monty |
Sophia |
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Year 4 |
Dermot, Oscar, Orla, Amelie |
Seth |
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Year 5 |
Josie, Olivia |
Olivia |
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Year 6 |
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ARITHMAGICIANS
The Arithmagicians competition is back, and the challenge is on to see which class will come out on top!
Throughout next week and over half term (until 1st June), children can earn as many points as possible. The class with the highest total will win an extra playtime—so get involved and give it your best effort!
Remember, your points can also be spent during the first week back on rewards such as house points, extra playtime, or even an ice lolly with Mrs Blake.
Good luck, everyone—let the competition begin!
YEAR 1 TRIP TO ARUNDEL CASTLE
Year 1 had a fantastic time at Arundel Castle!
They especially loved exploring the dungeons, seeing the portcullis and armoury, dressing up – and, of course, counting all the arrow slits!
RAINBOW ROOM REVAMP
Help us redecorate and rejuvenate the rainbow room. Any items from the list can be bought from our Amazon wish list or donated. Thank you!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3D8WUK2HIXXH1?ref_=wl_share
We are also looking for a small sofa in great condition. Please contact your class rep if you have one available to donate.
SCHOOL PLACES STILL AVAILABLE!
FREE ONLINE PARENT COURSES
Hampshire County Council are pleased to offer an exciting new programme of courses; a mixture of firm favourites and new subjects.
The courses are designed to enhance your knowledge and skills, promote personal growth, explore your creative interests or simply broaden your horizon. The following may be of particular interest:
ECO UPDATE
The Attenborough Garden
After a year of digging, planting, watering and creating, our beautiful Attenborough Garden was opened last Friday by Fiona Scully from Butterfly Conservation. What started as a response to the Butterfly Emergency, has developed into a lovely community project involving some rather wonderful people including Robin, Catherine and Maschajt from Bentley, Alton Men’s Shed and Pepperpot Herbs. In addition, nearly 40 of our pupils have been involved in the garden’s creation, inspiring future gardeners, naturalists and conservationists. We are also very grateful for funding from the South Downs National Park Renature Fund as well as Groundwork UK and The Pilanesburg Foundation. Following the incredible legacy of the work of Sir David Attenborough, children at Bentley now have a wonderful ecosystem to learn about plants and animals as well as a space to enjoy and care for nature. Thanks to our fabulous new gazebo, the children will be able to enjoy the garden whatever the weather! In the words of Sir David, “No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”
Our school is part of the National Education Nature Park and is featured on their website, click here to read more about our garden.
Hedgehog House
Thank you to Arthur in Year 5 and his dad for creating a fantastic hedgehog house for our Attenborough Garden. We hope that the hedgehogs of Bentley find their way to our garden!
Attenborough Day
To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday on May 8th, our school community hosted ‘Attenborough Day’. Throughout the day, the children participated in a range of activities linked to the life and work of Sir David Attenborough. In Year 6 the children created beautiful collage animals to display quotes by Sir David Attenborough whilst our youngest 
children made birthday cards and a delicious birthday cake which was shared at the garden opening. To conclude the day, many of the children came together with children all over the country for a live assembly at 2.15pm in honour Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.
Hidden Treasure Hunt – a national recycling challenge
Families are encouraged to hunt out unwanted or broken tech and electrical items at home and recycle them at Curry’s or Farnham and Alton Recycling Centres – click here for more details. Please note, if you are NOT dropping off your items at Currys, please take a photo when you recycle them to upload as evidence – you will be asked to upload this photo when you register – click here to register and scroll down to ‘How to register your recycling’.
Every time a family registers their recycling, our school earns a Planet Care Point and moves up the national leaderboard. Schools can win thousands of pounds in Currys’ vouchers for Microsoft tech, and families who take part are entered into prize draws to win Currys’ vouchers for Microsoft tech too. As an extra incentive Eco Council will be awarding a ‘Dolphin Award’ to those children who participate. Pupils should bring in a photo of them recycling their tech at Curry’s or a recycling centre. Please note only one dolphin will be awarded per child.
Please do get involved and share with your friends and family to help us to win some Microsoft tech for our school. The campaign runs until Friday 5 June 2026.
Find out more and take part at: hiddentreasurehunt.org
UPDATE ON PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
The nursing team are now pleased to launch the digital request for support form for Hampshire Public Health Nursing Service.
Please use the links as below or the QR codes attached to make any referrals into the service with immediate effect.
Any referrals into the service using the old system will be offered a three-week grace period.
From May 18th they will no longer be accepting the old referrals and new requests will need to be sent electronically.
For Parent/carer referrals please use the following link:
Digital referral for the 5-19 Hampshire Community Public Health Nursing Service
PTFA
Bentley PTFA has won a chance to win £1500 from Tesco!
Keep an eye out in the following stores:
Aldershot Superstore GU11 1SQ
Ancells Farm Express Express GU51 2XF
Fleet Express Express GU52 6AB
Farnborough Cave Express Express GU14 0EU
Ridgeway Road Express Express GU9 8NN
Hale Farnham Express Express GU9 0JH
Ash Vale Lysons Avenue Express GU12 5QL
When you have paid, get a blue token and be sure to vote for us! The more votes, the more chance we have of getting the main prize pot.
Rainbow clothes day
On Friday 22nd May, children are welcome to come into school wearing their colourful home clothes of any colour of the rainbow (or several!). Please bring a donation of £2 to participate in this fundraiser (or donate something from the wishlist https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3D8WUK2HIXXH1?ref_=wl_share).
