Bourn Primary Academy

8 December 2023

Staffing Changes

Mr Lennon (Willow Class teacher) will sadly be leaving at the end of this term for a post in a school much closer to home. We will miss him but wish him all the best for his new job (and much shorter journey!) 

We have appointed Mrs Kirsty Hawkins who we are pleased to welcome to the staff team at Bourn. She will be teaching in Willow class with Mrs Vajzovic from the start of next term. 

Christmas Capers

 Christmas Capers was a huge success, with something for everyone to enjoy, from Santa's Grotto to a scented candle stall. Well done to the Year 6 children whose stalls were particularly popular! 

Thank you to everyone in the BSA who organised the event and to all the other parents who helped in any way, from serving refreshments, putting together the hampers and running a stall - and much much more! 

 It was a lovely event and a great kick start to the festive season! 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about Disney +.

Christmas Decoration Day

This week, all the children spent time making Christmas decorations and cards. They had to apply lots of different skills, as well as patience and perseverance, and what they produced was very high quality! The papercrafts below are from year 4 and year 5. 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Grace and Stanley

Willow: Shamiso and Emily

Hazel:  Eva-Astrid and Sarah

Cedar: Corey and Felix

Rosewood:  Tanmaya and Severn

Cherry: Driya and Nualla

Oak: Fifi and Tom

Headteacher's Award

Henry, Bella and Genevieve were presented with a Headteacher's Award this week in recognition of their helpfulness when we were tidying up after Christmas Capers. They helped without being asked and did it all cheerfully!

House Points 

Well done to all children who have earned merits for their House this week. The totals so far this year are as follows:

                      Week              Total

Hawking:       197                3003        

Pankhurst      196                2609

Seacole           150                2259

Shackleton     197                2714 

BSA Christmas Gift Shop

 The children had the opportunity today to choose presents for their loved ones at the BSA Gift Shop. This is a lovely opportunity for children to choose presents independently! 

 Thank you to the BSA and everyone who helped to make this such a great event.

 Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 14th next week.  Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. Thank you to Simone and Heath for running these sessions. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

 This week, Mihika, Jonathan and Finley have been our traffic monitors. They have noticed more people crossing the road in the safest place, which is between the two blue cones. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

Workshop Survey 

Thank you to those who have responded to the survey. We'd like to hear from as many parents as possible, so here is the link again!  

Bourn Primary Academy

1 December 2023

Our Giraffe

Our giraffe, named Hope, is now off on her travels as she has gone to meet her other giraffe friends before being displayed in Cambridge next year. 

The design of the giraffe was taken from the ideas that children submitted. The most common themes of our values, our House names, music, our class trees and butterflies were all included. We also took inspiration from the flowers and leaves from the stained glass by the office. Children in Rosewood class in particular wanted to remember their friend Lyla, so there is also a purple heart on the design. 

All the children contributed to the painting, but the design and details were pulled together by Miss Nutland. I am sure you will all agree they all did a fantastic job! 

 Hope, Our Giraffe! 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about the Online Safety Act, which was passed into law in October 2023. The aim of this important Act is to establish new layers of protection from children when they are online. 

Christmas Capers!

It's nearly time for Christmas Capers! Santa's elves have been very busy preparing everything for a fantastic afternoon tomorrow! Come along from 2 - 4.30pm for lots of festive fun and cheer! 

Open Classroom - Wednesday

Classrooms will be open next Wednesday afternoon at 2.30pm for parents to have a look at what their children have been learning. 

Thank you!

A huge thank you from all the staff and children to the Proud family and Manor Farm for the donation of our beautiful Christmas tree. 

Locally grown and freshly cut trees are now on sale in The Barn courtyard - 9-4pm Monday to Saturday and 9-12pm on Sundays www.manorfarmbourn.com

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Ivy and Moussa

Willow: Myra and Romeo

Hazel:  Gus and Emily

Cedar: Imogen C and Imogen H

Rosewood:  Juliana and Sophie

Cherry: Iris and Jaxton

Oak: Hanna and Michael

House Points 

Well done to all children who have earned merits for their House this week. The totals so far this year are as follows:

                      Week              Total

Hawking:      125                 2,239            

Pankhurst     142                1,779  

Seacole         183                 1,222

Shackleton    170                1,888

School Start Time

A reminder to parents that the school day officially starts at 8.50am when the register is taken. If children arrive at the gate at 8.50am, they are already late for the register by the time they get to the classroom. 

As the children arrive in the morning, they complete morning work, which is core English and maths skills. This is also the time when children in KS2 take AR tests. 

Children who get to the classroom after the register starts are missing nearly an hour's worth of core skills practice each week. 

Cosy Clothes Day 

Every now and again we have a Cosy Clothes Day just because... Next Friday is our first Cosy Clothes Day of this winter. Children can come in whatever clothes that make them feel nice and cosy! 

 Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Wednesday 6th next week.  Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. Thank you to Simone and Heath for running these sessions. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Lucy, Tilly and Jadon have been on duty. They want to remind everyone to look both ways when crossing the road, as cars sometimes do come from both directions. 

Please also ensure that you do not park over anyone's drive as we have been contacted again by neighbours who have been blocked in.

There was also the sad news that a cat was run over and killed during the morning school run this week. Please do take extra care to drive really slowly around the roads near school.

Thank you. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

Bourn Primary Academy

24 November 2023

Music Concert

 This week, parents, friends and families were treated to a music concert, complete with tea and delicious home made mince pies (courtesy of Jules from Aspens!) Performing were the orchestra, the school choir and many individual children who played the instruments they learn. The standard of performances  was excellent and the children and audience clearly enjoyed themselves very much. 

This was the first public performance of the new school choir, who sang beautifully. Jo Davidson has done an amazing job in teaching the choir to perform at such a high standard in less than a term!

I would also like to especially mention Mrs Verwoerd for the incredible work she does with the orchestra. There are over 40 children involved and she manages to inspire and co-ordinate all of them so that they produce an excellent standard of playing. I am sure you will all join me in thanking her for everything she does to make the music provision at school so impressive. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about black Friday and Cyber Monday. 

Christmas Capers!

Christmas Capers which will take place on Saturday 2 December. Do come along and enjoy all the festivities! 

One of the most popular features (apart from Santa himself of course), is the raffle of the Class Hampers. Thank you for all the donations brought in this week. Don't worry if you have forgotten - it's not too late to bring in items for the hampers! 

 Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 1 December 2023. Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. Thank you to Simone and Heath for running these sessions. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Annabelle, Iris and Ryan have been on traffic duty. They were pleased to see that many people were crossing between the blue cones and looking both ways. 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Krishiv and Aylin

Willow: Ralphie and Albie

Hazel:  Mia and Caelan

Cedar: Isaac and Rafferty

Rosewood:  Isla and Isaac

Cherry: Albert and Annabelle

Oak: Alex and Poppy

House Points 

Well done to all children who have earned merits for their House this week. The totals so far this year are as follows:

                      Week              Total

Hawking:       414               2653         

Pankhurst      168               1942 

Seacole          204               1926

Shackleton    346                2239

Cross Country Winners!

 As mentioned in last week's newsletter, Bourn came first in both the Year 5&6  and the Year team competitions. Today, Claire McDonnell, the South Cambridgeshire Schools Sports Partnership Manager presented us with the shield in assembly. Well done again to all those who took part. 

Our Giraffe

 Some of you may have seen 'Hope' our giraffe which will be part of the Standing Tall sculpture trail in Cambridge next summer. We are putting together the finishing touches and next week we will share photos of the finished product as she goes off to meet her giraffe friends and prepare for her public performance. She will come back to live at the school once the trail is over. Watch this space!  

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

Bourn Primary Academy

17 November 2023

Cross Country Competition

 This week, 40 children from Bourn took part in the Small Schools Cross Country Competition. there were over 600 children from 17 primary schools who raced the 1 mile course. All the children had a fabulous time and enjoyed the opportunity to race! Bourn came joint first in the Year 5&6 competition and came first in the year 3&4 competition! 

In the individual races, the following children received medals:

Year 6 Boys - Thomas came 2nd

Year 6 Girls - Ella came 3rd

Year 5 Boys - Albert came 1st

Year 4 Girls - Yasmin came 2nd

Year 3 Boys - William came 1st

Year 3 Girls - Jessie came 2nd

Well done to all of the children who took part and a huge thank you to Mr French who organised the trip. Thank you also to the parents who helped and supported our team. More information is on the School Sports Partnership website. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about Smart TVs.

Rosewood Visit to Cambridge Mosque

 Rosewood Class visited the Cambridge Central Mosque on Tuesday this week as part of their unit on Islam in RE. They leaned all about the design of the building as well as how it is used by both the Muslim and non Muslim communities. The children were very interested and showed great respect during the visit. They will also recall what they learned next year in the Islamic Art unit.   

 Thank you to Mrs McWilliams for organising this trip, and for the parent helpers who came with us.

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Amber and Ivy

Willow: Pheobe and Huxley

Hazel:  Bella and Geneveive

Cedar: Josh and Theo F

Rosewood:  Rosewood Class and Wilf

Cherry: Finley and Robbie

Oak: Logan S and Lily-Mai

House Points 

Well done to all children who have earned merits for their House this week. The totals so far this year are as follows:

                      Week              Total

Hawking:       257               2239                

Pankhurst      142              1779

Seacole          183               1722

Shackleton      170            1888

BSA Quiz!

