Responsible Dog Owners Poster Competition

Thank you to all the children who took part in the Family of Schools Responsible Dog Owners Poster Competition. The posters were all fantastic and I had a difficult time just choosing 5 entries.  However the 5 posters I did choose were by the following children:


Sofia Coulson
Zack Hollingsworth
Ava Jolliffe
Alice Foers
Evie Batty


Well Done!  The judges then had to choose the winning posters from all of the family of schools and I am so pleased to announce that the winning poster was the one designed by Evie Batty!  Here it is.

To view the other winning entries and to see the family of schools website please follow this link http://www.westfieldfamily.org/

Children in Need

Here we are looking 'SPOTACULAR' in support of Children in Need.

Thank you to everyone for your kind donations. The biscuits, decorated by the Beighton Bees, were very popular too!

The total raised so far is a massive £435.96. Wow!

Anti-Bullying Chemistry!

This week is Anti-Bullying Week and as this falls on the same week as our Science and Computing week we decided to kick it off in assembly with some Anti-Bullying Chemistry.

We thought about all the qualities that we need to be a 'Super Friend' and followed our recipe to create a 'Super Friend Solution'.

My scientist helpers carefully thought about why they were important qualities as we measured out the ingredients to add to our 'Super Friend Solution'.

Unfortunately we found some rotten ingredients such as pushing and shouting which we knew did not belong in our solution.

Well done scientists, we definitely know how to be a 'Super Friend' at Beighton!  

Poster Competition

The Beighton Bees took the whole school assembly today to inform everyone about a poster competition we are holding over the next few weeks. The family of schools are focusing this year on cleaning up our local areas. As part of this focus, the Beighton Bees carried out a survey of dog dirt in our area.  We found quite a lot especially on the gennels of Sothall. To help remind the public about cleaning up their mess we are holding a poster competition to promote this with the aim of displaying our posters for all to see. 

We are asking children to make and design their posters at home and to bring them in by 14th November 2016 if you wish to take part. Please ensure full names and classes are included.  The best 5 posters will be chosen and sent along to be judged with the other schools in the local area, where a winner will be chosen. 

Good Luck! 

Mrs Challoner 

Well Done!

A big well done to all who joined in with the 10 Day Active Travel Challenge! I collected all the wall charts in today and have been counting the results ready to send back to Kathryn.  I look forward to hearing about how well we have done at Beighton Nursery Infants!

Mrs Challoner 

(SMSC Coordinator) 

School Council Conference - Beighton Bees

The Beighton Bees had a fantastic time at Rother Valley Country Park today attending the Family of Schools 'School Council Conference'.

They took part in lots of team building games with other School Councils and then had an adventure walk around Rother Valley.  

They are concerned about our local environment so on their way to Rother Valley the Beighton Bees conducted their own survey of dog mess in the local area. They will be sharing the results in an assembly after the holidays. 

Here's some of what the children said about today...

• Louis - "I enjoyed collecting pine cones"
• Lilli - "I liked playing the blindfold water game"
• Olly - "My favourite bit was playing football blindfolded"
• Liam - "I liked it when we all sat together and worked things out"

...and here are some photos...

Circus performance

What a fantastic start to our morning today, watching the amazing Mr. Dan from Greentop performing for us.  All the children had so much fun and there was a lot of laughter.  Well done to the children who even made it to the lifestyle center at 8.15 and were able to walk to school with Mr. Dan. He also came to see us in our assembly where he performed a few more tricks and even got a few of the children to help him.  We managed to win this event because we were quick to sign up for the walk to school event.  I hope everyone is still managing to try and walk to school for the Active travel challenge! Here are a few photos from our fun filled morning. 

Fun With Maths at Home

We are very excited to announce the start of our Numicon project in Reception this week. It was wonderful to see so many adults at the workshop. Remember you can still buy a Numicon set for £5.18 through our School Gateway app. Every Friday your child will come home with a new activity sheet to complete throughout the week.

We are Children's University!

All the children are having so much fun collecting at our After School Clubs and CU registered activities in the community.
We are really looking forward to our first CU celebration for all the children who have achieved their bronze certificate!
Don't forget Learning Passports are available for £2 from the School Office.

Have a read about all the benefits of being part of Children's University.

10 day active travel challenge

Our school will be taking part in South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership’s 10 day Active Travel Challenge.  Due to the INSET days on Thursday 20th October and Friday 21st October, we will be starting our challenge a little earlier, on Thursday 6th October and finishing on Wednesday 19th October 2016. 

The challenge is for pupils & their families to choose an active way of getting to school over the 10 day period. There are prizes for individuals, classes and the whole school available - including you! So we need everyone to take part and make an effort to be active on their way to school during the challenge. The challenge is also open to school staff and we will be making every effort to take part.

Walking, cycling, skating, scooting and park & stride are all active ways of travelling and we hope by taking part in the challenge it will: 

o   Improve health & wellbeing of our pupils & their families

o   Encourage pupils and families to be more active

o   Reduce congestion and parking problems around our school

o   Promote active travel for the journey to school and for families to continue after the challenge!

During the challenge each classroom will have a wall chart on which pupils who have travelled actively will record their journey by adding a special sticker to the chart. Those pupils with 10 stickers on the chart at the end of the 10 day challenge will be awarded a prize.

Our school could also win some fantastic prizes like scooter storage or even a visit from a theatre company. We are competing against schools from across South Yorkshire so we really do need your help. Please do your best to be active on your journey to school and help us complete the challenge.

Because we were the first school to sign up we have also won a circus themed event that will take place on Wednesday 12th October. The circus performers from Green Top will meet families and show off their amazing circus skills.  The meeting place is at the Beighton Lifestyle centre, High Street, Beighton at 8.15am .At  around 8.30am we will all walk to school together. 

I hope as many of us can join in as possible! 

Mrs Challoner