I hope everyone has had a good couple of weeks. This is the first Newsletter since half term and the children have quickly settled back into their routines.

This week has been incredible. Our focus has been Around the World and we have been celebrating the cultural diversity that we have within our families. We have had a live chat with Ebo school in Gambia and learned all about life in the school and the surrounding community. We have also found out all about Canada and Spain and have been lucky enough to try out some delicious food. The children have found out all about India and the Caribbean and had French lessons and sang songs from around the world. We are so lucky to have parents who are prepared to come in and educate our children and we are so grateful.

We have had Miss Jones and Mrs Engler join our team this week and we are excited to have two extremely experienced teaching assistants to support the children. Mrs Courtney will also be joining us shortly. We are currently recruiting a Year 1 teacher and have had incredible interest- rightly so too as it is a wonderful opportunity. We will be appointing the teacher before Easter so they can visit our school and meet the children before starting in September.

As always, if there are any issues do not hesitate to get in touch.

Sam Aiston

This has been a wonderful week at Bowbrook. One of the specific areas in the Early Years curriculum is Understanding the World. Within Understanding the World, the children need to develop their understanding of society and the roles people play within it. We are so lucky at Bowbrook to have parents who contribute so much to society so this week we have had many visitors in school talking about the jobs that they do. Please look at our website and social media for what the children have been learning.

Currently we are recruiting for more staff to join our growing team. We are excited by this and have met many interested candidates. When we have appointed, we will let you know and we look forward to you welcoming them into our school community.

Thank you for your continued support as a community. We are really proud with the school we are creating and are excited about the future. As always, if there are any issues or any improvements you feel we could make then please let me know.

Have a great weekend and wrap up warm.

Sam Aiston

We love PE in our school. It is an opportunity to take ourselves out of our comfort zone and work on our gross motor skills.

Every morning we do Phonics with the children. This is a highly effective way of teaching the children to decode words and as a result be able to read fluently and confidently. At Bowbrook the scheme we use is Unlocking Letters and Sounds.

Welcome back everyone

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas. We have been hearing all about what everyone has been up to and the presents that the children received and the presents that they gave to their family.

The new term is under way and it has been a wonderful start. There are quite a few new starters in Nursery and we welcome our new families. I have no doubt that they will love being part of the school community that we are growing.

To cope with the increasing demand, we are looking for some new support staff to work in our Nursery and someone to help out across dinnertimes, both on the kitchen and supporting the children.

There are lots planned for the next few weeks. The children have already been to Think tank in Birmingham and next week we are looking at the roles people have in the community as part of a week focusing on heroes. If anyone would like to visit and speak to the children about their job then please get in touch.

It is a pleasure to be the Headteacher of the school and I am excited about the learning and the opportunities that we have coming up.

Any issues then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Sam Aiston

I love these last weeks before Christmas. The children are so excited and it makes being in school magical.

We have had an action packed week as you will see from the newsletter. We have also been showing around more parents wanting to send their children to us when they begin Reception in September. We are growing the school steadily and will never compromise on quality. We are looking to expand our staff and still have a lunchtime supervisor vacancy and will be releasing a vacancy for a Teaching Assistant this week.

A quick note on the Nativity: we had our nursery children involved and we were thrilled that our 3 year olds took part. As a school, we are inclusive and we want everyone to take part whatever their ability or age. I know our families appreciate this and that is why as a staff, parent group, governing body, 3-18 Trust we are proving such an effective team.

Pantomime next week as well as Christmas parties – it is going to be a wild one!

Sam Aiston

We are having great fun at our After school clubs. This half term we have done Football, Board games, Coding and Dance club.