 The BSA quiz last Friday was a very enjoyable and well attended event. Well done to the winning team, The Slugs! Thank you the the BSA for putting this on, and thanks go especially to Glen van Ginkel, the quiz master, and Dee Sturdy and Louisa Harvey who organised the whole event.  

Sleeps til Santa! 

 On Thursday, Josh from Star Radio came to school to record the children singing (19) Sleeps til Santa! The children joined in with great enthusiasm! It will be aired on 6 December at 6.30am, 7.30am and 8.30am on Star Radio 100.7FM. Ho ho ho!  

Christmas Capers - Hampers

The BSA are busy organising this year's Christmas Capers which will take place on Saturday 2 December. One of the most popular features (apart from Santa himself of course), is the raffle of the Class Hampers.

Children can wear non-uniform next Friday as a Thank You for bringing in items for their class hamper. We know that money is often tight at the end of the month, so children can still come in non uniform even if you can't donate at this time. 

 Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 24 November 2023. Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. Thank you to Simone and Heath for running these sessions. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Lucy, Theo and Zach have been on traffic duty. They reminded everyone in assembly to always look both ways when crossing the road.  

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

Bourn Primary Academy

10 November 2023

Cedar Class Assembly 

Cedar class informed and entertained the school today with information, paintings, models of mud huts, weapons and a song about their history topic of the Stone Age. 

They spoke very clearly and their singing was excellent and they had clearly enjoyed learning about Stone Age life. 

Well done to Cedar Class and Miss Nutland for putting all this together. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about microtransactions - digital purchases made within an app or game to unlock extra features or additional content such as new levels.

Odd Socks Day - Monday

Nest week is Anti Bullying Week and we will start the week with an Odd Socks Day, where children can come to school wearing odd socks/patterned or bright tights. This is part of the Anti Bullying Alliance's national Anti bullying Week next week. 

The children will take part in activities over the week and learn more about what to do if bullying happens to them or to their friends. 

You can listen to the song for this year here.

Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 16 November.  Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. Thank you to Simone and Heath for running these sessions. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

Our Giraffe!

We are taking part in the Cambridge Standing Tall Giraffe trail this year and you may remember that we asked children for their ideas about how we should paint our giraffe. There were so many fantastic ideas that we have amalgamated them into our final design, which includes the themes of our values, music, the trees of our classes, flowers, butterflies. The giraffe, named Hope, has been working her way around the classes and almost all children have already painted some of the design. We are looking forward to the finished product! 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Eddie and Maddie

Willow: Elsy and Lio

Hazel:  Lydia and Roma

Cedar: Karisha and Hugo

Rosewood:  Callum and Jameson

Cherry: Lucienne and Zach

Oak: Freddie and Ivy

House Points 

Well done to all children who have earned merits for their House this week. The totals so far this year are as follows:

                      Week              Total

Hawking:    272                   1986

Pankhurst   175                    1632

Seacole       222                    1522

Shackleton  212                    1718

BSA Quiz!

Come along to the BSA Quiz this evening. Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 start. there is a bar and you can bring your own snacks!

Book your tickets now via www.pta-events.co.Uk/Bourn £6 per ticket.

Happy Diwali

Diwali is a major festival celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and the start of new beginnings for millions of people of the Hindu, Sikh and Jain faiths. This year, the main day of celebration is on this Sunday. We were very lucky to have some parents visit the school today to talk to children in Acorn and Rosewood about Diwali. Thank you so much!

Children in Acorn each had a sparkler, which they loved! 

Happy Diwali to all our families who celebrate! 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Robbie, Ryan and Driya have been on traffic duty. They would like to remind people to cross the road between the blue cones. Thank you. 

Bourn Primary Academy

3 November 2023

Parent Workshop Early Maths (EYFS)

This workshop will be postponed and re-scheduled later this half term. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about EA Sports FC 24. Also attached is a guide about the game 'Five Night's at Freddy's' (age restriction 12) but which some pupils are aware. 

Online Safety Workshop - KS2

Mrs. Wheatman and Miss Hensleigh are running a KS2 parents/carers online safety workshop next Thursday (9th November) from 6-7pm. Please use the link below to sign up. It will not be viable to run this workshop unless there are more than 10 people attending, therefore if you are able to come, please do sign up below. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!

 Click on this link to book a place. 

Holiday Orchestra

 Cambridgeshire Holiday orchestra run courses for 4 or 5 days in the Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays, which are open to anyone over 7 years old. There are no auditions and are activities for those who do not yet learn an instrument as well as those who are more experienced.  Find out more by visiting www.holidayorchestra.co.uk 

 Book Swap

 A reminder that we have a free Book Swap in school in the lobby outside Debs' office. You are welcome to take any of these books (adults and children's books available). You don't need to bring one to take one! 

Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 9 November.  Please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviour.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Alana and Isaac

Willow: Eddie and Paisley

Hazel:  Finn and Immie

Cedar: Sofia and William D 

Rosewood:  Cameron and Shrirang

Cherry: Hartej and Miriam

Oak: Max and Layla

Choir

 The newly formed Bourn School Choir performed for the first time to the school just before half term. We are astounded at the beautiful singing - after only 3 weeks! They will also be performing at the Afternoon Music Concert and the Christmas service in Church. Thank you to Jo Davidson for organising the choir and being so inspirational! 

BSA Quiz!

Come along to the BSA Quiz this year on Friday 10 November. Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 start. there is a bar and you can bring your own snacks!

Book your tickets now via www.pta-events.co.Uk/Bourn £6 per ticket.

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Tilly, Lucienne and Lucas have been on duty - rain and shine! They have been worried about people crossing in front of and behind the bus. Please can everyone cross between the blue cones - 161 people were spotted crossing in the right place today! 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Bourn Primary Academy

20 October 2023

Hawking Day 

Today was Hawking Day and children celebrated by dressing up in Hawking House colour of blue or as a scientist. Children were asked to bring in £1 donation to the House Captains' chosen charity of the Marine Conservation Society. 

School Council

Elections have been held for the School Council and we can now announce the School Councillors.  

Oak - Anna and Tom

Cherry - Lewis and Lucienne

Rosewood - Sam T and Zach

Cedar - Enid and Rafferty

Hazel - Theo S and Eva-Astrid

Congratulations to all of you! 

Year 3 Stone Age Day

Year 3 had an amazing day of learning about the Stone Age yesterday. Please look at Cedar Class page for lots more information and photos. Here are some model huts they made. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about supporting your child with what to do if they see upsetting content when online. A really useful read. 

Online Safety Workshop - KS2

Miss Hensleigh and Mrs. Wheatman are running an online safety workshop for parents/carers of KS2 children, next half-term. The workshop will be held in the school hall from 6:00-7:00pm on the 9^th November. During the workshop we will be sharing lots of important information with you regarding how you can help your child stay safe online. Please book onto this workshop using the link below. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. Click on this link to book a place. 

Year 6 Portraits

Year 6 completed their unit on self portraits this week. After learning how to draw the individual features of a face, they put it all together into amazing self portraits. Well done to ALL of Year 6 who surpassed their own expectations of what they could achieve! 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Acorn: Acorn Class and Felix

Willow: Jacob and Myra

Hazel:  Sylvie and Rudy

Cedar:  Emily and Valentina

Rosewood:  Evelyn and Ranaldo

Cherry: Tilly and Lewis

Oak: Millie and William 

Values Ambassadors

This week, the first set of Values Ambassadors were announced.  All members of staff were asked to nominate children across the school who consistently demonstrate the school's Values.

The first Values Ambassadors are: 

Oak Class - Josh

Cherry Class - Booky

Rosewood Class - Isla

Cedar Class - Marcus

Hazel Class - Olivia C

Willow Class - Alexander

Acorn Class - Felix

They received a certificate outlining the reasons they were chosen, a a special white and gold Values Ambassadors badge (which they can continue to wear during their time at school), and they joined me for a special lunch, including a star biscuit! 

The next set of Values Ambassadors will be chosen at the end of next half term. 

Buddies Teddy Bear's Picnic

Children in Acorn and Oak classes joined together for a teddy bear's picnic in the hall this afternoon. They made sandwiches, chatted to their buddies and listened to stories on the theme of bears! A good time was had by all! 

BSA Quiz!

Save the Date! The BSA Quiz this year is on Friday 10 November. More details to follow but book your babysitters now! 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Albert, Joe and Jadon were on duty. A reminder to all parents to park safely and legally. Many thanks. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes.

Book Bus After School Session

 The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 2 November. please do drop in for a browse, to borrow books or just to read a story to your child. 

Bourn Primary Academy

13 October 2023

House Captain's Charity 

This year, the House Captains have chosen The Marine Conservation Society as the charity that they wish to support. They did a presentation about the charity in assembly which was very informative and interesting. The first House Day is Hawking Day next Friday.

Book Bus After School Session

The Book Bus will be open after school on Wednesday 18 October for children to change their books or have a browse. Thank you to Simone Glennen for opening the bus after school each week! 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

This week's online Safety Newsletter is about the game, Among Us, which has a rating of 7+. If your child plays this game, it is a vey worthwhile read. 

BSA Quiz!

Save the Date! The BSA Quiz this year is on Friday 10 November. More details to follow but book your babysitters now! 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Finley, Mihika and Simone have been monitoring traffic. They noticed that not everyone is looking both ways when they cross the road. Please remind your children to look left and right while crossing the roads. 

Measles Information 

The Department for Education has asked schools to pass on the following information to parents.

