Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
Dear parents/guardians, Gazelle Class would love to invite you to our end of term assembly on this term's topic, the Great Fire of London. We will be sharing a selection of our work and would love to see you there. Our assembly will be on Thursday, 25th May at 2:40pm.
Year 5 are having a cake sale fundraiser on Thursday 25th May at 3-3:30pm. It will be polar bear theme, as we're raising money to adopt a polar bear with WWF. We are looking for donations, if you are able to donate a cake to the bake sale please bring them into school on either Wednesday 24th May or Thursday 25th May. If you are baking a cake please bare in mind we are a nut free school. Many thanks
Year 3 class are having an assembly on 23rd May and Year 3 parents are welcome to attend. The assembly will take place in the school hall starting at 2.40 pm.
Just a reminder Coffee Morning is on this Friday 19th May 9am - 10am in the Wessex room in the Reception class block. Young children very welcome too! See you there!
Dear Parents,
Further to the newsletter, the major building projects have started to take place and for the rest of this term we will have to stop access to all pedestrians towards the rear gate for this time for health and safety reasons. This will start from tomorrow morning.
Therefore, all children and adults must use the lower gate by the Reception building for the time being please. Bikes and scooters will need to be placed sensibly in the rack please to enable all children to have access to this facility. I am hoping this will just be a short term measure and access will be available after the Easter break. I will keep you updated.
Additionally, as there will be more children and adults in this area, we must insist that parents do not park in the staff car park as we are aware that this is still occurring. I do not want to ask Mr Haythorne to be policing this but politely ask that you respect our request at this time.
I have discussed these projects with the children in assembly this morning and have highlighted that this area must be avoided, especially during non-school hours. I would very much appreciate your support with this and reminding your child about staying away from the fenced off areas.
Should you have any questions, please do get in touch.
Best Wishes
Steph
Steph Fawdry
Headteacher
RAF Benson Community Primary School
RAF Benson,
Wallingford,
Oxfordshire
OX10 6EP
Telephone: 01491 836460
Web: www.raf-benson.oxon.sch.uk
Twitter: @RAFBensonSchool or @MrsFawdry
Clubs - Summer Term
Information on clubs for the Summer term will be sent out tomorrow afternoon (21st March) by email.
Please try to only book for one club per child per day, as this will also ensure your child gets their first preference.
You will be notified by app message if you have got a place.
Forms will close on Friday 24 March at 12pm, unless the club fills up before and the form will then be closed.
We are holding our Open Morning and Open Afternoon this year for parents who are looking at joining our reception class in September 2023. Please come along where you will get a chance to meet the Head Teacher and the Reception class staff. We will start with an Introduction in the school hall, followed by a tour of the school.
16 November 9.30am
21 November 1.30pm
To register your interest in attending one of these events please follow the link below:
https://forms.gle/7ekoRF4dT2hXipTj8
It is with great sadness and sorrow that one of the most constant and inspirational women that we have known for our lifetime has died.
Queen Elizabeth II, born in 1926 and crown Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth in 1952 at the age of 26, passed away peacefully at Balmoral castle on Thursday 8 September 2022.
The Queen played a big part in the lives of many of our parents and families and will be taking time to remember the wonderful things that she did for our country and nation. Our parents proudly
Today we held an Assembly of Remembrance where we watched the videos below and where adults around the hall reminisced on various memories that they had of The Queen during their lives - many form what they remembered from their childhood. however, most of the adults remember fondly the big beaming smile that she had that we will always remember in our hearts.
The school will be supporting the national mourning period alongside our Armed Forces community and will be closed to observe and, where possible, be part of the state funeral on Monday 19 September.
We will now see, over the coming weeks, the throne passed to King Charles III and the changes that come with a change of monarch - which not many people have experienced.
Long live the King.
The Constant Queen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-46523387
Newsround - Thursday 8 September 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/31694210
Newsround Friday 9 September 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuvC_HgYQz8
We are having an Open Afternoon on Friday 2 September 2022 at 1.30 pm for parents and children who have moved over the summer holidays and have been allocated a school place in years 1 to 6. Parents and children are welcome to come into school and collect information packs, admission forms, meet school staff and ask any questions that you may have. Please arrive at the school office at 1.30 pm.
Places have now been allocated by Oxfordshire County Council to children who will be joining our Reception Class in September. We will be contacting parents very soon with further information. We look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school.