Bentley Weekly Update 6.11.2026
Important Information to ShareRemembrance - Wednesday 11th November
We will be going to the memorial in the village for 11am on Wednesday. Families are welcome to join us at 11am, and children who attend Brownies, Cubs etc are welcome to come to school in their relevant uniform. Poppies and other products are available in school for you or children to purchase.
Children in Need
Children in Need is on Friday November 13th, this year schools are being invited to 'run with Pudsey'. As you are aware, we are trying to run a marathon collectively in school over the two weeks leading up to Friday, to raise money for Children in Need. Please can you sign your child up asap so that they can take part and we can raise some money for this cause. This does not need to involve a lot of sponsorship, or be large donations, anything however small is welcome.
On Friday 13th children will be going to the field in the village to run the final few miles to get to our collective marathon. Please send your child in in PE kit, Pudsey accessories / T-shirts may be worn. Please drop your child off at the field and you are welcome to stay to celebrate their last few miles. If you are then able to help with walking the children back to school afterwards, please can you let the office know.
Please see the Pudsey link to sign up.
The school code is 7AF0.
School Admissions- September 2027
Admissions at Suffolk County Council are trying to reach all parents/carers of pre-school children who were born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023. If you know of any parents this relates to please ensure that they make an application for a full-time school place for their child for the 2027/2028 school year by the closing date of Friday 15 January 2027. See attached poster.
Christmas Craft Club
Thank you to all who signed up for this. This starts next Friday 13th November for 5 weeks until Friday 11th December. The club starts at 8.00am and children attending must have had their breakfast prior to coming. Payment for the 5 weeks will be £20 to cover costs of the resources and can be paid on spider which is now live.for payment. Please ensure you are paying on the Craft club payment, and not the morning club payment. Thank you!
Coats in school
Please send your child in with a waterproof coat each day, we try to get the children out if it is not raining heavily but they cannot go out without a coat (A fleece is not sufficient). Please ensure all coats, fleeces, sweatshirts etc are named so when they are taken off and left outside, we can reunite them.
Break time snacks
Please send your child in to school with a healthy breaktime snack. The fruit supplied to us for childen to have in school at break is for KS1 children only and this runs out if KS2 children are having it as well.
Volunteers Needed!
We have had a delivery of hedgerow which needs to be planted at the back of the playground. We are hoping to do this next Friday afternoon - anyone wishing to volunteer with a spade please let us know, it would be greatly appreciated!
Sharing Assembly next week
School council are going to be sharing in sharing assembly next week about their recycling centre trip and the recycling workshop today. They are very excited to tell you all about it!
Christmas Events
We are excited to tell you that we will be holding our Christmas performance at the church this year, gathering as a whole school to celebrate this special time of year. Our evening performance will take place on Wednesday 16th December at 5.30pm. For anyone unable to attend the evening, you are warmly invited to attend our dress rehearsal during the afternoon from 2.15pm.(This is a dress rehearsal so it may not necessarily run smoothly, please be aware if you are attending this performance)
Adders and Hedgehogs will be leading us through songs and readings as we see the Nativity brought to life by our younger children in school. Christmas is such a special time and we hope you will join the children to experience this celebration together.
More info about tickets and arrangements will follow soon.
Christmas Dinner and Jumper Day
This will be on Thursday 17th December - the menu is attached. Please complete the survey on Spider for your child by Wednesday 11th November. There are no other options for a school dinner on that day.
Tree Advent Service in school
Decoration making and the tree service will be on Friday 27th November. Decorating making in class will start at 1.15pm, and the service will start at 2.30pm.Parents are welcome to attend.
Road closure in January
You may see signs going up soon regarding a road closure starting in early January by Anglia Water. They have been in to school to give us the details and help reduce inconvenience to the school. The closure will be near to the church and access from there will be for emergencies only, however, access to the school from station road end of Church Road will be open for staff and parents to access school. Further information will come out nearer the time.
Local Events
Please remember to regularly take a look on there to see if there is anything of interest for yourself or the children. local clubs and events 2026-27
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.
We hope you have all enjoyed seeing photos and updates about our recent activities in school.
Don't forget, you can follow us on www.instagram.com/bentleyandcopdockfederation/ or www.bentleycopdock.co.uk
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REMINDERS!!!! Children in Need
Please remember to sign your child up for the Pudsey Run on the Pudsey link
The school code is 7AF0.
Parent Consultations next week
We have parent consultations planned for 11th and 12th November. The bookings for these are live on Arbor
A reminder of PE days
Wolves: Monday and Tuesday
Hedgehogs: Monday and Tuesday.
Adders: Monday and Tuesday
East Anglian Daily Times-Lego Education Token Collect Competition
Tokens will be in EADT newspapers between 28th Sep-30th Nov 2026 for a chance to win £1000 of Lego Education for our federation. Please spread the word to family and friends to collect tokens and hand into school. Thank you
Payments
Please remember to pay for school meals and morning club as taken or at the end of each week. Thank you for your support
Midday Supervisor
Bentley School is looking for a casual Midday Supervisor to support lunchtime activities, 12-1pm. If you are interested and would like to know more please contact the school office 01473 310253
Class Blogs
Please also remember to read your child's class blog as this gives a lot of information regarding the class for the week
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Mondays - Swimming Mondays - Wolves class to Copdock for PE and forest school (Please can Wolves children bring in wellies now as the ground is becoming muddier) Mondays after half term - 3.15 - 4.15pm - Year 1 & 2 multi-skills ASC at Copdock - pick up from Copdock Fridays - 2:45-3:15pm Sharing Assemblies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 9th November - Yr 2 football festival Wednesday 11th November - 11am - Remembrance Service in the village November 11th (3.30 - 5.30pm) and 12th November (5pm - 7pm) - parent consultations - bookings to follow Thursday 12th November - Worship Group Friday 13th November - Children in Need - drop off at the field in the village Wednesday 18th November - Adders children to 'sing up' at RHS - details to follow Thursday 19th November - Adders children to Cineworld - details to follow Thursday 19th November - Bentley Open day 10am and 1.30pm Thursday 26th November - Bentley Open Day 1.30pm Friday 27th November - Christmas decoration making and tree service Wednesday 16th December - Christmas Dinner and jumper day Thursday 17th December - Xmas Performance at church Friday 18th December - Last day of term
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Learners of the week " Try New Things" Wolves: Barnaby and Romeo Hedgehogs: Jenson and Emilia Adders: Eliza and Tom The School Value this term is "Compassion" Please see the Link for ideas you could discuss at home: This starts next week |
Reading Giants This is our weekly Reading Challenge Last week was Wolves
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