Childhood vaccination rates have fallen over the past ten years and this week statistics show that over 102,000 children aged four and five years old starting in reception are not protected against catching measles, mumps and rubella. Measles is highly infectious and if left unvaccinated nine out of ten children in a classroom can catch the disease if just one child is infectious. If you are unsure if you or your child are up to date, check your child's red book or GP records and make an appointment to catch up any missed doses. For more information on the NHS vaccination schedule, please visit the NHS website. 

 Celebrations

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Willow: Catherine and Sonny

Hazel:  Lilly and Sienna

Cedar: Dina and Poppy 

Rosewood:  Myra and Dorothy

Cherry: Lucy and Ryan

Oak: Hector and Bo 

Parent Consultations 

A reminder to book parent consultations meetings for next week.

These meetings are to discuss how your child is settling in to school and their new class, and is an opportunity for parents and teachers to work together to support their children. 

Booking for appointments is via MCAS.

Parents of children currently on the SEN Register will be contacted separately to arrange longer appointments with the class teacher and do not, therefore, need to book through MCAS.

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

FoodBank

 Thank you for the donations to the school's FoodBank collection. If you can spare one item every week or so, this would make a huge difference to local families. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Bourn Primary Academy

6 October 2023

Book Bus After School Session

The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 12 October for children to change their books or have a browse. Thank you to Simone Glennen for opening the bus after school each week! 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety is part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign. This week’s guide is all about Amazon Fire Tablets.

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Jonathan, Miriam and Lucienne have been excellent Traffic Monitors. they spoke to all children in assembly this week to remind them that everyone should cross the road between the two blue cones. 

 The School Day

We take the register at 8.50pm, which is when the school day starts. If your child arrives after 8.50am, they come into the class when all the others are already settled and the register has been taken. They will also miss the Early Morning work that all children do to practise core English and maths skills. 

Giraffe

 This year, we are taking part in the Break Charity Giraffe Trail in Cambridge. You may have seen the model cows on the streets of Cambridge last year – this year there will be 40 giraffes – and one of them will be from Bourn School!

The BSA have enabled us to sponsor a giraffe, and now we need to think of a design! Your child should have come home with a giraffe outline to help with design ideas. Please can all giraffe designs be back in school on Monday. 

 https://www.break-charity.org/cambridge-standing-tall/

 Harvest Festival 

 Today was the Harvest Festival in Church. The children from each class took part by sharing the work they had done on different aspects of harvest. Acorn class made leaf men!

Year 6 explained why donating to the FoodBank is an important way of helping others and developing empathy for others. 

Thank you for all the food donations which will be collected to go to Cambridge City Food bank.

 if you or someone you know needs to access a FoodBank, further information is available here. Cambridge City FoodBank has a distribution centre in Cambourne.

 Year 5 & 6 Careers Convention

 All the children in Year 5 and 6 took part in the CB23 Schools Careers Convention, held at Manor Farm in Bourn. There were lots of stalls run by people in many different careers, who were able to explain what they did and give children inspiration for possible future careers. The children enjoyed it very much!

Parent Consultations 

The first set of Parent Consultations are to discuss how your child is settling in to school and their new class, and is an opportunity for parents and teachers to work together to support their children. 

Booking for appointments will go live tonight from 7pm and should all be booked using MCAS.

Parents of children currently on the Sen Register will be contacted separately to arrange longer appointments with the class teacher and do not, therefore, need to book through MCAS.

 Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Water Bottles

Please can children not bring water in Prime drink bottles. We have heard from parents that this is encouraging other children to want this brand. The company itself says that it is not a suitable drink for under 15s.   Thank you 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Bourn Primary Academy

29 September 2023

Ofsted Visit

 As you will know, we had a 2 day visit from Ofsted this week. We would like to thank parents for completing the survey and for all your good wishes! We are required to keep the outcome confidential until the report is published by Ofsted which is 7-8 weeks after the Inspection is completed.   

Book Bus After School Session

The Book Bus will be open after school on Tuesday 3 October for children to change their books or have a browse. 

Little Wandle Phonics Information 

We held our first parent workshop of the year focusing on our new phonics scheme Little Wandle. If you were unable to attend, you can see the presentation and materials on the Phonics website page here.  

There is also a parents page on the Little Wandle website here, which includes videos showing how individual phonemes should be pronounced. 

 Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their #WakeUpWednesday campaign is all about Whatsapp.

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Tristan, Maddie and Driya have been very attentive Traffic Monitors and their message to parents is below: 

"We don't like it when people don't follow the rules because it's dangerous for kids. Someone could get hurt. On Thursday, there were lots of people who didn't obey the rules - some cars parked in the bus area and some parents and children crossed behind the bus when it was reversing, which isn't safe."

Please remember to cross between the blue cones. Thank you. 

 The School Day

The school gates open at 8.35am. Morning Registration is at 8.50am and the school day finishes at 3.05pm.

