Bitterley C E Primary School Academy 2

Bitterley C E Primary School Academy 2 - 11 Friday 9th February 2018 www.bitterleyschool.co.uk Email: admin@bitterley.shropshire.sch.uk Tel: 01584 890228 Learning for Life: Motivation, Focus, Independence, Resilience, Reflection, Courage. We are a Christian Values based school. We focused and drill marking in our next training create an environment in which children love to session. We now have a rest week, then it’s half learn, where they drive the choices made about term and then we play them again. Jonah was their learning and where they develop social and Player of the Match – great work. Well done relationship skills which will last throughout their team!” lives. Our value for February is Love. Next game: Monday 26th February at 5.40pm, Wear it Woolly Day Ludlow Leisure Centre, playing Stokesay.

We are again supporting our local Age UK charity and Friday 16th February is our Wear it Woolly Day. We are asking pupils to come to school in Star of the Week school uniform but add something woolly: funny Class 1: Noah for excellent focus and jumper, hat, stripy knitted tights or a colourful determination making play dough ducks. scarf in return for a suggested donation of £1.00. All money raised will go to the Age UK Shropshire Class 2: Callen for his super ‘Anansi’ Word Bank! Telford and Wrekin charity to help older people beat the cold through their annual Winter Warmth Class 3: Callum for his excellent enthusiasm campaign. towards his work this week.

Netball Report from Mr. Price Class 4: Drew for working tirelessly at his joined up handwriting and for making such progress in Bitterley 1 – Stokesay 2 the presentation of his work.

“I feel we were the better team. We started a Class 5: Flynn for excellent focus, motivation, player down for the first 4 minutes as we had a resilience, courage and reflection during few players turn up late. The team worked well assessments. and the competition was on a better level than the last couple of teams we have played. Bitterley looked frantic and were forcing the attacking play and as a result, it led to bad ball control, passing and positional work. I was calling from the side line to slow down the play and to take their time in attacking play so we did not force so many mistakes.

During the second half our defensive play was very scrappy and we looked like we had completely forgotten to mark players and work to intercept the ball. I wish we could have had a couple more minutes to play as I believe we were close to a draw. After the game we had a team talk and we all agreed that we needed to be more http://www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

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“I have drawn a tractor with some chalk”. Marshall, Class 1.

“I liked finding out about how ‘Anansi the Spider’ got his long legs. He wanted all the food!” Issac, Class 2.

“We did gymnastics in PE. I liked skipping as light as a feather!” Leon, Class 3.

“This week we have been learning about the Very well done to Fliss, Kelsey, Martha, Bethany, Battle of Marathon. We did a re-enactment of the Amelia and Seren who took part in a Gifted & battle and it was extraordinary. There were Talented Dance Festival at Ludlow School last different people like commanders and archers. I Monday. They really enjoyed participating in this loved it because we used small foam tubes and if event. we got hit we would ‘die’ and have to stand out”. Daniel, Class 5.

Birthdays

This week we have celebrated the birthdays of Joe, Devon, Martha (C5) and Mrs Leggett.

Sound of the week for Class 1

For week commencing 12th February is:

‘B’ Congratulations to Holly who came 2nd and 3rd place in Ludlow Swimming Club’s most recent

swimming competition. Achievement Assembly Very well done to Mary and Lewis who have both Congratulations to Izzy, Kelsey, Katie and Saffron been awarded their Rainbow 5m swimming who have all been awarded their Gold certificates badges. for violin by Mrs. Tocknell, their violin teacher. Well done to Issac who was given his Swimmer of the Week award for “Super trying”.

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Pancake Day Special – Tuesday 13th February

Pancakes served with a choice of:

Traditional – Lemon & sugar

American – Syrup drizzle

Italian – Chocolate sauce

Which one will you choose?! Class 4 Fire Service visit ======A write up from Bella: Chinese New Year – 2018 Year of the Dog “Two weeks ago we had a fireman come into th school. He taught us how to be safe when there Being served on Thursday 15 February was a fire and he showed us a DVD. On the DVD Sweet & sour crispy chicken or Quorn (V) we played a game where we had to look in a room. It was very messy! We had to see what Served with noodles was not safe”. Sticky sausages served with rice

Sweetcorn & peas

Orange & pineapple muffin, coconut cookies, yoghurts or fruit salad

Football Report

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Bitterley C E Primary School Academy 2 - 11 Friday 9th February 2018 www.bitterleyschool.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 01584 890228 Learning for Life: Motivation, Focus, Independence, Resilience, Reflection, Courage. With the group coming to a close, our next two opponents sat joint second with us on 4 points. We played Bishop Hooper and it was a tight game with both sides fighting for the win. We had the majority of the ball and played some nice attacking football creating numerous chances, but found the Bishop Hooper defence hard to crack. Lana was named Player of the Match for her effort in defence.

