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On Friday 6th October HB2 held their Class Assembly. They told their parents and carers all about the things they had worried about coming into Year 2 and the many things they had been doing in Year 2 so far. The teachers in HB2 are very proud of them all.

We welcomed the ladies from the Helping Hands Charity in Leamington.

They held an assembly with the children and then took all of your kind donations to pass on to those in need in the local area. They asked us to pass on their thanks to everyone who donated this year, we collected far more than we have in previous years.

Dear Parents and Carers, 

I would like to take this opportunity to say a sincere thank you to the children, staff and governors of the Federation of Briar Hill Infants and St Margaret's CofE Junior School, for warmly welcoming me into the family. I am delighted to take up my post as Executive Headteacher and look forward to getting to know you all over the coming weeks. I am so pleased to have met some of you already over the course of my first week.

The governors, staff and myself share a passionate commitment to retaining and protecting the distinctiveness of both schools, whilst building on their individual strengths. We will continue to place high importance on the existing excellence in behaviour, achievement and enrichment. The children and staff are already generating some wonderful possibilities for collaboration over the coming year.

If I am going to achieve my ambitious target of knowing the names of all staff and children by the end of this academic year, I will be spending equal amounts of time in both schools. I will be ably supported by Mrs Byrne at Briar Hill Infants and Mrs Anstee at St Margaret's Junior School who will support in leading each school.

In the near future we hope to involve parents, carers and pupils in creating our new vision for the federation, so we hope you will share your thoughts with us.

I look forward to an exciting future for the federation as we work together in collaboration and continue to deliver exciting and creative learning opportunities for the children in our school community.

Yours sincerely

Sukie Owers

Can we please politely ask you to keep your children off the Trim Trail both before school starts and after school ends. This applies to all children regardless of their age and if they go to Briar Hill or not.

The equipment is designed to be used only with supervision from a member of Briar Hill staff who has been trained on the correct way to use it.

We don't want any accidents!

Thank you

It was a fantastic first week back for Year 1 and Year 2.

We concentrated our learning around a book called Georgie Grub, about a little boy who doesn't like to wash!

The children were involved in various aspects of learning and different activities all based around the book. From making collages of Georgie using rubbish to learning about why it is important that we keep clean, they enjoyed it all.

There will be a 'Service of Welcome' at St Margarets Church at 10am on Sunday 4th September.

All parents/carers and children of St Margarets and Briar Hill Schools are invited to a Service of Welcome and Commissioning at St Margarets Church this Sunday to welcome our new Executive Head teacher, Mrs Sukie Owers, into the church and school community.

All are welcome.

Today Year 2 children went to Warwick Castle to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt to create a human bicycle.

They collaborated with other schools in Warwick to create this fantastic spectacle.

Click here to see the video

 

On Tuesday 12th April eleven KS1 children had the fantastic opportunity to participate in the prestigious science fair at Warwick University. They took with them science projects displaying investigations they had undertaken at home and each had a slot to share their findings with a university expert. The projects were of a very high standard and Briar Hill children communicated their ideas with clarity and confidence. After a guided tour of the university, they were treated to a 'WOW' science display which included fascinating space facts and a rocket launching explosion!

The highlight of the day had to be when one of our children won first place in the Tim Peake awards category - well done to Serena Sandhar of HB1.

We are very proud of all of our budding scientists. Thank you to everyone who entered the Science Fair competition - we are already looking forward to next year's entries!

Thursday 17th March was HB1's Space Camp evening.

They had a great time.

Take a look for yourselves.

 

Thursday 3rd March was HB2's Space Camp event, enjoy some of the pictures.