 Developing Empathy

 This week we have been reading the story Daft Bat by Jeanne WIllis. It is about Bat seeing things from a different perspective from the other animals (ie upside down!) It is a really good book to help children understand things from a different point of view - a key part of developing empathy. 

 Celebrations 

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Willow: Shriya and Emily

Hazel:  Alfred and Georgie

Cedar: Sasha and Enid

Rosewood:  Isla and Zach

Cherry: Theo and Booky

Oak: Josh and Ella

 House Points (Merits)

 Our new House Captains have collected the merits earned so far this year and the totals are as follows:

                    Weekly              Total

Hawking       114                  433

Seacole         107                  423

Pankhurst     176                  449

Shackleton    114                  433

Year 6 Buddies

 The Year 6s have a very important role in school of being a special Buddy to individual Acorn children. They had their first session today in the Nature Reserve. 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes.

Harvest Festival

Parents are welcome to join us in church next Friday at 9.15am.

All children are encouraged to bring items of food (not fresh food) which will be donated to Cambridge City FoodBank.

 If you or someone you know needs to access a FoodBank, further information is available here. Cambridge City FoodBank has a distribution centre in Cambourne. 

Bourn Primary Academy

22 September 2023

Bourn to Run!

 Bourn to Run took place on Sunday with perfect running weather! The whole event was amazing and brilliantly organised by the Bourn to Run team. 

Getting ready for the Toddler Dash!

The start of the 3k race.

Enthusiastic runners!

Well done to all the Bourn pupils that took part, and especially the Key Stage 2 winners Bo and Albert, and the Key Stage 1 winners Alexander and Georgie! 

A huge thankyou to everyone who helped to organise the event and who helped in any way on the day. The money raised will really help the school provide additional resources and activities for the children.

If you would like to see more photos of the day, please click this link. Thank you to Jean-Luc Benazet for giving these photos with no copyright restrictions.  

Bourn To Run 2023 - jeanlucbenazet (smugmug.com)

There is also a double page spread in the Cambridge Independent this week! 

 Phonics Workshop 

 On 28 September from 6-7pm, we will be holding a Phonics information evening, to introduce parents to our new Phonics Scheme, Little Wandle. There are quite a few changes to how we teach and when books will be coming home, so please do try to attend if your child is in Acorn, Willow or Hazel classes. All other parents are also welcome to attend. Please book a place here:

https://forms.gle/3RHiTvi258xFFeHr6

Book Bus After School Session

The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 28 September for children to change their books or have a browse. 

There are still books outstanding on the system from last year so please do check if you have any at home. They will have a bar code on the back and a letter sticker on the spine.

Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week's newsletter is about setting boundaries for online gaming. It is crucial to do this as early as possible as it will be so much harder to put boundaries in place when your child is older. 

 Celebrations 

This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Willow: Alexander and Ralphie

Hazel:  Harry and Jake

Cedar: Aida and Juliette

Rosewood:  Lauren and Mela

Cherry: Mihika and Maddy

Oak: Skye and Ben

 House Points (Merits)

 Our new House Captains have collected the merits earned so far this year and the totals are as follows:

Hawking 319

Seacole 316

Pankhurst 273

Shackleton 322

 House Captains

We are very proud of all the children who put themselves forward for election. It takes a lot of courage to stand up in front of the whole school and say why they would make the best House Captain - even more so when there can only be 2 Captains in each house.

The children have now voted and the new House Captains were announced today in Friday Collective Worship. 

Congratulations to:

Freddie and Ivy - Shackleton

Ben and Ava - Seacole

Fifi and Annabel - Hawking

Rishabh and Jack - Pankhurst

 Developing Empathy

This week, in Collective Worship, we read the book, Something Else, by Kathyrn Cave and Chris Riddell. It is all about a creature that was rejected by others because he wasn't like them. we asked the children to think how he felt when he was rejected, and how they would feel if they were in his shoes.

You can watch a video of the story being read here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuAG9NTP1YQ

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Iris and Lewis have been on duty. They have reminded people to cross the road between the blue cones where it is safest. 

PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE BUS BAY, ON DOUBLE YELLOW LINES OR ON THE YELLOW ZIG ZAGS. This makes the roads unsafe and puts children at risk.

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes.

 The School Day

The school gates open at 8.35am. Morning Registration is at 8.50am and the school day finishes at 3.05pm.

Bourn Primary Academy

15 September 2023

Bourn Community Challenge

 Over the next week, children in each class will be deciding what their 'Community Challenge' for this year will be. The aim of this is to make the world around us a better place for other people, wildlife or the environment. This could be the school, the local area or further afield.  Each class will work on their Challenge over the year and will give regular updates. We want the whole school community to be engaged so please do talk to your children about what ideas they have and maybe add some of your own! We will share the Challenges for each class once they have been finalised - watch this space. 

