We are delighted to be able to offer the following clubs for Terms 5 and 6.  Having listened to feedback, we have split many of the clubs into single terms with the aim of allowing more children the opportunity to participate. Clubs in Term 5 will run from Monday 15^th April – Thursday 23^rd May (6 weeks), and clubs in Term 6 will run from Monday 3^rd June- Thursday 18^th July (7 weeks).

We are pleased to introduce a club for our Reception children this term to introduce the children to clubs in preparation for their time in year one and as they progress through the school.  

If your child would like to apply for a place in any of the clubs, please purchase the relevant payment item available in Parentmail / Payments / Shop.  Places are purchasable on a first-come first-served basis.

 

To give all children a fair chance, the payment items will go live at 7 pm Monday 18^th March 2024.  Clubs will be at a cost of £1 per week and will be charged per term. The fee you pay goes directly towards covering the costs of running the clubs, materials and specialist coaches.  Our aim is to continue to provide more after school clubs each term, so children have an even broader range of activities to try.

 

If you are able to successfully purchase a club, then it means your child will have a place. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places then you will be able to join a waiting list, by selecting that option in the Shop. Confirmation of your child’s place in a club will also be sent via Parentmail prior to the start of Term 5.

 

Unfortunately, if your child cannot attend for any reason, we will not be able to offer a refund.  Please ensure you check the options carefully before purchasing to ensure you haven’t double-booked!  Due to bad weather or staff absence, clubs sometimes need to be cancelled.  When this happens, we will inform you as soon as we can so please keep an eye on Parentmail for any notifications.

 

As we ask for payment to be made termly in advance, we appreciate that you will have paid for clubs even if they are cancelled. We will be charging 1 week less per club in case any clubs need to be cancelled throughout the term. For example, if the club runs for 6 weeks, the club will cost £5.00.

If your child is attending a sports/active club, they need to bring their PE kits to school on the day of their club. They will have the opportunity to change in school before their club.

 

 

We have been awarded an FFT National Award for Pupil Attendance.

The awards celebrate the hard work and dedication of Parents/Carers, staff and all others involved within the school community in achieving excellent attendance.

Sam's performance of 'All That Jazz' was amazing for our school to see what can happen in musical theatre.  Watch the performance here.

Just before Christmas, we had an inspirational visit from musical theatre star Sam, who played the lead in the musical Annie.  See her performance of 'Tomorrow' to our children here! 

We are pleased to announce that David Hynds will be teaching Violin lessons at Bitham Brook from term 4.

 

Lessons are available to children in years 3,4,5 & 6 and will take place in school on a Thursday afternoon.

 

If this is something your child is interested in, please contact David Hynds directly by email to crazy_trumpeter@hotmail.com. You can view more information on his website http://www.crazytrumpeter.co.uk.

We are delighted to be supporting the NSPCC by taking part in Number Day on Friday 2nd February 2024.

 

We are inviting children to ‘dress up as digits’ on this day. Children can wear an item of clothing with a number on it (sports shirt) or anything ‘number’ or ‘maths’ themed such as dots or shapes. 

 

On this day, children will be taking part in different Maths activities. Year 6 are going to be working hard preparing some Maths challenges that they will share with classes. Children will learn about some famous mathematicians and will take part in different tasks throughout the day.

 

Year 4 will still go swimming as normal, they will enjoy the activities on their return.

We are not asking for a donation for this event.

The Reception class Spring Parents' evenings will be taking place on Wednesday 7th February and Thursday 8th February from 3:40-5:50pm.

 

Booking slots for the parents' evenings will be released from 7pm on Wednesday 24th January. The deadline for bookings is Friday 2nd February. Appointments will be held in person in the Reception classrooms. Please note that we will not be holding online appointments. Please ignore all video call appointment notifications on the booking website.

 

We will be using the Parent booking system to manage bookings. To book an appointment please click on the following link http://parents-booking.co.uk/bithambrook and enter the details for yourself and your child. Once logged in you will be able to select an appointment from the list of available appointment times. The log in details you enter must match those we have on record for your child.

 

We would encourage you to log in prior to the release of the appointments to ensure you have no difficulties accessing the system. If you do experience any issues please email admin@bithambrook.wilts.sch.uk with the subject ' Parents' evening and we will do our very best to help.

 

Bookings are limited to one per child. If it is essential that you have 2 separate bookings, or If you anticipate having any difficulties in attending any of the available dates, please speak to your child's teacher.

 

We are thrilled to announce that Bitham Brook Primary has been shortlisted for the Tesco Stronger Starts community grant! This exciting opportunity means that we now have the chance to receive funding to support our school's efforts in ensuring that every child has the best opportunities to learn and try new experiences with the aim of giving children a healthy start in life.  
 

To secure this grant for our school, we need your help! Voting will take place in local Tesco stores from early January 2024 until the end of March 2024.

 

Participating is simple - all you need to do is make a purchase in-store, regardless of the value. For every transaction, you will receive a blue token at the checkout, which you can use to cast your vote.

 

Voting for our school will be available in the following Tesco stores:

Tesco Express- Eastbourne Rd Trowbridge BA14 7HW
Tesco Extra- Trowbridge BA14 7AQ
Tesco - Forest Rd Frome BA11 2TU
Tesco Express- Brook Rd Trowbridge BA14 9DL
Tesco Express- Warminster BA12 8EE
Tesco Express- Leigh Park Westbury BA13 3GL
Tesco Express- Westbury Fore Street BA13 3AY
Tesco Express- Melksham SN12 6TA
Tesco Express- Trowbridge Frome Rd BA14 0DT

 

Your support in this endeavour is invaluable as it will enable us to enhance the opportunities we offer our students. We would be grateful if you could spread the word to family and friends to participate in the voting process as well. Every vote counts!

 

Thank you for your continued support.

We currently have a vacancy for a parent governor to serve on the governing body of this school. We are very keen to encourage parents/people with parental responsibility of registered pupils/students to nominate themselves to fill these places. 

 

School governors operate at the strategic or policy-making level in the school. The current governors are keen that the board is reflective of the wider school community and, as such, would like to encourage parents to put themselves forwards for the parent governor vacancies. They play a vital role in supporting and developing the school by bringing a parental perspective to strategic decision making. Therefore, the more representative the board is of the school community, the better. The main characteristics needed are to act selflessly and have a heart to champion the needs of all children in the school. Training events and induction are available, commitment is not onerous, and the rewards will exceed expectations. Parent governors are elected by parents and all parents are qualified to apply for this role.

 

If you join our governing body, the expectation is you will serve for approximately a four year term and you can continue to the end of the term of office even if your child/children leave the school. Being a governor does take up some time. There are twelve governing body meetings each year (two per term), you will need to set aside time to be able to be an effective governor: time to prepare for meetings, for visiting the school, undertaking training and updating.

 

To find out more about what being a governor at this school is like, you can contact Lucy Noble, our Chair of Governors, who will be very willing to answer any questions.

 

If you would like to take the opportunity to put yourself forward as a candidate, you may only do so on an official form, so please complete and return the required sheet to me by Monday 22nd January 2024. If it is necessary for there to be an election, I will contact you to let you know about the arrangements.

The Children's Commissioner for England is running a national campaign called ‘The Big Ambition’. The campaign aims to ensure that every child in England has an opportunity to tell policy makers what they want and need ahead of the General Election.

 

A survey for children. parents and carers has been put together so that you can make sure that the children and young people of Wiltshire are fairly represented in the results.

 

Parents and carers can complete the survey here: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/thebigambition.

 

The Survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete and the survey closes on Friday 19th January 2024.