Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• 17th November 2023

  Fri 17 Nov 2023 Jacquie Vanstone

  Good afternoon,

   

  I hope you are well.  Whilst I am aware that we have had problems with our emails to gmail users, I am hoping you have all received an email this week with the diary dates for the rest of the term.  

  We are fully into Christmas play rehearsals and the singing is wonderful to hear.  I know you will be in for a treat.

   

  This week, we have had some Chaffinch children participating in an Athletics competition.  It was a great experience and we are pleased to be taking some of Goldfinch on Monday.  Mr O'Reilly also took some girls to a football tournament today.  They worked hard and enjoyed the day, coming third in their group.

   

  I have had the pleasure of leading many tours this week for prospective parents, I always feel proud showing people our school.

   

  Finally, a big thank you to the FOFSA committee.  The Christmas fair is such a busy time for them and it is exciting to see it all coming together, I know the children are getting excited and we look forward to the fair on 25^th November.

  I wish you a lovely weekend ahead of another busy week next week.

  With kind regards

  Jacquie Vanstone

• 10th November 2023

  Fri 10 Nov 2023 Jacquie Vanstone

  Good afternoon,

   

  We have had yet another busy week. The weather has not been kind to us and we have had a few wet playtimes and in door PE.  It is important that children have a coat with them every day as we will always go outside if we can.

   

  I have been made aware that some parents are pulling up on the zig zags. It is not a safe place to stop and should not be happening.  If the road is busy there is parking at the Memorial hall as well as at the Greyhound pub.

   

  We have had some visitors in school this week.  The American visitors returned to Bullfinch.  It was wonderful to watch the engagement of the children.  On Tuesday, a colleague from Wokingham Learning Support spent the morning in our classrooms.  She enjoyed her morning and described the children as calm and engaged.

   

  We began today with a lovely Bible assembly for our Reception children.  They were joined by their buddies and it was great to have so many parents with us.  Mr and Mrs Fox are loved by us all and we are so grateful for their weekly assemblies as well as when they lead special occasions like these.  The highlight for me was watching the Year 6 children with their Reception buddies, it was definitely a moment to capture. Please can I remind parents not to share photos of other pupils on social media if any were taken today. 

   

  As a school we then joined together as in Remembrance and the children wrote prayers and took time to reflect together. 

   

  We finished the week with our biggest win yet! The girls won their football match 9-1 with goals from Rose, Aizey, Lacey-mai and Briony.  Florence Rose got Player of the match. This is following another success earlier in the week with our netball girls getting through to the Wokingham finals tournament later in the year. Well done to both teams. 

   

  Next week is filled with more sporting events and visitors in school on top of the wonderful learning in the classrooms.

  On Monday we have a mufti day. Children can come to school in non uniform with a smellies or chocolate donation to our Christmas fair. If your child is in the athletics tournament on Monday they can wear non uniform and change to pe kit before lunchtime. 

   

  On Friday, we will be celebrating Children in Need.  The children can come in with spotty accessories such as spotty hair bands, socks etc.  We will collect for the charity with a bucket at each door. 

   

  I wish you a lovely weekend.

  With kind regards

  Jacquie Vanstone

• Friday 3rd November 2024

  Fri 03 Nov 2023 Jacquie Vanstone

  Dear Parents and Guardians,

   

  I hope you all had a good half term.  The children have come back demonstrating fantastic learning behaviours which has been great to see.  

   

  On Wednesday the Year Ones and Twos enjoyed a music workshop from a group of American visitors.  The children really enjoyed it and I know the visitors were impressed with the behaviour and engagement of the children.  They will return for a final session next week.

   

  This morning, we had a special assembly led by Mr Roberts, Isaac's dad.  Mr Roberts is a musician in the Irish Guards.  He shared a powerpoint presentation with the children which led to some great questions.  We then followed Mr Roberts to the Memorial Cross for a poem and The Last Post.  We will celebrate Remembrance day next week as well but having Mr Roberts with us makes it incredibly special, not just for the children but the staff as well. 

   

  We have finished the week on a high! The boys won their football match 4-2 against Polehampton.  They played well with Noah, Evan and Elliot scoring and Evan being voted Player of the Match.  Thank you Mr O'Reilly and thank you to the parents who helped to take the goals down.

   

  Next week is another busy week of sport with netball on Wednesday and a football match for the girls on Friday.  We will also be holding our Reception Bible Assembly on Friday at 9am.  Reception parents are welcome to join us.

   

  We avoided the stormy weather this week and look forward to hopefully a brighter one next week.  I wish you a lovely weekend.

   

  With kind regards

  Jacquie Vanstone