If your child is attending Kaboom after school, particularly if they are in Reception or KS1, please let us know. We are finding that some of our younger children are getting upset when parents don't pick up, but if we know this is the case before the end of the day, we can manage this well and avoid children becoming unnecessarily upset. Thankyou for your support. 

Just a quick note about our school meals...ALL meals offered can be produced as 'Gluten Free'. You don't need to give us any other information when booking meals if you want the gluten free version, because we know if your child has any allergies.

Values of The Week 

Today, teachers have awarded certificates to the following children for demonstrating Respect.

Another wonderful week of music making in school. Our School Choir is sounding fantastic, and our Year 5 and 6 members were very excited to receive their invitations to take part in Young Voices. A gentle reminder that all forms must be received by Friday 29^th September at the very latest. This is due to Young Voices deadlines and no late submissions can be accepted.

Well done also to our newly formed Year 6 hand bell group, we can’t wait to hear you in the Town Hall, alongside our choir on Sunday December 10^th. Details of this concert will be sent out in the next few weeks but do save the date!

Congratulations to Norah in 6GW who, this week, has been appointed principal cornet player with the Birmingham Schools Training Brass Band. Norah this is an amazing achievement and truly recognises your immense talent. We are so proud of you!

Our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon is approaching fast. It will take place after school a week today on Friday 29th September. We will be looking for creative bakers to offer up some donations! if you can help us, please bring baking creations to school on Friday morning (not before please!). If you can, please put cakes etc on disposable plates or label trays and containers. Please cling film/ cover your cake with foil and add a label with any relevant dietary information e.g. gluten free. PLEASE DO NOT BAKE ANYTHING THAT CONTAINS NUTS!

We will be opening up the George hall at 3:30pm (please enter through the main entrance on Woodbrooke Road). There will be tea and coffee... and obviously lots of cakes! We'd love you to hang around and have a chat, or if you don't have time then pop in and grab some cake to take away! We'd love to see you there and we'd love to raise lots of money for this incredibly worthy cause.

It's on! Different rounds, different activities but reliably the same format that works. If you want to gather your team of up to 10 and book online here https://bournvillehsa.wordpress.com/2023/09/11/quiz-night-20th-october-2023/, and pay via ParentPay giving your team reference that would be great!  £10 per ticket which includes fish and chip (or sausage/spring roll) supper. BYOB, doors open at 1900, food at 1930, quiz starts at 2000, hard stop at 2300. We are also exploring the options of winning prizes for your kids and classes throughout the evening. We look forward to seeing you there!

The pupils are designing their own Christmas Cards in class this week. Once they get processed and we get samples back, the cards, mugs, tags and labels with your child design on will be available to order. Look out for this.

We are opening up the George Hall again this year for the Designer/Maker community amongst the BVPS Family. If you, or your child, is keen on making craft items to sell at the Christmas Fair then you can go ahead and request a table here https://bournvillehsa.wordpress.com/christmas-fair-2023/ and we will contact you to make arrangements. We are concentrating on designer maker craft items / physical items - rather than food or drink. However, if you are a keen baker and wish to help us stock and sell food and drink items in the cafe then please contact us on [email protected] and we can see what we can do.

We are also seeking donations from the Parent community for Raffle Prizes to be part of the Christmas Raffle. We had a hugely successful response to the previous raffle donation request that we are looking to repeat. Tickets will be on sale via ParentPay once we gather some donated prizes.

We will soon be writing to all Year 6 pupils and parents asking for their support to join the Christmas Fair Event Team and run various activities around the Fair. This is a great opportunity to get involved in running a smooth event for younger year groups, and sets the scene nicely for funds to be raised for the Year 6 Leavers Celebrations in June/July 2024. Please put aside one or both shift slots of 10:30-13:00 and/or 12:30 - 15:00 and if you can make yourself available to assist the team as well. More information to follow.

Sticking with Year 6 for a moment, for the first year ever Year 6 pupils are being supported to pick up roles and responsibilities throughout the school - which includes the roles of "PTA Ambassadors" that are being recruited to. We look forward to those in Year 6 that step forward and want to get more involved in making fun staff happen around school. If you want to have a chat about this to find out more then please do write to us at [email protected] and we will talk it through.

We had a hugely successful Picnic and Duck Race on Sunday for the new Reception Classes. It was great to see those that could make it. We sent nearly 100 ducks down the stream in the Park and the winner was Ivy T in RC, and the winning class was RR. So, congratulations, we will sort out the silent disco kit for you via the office/teachers. We have also added "PTA General Donations" and "PTA School Shop" items to your ParentPay account should you ever need to use them.

If all of this looks great, and you want to get a little more involved, then do step forward and talk things through with any members of the PTA Ops Team. They have good visibility of how we make fun things happen, and can often be found in around the playground/school shop. Email us at [email protected] and we can arrange a meet up to give you a bit more insights.

As you know we have been working hard to secure quality before and after school provision for our children. Many clubs are fully booked, but some of our providers have availability in Dance and Gymnastics Years 1 to 6, Lingotots KS1, Drama KS2.

Please click the link to see the before and afterschool club timetable

https://bournville-village.sch.life/Page/Detail/before-and-after-school-clubs-and-activities 

Please look out for the emails or contact Mr Evans for more information.

More information on after school sports clubs will follow soon.

We are very much looking forward to Year 4 joining us on Tuesday 3^rd October for your Harvest Festival!

This year we are collecting donations for the B30 & South Birmingham Foodbank, who are currently giving out far more food than they are receiving so donations are very much needed. If you’re able to, please make a donation, but no fresh food, thanks. Their website (b30.foodbank.org.uk) has a list of what’s needed most.

Also, can we ask that all donations are brought over on the day of your service. If there’s a problem with this, please let us know. Finally, help getting chairs out ready for the services and putting them away afterwards would be most appreciated!

Thank you.

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