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BODDINGTON CofE
PRIMARY ACADEMY
Our Value for
this term is
One of our Core Values for this year
A Message from Mr. Johnson
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome back for the second half term and build up
to Christmas! There is lots going on and we are really
looking forward to what is always a really fun time of
the year.
I now have an area on the school website that I will
endeavor to populate, on average once a week, with
some stand out bits from the week in school, from my
perspective.
Do take a look at regular intervals:
http://www.boddingtonschool.org/headteachers-page.html
Mr. Johnson
Newsletter 2 November 2017
Now the weather is turning rather chillier, please remember to check that
your child comes to school with a suitable coat every day.
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Important Information regarding Reception Places
The deadline for registration for September 2018 Reception places is 15th January 2018 at 5pm.
November
Thursday 2nd Parents Evening 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Thursday 2nd Year 6 Parents Meeting 6:00pm
Friday 3rd Phil Lines Football Coaching – Session 1
Monday 6th Walk-in Monday 8:50am – 9:20am
Tuesday 7th Parents Evening 5:00pm – 7;00pm
Thursday 9th Open Morning
Friday 10th Remembrance Service at Church
Monday 13th Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 17th Children in Need
Sunday 26th Boddington PTA Gift Fair at the Village
Hall
Thursday 30th Christmas Craft Afternoon 1:00pm -
3:30pm
December
Monday 4th Walk-in Monday
Wednesday 6th Chenderit Year 3 Singing Day 9:30am—
2:30pm
Thursday 7th Provisional Flu Vaccinations (YR-Y4)
Thursday 7th Chenderit Y5/6 Sports Hall Athletics
Event 3:45pm—5:30pm
Thursday 14th Christmas Dinner
Thursday 14th Christingle Service
Monday 18th Christmas Nativity Performance
Tuesday 19th Christmas Party
Wednesday 20th Last day of term, school returns on
Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Term Dates Please note the following dates in your
diary/calendar.
Did you know that Bonfire Night is also known as "Guy Fawkes Night"? Guy Fawkes was just one of
the perpetrators of the Gunpowder Plot, but he is the one that is most remembered. Traditionally,
children make a "Guy", or life-size, scarecrow-like effigy of Guy Fawkes, which is thrown onto the
communal bonfire during the celebrations - but not before being paraded around (sometimes in an old
pram or go-cart) by the children, who ask for "a penny for the guy" to spend on sparklers, sweets or
other treats!
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This month the
whole school
were lucky
enough for
Alyssa to join
us as an expert
in Indian dance.
The children took part in
some fantastic dance les-
sons learning about the his-
tory of Indian dance and
the stories behind some of
the dance moves. The work-
shop linked in to our topic,
as the children have been
learning about the similari-
ties and differences be-
tween ‘their world’ and chil-
dren in India
When the children were not
dancing they took part in a
range of activities to cele-
brate Diwali, some of you
may already have your diva
pots at home.
At the end of a fantastic
day the children loved
s h o w c a s i n g
their dancing to
you all.
A massive thank you to the PTA for their
very generous contribution towards the
cost of the day.
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Taste Sensation
Making and Eating Onion Bhajis
Enjoying their first term at the school, the Pre School have been to Canons Ashby and made bread for Harvest Festival;.
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Wrens and Kingfishers have had
fun exploring the human diges-
tive system practically.
We are delighted to share the news
that the combined Boddington/Culworth
Academy team won the Chenderit Sports
Tag Rugby Competition.
Congratulations to the Boddington Players; Jacob New, Jake
Ellis, Jacob Travers
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We have been busy writing poems
for the British Legion Remembrance
Day Poetry Competition. Here are
two of our poems.
We were joined for the day by a Go-Ride
Coach from British Cycling who helped the
whole school to build their cycling confi-
dence. Here are the Golden Eagles at the
field listening carefully and developing their
skills.
You may have noticed that we are very keen on reading in Golden Eagles. We would therefore like to share our love
of reading with you, so we are going to be sharing our thoughts and short synopsis about books we have read regu-
larly in this Newsletter. We hope this will inspire you to pick up a book and take a read yourself or even share in
our experiences by reading the books along with us. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
In this edition of the newsletter we have pieces written by Harry Merridan and Harry Matheson. You’ll find them
over leaf Enjoy!
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A big well done to all the children who took part in the
Harvest festival.
There was some lovely singing from all the classes and
some good recitations from the Golden Eagles.
Thank you for all the donations, please see the thank
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We are very pleased to introduce the beautiful Ella,
who is our new sponsored puppy with Dogs for
Good. She is ready to begin her year of puppy so-
cialising, where she will learn many important skills
that she will need when she starts formal training.
Little Ella is a cockapoo; not one of the more com-
mon breeds used by Dogs for Good, but they can
make very special assistance dogs. They tend to be
very bright, happy and affectionate dogs that have
potential to be wonderful helpers and companions.
Of course, there is a long way to go before Ella is at
this stage, and for now, she is just going to enjoy
being a puppy. She is settling into her new home
with puppy socialiser Jane, who she will live with for
around a year. As she gets bigger, Jane will take
her out to shops, supermarkets, and even to dentist
appointments or the doctor’s surgery. These are all
places that assistance dogs visit regularly so it is
important that Ella is familiar and confident with
them from an early age.
With the help of Jane and our very experienced
team of puppy coordinators, she will also learn to
be a well mannered young pup. She will need to
master obedience such as ‘sit’, ‘down’ and ‘stay’ as
well as walking gently to heel when out on her lead.
There is much for Ella to learn, but she will have
plenty of fun along the way. She will attend regular
puppy classes, where, as well as showing off what
skills she is learning, she will get to play and inter-
act with other pups in training. It is very important
that Ella is just as comfortable around other dogs as
she is with people.
To help with her training, she will get plenty of treats
and lots of toys—which is good as she adores play-
ing. It doesn’t matter if the toys are soft, squeaky or
perfect for chewing, she loves them all!
Helping a young puppy like Ella to become a life changing helper is
only made possible thanks to support of people like you, so thank
you for sponsoring the lovely little Ella with Dogs for Good.
We look forward to keeping you updated about her progress, and
hope you enjoy following on her journey.