You can find further information about What's New this year by clicking below. These are slides from the Welcome to the year Ahead presentation.  

Gardening Club

The new Gardening Club have started the year by harvesting the potatoes and onions planted last year. They were very pleased to deliver these to the kitchen for them to use! 

 Phonics Workshop 

 On 28 September from 6-7pm, we will be holding a Phonics information evening, to introduce parents to our new Phonics Scheme, Little Wandle. There are quite a few changes to how we teach and when books will be coming home, so please do try to attend if your child is in Acorn, Willow or Hazel classes. All other parents are also welcome to attend. Please book a place here:

https://forms.gle/3RHiTvi258xFFeHr6

Book Bus After School Session

The Book Bus will be open after school on Thursday 21 September for children to change their books or have a browse. Simone Glennen will aim to open the bus after school each week, but the days will vary, so look out for the dates on this newsletter each week. 

Please remember to support your child in returning books borrowed as they will not be able to take a new book out if one is still outstanding. 

Each class has a session on the Book Bus every 2 weeks (alternated with a Nature reserve session). 

Online Safety Newsletter 

 This week’s newsletter is all about online financial scams and exploitation and it a very useful explanation of all the ways in which people attend to defraud people online through phishing scams, identity theft, deceptive advertising, social media scams. It also gives parents advice on how to support your child in identifying these too.  

Pre-Loved Uniform

 The BSA sells good quality second hand uniform. If you would like to buy any (at very reasonable costs) please contact p_s_canavan@yahoo.co.uk. 

We strongly encourage the re-use of uniform. 

Celebrations! 

 This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Willow: Romeo and Ruth 

Hazel:  Alexander and Luna

Cedar: Woody and Isla

Rosewood:  Elynn and Rocco

Cherry: Tristan and Jonathan

Oak: Logan M and Freya

House Captains

Children in Year 6 have today made their speeches to their houses in their bid to be elected as a House Captain. Votes will be counted and the children elected to be House Captains will be announced next week!

The House Captains will decide which charity the school will support this year. The House Captains for each house will organise a House Day to raise money for this charity.

House points will be announced here from next week.

Parent Helpers

If you are able to help in school on a regular basis, we would love to hear from you! We are ideally looking for parents (or grandparents) who could help hear children read, learn their times tables etc. 

If you would like to run an after school club then we would also love to hear from you! 

Please get in touch by emailing office@bourn.camb.sch.uk  

Bourn to Run - Sunday 17 September

A reminder to come along to Bourn to Run on Sunday. Lots of the children are already signed up to the 3k race and lots of those not already signed up are really keen to join! Even if  you haven't already registered, you can sign up on the day. 

It is also a really fun day, so even if you don't want to run - come along and cheer on the runners and enjoy the atmosphere!

To register click here https://bourntorun.com/ 

This is one of the biggest fundraisers for the school, and provides funds to buy things to improve the experiences of your children whilst they are at Bourn  

 Blue Peter Book Badge

Did you know, your child can apply for a Blue Peter Book Badge, designed by Quentin Blake. All you need to do is apply and for your child to tell them about a book they have read and what they thought about it or draw an illustration. the link to the Blue Peter Book badge webpage is here.  

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

Year 5 Traffic Monitors

This week, Rosie, Ethan and Delilah have been on duty. They have noticed that many people have been crossing the road opposite the bus stop. They would like to remind everyone to cross the road between the blue cones where it is safest. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. We may write your child's name on the label of unnamed clothes.

Bourn Primary Academy

8 September 2023

Welcome Back! 

 The children have settled brilliantly into their new classes and new routines, with the Year 6 setting an excellent example as positive role models to the rest of the school. 

A quick snapshot of the learning happening in each class before break today! 

 Parent Meetings 

All parents are invited to the Welcome to the Year Ahead Meeting on Thursday 14 September. We will start with a 30 minute session in the hall and this will be followed by 2 sessions in the classroom. 

Please note, Acorn Class parents only - the first classroom session will be 5.30-6pm, and the second will be 6.30 - 7pm. 

Phonics Information Evening

On 28 September from 6-7pm, we will be holding a Phonics information evening, to introduce parents to our new Phonics Scheme, Little Wandle. There are quite a few changes to how we teach and when books will be coming home, so please do try to attend if your child is in Acorn, Willow or Hazel classes. All other parents are also welcome to attend. Please book a place here:

https://forms.gle/3RHiTvi258xFFeHr6

Online Safety Newsletter 

 Every week, Miss Hensleigh sends out an Online Safety Newsletter to parents covering a topical issue. 

This week’s online safety parents/carers guide, produced by National Online Safety as part of their '#WakeUpWednesday' campaign. This week’s guide is all about Data Backups and Storage. 

Celebrations! 

 This year, our weekly certificates will be for Good Manners and Positive Learning Behaviours.

