Thank you to all parents who attended the post Ofsted meeting with the Headteacher. This

was a particularly valuable meeting with a focus on improving communication between the

school and parents. Fabulous suggestions from parents included organising a Parent Teachers

Association (PTA), appointing Parent Ambassadors and hosting ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions

throughout the term. The Headteacher has welcomed parents who have committed to joining

the Governing Body.

Whilst many parents and the school did not recognise Bell Lane Primary in aspects of the

Ofsted report, the school is on a continual journey of improvement and we aim to address

each point in the Ofsted report in order for Bell Lane Primary to resume to its former Ofsted

grade as ‘Good’. During half term, the Headteacher met with the Local Authority to address

the Children’s Centre pathway which was identified as a safeguarding concern. This pathway

will be redirected therefore ensuring a separation between clients visiting the Children’s Centre

and the school.

The school will undergo reviews which include Pupil Premium, Sports, Safeguarding and

Governance. This will provide further scrutiny on aspects identified in the Ofsted report and the

Local Authority will report on the outcomes of these reviews. We further thank you for working

together with us on the recently introduced end of day dismissal of the children from the junior

playground as this has helped us to address keeping children safe during school opening hours.

Another Ofsted meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 28th March at 5:30pm for those parents

who were unable to attend the last meeting.

We hope you have a wonderful Easter holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back in

the summer term! (First day back is Monday 16th April 2018).

As from the

beginning of the Summer

term Bell Lane Primary School will

be a 'No Phone Zone'.

This means that adults should not use

their mobile phones within the

school premises.

This is a safeguarding measure and

we hope you appreciate that we

are trying to keep your children safe

within school.

Thank you for your support!

It was lovely to see so many enrichment opportunities provided through the World Book Day

events and to see our children so excited and clearly enjoying themselves in their learning. It was a

real reminder of what Bell Lane Primary school is all about and what learning should be!

Our World Book Day celebrations were excellent and well done to both the children and parents,

ensuring they came to school dressed appropriately. Also a big thank you to staff, who made sure

the children were enthused about the planned activities.

The children took part in a fashion parade assembly, hunted for golden tickets and lots of other

fun-filled activities.

There was a special assembly during World Book Day. On top of this, children got to ‘strut their

stuff’ and show off their favourite book day character costumes and impress the judges for the

‘best dressed’ prize!

On top of that, the school managed to raise £282.71 which has been donated to Book Aid

International which is the UK’s leading international book donation and library development

charity.

Well done to our netball team who won

their final league game of the season!

The team played amazingly and managed

to come out 7-3 winners against Chalgrove.

Well done team!

Free Monthly Dr Bike sessions in Barnet

Have your bicycle checked and minor repairs

fixed for free opposite East Finchley tube

station, High Road, East Finchley, N2 0NW on

the first Thursday of each month between 4pm

– 7pm.

The police will also be there to security mark

bicycles and offer advice.

The dates and times are as follows:

Thursday 5th April, 4 to 7pm

Thursday 3rd May, 4 to 7pm

From the 1st March 2018 (World Book Day)

Bell Lane Primary have been joining early

years settings, schools, colleges, community

groups, parents and carers across the UK in

trying to read for a collective 100 million

minutes.

The campaign is run by the leading

charity, Achievement for All, which works in

partnership with schools and communities

to improve outcomes for all children and

young people vulnerable to

underachievement.

So far our top reading class are 5R with a

whopping 3929 minutes since the challenge

began! Fantastic reading 5R!

Please remember NOT

to drop your children off on the

yellow zig-zag lines which are outside

the school gates.

This is for the safety of your child/children.

In Reception the children have been learning about

dinosaurs. This led to a very exciting event… Brianna told

her mum all about it! A story about the dinosaur visit in

school:

“When all the children were out to play, there was a

dinosaur, Stegosaurus in our class and he made a huge

mess, he even messed the book bags and he left an egg.

And the bravest head teacher, you know who is head

teacher? Ms Wilson come in and fight with the dinosaur.”

Mum: “And who won?”

“Ms Wilson of course! She fight with the dinosaur and she

won and when we come in class we had to tidy up after

the dinosaur cause he left a mess and we writed a letter to

him and told him:

“Dear Mr Dinosaur, please do not come in our school and

make a mess and please come and take your egg back.”

“And mummy do you know? I learned a song and is like

this: Stegosaurus, Stegosaurus, you are a funny looking

dinosaur

“And do you know mummy, they like to get into fights?

And the Stegosaurus is herbivores means he eats leaves

and they are and carnivorous dinosaurs us that eat meat

and he has spikes on his back and tail.” Told by Brianna

(Reception class)

Year 5 had a great day out at

Henley-on-Thames to help

further their learning about

rivers.

They were involved in some

great workshops and had a

walk along the river to see

different sections of the rivers

journey.