Bradbury Newsletter 18th September 2015
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Greetings to you all!
Tonight, we have our annual ‘Welcome back to School’ family picnic.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE BRADBURY SCHOOL PICNIC
Date: Friday, 18 September 2015 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Tarmac (asphalt) playground
Bring a picnic and a rug, mix and mingle, meet other Bradbury School parents, listen to live music
This is an informal opportunity for you to come along to school with a rug and a picnic, to enjoy mixing and mingling with the parents. These have always been highly attended and very enjoyable. Just a couple of important notes:
· Parents must accompany children, not helpers only.
· Staff are attending in a social capacity only, so parents are responsible for taking care of their children.
I look forward to welcoming you all. If the weather is not favourable, a decision to cancel will be made at 3 p.m. and posted on the website.
Yours sincerely,
Sandra Webster
Principal
YEAR 6 CAKE SALE
The Year 6 cake sale will be held on Tuesday 22 September 2015. We would be grateful if each year 6 Student could contribute one dozen (only) individual sized cakes for this event. Please have your child deliver the cakes to the Lobby on Tuesday morning. If you would like your container returned, please clearly label both the top and bottom with your child’s name and class. Please remember no nuts or nut products and brownies and healthier cake are more welcomed.
Volunteers – we require 9 helpers on the day between 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Please email PTA at pta@bradbury.edu.hk or call 2893 2256 if you can help.
All years – We have increased the price this year for the first time in more than 10 years. So if you would like your child/children to buy a cake, please provide them with $10 per cake and they will have an opportunity to buy cakes at morning break on Tuesday.
Many thanks.
Lin Gong – Bradbury School PTA Administrator
P.T.A. NEWS
BRADBURY SCHOOL PTA invites all Parents to join us for:
Wine and Tapas
Immediately following the
Annual General Meeting
Come MEET the PTA Committee and SOCIALIZE with other parents. All PTA members are welcome – NEW parents and Existing Parents!
MONDAY – 12 OCTOBER 2015
BRADBURY SCHOOL MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
6:00 – 6:30PM AGM
6:30 – 7:30PM HAPPY HOUR
RSVP – Julia Dunn at pta@bradbury.edu.hk
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
12 OCTOBER – AGM / WINE AND TAPAS EVENING
20 NOVEMBER – WINTER NIGHT MARKET
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Bradbury Parent Teacher Association Limited will be held on Monday 12 October at 6:00 pm at the school.
This will be followed by a WINE & TAPAS EVENING hosted by the PTA.
All parent and teacher members of the PTA are invited to attend this meeting – we welcome the participation of as many members as can make it!
The main agenda of the meeting will include:
· Receiving the reports of the Committee members and auditors, the balance sheets and accounts for the preceding Financial Year (copies of the Audited Financial Statement for 2013/2014 including the Directors’ report will be available on the PTA website).
· Approval of the updated Articles of Association.
· Electing the Committee Members for the current school year.
· Appointing the auditors of the Association and fixing their remuneration.
Parent and teacher members are welcome to submit other items for the agenda. If you have any matter which you would like to see included and discussed, please submit it in writing to pta@bradbury.edu.hk by Friday, 3 October – mark it attention of the PTA Chairman.
WINTER NIGHT MARKET – WE NEED YOUR HELP
Items are still needed for the Winter Night Market!! We are asking parents for donations for:
• Raffle Prizes (i.e. spa/salon, restaurant, travel, hotel vouchers, etc.)
• Items for Year Group Hampers – class parents will have more details next week.
• If any parent works for or has a connection to a toy manufacturer / stationery supplier – we would love to have a new toy stall for the children.
As always, if you have any comments, ideas or suggestions for events or spending plans please contact a committee member or email the PTA at pta@bradbury.edu.hk.
Julia Dunn – Acting PTA Chairperson
LIBRARY NEWS
Welcoming Mother Tongue Language Guest Readers
We really enjoyed welcoming parent and staff guest readers last year to the Bradbury Library. Parents and staff members shared a book in their Mother Tongue. We will continue welcoming parents and staff to visit the library on Wednesdays during Y1-3 and Y4-6 lunch times to read books aloud in their mother-tongue.
Please email to book a time and indicate your interest: librarian@mybradburyschool.com Remember that you are welcome to bring your own books to share or use library mother tongue language books as available.
Thank you!
Sue Bousfield – Acting Teacher Librarian
P.S.E. NEWS
Growth MIndset –Basic facts about the brain
- To function well the brain needs sleep, certain foods within a functioning and fit body
- Sleep is crucial to learning and health
- While we sleep the heart rate drops, muscles relax and breathing slows
- During sleep the body’s energy is restored, it physically repairs itself and the brain processes and commits to memory what has been learnt and experienced during the day
- The senses are different “pathways” to the brain: using more than one sense to learn about something results in more of the brain being used which helps learning and memory
- Using different ways of learning helps focus attention and increases learning, active learning approaches are best
C. Farrington – P.S.E. Leader
PARENT HOME READING WORKSHOP – SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD WITH HOME READING
Wednesday, 7 October, 8.30 -9.30 am.
This workshop is particularly targeted to parents of students in Years 1 and 2, but other parents interested in ideas to support home reading are also welcome to attend.
Hope you can make it. Please RSVP to Ms Fritzi in reception on 25478249 if you would like to attend.
Therese Gallen – Vice Principal
ACTION CLUB
Starting after half term break every Thursday 2:45-4:00 we will be looking for students to join an action club. The action club will be doing activities with outside community groups to make a difference. The club will be open for Years 5 and 6 students and will have places for up to 12 students.
ACTION IN THE PYP
There will be an information session for parents on action on 4 November 2015, from 5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. in the hall.
Clayton Heggie – Y6 Teacher
YEAR 4 WETLAND TRIP
Year 4 enjoyed a trip to The HK Wetland Park, where we found out more about components of a wetland ecosystem and how they are connected to their environment.
Year 4 Team
PARKING
Parking is always an issue at Bradbury. However, some drivers are making it even more difficult by double parking and holding up traffic or by narrowing the road so much that traffic builds up as it slows down to pass. In the mornings, all buses stop outside the gate and the students alight onto the pavement. However, again, inconsiderate parking means that our buses cannot pull into the curb and the students have to alight on the road. Requests to move are ignored. Please talk to your driver about this. You may find it helpful to know which cars this refers to, so as from next week, we will note license plates in the newsletter so that you can talk to your driver if it is your car.
Sandra Webster – Principal
FOR YEAR 6 PARENTS
South Island School have announced that they will have an Open Morning from 8.30 am – 1.15 pm on Thursday 24 September. Parents have a chance to observe lessons and talk to teachers and students about life at SIS.
Steve Fennelly – Vice Principal (Upper Phase)
