Friday 19th March 2021 © Buttsbury Junior School, 2020 It has been lovely to get into the swing of being back Forthcoming Diary Dates at school and, small things, like Comic Relief Day and a School Dinners Next Week - Week 2 visit from the Schools’ Ministry Team, really help to Monday 22nd March and Wednesday 24th March bring a touch of normality to what is a bit of a topsy- Parents’ Evening - via telephone - 3.30pm - 6.30pm turvy world at present! Tuesday 23rd March On Monday, I shall be sharing with you the small Non-Uniform Day for Year 6 for raising the most changes which we will be reintroducing after Easter as money in the Christmas raffle we start the next step of our journey back to Friday 26th March Buttsbury as we used to know it! Although only tiny steps, every move forwards is a good one and hopefully Easter Raffles it won’t be long until we can start taking leaps! Last day of term In the meantime, have a lovely weekend and enjoy the Monday 12th April slightly milder, drier weather! Children return to school after the Easter break An Alien in the Jam Factory - Virtual Book Launch The non-uniform day for anyone who has achieved their RED You might recall that I wrote about this book a few award so far this academic year is on: FRIDAY 26th MARCH. weeks ago, as the main character is based on Abigail Small (4P) and features some ideas from Edith Parents’ Evening Appointments Longlade (also in 4P). There will be a virtual book launch Just a reminder that Parents’ Evening appointments will take on 1st April at 11.30am and we are all duly place as telephone calls, in the same way that they did in the invited! Autumn Term. Please endeavour to make sure you are available at The launch is in collaboration with Chrissie’s your designated time - calls will probably show as ‘No Caller ID’ illustrator, Jenny Taylor and Chicken and Frog as we only have four phone lines at school so most of the teachers will be calling from their mobile phones. Thank you. bookshop. They are planning lots of jammy fun - a quiz with Chrissie, a draw along with Jenny, Q&A & finally a vote to determine who will get a bucket of jam on their heads out of Chrissie and Jenny (and then the live dunking). If you are interested, further details are here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-alien-in-the-jam- factory-book-launch-tickets-144199302997?ref=estw This sounds like a lovely event which will provide some good fun during the Easter holidays! Mothers’ Day Sale Thank you again for supporting this Comic Relief 2021 event which raised £690 for the It was lovely to see the school splashed with the colour red to- Friends’ Association. We are day - the children definitely enjoyed not wearing their uniform getting closer all the time to being and it was a great way to lift spirts and raise money for charity able to go ahead with the outdoor at the same time. Thank you for supporting this great cause. gym - our goal is to have it in place by June so that our current Year 6 Footwear children can benefit from it too. We have shown discretion since we returned to school and allowed children to wear trainers to school if they have grown out of their shoes and we have received a letter from home to confirm this; however, from Monday 19th April (one week after the shops Easter Raffles and Competitions hopefully open) the expectation is that all children wear black This year, we have four separate year group raffles shoes, in line with the school’s uniform policy. If your child has a with a main prize (cuddly toy and Easter eggs) for medical reason for not being able to wear shoes, please can you each year group as well as a collection of smaller eggs provide medical evidence. Thank you. (donated by the staff). Tickets are 50p each or 5 for £2. The raffles will be drawn on Friday 26th March. Schools Ministry Billericay (SMB) Assemblies We also have a competition for each year group - It was lovely to welcome Charlotte and Sue back into school this ’Guess the Weight of the Eggs and the Jar’ - which is week to lead our assemblies - they delivered four separate 50p a go. assemblies, one to each year group. During the assemblies, Charlotte and Sue talked about the