Burford School
Marlow Bottom Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 3PQ
T: 01628 486655 F: 01628 898103
E: office@burfordschool.co.uk
W: www.burfordschool.co.uk
Headteacher: Karol Whittington M.A., B.Ed. Hons
Newsletter - 28th March 2008
Dear Parents/Friends/Guardians,
The
Pond
A huge thank you to Mr Vyner, Mr Collinswood,
Natalie Kreimes-Liimatainen, Kelly
Lowe, Marcus Ushiro-Lumb and Hannah Hunt for spending a whole day taking out
the old pond liner and putting the new one in! They worked their socks off
all day ensuring the fish and frogs had a lovely new home! The pond is a
valuable resource for the school and all their hard work was very much
appreciated, thank you!
Congratulations
Congratulations to Mr Andy Watts and his wife Jennie on the birth of their
first child Rebecca! Rebecca was born on the 7th March at 19.18pm
weighing in at 7lb 4oz and we wish them all well!
Achievements
The
Mathematical association run a nationwide competition called the Primary
Maths Challenge each year. This is open to every school throughout the
Country. This year some of our year 6 pupils got amazing results! Sophie
Lavis, Eric Cordes and Thomas Salmon all achieved places in the final and
were awarded special certificates. Tommy Jackson achieved a bronze medal and
Harvey Barber, Louise Jubainville and Thomas Walker all achieved silver
medals! This means they were amongst the top 1% in the Country – well done
to all of them!
The
Year 6 netball teams have played a number of fixtures this term. The ‘A’
team played against
Well done to Sam North, Josh Minett and Thomas Salmon who were runners up in
the finals of the inter schools table tennis competition at Chalfont St
Peter last week. They played extremely well and showed great sportsmanship
Well done to Fraser Brown who achieved his award for progress in string
playing in his step one violin exam!
11+ meeting for Y5 parents
For your dairies - the meeting for Y5 parents regarding procedures for next
years 11+ tests has been moved back a week from the 19th June to
26th June. This is because the Power Point presentation from
County will be available slightly later than planned.
Code of Conduct for issuing penalty Notices
The revised Code of Conduct for issuing penalty notices for poor attendance
is available on the County website. Hard copies are available for those who
would like them from the school office.
http:www.buckscc.gov.uk/schools/documents/pupil_support/code_conduct_penalty_notices.pdf
Parent Forum
Thank you to all those people who have volunteered for the parent forum. We
are still looking for representatives from Oak, Beech, Cedar, Juniper, Yew
and Hawthorn classes. If you would like to volunteer or if you know someone
who would be keen, please let the office know.
Healthy Lunches
If you are unsure as to what you should provide in your child’s lunchbox,
information on a well balanced, healthy lunch is provided on the website
under the ‘Letters/Forms’ button.
Visits/Curriculum
Y4 visited the Living Rainforest last week and enjoyed it immensely. They
saw lots of plants, insects and animals in their habitats and had a guided
tour of exhibits with in depth discussions from the rainforest staff.
Year 6 also had another excellent day on their Chiltern walk.
Y3 had a visit to school from the staff at Mop End. They also had an
excellent day and learnt all about rocks and soils. Y2 spent an exciting
afternoon re-enacting the great Fire of London in the playground! They have
spent the last few weeks making models of houses and set them on fire to see
how quickly they burnt in windy conditions with their thatched roofs and
close proximity. Luckily we had a fireman on hand in case of emergencies!
Collection
If you would still like to contribute to a collection for Mrs Norton please
send in any donations to the school office. We will be buying a leaving
present to give to her next week as she will be finishing on Friday.
Thank You
Thank you to Frank Sweatman, a
The
western boundary of the school grounds borders publicly accessible woodland.
The wire fence is regularly vandalised allowing unauthorised access by
people and dogs as well as deer. The school would like to create a secure
and permanent boundary whilst maintaining an attractive environment;
therefore immediate repairs are needed to the wire fence. A natural hedge of
Berberis Darwinii is planned for the entire length of the boundary, giving
an evergreen, hardy and very prickly barrier with the added advantages of
attractive foliage, flowers and edible berries. We have been offered a
generously discounted price (from Flowerland in Bourne End) of £400,
excluding VAT, for 160 plants, enough for the planned 75 metre run.
Access to the playground to the northern side of the school is currently via
an extremely steep slope. This access is the evacuation route for parts of
the school and is also regularly used by children, whose classrooms are on
that side of the building, to avoid the need for them to cross the front of
the school where there are cars and vans making deliveries etc. Steps with a
handrail would make access much safer, especially in wet or icy weather.
Thanks to Mr Sweatman we are now able to improve the safety of the school
with these measures.
Gift Aid
Thank you to all those people who have already sent in gift aid forms, it
has been much appreciated! If anyone would still like to make any donations
the form is available on the website.
Library
Just a reminder that children should not take books back to the library
without having them checked off on the computer first, otherwise the system
does not allow another book to be taken out.
Musical Instruments
Also a reminder that all musical instruments need to be stored in the music
room, not in the entrance to the library as this is causing congestion.
New or amended dates in bold
Dates for your Diary
2008
Wednesday 2nd April
‘Gel’ (Y5/6 show) 7.00pm
Thursday 3rd April
‘Gel’ (Y5/6 show) 7.00pm
Friday 4th April
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
Thursday 1st May
Cedar class to Ashmolean
Friday 2nd May
Children return from
Tuesday 6h May
SATs week Y3/Y4
Hawthorn class
Thursday 8th May
Yew class
FOB
Monday 12th May
SATs week Y6
Saturday 17th May
FOB Ball
Monday 19th May
SATs week Y5
Wednesday 21st May
Y1 to
Friday 23rd May
School closes for half-term 3.15
Saturday 24h May
Children return from
Monday 2nd June
School opens after half-term 8.45pm
Saturday 7th June
Children return from
Monday 9th June
Image Theatre in for KS1 – Jungle Book 9.30-11.00am
FOB
Thursday 12th June
Image Theatre in for KS2 – Jungle Book 9.30-11.00am
Friday 20th June
Marlow Liaison Sports
Saturday 21st June
Rose Carnival
Monday 23rd June
Creativity Week
Wednesday 25th June
KS2 Sports Day 9.30-12.00
Thursday 26th June
KS1 Sports Day 9.30-11.00am
Thursday 26th June
11+ meeting for y5 parents
Friday 27th June
Year 6 Games at Sir Wm Borlase – all day
Monday 30th June
New Reception Parents meeting
Tuesday 1st July
Secondary induction day/new class visits
Wednesday 2nd July
KS1 Reserve Sports Day
Thursday 3rd July
KS2 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
Friday 18th July
Y6 Leavers Assembly for School and Y6 Parents 9.30am
Monday 21st July
Tea Party for parent helpers PM
Tuesday 22nd July
Bobby Graham concert – whole school
Wednesday 23rd July
End of term – school closes for summer
Autumn Term 2008
Wednesday 3rd September-Friday 24th October
Monday 3rd November-Friday 19th December
Spring Term 2008
Tuesday 6th January-Friday 13th February
Monday 23rd February-Friday 3rd April
Summer Term 2009
Monday 20th April-Friday 22nd May
Monday 1st June-Friday 17th July
(Monday 22nd June – Inset Day)
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. K Whittington
Headteacher