School Newsletter : 13 June 2025

What a wonderful afternoon we had at the Battersea Park Running Track on Sunday 8th June. Thank you to everyone who joined us to take part in the Run Kids Run fundraising event.

An impressive 66 pupils and 24 adults took part in this event, with everyone successfully completing their set age group distances.

Thanks for everyone’s commitment and we are so grateful for the wonderful donations made by supportive family and friends. To date, we have raised an amazing £2180.00 on our Just Giving Page and from donations left at the school office.

A HUGE thank you to everyone involved. We are aware some still intend to make their donations, therefore we will continue accepting donations to the Just Giving Page and via the school office until the Thursday 26th June.

Please feel free to share our Just Giving Link as widely as possible as every donation will go towards raising much-needed funds for our school.

Friends of Burdett-Coutts Just Giving page @ https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/runbcrun2025

What are we fundraising for?

After a successful fundraising campaign for the EYFS and KS1 pupils last year, the playground seating has been purchased and the sandpit is being installed this May.

Therefore our 2025 project focus is for our KS2 pupils, to build a dedicated comfortable seating area (similar to the one in the KS1 playground) as well age appropriate creative, construction and games based resources.

This will include sensory planters, which will support and develop the work undertaken by our Gardening Club.

We need to raise £8300 for this project. All donations can be made at:

• https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/runbcrun2025

You can seek sponsorship from as many friends, family & neighbours as possible, as every donation will go towards raising funds for our school. Don’t forget that our next fundraising event will be the Summer Fair on Saturday 12th July.

Our Corporate Sponsor:

In 2024, when we were selected to join this wonderful initiative, we were partnered with OPLM (Old Park Lane Management).

OPLM will be supporting us with various whole-school projects, starting with School Council visits to their Millbank construction site, and a collaborative art project to design images for the hoarding, plus other opportunities for our pupils’ artwork to take centre stage!

Their representatives will be leading a whole-school assembly before the Easter break, where they will introduce themselves, their roles, industry and the construction project they’re currently working.

We will keep you updated, as projects and visits develop and take place.

Girls:

• Dark grey shorts, trousers, skirt or skort
• Short-sleeve white shirt (Years 3 – 6)
• White school logo polo shirt (Nursery – Year 2)
• Tie
• V-neck navy school logo jumper (Years 3 – 6)
• Navy logo school sweatshirt (Nursery to Year 2)
• Blazer (Year 6 only)
• Or dark blue & white gingham dress
• Plain black shoes

Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct PE kit to school each week on their allocated PE day.

Pupils not wearing their full PE kit will not be able to participate in lessons, and a note will be sent home indicating why they were not able to participate.

Please ensure that all items of school uniform are clearly labelled with either a permanent pen or label.

The full PE Kit for the Spring/Summer Term is as follows:

• Plain navy blue leggings or tracksuit bottoms or navy blue shorts or skort
• School navy blue PE t-shirt
• School navy blue sweatshirt (all year groups)*
• Plain black trainers (velcro or slip on if they can not do their laces).

* Kindly note: Pupils in KS2 (Years 3-6) must wear a school sweatshirt for PE lessons and not the v-neck jumper from their main school uniform (if needed).

Welcome back to the new school year and a warm welcome to all our new families who have joined our school’s community this term.

If you are a parent, carer or a guardian of a child that attends our school, then you are automatically a member of our Parent Staff Association, Friends of Burdett-Coutts.

Being part of our PSA offers an exciting opportunity for you to meet other parents, whilst supporting our school, through organising fundraising events, volunteering and much more.

Even if you can only give a small amount of time, you will be making a difference to the school experience for your child and other pupils in our school.

Our School Summer Fair will be held on Saturday 12th July 2025, from 12:00 – 16:00!

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event, just before we look forward to the long summer holidays ☀️

June:

• Monday 16th June:  Year 3 ITSU Kitchen Project (in school).
• Friday 27th June: Whole School INSET Day SCHOOL CLOSED TO ALL PUPILS

July:

• Tuesday 1st July: Almshouse Founders Day Service @ 14:30 – 15:15
• Tuesday 1st July: Y6 Trip to Rochester Cathedral
• Thursday 10th July: Go Live Theatre children attending Theatre Visit to see My Neighbour Totoro.
• Friday 11th July: Last Day of Extended School Day Enrichment Clubs and Boosters.
• Saturday 12th July: FOBC (PTA) Summer Fair, from 12:00 – 16:00 in the school playground.
• Tuesday 15th July: Whole School Sports Day at St. Vincents Square (more information to follow).
• Thursday 17th July: Running Club trip to Richmond Park for Cross Country Event, led by Ranelagh Harriers.
• Tuesday 22nd July: School ends for the Summer Holidays @ 13:30.

Did you know that not all apps are safe for children, with many popular ones having certain age restrictions. For example, WhatsApp, Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook operate a minimum age of 13+ years, and therefore primary school children should not have their own, nor access to, such apps or accounts.

As parents, you can help safeguard your children online by researching these apps and their purposes, as well as their age restrictions, BEFORE agreeing to download them. If you do choose to download them, remember that parental controls such as password protection, can be set up so that in-app downloads or purchases, cannot be completed by the children themselves.

For example, to prevent iTunes, Apple App Store purchases or downloads, all you need to do is:

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
2. Tap Content & App Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
3. Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases.
4. Select a setting and set to Don’t Allow.

Tips on how to install parental controls on other apps and devices (Android or Apple) can easily be found online, or even from the app developers themselves.

Due to changes in the eligibility criteria for Pupil Premium, Free School Meals and qualifying for 30 hours of funding for Nursery provision, many pupils currently enrolled at our school may now be entitled to one of these funding allocations.

We will be issuing letters to families who are currently not in receipt of the above, asking you to complete the registration for the identified funding option your child/ren maybe eligible for. Thank you so much in advance for your help in completing this.

This funding allows us to increase additional staffing hours to run booster groups, and an exciting range of extended day activities, that benefit our school and your child, and your cooperation is greatly appreciated at this difficult time for school budgets.