We are so lucky at Bowbrook to have a room that is designated for cooking. Throughout the summer term we will be taking the children up there and discussing healthy food choices, measuring out ingredients and making some delicious treats.

Finally we have a bit of sun and we are determined to make the most of it. We want our children outdoors as much as possible to run around and take in the fresh air.

Our After School Club runs from 3.20 – 5.30pm. There will be opportunities to go outside and use the bikes and our outdoor equipment. There will be various craft activities, healthy snacks and visits to Mini-Bowbrook and the Imagination Playground.

We have Miss Lauren Taylor in our team. Lauren will be in the office or in Nursery for this half term. I am sure everyone will make her feel welcome.

Summer term is here!
We are so excited for this term. Hopefully we get some nice weather and we can spend lots of time outside. The outdoors can be the best classroom in the world.

There are some new faces amongst the children and staff. Miss Taylor has joined our team and you will see her in the front office and in the Nursery classroom. We have some new children, particularly in Nursery. Please help welcome the new families into our community.

We want to make this term incredible for the children and have many visits and visitors planned. As always we want our parents and the wider community involved.

It seems to have flown by but we will be looking at transitions to the next year group for the majority of our children this term. We have waiting lists for our Nursery and Reception classes for next year which shows the success of our teaching team and the support that we have received from our community.

As always, any questions then please come and speak to me. Any ideas for trips or activities are always welcome.

Sam Aiston

Get your singing voices warmed up!

Now we have a wonderful new library, we have trained up our librarians. They were rewarded with their very own librarian badge which they will be wearing everyday. If anyone needs any support with finding a particular book, these are the people to call!

Easter is coming and this week we have had so much fun (and chocolate)! We have made use of our cooking facilities and made some delicious Easter treats. We also had an Easter Egg hunt around the whole school!

Our After school club runs from 3.20 – 5.30 every night with Miss Ferguson and Mrs Engler. There is food, games, craft activities, bikes, imagination playground and lots more.

Our second term is over. Much like the first, it has been incredibly busy. When I looked back through our social media posts, I can’t believe how much we have done and the opportunities that our children have had.

Our school continues to grow and we are consistently getting more children. Our Reception class and Nursery for September are over subscribed. We are determined to maintain the sense of community and keep that close relationship with our families as we continue on this journey to a full school. On the subject of families, we could not ask for a more supportive group. The support and engagement has been like nothing I have experienced before and everyone, particularly the children are benefitting from this. There are new staff who have joined us and they have fitted in wonderfully well. Anyone who joins this school understands the expectations and that they will be going above and beyond to provide exciting learning opportunities for the children. This will continue to be the case.

Next term will be fantastic. Hopefully the weather will be brighter and we will be able to use the outside areas that we are developing. There will be many opportunities for our parents to visit and be involved and there will be several community events. It will be the best term yet.

Have a great Easter everyone and look forward to a brilliant Summer.

Sam Aiston

Reverend Charlotte popped in to pay us a visit today. We enjoy the support from the local church and the children enjoyed listening to her story and acting it out.

This week has been World Book week. Once again our parents have been fantastic. We have had secret story tellers (our parents) come in through the week to read to our children. They have loved it. We have had all kinds of activities and visitors and I know Mrs Madden will make it into a cool video to share with you all.

We are recruiting for a Year 1 teacher currently. We are delighted that we have had so many applicants and the process to find the best one suited to Bowbrook has begun. We have been very clear to all our applicants that we are the ‘school of opportunity’ and there will be an expectation to provide far more than high quality teaching and we will expect a range of enrichment and extra curricular provision for our children.

We are continuing to put plans in place for our outdoor area. We have managed to recruit someone to work on our fields so look out for developments throughout the summer term.

Next week is Science week and we have some fun experiments and visits for the children.

Have a great week.

Sam Aiston