November 2024

• To ensure our children are happy and we explain things well
• To ensure no child leaves our school unable to read
• To ensure children learn a broad vocabulary to access the world around them
• To enhance the educational experiences of diagnosed and undiagnosed children with SEND

Last week, the children met our newest Bonneville family member, 'Baby', the Bonneville Tortoise. Funded by FAB, Baby is a 3-year-old Spur-thighed Tortoise who we are excited to welcome into our community.

During assembly time, when discussing our new value, 'Responsibility, ' we devised our own rules to ensure that Baby can thrive happily and healthily amongst us. As a result, despite the children's evident excitement, I was most impressed by how responsible the children were when observing Baby during his first classroom tour of the school.

Keep safe, and I will see you at the gate at 8.55 am.

Download our BJS Federation App to stay up to date on all school communications. It will help you keep all school information in one place, including the occasional classroom learning updates and pictures.

This week, in particular, children will be thinking about their role in Bonneville being an 'Anti-Bullying School', from extending kindness to calling out persistent harmful, overpowering, and directed behaviour towards others.

To learn more about the curriculum for your year group/s next term, visit the school's website to access the knowledge organisers.

Please help your child with spelling by looking at each word's spelling rules, sounds and patterns. Practising spelling daily (or as much as possible) will help your children to learn and remember each word. In KS1, children must choose five spelling words to put into sentences.

In KS2, children must write a sentence for each word using neat, joined handwriting.

This will allow the children to understand the meaning of each word, put the word into context, and practice their handwriting.

All spelling books must be given to the Class Teacher every Wednesday. This will ensure that your teacher has enough time to get the new spellings stuck in. Children will be doing a weekly spelling test in the back of their homework books so you can see how well they are doing.

Well done!

Congratulations to the girls' football team, which came fourth in a tournament at Kennington Park last week. We all feel incredibly proud of how you represented yourselves and our school. Keep pushing, keep improving, and keep loving football!

Last week, the Mixed Football Team league kicked off at Ferndale, and this season, we have entered two teams. Again, the children made a spectacular start to the season. We look forward to supporting your progress.

For a smoother school experience, please remember to label all your child's belongings. This includes clothing, coats, bikes, and scooters. A clear label with the pupil's name and class greatly increases the chances of lost items being returned. This simple act also supports our year 6 'Lost Property Monitors' in their efforts to reunite found items with their owners.

FAB has been incredibly busy confirming the dates for our calendar of events this year, including some new ventures that will keep our community connected whilst raising money for the school.

Please have a good look at what we have coming up, and sign up with how you can support!

We always need more help and support. A donation of one hour per term (that’s only three hours per year) of your time is all we ask, whether it be as a class rep, planning/hosting an event, or standing on a stall. Some parents very generously agreed to host an event like our amazing wreath-making workshop or the gathering of donations for our incredible raffles. Every parent is a member of FAB. I ask that everyone get involved.

bonnevillefab@gmail.com

www.bonneville-primary.lambeth.sch.uk/scholl/fab/

Parentkind – the charity that supports school PTAs - have teamed up with Asda, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative – all you have to do is:

1. Download the Asda Rewards app

2. Choose Bonneville as your primary school under Cash pots.

FAB will receive £1 for every new sign-up before 30 November. No purchase required.

Additional funds also raised if you scan in store or shop online at Asda.com, between 2nd September and 30th November 2024. Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to our Primary school.

Optional - The supermarket has joined forces with Joe Wicks to support the initiative – look out for the TV advert, radio ads and social media coverage

Optional - Asda does the rest, all money raised will be donated to schools to spend on the things they need the most.

Friday 8th - Year 5 Trip Mudlarking

Monday 11th to Friday 15th - Anti-bullying Week

Monday 11th- Remembrance Day/Yr4 Itsu Cooking Session

Tuesday 12th - 5H Class Assembly @ 9.15am/Yr4 Itsu Cooking Session/ Odd socks day

Wednesday 13th - Open Morning @ 9.30am/Flu Immunisation Rec-Yr6/4N Swimming

Thursday 14th - 5F Class Assembly @ 9.15am/3G Swimming/Federation Virtual Spanish Workshop @ 5pm

Friday 15th - Children in Need 'Wear something Spotty'

Monday 18th - Lower Key Stage 2 Spelling Bee/3G Class Assembly @ 9.15am

Tuesday 19th - 2F trip to Florence Nightingale Museum/ 3I Class Assembly @ 9.15am

Wednesday 20th - 2L trip to Florence Nightingale Museum/ 4N Swimming

Thursday 21st - 3G Swimming

Monday 25th to Friday 29th - Enterprise Week

Monday 25th - School Photo Day/ 4N Class Assembly @ 9.15am

Tuesday 26th - 4F Class Assembly @ 9.15am

Wednesday 27th - 4N Swimming

Thursday 28th - 3G Swimming

Friday 29th - Last day of curricular clubs/ Enterprise Marketplace @ 3.15pm/ FAB Christmas Jumper sale

Miss Innes will be running the London Marathon in April 25 and will be raising money to support Guide Dogs.

