Bentley Weekly News 4.7.2025
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Lost Property We have a lot of unnamed lost property - this will be put out in the playground tonight after school whilst children are buying their ice lollies. Please check the boxes and claim anything that your child is missing. Please ensure all clothing, bottles, lunch boxes are named to help us reunite belongings with their owner. Year 4 Sleepover tonight Please see last week's newsletter for details of the films that will be on offer. Don't forget the collection time is 9am in the morning. Quad Kids If your child is participating in Quad Kids next week (some Hedgehogs and Adders children), please ensure you have completed the forms via the website - apologies for the teething problems with this. For those parents attending and collecting details of parking will be emailed to you on Monday. If you are collecting from Bentley school, return will be approximately 6pm. Cricket on Tuesday There will be no cricket coaching for children on Tuesday this week. Leavers Assembly - Year 6 will be attending a 'moving on' assembly at Bentley church on Tuesday 15th July. Children will be taken from, and returned to school in the school minibus. Leavers Photo - The supplement will appear in the Ipswich Star on Wednesday 9th July. KS2 Writing Day Thursday 17th July As per the recent email, Thursday 17th July is KS2 Writing Day, as part of this children will be going to a workshop at Copdock school on the afternoon of 17th. Parents are invited in to school on Friday 18th at 2pm to look at what your child has been writing and join in some activities. Please see email sent out earlier in the week. School Council and Head Pupil Elections As we approach the end of term, we will be holding elections for our key roles within school. This will support the childrens' understanding of the election process and democracy. School Council elections will take place on Monday 14th July and Head Pupil elections will take place on Tuesday 15th July. Please speak to your child at home if they are keen to be part of this process and support them to write their election speech ready for election day. If they would like to put up posters around school to promote themselves, that is fine too. In their speech to the whole school, they will need to demonstrate how they can meet our school vision...'to be confident individuals, successful learners and responsible citizens', and explain why they are a good candidate for the position. For the Head Pupil role, children receiving the highest number of votes will be considered for interview with Mrs Austin. A copy of the Head Pupil job description can be found here. Staff changes for September As we get closer to the end of the school year, we wanted to update you on a couple of changes for the new school year. Sadly, we will be saying goodbye to Mrs Atkins, who has been working within Hedgehogs class for the past 2 years. Mrs Atkins has contributed lots to our federation and we are extremely grateful for her commitment during her time with us. We wish her the best of luck as she explores new ventures and hope she will come and say hello in the future to share her news.
We also say farewell to Mrs Callis, our 'Queen of Finance'. Having recently become a grandma, Tracy looks forward to sharing her time with her family. Tracy has been part of our schools' journey for 20 years and she will be sadly missed.
From September we will be welcoming Mrs Ju Usher as our new School Business Manager and Mrs Amanda Perryman as our new admin assistant. This will add strength to our fabulous admin team across both schools, with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Cumberland meeting and greeting as usual.
Reports
Reports will be sent home electronically next week with additional assessment information for Y6 following their SATs results due on Tuesday. Learning journey records will be sent home before the end of term to celebrate each child's successes throughout the year.
PTA News Save the date for our …. ☀️End of school summer party ☀️ ☀️Monday 21st July ☀️5:00 - 7:00pm Everyone is invited We hope everyone will be able to join us to help celebrate the end of an amazing school year where the children have worked so hard and achieved so much. We will also be saying goodbye to our year 6 pupils and wishing them well for their move up to high school and welcoming our new Bentley bunny’s. All friends and family are welcome. We will have a BBQ and bar. More information to follow soon.
Please check our Local events and clubs page on the website for things going on in the community .and over the summer break. - we are always adding new information from 3rd parties for you to consider - there may be holiday clubs or sporting opportunities, or events taking place in local villages. We also include courses available to parents on a variety of topics. Please be aware of the Orwell Bridge lane restrictions and closures over the next few weeks to allow time for dropping and collecting at school.Details from Highways on the local events page, link above.
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REMINDERS!!!! Quad Kids - if your child is participating in Quad Kids next week, please ensure you have completed the forms via the website - apologies for the teething problems with this.
Menu Change - please note the attached menu is being offered on Thursday 10th July (sandwiches/jackets will also be available). Moving forward there is a change to Thursdays in weeks 1 & 2 as follows: Wk 1 - Thursday - it will be roast chicken instead of roast turkey, Wk 2 - Thursday - it will be chicken sausages instead of roast chicken
Consents in Arbor It is very important that we have the consent forms completed for all children in Arbor please. If you have had an email this week asking you to log in and complete these, please could you action asap. Thank you for your support. Lunch and Morning Club payments - Please ensure that all payments are paid weekly as taken - thank you for your support
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Every week we encourage parents to support their children to learn and use new vocabulary. In school we will be exploring the origin of new words, what they mean and how to use them effectively in context. If you can encourage your child to use these words it would be really helpful! Wolves Canopy and habitat Hedgehogs: transcontinental and polar Adders: sporadic and pagan |
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Mondays - After School Activity Club
Fridays - Family Assembly
Tuesday afternoons - cricket coaching for Hedgehogs and Adders classes (none on Tuesday 8th July) Tuesday 8th July - U11 Quad kids - details emailed last week, survey to complete please Wednesday 9th July - U9 Quadkids - details emailed last week, survey to complete please Thursday 10th and Friday 11th July - Adders Bikeabilty course Thursday 17th July - KS2 writing day - children will go to copdock for a workshop in the afternoon. Monday 21st July - Leaver's Assembly - 9am, children to be dropped off at church. Monday 21st July - PTA Leaver's party 5 - 7pm Tuesday 22nd July - end of term Worship Group Monday 7th July, Monday 21st July.
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Learners of the week
Wolves: Harrison and Emilia Hedgehogs: Philippa and Olivia Adders: Mario and Jake The School Value this term is 'truthfulness' See the link for ideas you could discuss at home: Truthfulness Well done to Jenson, Luther and Ace for showing this value
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Reading Giants This is our weekly Reading Challenge! Last week was: Adders
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