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Brize Norton Primary Schoolbelonging, learning and succeeding |
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SWITCH OFF FORTNIGHT |
8TH - 19TH MARCH |
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This term we are supporting the Switch Off Fortnight campaigh to
encourage us to be eco friendly and save energy. On the 8th March all of
the children in school will be given a sticker to help remind them to
turn lights off, turn computers off and
keep doors closed to stop the heat escaping from school. At the end of
the fortnight children who have done a good job will be awarded a
special pencil. We are also hoping children will support this campaign
at home and will keep up the hard work
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FARMHOUSE BREAKFAST |
10TH FEBRUARY 2010 |
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Our Farmhouse Breakfast was a great success with over 120 children and adults joining us for our community breakfast. Tammy cooked a healthy version of a Full English, while others enjoyed the cereals, croissants and toast over good conversation and a cup of tea. As a result of the generous donations given we have raised nearly £100 for the Feed the Children charity. This event also helped us raise the importance of starting the day on a full stomach, promoted the value of sitting down as a family for breakfast and brought our community together, being joined by the Parish Council, WI and Over 60s. We would like to thank the following companies for their donations, Foxbury Farm, Patrick Strange Butcher, Food with Thought, 3663, Proctas, Brakes, Fabulous Bakin Boys, Sainsbury’s and Carterton Market. See more photos here. |
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INTRODUCING JUNIOR LIBRARIAN . NET |
FEBRUARY 2010 |
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We now have an exciting new computer programme that will allow all of
our children to take books home on loan from our school library. By
visiting our online library at school or at home (or anywhere with
internet access), the children can browse
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COMENIUS TRIP TO SPAIN |
FEBRUARY 2010 |
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Mrs Byng and I had the most fantastic time in Spain last week! Visiting the Princess Sofia School was so interesting. There are around 600 pupils, and 39 teachers. The children are 3 when they start school; all children do a full day from 9 until 2, stopping for half an hour at 11.30 for a snack and a play outside. The children carry all of their books in rucksacks, like our children do when they go to secondary school, but the rucksacks have wheels and they trolley them home! Apart from the very young children, all are taught quite formally, even 6 year olds were sat in rows working from text books for most of the day. Read the full report here. See more photos here. |
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EDUCATION CITY |
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Education City provides activities for children to complete at home. Children can practise key skills in English, Maths and Science. Teachers set a bank of activities that can be completed and also sometimes use Education City to set homework. If you have forgotten your username and password see your class teacher. Logon here. |
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KALEIDOS LEARNING PLATFORM |
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Brize Norton Primary School is launching the Oxfordshire Learning Platform this term. It will give children access to class based activities, discussions and much more! Parents will also be able to logon and access information about the school and ideas to support learning at home. We are holding an information evening on Monday 25th January 7 - 8pm in the school hall. Some children will already have their usernames and passwords and will have been using the Learning Platform in school. Logon here. |
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CHRISTMAS 2009 |
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This year the Infants performed "The Nativity!" This was a fantastic nativity enjoyed by all the children, staff, family and friends. The children looked fantastic and sang brilliantly. Well done Class 1 & 2. See our pictures here.The Juniors entertained us with "Jack and the Beanstalk", a modern twist to the traditional pantomime. It was an amazing performance full of laughter. Thank you Class 3 & 4. See our pictures here.We are very proud of the effort all of the children put in to making these performances so entertaining to watch. Well done again. |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2009 |
2ND 6TH NOVEMBER |
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During science and technology we did some amazing work and had great fun. During the week each class worked on an investigation that involved scientific testing and design and make tasks.Class 1 created their own magnet games, investigated how things dissolve and looked at which materials float and sink. Class 2 thought about the properties of materials and designed and made their own boats which they then had to test. Class 3 thought about forces in action testing parachutes of different sizes and Class 4 designed and made rockets.During the week we were lucky to be visited by the Architecture Workshops. We learnt how triangles can be used to strengthen structures. We made our own bridges and structures using triangles.Computer Explorers also visited us. The younger children used the digital microscopes to explorer mini-beasts while Class 4 made their own virtual circuits.We all had a brilliant week! See Class photos here See Architecture Workshop photos here See Computer Explorer photos here |
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COMENIUS PROJECT 2009-2001 TRIP TO BORDEAUX |
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Before half term Mr Smith and Miss Perkins went to visit one of two of our partner schools in Gradignan, a suburb of Bordeaux. During the week Mr Smith and Miss Perkins met with the teachers from the Polish, Spanish, French and German schools to plan our project, 'Sharing outdoor experiences on our way to becoming a European citizen'. Read more and see more photos here. |
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AWARDS FOR ALL |
SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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This term our Awards for All clubs have made a great start. Children across the school have been enjoying taking part in cookery, fencing, archery and team building clubs. See more photos here. |
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD |
JULY 2009 |
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In July of 2009 we were awarded the International School Award in recognition of our work in promoting the global dimension across the school. This is a fantastic achievement which we hope to build upon over the coming year by strengthening our Uganda partnership and through the Comenius Project with schools in France, Germany, Spain and Poland |
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SCHOOL AWARDS 2009 |
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This year we have achieved awards for our work in many areas. These have included Quality Basic Skills Mark (Literacy and maths), Eco-schools Green Flag, Artsmark Silver, Activemark and the Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS). In addition Tammy has been awarded 4 stars in the food hygiene ratings 'Scores on the Doors'. These awards celebrate our commitment to providing the best outcomes for children. Read more here. |
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INTERNATIONAL WEEK |
15TH - 19TH JUNE 2009 |
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From the 15th to 19th June we held our International Week. During the week we got an insight in to what it would be like to live in another country. We also looked at how our community is similar and different to others in the UK. This developed our understanding of Britain as a multi-cultural society.During the week were visited by an artist from Ghana, an African drumming group and Tammy even cooked us an African meal. Read and see more photos here.
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