To raise money for this charity, we would like to organise a fundraising day on Friday 22nd November.

Children in EYFS and KS1 will take part in dog-themed obstacle races while children in KS2 will run around the school.

Children are also asked to come to school in dog related costumes or in the charity colour of yellow or blue.

Miss Innes and Miss Auton would be grateful for any donations for the charity! Did you know that a Guide Dog costs £57,000 to train?

To donate please click on the PDF below. Then follow the hyperlink by clicking ‘Click here’ at the bottom of the page.

Thank you in advance for your support, we look forward to a pawesome day!

Yours sincerely,

Miss Innes, Miss Auton and Paddy

We are delighted to welcome Alex from the Better Start Team, who will work with families at Bonneville. Alex will be in school every Wednesday morning and will be happy to meet parents and carers to give help, advice, and support relating to the following issues:

Citizens Advice

Benefits advice

Foodbank vouchers

Disability Living Allowance applications

Cost of Living information

Training and employment advice

Activities for children during half-term breaks

Advice on support available within Lambeth

Alex has a great deal of knowledge and expertise and will be a fantastic asset to have working with us at Bonneville. If you would like to arrange a Wednesday morning appointment with Alex to have a chat and a cup of coffee, please contact Ms Congdon to book an appointment.

Any of us can find ourselves in challenging situations during these difficult times. Alex can also assist you with food bank vouchers.

Congratulations to our latest attendance winners.

Key Stage One

Key Stage Two

When we need particular support from our parent community, we post for help on our 'Call to Action' page on the schools website, and send the direct page link in an email to our parent community. So signing up is really easy!

Perhaps you would like to be a secret reader (reading a story to your child’s class), or would like to support us in maximising children’s opportunity to practice their reading skills, we need you.

Press the title to find out more.

It is important to us that any concerns or questions you may have are dealt with as efficiently as possible. The structure we have in place is designed to do just that.

The structure

1) Your first port of call is -Your child’s class teacher

(email via the admin team to request a meeting)

2) You may contact the leader of your child’s phase (see below)

This includes issues regarding communication and organisation

(email via the admin team to request a meeting)

Should you be dissatisfied with the handling or outcome...

3) You may raise your concerns with Ms Parker

(email via the admin team to request a meeting outlining the nature for the purpose of the meeting)

Leaders are required to share items (as appropriate) with Ms Parker on a weekly basis, even if the matter is being handled by them.

We request that you do not field your concerns to FAB but instead work directly with the school staff as outlined above.

Rooms and spaces are available for hire at Bonneville. Use the link to check out our website and find out more.

External partners are working with us to keep the community active at an affordable rate.

Please share this information with family and friends; these clubs are for the local community.

Tuesdays 6pm -7.15pm

Tuesdays 7.15pm - 8.45pm

Use this link to connect to the website and access community resources.

www.lambeth.gov.uk/summerhaf

The Gaia Centre provides support for Lambeth residents affected by gender-based violence, including domestic abuse. An out-of-hours on-call service: 07725245779. Normal hours are 8am-6pm Monday – Friday. It also offers services for young people and advice for practitioners. Tel: 020 7733 8724, E: lambethvawg@refuge.org.uk.

Helpline support is available:

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline, 24/7
• Women’s Aid live chat, daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Men’s Advice Line, weekdays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Samaritans Helpline, 24/7
• Childline 24/7
• In emergencies, call 999

Additional resources are available on the Lambeth VAWG webpage and through Operation Encompass, a national initiative for children exposed to domestic abuse. For questions, contact: PS Laura Bennetts - laura.bennetts@met.police.uk or PC Rachel - Rachel.Dennison@met.police.uk or PC Nicola Smalldridge - Nicola.Smalldridge2@met.police.uk

Weekly- News Summary Video

Bi weekly- Year group learning updates on the school website

Monthly- Newsletter 'The Bonneville Buzz'

Monthly- Federation SEND Newsletter: https://www.smore.com/3ahfv

Termly- Annual Calendar of dates

Termly- Federation Newsletter

For more information on any of the above and more, press below to visit the schools website and follow us on Twitter!