Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Junior Bake Off

  Mon 31 Jan 2022
  

• The Dog House

  Fri 21 Jan 2022
  

• Children in Need: Sophie Ellis Bextor's Danceathon!

  Wed 17 Nov 2021

  It is not too late to donate for SEB's extraordinary 24-hour kitchen disco danceathon in favour of Children in Need:

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2f0GH0JTM5H8CgjtBKlLx1d/sophie-ellis-bextors-kitchen-disco-danceathon-for-children-in-need

   

  

• Brackenbury Residents Association

  Mon 15 Nov 2021 Sue Harris
  

• Spaghetti Maths - new after-school club coming in January

  Wed 20 Oct 2021 Sue Harris

  Booking will need to be made via the School Gateway App when the new Spring Term club timetable is published.

  

• William Morris Society - half term activity

  Mon 18 Oct 2021
  

• Better Brackenbury

  Thu 30 Sep 2021

  Better Brackenbury is a new community/council initiative which aims to improve the local area and environment. The project will look at traffic flow, pavements, cycling provision, ways of greening and improving communal amenities, flood mitigation measures and many other initiatives that improve the public realm. 

   

  There is a community drop-in event next Tuesday (5th) at the Grove Neighbourhood Centre on Bradmore Park Road, 2.30-7.30pm.

   

  It's a fantastic opportunity for people (parents, staff and children too) to give their views about the local area and say what changes they want to see. This could include lighting, roads, pavements, cycling provision, drainage, trees, parklets... really anything that they want to raise with the project committee and the local council.

   

   

• Parent Governor Vacancy

  Tue 28 Sep 2021

  There is currently a vacancy for a parent governor on the governing body of John Betts School, and an election will take place shortly. Any parent who is elected must have a child at the school at the time of the election, but may continue to serve as a governor for 4 years if he or she wishes, even if his or her child leaves school during that time.

   

  Being a parent governor requires time, energy and commitment. The role provides strategic support for the school. Parent Governors are very important in the life of the school: they need a strong commitment to improving outcomes for children, the inquisitiveness to question and analyse, and a willingness to learn. They also need good inter-personal skills and sufficient numeracy skills to understand data. 

  
  The governing body seeks to secure or develop a range of skills across the membership and as a result of the latest skills audit has identified finance expertise and IT/computing as key skills it is currently seeking. Full training will be given and the vacancies are open to all parents, but anyone with relevant experience in any of these areas would be very welcome.

  
  All parents and guardians of children at the school are eligible to stand as candidates, and vote at the election. If there are more candidates than vacancies a ballot will be held. Each parent/guardian will have one vote for every parent governor vacancy.

  
  If you would like to be a candidate you should return the nomination form that you received by e-mail by Thursday 7th October (end of the school day). You can nominate yourself, or you can nominate another parent; please check with them that they are willing to stand and ask them to sign the nomination form and the declaration in the spaces provided.

  
  If you have any questions about what is involved please feel free to contact me or Sophy Doyle (current Chair of Governors) via the school office, or any existing governors. You can also find lots of relevant information on www.nga.org.uk.

• Westminster City School Masterclasses

  Fri 24 Sep 2021 Sue Harris

  Following the success of Westminster City School’s Online Masterclasses, more are being offered to inspire primary school children this October!

   

  Last year, our School offered a number of free online masterclasses for primary school children across London and feedback was overwhelmingly positive. All parents/carers who responded to our survey said they would recommend our masterclasses, and all described our masterclasses as excellent or good.

   

  So, we're offering more masterclasses in October and would love your pupils to take part! 

   

  Running on a Saturday, Westminster City School’s age-appropriate Zoom masterclasses are free and open to primary school pupils who previously attended masterclasses, plus new attendees, from Years 4, 5 and 6.

  • 10am-11am, Saturday 2 October - Spanish masterclass

  ¡Hola! Join Ms McConville, from our Modern Foreign Languages Department, to learn some useful Spanish phrases.

  • 10am-11am, Saturday 9 October - Science masterclass

  Mr Link, Head of our Science Department, will get you enjoying some fun online experiments that help boost knowledge of chemistry and physics.

  • 4pm-5pm, Saturday 9 October - Maths masterclass

  Mr Okyere, from our Maths Department, will be offering a chance to refresh mathematics knowledge and challenge yourself with more advanced maths too.

  • 10am-11am, Saturday 16 October - Spanish masterclass

  ¡Hola! Join Ms Andrade, Head of our Modern Foreign Languages Department, to learn some useful Spanish phrases.

  • 4pm-5pm, Saturday 16 October - Music masterclass
    Mr Cecile, Head of our Music Department, will work with all participants to produce a full-length song from scratch, using everyone's creative ideas! The final track will be distributed as an audio file to parent/carers via email, so you can take it away and be proud of it.

   

  Book now at: https://www.wcsch.com/1388/online-masterclasses

   

  As well as our online masterclasses, we are still running on-site open days, for parents/carers to find out about Year 7 entry in 2022 or 2023. Please do let your parents/carers know that they can book to join our open days at: https://www.wcsch.com/535/open-days

• The Voice Kids

  Wed 22 Sep 2021 Sue Harris