Easter story but focused on We hope the children will enjoy taking part in our differences e.g. sadness when Jesus died but happiness when he Easter fun. All the money raised will go towards the rose again. The children were experts in spotting the differences! Friends’ Association. The year group that raises the Sue’s husband, Julian, also joined us on Wednesday - it was most money will earn themselves a non-uniform day. wonderful to hear the sound of the piano keyboard once again! ‘Maximum Effort for Maximum Achievement’ Rainbow Awards Congratulations to our INDIGO award winners: Oliver Fryd Congratulations to our GREEN award winners: ‘Well Done’ to all the children who were Taleya Shazly, Ezekiel Kollabathula, Chanelle Asubiaro, awarded MERIT certificates this week. Kaua Ferreira-Melo, Ben McCreery, Ethan Tyler and David Malakauskas. Oliver Driscoll Farrah Keniry Well done to this week’s YELLOW award winners: Sophie Thomas Max Parish Alfie Mills, Alex McKenna, George McCreery, Mimi Mornay Botma Zac Berry Tarraf, Advay Sharma, Henry Buckle, Connie Rumsey, Harry Phillips and Billy Brass. Leo Sunderland Edie Rowling Congratulations to our ORANGE award winners: Jacob Kavanagh Kuzey Musabak Austin Fearne, Megan Obery, Zak Smith, Molly Sutton, Benedict Guthrie-Blunkell Alex Carter Jacob Kavanagh, Luana Wenborn, Taylor Hayes, Isabelle Finley Barber Sophie Leach Sargant, Arthur McSharry, Polina Carter, Jacob Collins, Sophie Leach, Jessica Park, Jessica Jobbins, Emily Isabelle Sargant Marcus Slater Crowe, Abhir Kandagiri, George Dear, Anna Bowden, Edward Taylor Isabelle Carroll Austin Harris, Hugo Daniels, Jackson Tappin, Teddy Amos, George Murphy, Arthur Ogden, Isabella Shipway Daniel Natusch Hugo Daniels and Lauretta McKenzie. Matilda Chaplin Edie McLellan Well done to this week’s RED award winners: Isla Swift Maisie Anderson Poppy Hobbs, Tilly Walsh, Oliver Chandra, Chloe Nicel, Honey Phillips, Arnav Gupta, Georgina Nunney, Mason Grindrod, Amelia-Violet Cole, Millie Agate, Dylan Foley, Danni Obery, Elodie Domien, Vasilis Vasileiadis, Zachary Mackenzie, Clark Williams, Emily Gaci, Grace Pierce, Ivy- May King, Shi Wen He, Leo Meza-Bullock, William Fuller, Korey Groves, Elsie Orchard, Talia De Gray Birch, Maggie Ward, Jack Tyler, Louis Domien, Oliver Munro, This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Ruby Collier, Bella Prior, Anna Pope, Thomas Fox, Evie Harriet Borg Thomas McIlquham William Barrett Andrews, Thomas Hall, William Hughes and Emily Harris. Tilly Walsh Harry Huskie Ben Pentecost Amelia Violet-Cole Roxy Hartman Well done to our writing super stars! Pen Licences Well done to Dylan McGinness, Thomas Lovell, James Ivimy, Milla Poulter, Eva Moughton, Teddy Harding and Jessica Cambridge who all received their Pen Licences this week. New Fruit Trees This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: We have had three lovely new fruit trees Emelia Dear Louise Pocklington Beau Cunningham planted at the front of the school by Ryan Aydin Aaron Bickerstaff Ada Halder Ground Control, as part of their community replanting project. We are Maisie Pamenter Elouise Butler-Russell grateful to Ground Control for our new trees and look forward to seeing them Well done to our magical mathematicians! grow and hopefully produce some delicious fruit! This week’s ‘Readers of the Week’ are: Ollie Alsemgeest George Cohen Jacob Pierce Max Hussey Dylan Smith Elliot Stephens Caitlyn Rae Ivy-Sola Gaci Well done to our enthusiastic readers! Thank you very much to the Friends’ Association (F.A). for organising the Leavers’ Hoodies and T-shirts for the children in Year 6 - they look amazing and raised £804 for the F.A. This week’s results: 1sr: Panthers - 625 points 50 Things To Do Before Leaving Primary School 2nd: Leopards - 621 points Well done to Alex Marsh who has completed 20 things 3rd: Jaguars - 601 points Congratulations to Esmae Baker who has completed 30 things A HUGE WELL DONE to Lotty Smith who has all completed 50 4th: Lions - 586 points things at home! This week’s attendance figure is: 98.5%! This year’s attendance target is 97.8%. A special ‘Well Done’ to Class 6S who had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations! .