The following children have been presented with the certificates this week. More details are on the Class Pages every week. 

Willow: Naomi and Nolan

Hazel:  Elliot and Milo

Cedar: Marcus and Grace

Rosewood:  Sam B and Millie

Cherry: Joe and Robbie

Oak: Mphatso and Skye

House Captains

Children in Year 6 have the opportunity to put themselves forward to be House Captains. They are currently preparing their applications and voting will take place soon. 

Getting Ready for Cycling Lessons!

At Bourn, we view cycling as an important life skill. Cycling is part of our PE curriculum, from teaching children to ride balance bikes in reception, Bikeability in Years 3,4 and 5, and cycling lessons in PE. Mr French is currently servicing all the bikes to make sure they are safe! Children in Year 5 and 6 will be doing cycling first - please remind your child to bring in their helmet! 

Bourn to Run - Sunday 17 September

A reminder to sign up to Bourn to Run - registrations close today. Lots of the children are already signed up to the 3k race and lots of those not already signed up are really keen to join! Online registration ends today but you can also register on the day. 

It is also a really fun day, so even if you don't want to run - come along and cheer on the runners and enjoy the atmosphere!

To register click here https://bourntorun.com/ 

This is one of the biggest fundraisers for the school, and provides funds to buy things to improve the experiences of your children whilst they are at Bourn  

CB23 Schools Careers Convention 

The Network BC23 Schools run a highly successful Careers Convention for Year 5 pupils (and year 6 pupils this year) in all of the primary schools in Network CB 23 and it is held at The Great Barn in Bourn! 

The aim of the day is to introduce the children to a wide range of career options and help them to make connections between learning and “working life” whilst still at primary school. We hope that by doing so, we will inspire them to value learning, open their minds to new possibilities and help them raise their own ambitions.

The organiser is looking for new exhibitors for this year’s convention. They are keen to have a wide range of careers and jobs; from Accountants to Zoologist, Bakers to Yoga instructors, Lawyers to Engineers, pilots, TV engineers, photographers, HGV drivers to Surveyors and everyone in between. 

If you can help or know of someone who would be perfect, then please contact Jill Foster at the email address below and she can provide more details and an exhibitor’s form. Information about the event in previous years is on the Network CB23 website.  www.networkcb23.com/careers-convention.html 

 Diary Dates

Please also refer to the School Calendar on the website for all dates throughout the year. 

Traffic and Parking

Yesterday there was a serious situation whereby a fire engine was stuck as a result of inconsiderate parking. The outcome of this could have been disastrous. 

I am asking all parents, again, to think about the safety of others when you park. Do not park in the following places, even if you are late or there are no other places nearby to park:

- in or behind the bus bay

- on double yellow or yellow zig zag lines

- across people's driveways (even slightly)

- where there is a dropped kerb

- the private road up to the residential garages

-on corners

 Please do let the school know if you see parking on these areas, so we can remind individuals as necessary. 

Parents are encouraged to park at the Manor Barn car park and walk from there. It's only a short walk and the fewer cars we have around school the safer it is for everyone, especially your children. 

If You Have a Concern 

 From time to time, there may be something you are worried about in relation to your child, their learning or their interaction with other children. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's class teacher to discuss this. Their email addresses are on the Our Staff page of the website. 

Absence Reporting 

  If your child is absent from school for any reason, please email 

absencereporting@bourn.cambs.sch.uk.

Please remember to cancel any pre- ordered lunches if your child is off sick or you may be charged by Aspens for it. 

 Contact Details

It is really important that we have more than one phone number we can ring if your child is ill at school. Please can you check your details on the MCAS app and check the numbers are up to date and there are back up numbers if the priority number is unavailable. Thank you. 

NO NUTS & SESAME SEEDS IN SCHOOL 

 A reminder that we have children in school with severe allergies to the following items: peanuts, sesame, soya, hazelnuts, cobnuts, almonds, pistachio, cashew, walnuts and tahini (key ingredient in hummus). Please avoid bringing in items that have these ingredients. 

Lost Property Prevention

PLEASE label your child's clothes, bags and lunchboxes. Children regularly leave their things lying about, but we quickly reunite them when the things are named. We really want to avoid the huge pile of unnamed clothes we ended up with at the end of last year. Biro or Sharpies work well for writing names on labels. 

Message from Parents' School Preference Adviser 

My name is Tiff Christian and I am the Parents' School Preference Adviser for Cambridgeshire, as part of the SENDIASS team. I have recently been appointed after a long period of vacancy and would like to introduce myself to you and your families.

The service offers families advice and support when applying for schools, either when admissions open for transition on the 11^th September 2023 or for in-year applications. I am able to advise how the transfer and admissions process works, as well as supporting the understanding of policies and criteria for different schools. Also, I can support in the appeals process and issues concerning transport.

Choosingaschool@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

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