School Newsletter : 18 November 2022

Thank you to all parents who attended their child’s parents evening this week. It was a wonderful opportunity to view some of your child’s work that they had chosen to celebrate and share. It was also a productive time to discuss outcomes, achievements and next steps with your child’s class teacher.

We had a wonderful celebration day for Children in Need, which was enjoyed by everyone. We all wore spotty clothes to celebrate and raise money for this excellent charity that helps to look after and protect so many under-privileged and sick children in the UK.

We played several games, including Pin the Nose on Pudsey in class and penalty spot shoot outs at lunchtime. Some of us even completed the Joe Wicks workout in class! We then ate delicious cupcakes and had lots of fun all day! All in all, we raised £220 for this important charity – thank you for all your donations!

Pin the Nose on Pudsey Prize winners:

• Nursery: Mahya
• Reception: Harper
• Year 1: Pari
• Year 2: Joe
• Year 4: Kayleigh
• Year 5: Oleksandr & Sarina

Classes will have PE lessons on the following days for the Autumn Term.

• Monday: Year 1 (PM)
• Tuesday: Year 4 (PM)
• Wednesday: Year 5 (AM)* and Year 2 (PM)
• Thursday: Year 6 (PM)
• Friday: Reception & Nursery (AM) and Year 3 (PM)

*Kindly note that ONLY Year 5 pupils will need to come to school in their school uniform and bring their PE kit to change into after attending Church, on their designated PE day (Wednesday).

Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct PE uniform to school on their designated PE day. If you have any questions about school uniforms, please call, email or pop in to the school office

By setting up a Smile Amazon account, every time you shop there, you can make a ‘free’ donation to our PTFA Friends of Burdett-Coutts!

By linking your existing Amazon account to a charitable cause, Amazon will donate a small amount to our PTFA each time you buy something, at no extra cost to you.

• To do this, go to www.smile.amazon.co.uk
• Click ‘Get started’
• Sign into your Amazon account (or create one if you haven’t got one)
• Pick your charity by searching for ‘Friends of Burdett-Coutts’
• Then click ‘Select’
• Tick the box that says ‘Yes, I understand that I must always start at smile.amazon.co.uk to support Friends of Burdett-Coutts’
• Start shopping and remember to always go to www.smile.amazon.co.uk for all your Amazon shopping to make that vital donation to the Friends of Burdett-Coutts.

For a visual description of these instructions, please click the image on the right >

Class Assemblies:

We are delighted to welcome parents to school this term for Friday morning class sharing assemblies on the following dates:

• 25th November: Year 1

When attending your child’s class assembly, please come to the main school office by 8:55am at the latest. You will be shown upstairs to the First Floor Hall and seated by 9am.

Collective Worship

The whole school attends acts of Collective Worship every day.

• Mondays and Tuesdays: key stage singing assemblies led by Mr Carden.
• Wednesdays: Church service led by Graham or Helena, the clergy at St Stephens with St John on Rochester Row. These services are very child-friendly, and Year 6 take a leading role by processing, singing in the choir and reading the Bible readings and prayers.
• Thursdays: We focus on celebrating achievements, led by a member of SLT, School Council or a class teacher with their class. When a class teacher leads the assembly, their class also recite a piece of poetry they have been learning. We would be very grateful if parents could support their children in learning these poems when it is their turn.
• Friday: Opportunities for classes to share what they have been learning with their families and the rest of the school.

Theme of the Week:

We have had a great week celebrating Anti-Bullying Week, which kicked off with a very colourful Odd Socks Day on Monday! Huge thanks to School Council for leading our Anti-Bullying assembly on Thursday.

And a special mention to Israa and Nuraa, who took it upon themselves to write a poem and prayer for the assembly too.

Over the course of the year we will focus on our school’s three Christian Values: Friendship, Compassion and Service.

Throughout the Autumn Term we will be concentrating on Friendship, and this ties in beautifully with the start of a new school year, new class teachers, new friends and making a fresh start.

If you are looking for a Nursery  or Reception Place, for your child from September 2023, please contact the school and make an appointment to join a school tour.

We’d be delighted for you to join us for a 30-minute bespoke EYFS tour, where you will have the chance explore our Early Years setting, speak to key staff and ask any questions regarding admissions and your child starting with us at Burdett-Coutts.

Please contact us to register for our tours which take place every Thursday, with times available from 09:30 – 14:30 during term time.

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.

The Nursery class are now proud pet parents to five fancy goldfish! They have really enjoyed teaching the fish phonics, how to behave well in school and how to be kind to their friends. A huge welcome to Burdett-Coutts for Gucci, Chanel, Cartier, Loui and Jimmy Choo 🙂

In Reception we are learning all about birthday celebrations. We have been talking about why people celebrate birthdays and why they are so special. We have read some fiction and non-fiction books to learn more about how people celebrate birthdays around the world and discussed the different ways we celebrate with our own families and at home. Our favourite part of the week has been our Birthday Role Play! We have been playing at having birthday parties, dressing up in party clothes and enjoying some party games.