September 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

It has been great to have everyone back!

Thank you to all staff who have supported the children's smooth return to school and transition.

The children have returned highly engaged in their learning and school activities. Many children now have leadership roles across the school and are involved in clubs, and there has been a significant increase in the number of children putting themselves forward for auditions and trials. We now have the largest junior choir ever, with 50 children and 10 additional children having put themselves up for band auditions. What a great way to start the year!

The annual calendar of events was issued this week. Please mark those dates in your diary. We may occasionally need to make changes; however, we will give you good notice.

As usual, secondary transfer arrangements for year 6 are all go! The deadline for your application is 31 October. We will be hosting a Secondary Transfer meeting on Thursday, September 26th, at 5 p.m. Year 5 families are also welcome.

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.

Also, you can just rummage through our 'Lost Property' trolley in the front playground at the end of every day.

Our out-of-school clubs provision on Saturdays will return in November. Keep an eye out for Table Tennis, Boxing, Girls Football and Trampolining!

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

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 support your child with their spelling by looking at the spelling rules, sounds and patterns in each word. Practicing spellings daily (or as much as possible) will help your children to learn and remember each word. In KS1, children will need to choose five spelling words to put into sentences.

In KS2, children will need to 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 will be able to see how well they are doing.

This week, we held trials for the girls' and mixed football teams.

I am proud to share that 18 girls came along on Wednesday morning, and 32 children attended on Friday, of which 16% were girls.

We are encouraged by our girls' interest in football and look forward to nurturing the interests of all our children together.

FAB stands for Friends Association Bonneville.

Many, many parents are involved in enabling fundraising for our school.

A donation of 1 hour per term (that’s only 3 hours per year), of your time, is all that we ask. Whether it be class rep, planning/hosting an event or standing on a stall. Some parents very generously agree to host an event like our amazing wreath making workshop, or the gathering of donations for our incredible raffles. We always need more help and support. Every parent is a member of FAB. I ask that everyone gets involved.

bonnevillefab@gmail.com

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

Tuesday 3rd - Children return

Monday 16th - Extra Curriculum Clubs begin

Wednesday 18th - Girls Football Trials @ 7.45am/ Open morning @ 9.30am

Friday 20th - Jeans for Genes/ Mixed Football Trials @ 7.45 am/ Parent Online Safety Coffe morning @ 9 am/ World Afro Hair Exhibition @ 3.15 pm

Monday 23rd - Collections for Harvest begins/ Visiting Author Jim Smith visiting

Wednesday 25th - 4N Start Swimming

Thursday 26th - Years 3 & 4 Level 1 Bikeability/ European Day of Languages/ 3G start swimming/ Secondary Transfer meeting @5 pm

Friday 27th - Macmillan Cake Sale/ World Afro Hair Day Exhibition @ Jessop @ 3.30 pm

Monday 30th - Last Week of Harvest donations/ Years 5 and 6 Bikeability Level 1 & 2

We are delighted to welcome Alex from the Better Start Team, who will be working with families at Bonneville going forward. 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 an appointment with Alex to have a chat and a cup of coffee on a Wednesday morning, 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 Joash on his role in the Tesco Christmas advert.

A massive well done to you; we are all very proud of you.

We are also proud to share that Hunter completed the BMX National Championship this year and became No. 3 in the UK at Cruiser Bikes overall.

What an achievement! Congratulations to you and well done.

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.

Clubs run by external partners weekday evenings and at the weekend.

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!