Mark Making. Arts Week Friday 26 January 2018 Barfield News. British Life Monday 5 February to Friday 9 February 2018

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1 Friday 26 January 2018 Barfield News Website: Mark Making The Owlets have enjoyed a range of mark making this week. Ellie has been practising writing her name, Hattie has been drawing a picture of her family, Ben has been colouring in a sheep on a farm and Hugh drew a strawberry cake! Olivia Shirley Arts Week 2018 British Life Monday 5 February to Friday 9 February 2018 For Arts Week 2018 the school is planning a range of activities around the significant features of life during the years This will involve many areas of curriculum, especially History, Art and Design. We are looking forward to commemorating WW1 by creating a permanent display of hearts upon which we hope the children will record special thoughts and memories. If you have any family members or stories about relatives who were alive in WW1 please do share these with your children. There is also a variety of other events during that week. Owls and Owlets are to be visited by the Mimika Theatre, Reception Year 2 are planning to visit the New Forest Wildlife Centre to support their study of animals described by the author Beatrix Potter and Years 3-8 are to visit Portsmouth Remembrance Centre for a morning in the trenches. A letter requesting your consent has been ed to you. This busy week will be followed by the Art Exhibition in the Hampson Centre where children s work will be displayed from 19 to 23 February We hope that you will be able to visit and see all the work. Many thanks. Christina Tupper

2 Animal Care On Monday and Wednesday this week, the Owls children learned all about being a Vet, thanks to the wonderful staff at Cathcart & Winn Veterinary Clinic. Nurse Rachel introduced us to Russell the toy dog and the children had great fun pretending to listen to his heartbeat with the stethoscope, and even had a go at listening to their own heartbeat! Nurse Rachel then showed us around the consultation room, operating theatre, X-ray and dental rooms and the recovery cages, before the children tried out the scales to see how much they weighed. A fun time was had by all. A big thank you again to all the staff! Jo King

3 Forest faces The children in Reception were very busy in Forest School this week making these fantastic faces on the tree trunks. They collected lots of different natural materials and arranged them on the clay which they had pressed onto the tree. Each face had its own character. The children talked about their face and the materials they had used to the rest of the group before having a well deserved hot chocolate around the fire. Melanie Lewin

4 The children in Year 1 enjoyed a fun-filled morning at the Look Out Discovery Centre, Bracknell, on Thursday. A wide range of hands-on exhibits allowed the children the opportunity to explore our current Science topic, Forces in Action. They also made the most of the chance to revisit previous topics of learning in the Body and Perception zone and the Colour and Light zone. It was really pleasing to note how much the class had remembered and to watch them seeing these concepts brought to life in brand new ways. Centre staff member, Alison, presented a show about forces to us. She was impressed with what the children already knew and, with plenty of audience participation, she demonstrated some big ideas in effective ways. The highlight of the show was, of course, when Mrs Gibling was chosen to sit on a seat of nails! You will be relieved to know that she was not the least bit hurt! If you have a friend in Year 1 then perhaps you could ask them to tell you why! Emma Johnson

5 Mixed Swimming v Conifers U11, U10, U9, U8 MATCH ROUND UP Thursday 25 January We hosted a swimming gala against Conifers School and achieved the following overall results in a very close fought competition. These results do not do reflect how close the match was, with many events remaining very close until the finish. Barfield U8 27 Barfield U9 37 Barfield U10 41 Barfield U Conifers U8 23 Conifers U9 20 Conifers U10 23 Conifers U11 Well done to all the children from both schools who took part. Every child gave 100% and demonstrated all the qualities of good sportsmanship throughout. Well done to you all. Ray Taylor THE BARFIELD PICNIC Friday 8 June pm Barfield Friends Save The Date Saturday 30 June To celebrate what will be the end of Common Entrance/Exam and Assessment Week - and life at Barfield in general - please join us for The Barfield Picnic on the Tennis Court Lawn and in the surrounding grounds. Invitations and further details will follow in due course, but for now, please Save The Date. James Reid

6 The Week Ahead Mon 29 Tue am-12.00noon Mill Cottage Farm visiting Owls & Owlets 9.00am-4.00pm The Happy Puzzle Company visiting Reception - Year 8 Wed am-12.00noon Toddlers Walk in the Woods (Group B) 2.10pm Girls Swimming v Grey House U11 (H) 2.10pm Girls Swimming v Grey House U9 (H) 2.30pm Mixed Challenge Match v Dolphin U13 1 x 8-a-side (H) 2.30pm Tag Rugby v Grey House U11 2 x 7-a-side (H) 2.30pm Tag Rugby v Grey House U9 2 x 7-a-side (H) FEBRUARY Thu am-1.00pm 2K Parents Day (Group B) 2.10pm Boys Unihoc v Conifers U9 2 x 6-a-side (H) pm Year 5 Parents Evening (HC) Fri am-4.00pm Reception, Years 1 & 2 Visit to New Forest Wildlife Centre Grades 7.30pm for 8.00pm start. Friends Quiz Night (HC) WATCH OUT Chicken Pox is about in Owls Please make a note of our NEW GREAT LATES TELEPHONE NUMBER Happy Birthday to Finn Slatford who celebrates next week