Burford School
Marlow Bottom Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 3PQ
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Headteacher: Karol Whittington M.A., B.Ed. Hons
Newsletter - 23rd November 2007
Dear Parents/Friends/Guardians
Well done to everyone, we raised £225 for Children in Need this year! Thank you to all of you who brought in loose change and to Mrs Slater for counting it all!
Christmas Bazaar
Don’t forget to keep sending in items for the Christmas Bazaar on Friday 30th November. KS1 will be visiting the bazaar from 10.45 – 11.45 and KS2 from 1.15 – 2.15. Please help us by sending in Tombola prizes, toys, books, games, bric-a-brac, handicrafts and toiletries. Cakes need to be brought in on the morning of 30th November.
DCSF
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (previously DfES) requires all schools to have a SEF (School Evaluation Form) as part of managing the school’s performance. We regularly update our SEF and we are fortunate in that our Local Authority School Improvement Partner has offered us his assistance in helping us baseline Burford’s current and anticipated performance. As such your child may notice an increase of visitors in their classrooms in early December.
ICT Suite Stools
Thank you to FOB for buying the lovely new stools for the ICT Suite! The chairs that were in the suite are now being used in Cherry class, as their’s were of a poor quality and had been breaking daily! For health and safety reasons they had to be replaced and since the chairs in the ICT suite were too big, this seemed the ideal solution!
Library system
I hope you all received the letter about the new computerised library system. We were lucky to be able to purchase the software in the previous financial year using up the school’s remaining e-learning credits. These are ring-fenced and can only be used to buy computer software. This will be of great benefit to the children and should be in operation shortly.
Music CD
The music CD’s are selling out fast! If you still wish to purchase one, the cost is £10, and they are available from the school office.
Visits
Y4’s trip to Hampton Court Palace was fantastic. The children as usual behaved beautifully. It was the end of a series of visits to compare Tudor life. The children have now experienced a farm house, manor house and now a palace. Legion XIIII came to visit Y3 for their Roman day. The children dressed up as Goddesses, Roman soldiers and Centurians amongst other things. They played Roman games and handled Roman artefacts. A huge amount was learnt and a good time was had by all.
Orienteering
A team of orienteers, some as young as Year 3, went to Bovingdon in Dorset to compete in the British Schools’ Orienteering Championships. We overcame a major problem when the coach had a tyre damaged in the car park overnight; when, with the help of parents who had come to spectate, the early starters were ferried to the event in order not to miss their start times. The rain poured down, the wind blew, but the children made light of the atrocious weather. Well protected against the elements with cagoules, hats and even gloves they all finished their courses smiling and very at ease.
They were, as ever, a pleasure to take away. Everyone ran brilliantly and despite the abandonment of the official prize giving, the end of the competition saw Burford retain their National Primary Schools’ title. The Year 5 boys and girls and Year 6 girls were runners up in their age groups, while the Year 6 boys won their class.
Outstanding performances came from Phoebe Mansfield 2nd in Year 6 girls; Harvey Barber 2nd in Year 6 boys; while Olivia Gooddy and Thomas Salmon won the Year 5 girls and Year 6 boys classes respectively.
A terrific weekend for lots of children.
Merlyn Vyner
Achievements
Well done to all the pupils who took part in the Marlow Music Festival this month. In the Duets section Lucy Iwaszko and Maddy Wright received a merit along with Catherine Kemp and Alice Walker, Harvey Barber and Tim Johnston. Alex Noble and Emma Barnes were commended and received a silver medal. In piano solos the following children were awarded a merit: Catherine Kemp, Lucy Iwaszko and Maddy Wright, while Miles O’Dolan, Emma Barnes, Harvey Barber, Tim Johnston, Alisha Maddocks and Jessica Lowden were commended. Katrina Nash and Alex Noble both received bronze medals whilst Alice Walker and Louise Jubainville were awarded silver medals. Well done also to Jack Thetford, Charlie Bull and Marcus Ushiro-Lamb who have been given contracts with U9’s and U11’s Wycombe Wanderers football teams! Congratulations to Toby Hill who was awarded player of the month for his football team in Marlow, and Anna Branch who achieved her 100m swimming award.
New or amended dates in bold
Dates for your Diary
Friday 30th November Xmas Bazaar
Wednesday 5th December Orienteering PM - Danesfield
Thursday 6th December Reception Concert 11.00am
Monday 10th December FOB
Tuesday 11th December KS1 Concert 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Wednesday 12th December KS1 Concert 1.30pm
NFER tests for Y6
Thursday 13th December NFER Tests for Y6
Friday 14th December NFER Tests for Y6
Friday 14th December Senior Citizens Tea Party 1.00pm
Monday 17th December Tag Rugby fancy dress KS2
Xmas Orienteering 5.00pm
Tuesday 18th December Xmas carol concert 7.00pm
Thursday 20th December Christmas Parties
Friday 21st December School closes for Xmas
2008
Monday 7th January Training Day for staff
Tuesday 8th January School opens for Spring term – 8.45am
Tuesday 22nd January Y3 Vikings Day
Tuesday 22nd January FOB
Monday 28th January Y6 to Tutenkamun exhibition
Monday 4th February NFER tests Y3 – Y5
Tuesday 12th February FOB
Friday 15th February School closes for half-term 3.15pm
Monday 25th February School opens after half-term 8.45am
Monday 3rd March Parents Evening 4.00 – 7.00
Thursday 6th March Parents Evening 4.00 – 7.00
Monday 17th March Creative Week
Monday 17th March FOB
Friday 21st March Good Friday
Monday 24th March Easter Monday
Friday 4th April The ‘B’ Factor
School closes for end of term
Monday 21st April Staff Training Day
Tuesday 22nd April School opens for summer term 8.45
Thursday 24th April FOB AGM
Monday 28th April Y5 trip to Osmington Bay
Friday 2nd May Children return from Osmington Bay
Tuesday 6h May SATs week Y3 -Y5
Thursday 8th May FOB
Monday 12th May SATs weekY6
Saturday 17th May FOB Ball
Monday 19th May Yorkshire trip Y6
Friday 23rd May School closes for half-term 3.15
Saturday 24h May Children return from Yorkshire trip
Monday 2nd June Yorkshire Trip Y6
School opens after half-term 8.45pm
Saturday 7th June Children return from Yorkshire trip
Monday 9th June FOB
Wednesday 18th June KS1 sports day 9.30 – 11.00
Thursday 19th June KS2 sports day 9.30 – 12.00
11+ meeting for Y5 parents
Wednesday 25th June KS1 Reserve Sports Day
Thursday 26th June KS2 Reserve Sports Day
Monday 30th June New Reception Parents meeting
Tuesday 1st July Secondary induction day/new class visits
Wednesday 2nd July KS1 Reserve Reserve Sports Day
Thursday 3rd July KS2 Reserve Reserve Sports Day
Summer Music Concert 7.00pm
Friday 4th July Staff Training Day
Thursday 10th July Open evening 6.00pm
Friday 11th July Reports go out
Monday 14th July FOB
Tuesday 15th July Wycombe Swan Concert
Wednesday 16th July Lower KS2 Concert pm
Thursday 17th July Lower KS2 Concert pm
Friday 18th July Y6 Leavers Assembly for School and Y6 Parents 9.30am
Monday 21st July Tea Party for parent helpers PM
Wednesday 23rd July End of term – school closes for summer
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. K Whittington
Headteacher
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