- The document discusses various events that took place at BVIS Primary school during a "Green Day", including classes learning about recycling and an assembly about the importance of sustainability. - It also provides updates from the principal and various teachers, such as relocating tables in the secondary school foyer, upcoming music concerts and report dates, and clubs beginning at the end of the school day. - Teachers' sections discuss productions of "The Sound of Music" and "The Tempest", an upcoming language showcase assembly, and encouraging students to read regularly and get sufficient sleep.

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Green Day
BVIS Primary was green on Monday!
we spent the day learning about the
importance of recycling.
As I walked around the classrooms
on Monday morning I could see that
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From Mr Michael Deveney -­‐‑ Principal
throughout May, with the last one being
on June 12th. One of the considerations
particularly on the secondary side. The
trestle-­‐‑tables in the Secondary Foyer
will be relocated to the Sunken Garden so that students
may wait there at the beginning or the end of the day.
creating a disturbing background noise for those working
children.
remind parents that all students must be in a club at 2.45
a primary sibling then they must register in the Library (as
a chosen club for that day), they may not wander around
cooperation.
Contents
From Mr Michael Deveney 1
From Ms Rosy Clark 1-2
Green Day 3-4
From Mr Franco Fernandez 5-7
From Mr Alan Rodgers 8
From Mr George Shoesmith 8
From Ms Catharine Keen 9
Communications 10
3 MAY 2013
From Ms Rosy Clark -­‐‑ Head of Primary School
and listening, to name a few. The children had to use their art
around school.

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From Ms Rosy Clark -­‐‑ Head of Primary School
– Primary clubs begin
Th – Music concert
– End of year reports
Y4 “eco police” checked all our rooms to see if teachers
and children were carrying out school procedures to
check that the air con was set to the correct temperature.
The Language Support department held a Green Day
The Green Day assembly took place in the afternoon
TAs and children could present what they had been
doing in such a professional manner.
BVIS Green Day.

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Green Day

4. 4
Green Day

5. 5
start to Term Three.
Completing the
unit on fables, the
children were able to
retell the story using
their own words.
They then worked
and ambitious words
which they researched through using a thesaurus and the
poetry which tells a story, is
working on the classic Edward
Lear poem, ‘The Owl and the
Pussycat.’
Edward Lear used.
language.
earlier in the year.
This trip enabled the children to see some of the features
Edward Lear “Con
Anh.

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“The Sound of Music” is
school production. We were
amount of EAL supported
children who auditioned
for parts in the show.
step for them, as it will
language skills in front of the entire school, and boost their
only talking and acting in English, but also singing. I’m
sure you’ll agree that this is a challenge in itself.
coaching and support, we are running a pre-­‐‑production
club this term too. This will enable the children to practice
their lines and songs in smaller groups with the focused
Of course, normal rehearsals will take place in addition to
due course.
own drama presentation. This tied neatly in with their Lien
city or country of their choice, and then creating a script
Channel’ style.
Following on from the documentaries the children
many ways we learn and store information.
working their way through this
month.
the way we know it today.

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and always trying his best in class.
at school to sleep well.
It is recommended that children sleep around 10 hours per night to
focus as well as they could, and this slows down their progress and
can result in a lower standard of work being produced. Also, they
hold back. Help and support should always be calm and cheerful.
completed the task. Please don’t allow them to copy work from the
your child to think homework is fun!
this Friday 10th May. The assembly will feature all the great progress
made by our students in both languages. Parents are welcome to
Where possible, children should be reading for a minimum of
grammar structures.
read in their class diary, which is then checked by their class
points. Another great way to help their house win!
her to become more independent, which is
great for her transition to secondary school.
which she is demonstrating new skills and a
in becoming more independent.
For demonstrating a good use of English in
class, and working to the best of her ability,
always.

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Assistant Head of Secondary
for their work in History and their poster which depicts
displayed is from our Year 7 Vietnamese class where they
“Metonymy Skills” in their writing to make their work
fantastic posters to distinguish those skills with great
English Teacher
On Friday they learnt about presentations and some of
presentation correctly. Once they had learnt the structures
they had ten minutes to prepare a short presentation on a
topic of their choice. Can you guess what the topic was by
looking at the pictures?

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English Teacher
the monstrous character Caliban in the play The Tempest

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Good communication is important to us and we would like to
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