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Bronte School

Headmasters Newsletter 62

12 February 2016

Shrove TuesdayPancake Races

An annual period of fasting and general abstinence forms part of many cultures and its always been

important to have a bit of a party before those severe periods. Shrove Tuesday, the day before the start of

Lent on Ash Wednesday, was a time for festival and feasting prior to the rigours of Lent. Nutritious pancakes

formed a part of that feasting and somehow races with pancakes wove themselves into Shrove Tuesday.

Bronte happily follows this tradition, and this time we were blessed with some lovely low sunlight as each

class took its turn in these races, events with so much history behind them. How good as well to see so many

parents lining the race course. It was a tremendously fun and enjoyable occasion.

The winners were:

Reception : Jaiveer & Veer, Taya & Darlene

Year 1 : Bradley & Joshveer, Amrit & Bailey

Year 2 : Max & Jonathan, Isabella & DemiYear 3 : Aalok & Jay, Adanma & Indie

Year 4 : Jude & Joseph, Aditi & Verity

Year 5 : Ayomikun & Charlie & Taran & Abi

Year 6 : Roan & David, Nirvair & Hannah

All winners received prizes and thank you to Mrs Shand & Mrs Egan for their help and support.

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Year 5 at St GeorgesChurch

Any parish church is richly filled

with symbolism and art, beauty

and history, St Georges,

Gravesend is a fine example of

a major parish church, constructed

mostly in the early 18th Century.

Year 5 visited on Monday and

benefitted from a very full anddetailed tour.

Year 1 ParentsBriefing - What to do at Home tohelp Reading and Writing

With the best will in the world, it can sometime be

very hard for parents to remember quite what life

was like as a child. A common complaint of

teenagers, for example, is that their parents have

completely lost the plot about younger adult life!

Issues of parent-child connection are different for

younger children of course.

Children in Reception and Year 1 are learning to

read and write, and it can be very difficult for any

parent to empathise with the huge challenges that

reading and writing presentfor the parents itsall

such a long time ago.

On Wednesday, Year 1 teacher Mrs Nash held a

session for reception and Year 1 parents about how

best to help at home with children education, and

in particular how best to help with reading and

writing.

School Assembly

It was super to welcome to our Assembly this

morning, Mrs Lyn Stapley with Ava, the guide dog

puppy which she is so carefully training. Everyone

was very impressed with Avasstandard of training

and it was fascinating to hear about the work of a

guide dog trainer and to see in action how well Ava

had been trained.

Year 6 Digital Leaders - Safer Internet Day

Two of our Year 6 pupils, Rio and Diya represented

Bronte at the Year 6 Digital Leaders event

organised by Kent Police to coincide with Safer

Internet Day on Tuesday. They learnt a great deal

and will be passing on the information to other

pupils over the next few weeks.

They also met the Chief Superintendent, NeilJerome and the Crime Commissioner, Anne Barries.

LOOKING AHEAD

Week 6

Friday, 12th February

School Assembly : taken by Guide Dog trainer &

puppy

House cross country - parental support welcome!

(1.30pm, Gravesend Cricket Club ground)

Half-Term begins (3.30pm)

Week 7

Monday, 22nd February 8.45am

School re-commences

Reception: first visit to Forest School (morning)(Calendar card shows Tuesday 24th which is

incorrect on all counts!)

Thursday, 25th February

Parent Council Meeting : 4.00pm

Friday, 26th February

Bronte Friends: Pamper Evening

(7.00pm, School Hall)

Week 8

Wednesday, 2nd March

Mothers Day Secrets Room : Details to follow