Last came Orleton with the winner taking the Report from Mr. Sumner following the KS2 runner up spot in the group. Finn and Will had football festival on Monday 5th February. our best efforts blocked as we pushed for a goal “First we played Church Stretton. A closely and some strong defending from Seren and Lana fought contest with both sides coming out with a kept them at bay. We couldn’t hold out and with point. Our defence was on top form with both the last kick of the game, Orleton scored the Keisha and Hermione holding strong in front of winning goal meaning the game finished 1-0. Keaton. Flynn had our best chance going forward Seren was named Player of the Match and Gwion but couldn’t convert. The game finished 0-0 with and Keisha got a combined Player of the Keaton named Player of the Match for pulling off Tournament award. numerous saves. It was a great day and, as we haven’t played Next we played Ludlow ‘A’ team. Our defence much competitive football this year, to finish third was once again put through its paces with Lana in the group is a good result. Throughout the day and keeper Harry keeping them at bay. Will and we played some nice football and it’s great to see Seren provided our attacking threat on the wings the team improving. Well done to all! but couldn’t provide the killer pass. The game A poem by Noah finished 2–0 to Ludlow with Keisha named as Player of the Match for excellent no nonsense As it is Pancake Day next Tuesday, Noah from defending. Class 4 has put together the following poem:

Shobdon were our third opponents and it was just Pancakes are delicious, add some honey and the game we needed after our earlier defeat. We make them scrumptious, were able to play some free flowing attacking football with Gwion running the middle of the pack Fry the batter in a pan, flip them up as high as and Finn and Flynn up front. Gwion, Will and you can. Finn grabbed our goals with Finn’s the pick of the Pancakes can be savoury, pancakes can be bunch when he chipped his over the keeper. The sweet, game ended with a 3–0 victory and Gwion named as Player of the Match for his great work all over But whichever you choose, you’re in for a treat. the pitch. http://www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

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Sara Chance Not long after I became chairman, Mr. Davies suggested the right move for the school's future “I moved to Bitterley from London before I married was changing its status to Academy. It was a lot my husband Henry who has lived here all his life. of hard work and meetings for everyone, not least Just after our first child was born we moved from because we were one of the first schools to go for Bitterley to Middleton, where we have been for it, but I am sure that my background was an almost ten years. advantage and I am very proud of what the team was able to achieve, especially within the very My governor experience was a very good narrow timeframe. example of “in at the deep end”! I was elected vice chairman not long after I joined and soon On the governing body, I have the role of vice learned that the chair of governors intended to chairman. I am the chairman of the Resources retire within 12 months, so I was quite surprised Committee with special focus on finance. I also sit to find myself as chairman of the board of on the Standards Committee with focus on the governors of a primary school barely a year after areas covered by SIAMs (Statutory Inspection of I’d first considered whether I wanted to get Anglican and Methodist Schools). There are involved with the school at all. different types of governors on the governing body. I am a foundation (church) governor. Before I joined the governors I had no experience of the British schools system because I was born As well as the governors I have a number of other and brought up in Sweden. I went to the local volunteer roles: I was PCC (i.e. church) secretary school in Stockholm, supplementing my pocket for a while and I am the churchwarden for money with jobs at the local racehorse stables Bitterley parish; I also ran my university’s London and by doing a bit of modelling, and then went to alumni association. For fun I like golf and longbow university at the Stockholm School of Economics archery which we do throughout the summer. Like before working for investment banks in London all golfers I would like to spend more time on the and New York. golf course, but with four children now, running my own business and with governor duties, sadly My background is finance and run my own my handicap is slipping!” business from Middleton, covering mostly the Nordic countries and Japan. I speak passable Pancake Event Japanese which I picked up when I lived there for a year, while seeking to gain my karate black belt. There is a Pancake event being held at Stoke St. I used to do a lot of karate and was at one time Milborough Village Hall on Sunday 11th February, the Swedish National Champion and on the 4.00pm – 5.00pm. There will be lots of pancakes national karate team. We won a team silver in the to eat and races to join in! European Championships and I would have loved to go to the Olympics but karate was not then (and in fact is still not) a recognised Olympic sport.

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Bitterley C E Primary School Academy 2 - 11 Friday 9th February 2018 www.bitterleyschool.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 01584 890228 Learning for Life: Motivation, Focus, Independence, Resilience, Reflection, Courage. School Dates Monday 28th May Open Garden at Downton Hall Friday 16th February Wear it Woolly day Monday 28th May to Half term holiday th Monday 19 February Half term holiday Friday 1st June to Friday 23rd February Wednesday 13th June Father’s Day lunch Thursday 1st March World Book Day – dress up as a book Saturday 7th July Fete at Lower Court character Thursday 12th July Bitterley’s Got Talent th Wednesday 14 Mother’s Day lunch and Ceilidh March Friday 13th July Sports Day Tuesday 20th March Parents evening, 3.30pm – 5.30pm Friday 20th July End of term

Wednesday 21st Parents evening, March 4.00pm – 7.00pm

Friday 23rd March Sport Relief Day – wear something red and/or sporty

Monday 26th March to Class 5 residential trip Wednesday 28th to Condover March

Thursday 29th March Church Service, 10.00am

Thursday 29th March End of term

Friday 30th March to Easter holidays Friday 13th April

Monday 7th May May Bank Holiday

Sunday 20th May Beast of Bitterley Run

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