‘Maximum Effort for

Maximum Achievement’

Friday 22nd March 2019

Diary Dates for Next Week School Dinners - Week 2

Monday 25th March

Year 6 Mock SATS Week 2 commences Tuesday 26th March

Year 5 DT morning - parent helpers please arrive for 9.30am

Mothers’ Day Sale during lunch break Wednesday 27th March

Music Festival at The Towngate Theatre - 7pm

Partnership Cross Country Final at WDF School Thursday 28th March

Mothers’ Day Sale during lunch break

Music Festival at The Towngate Theatre - 7pm Friday 29th March

Charity Non-Uniform Day and Bake Sale

Mothers’ Day Sale during lunch break (if there is any remaining stock)

Another busy week at Buttsbury draws to a close - time to draw breath ready for the week ahead which, as you can

see in the dates to the right, looks just a hectic! Enjoy a restful weekend in readiness!

Film Night - TONIGHT ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’

5.35pm - 8.00pm, £3 entry Please leave mobile phones at home and avoid parking in Norsey View

Drive - the playground will be open.

Basildon Youth Theatre Yesterday the children had a very exciting and fun-filled time when they had the opportunity to work with Lesley

Williams again. They thoroughly enjoyed the drama activities and joined in with the dancing and singing with

great enthusiasm. All the workshops were focused on developing this term’s PSHE topics in a very lively and

thought-provoking way.

Staff News Sadly, Miss Whitfield will be leaving us at the end of term as she has been appointed as Year Administrator at St.

Martin’s Secondary School. After 5 years at Buttsbury, this is a very exciting opportunity for Miss Whitfield and we wish her the best of luck in her new role. As Miss Whitfield has supported many of the children over the years, you may

wish to contribute to a school gift for her. You can do so via your Parentpay account - ‘Miss Whitfield’s Leaving

Collection’. Please could we have any contributions before 29th March.

This now means that we have a vacancy for a ‘new’ Miss Whitfield - certainly big shoes to fill!

If you are interested in finding out more about this position, please email Mrs Byfield - admin@buttsbury-

jun.essex.sch.uk - and she will send you the details. Please note that we are looking for someone with experience of

SIMS, Excel and Office so the role might not be suitable for everyone.

Red Nose Day – Friday 15th March 2019 Last Friday, Buttsbury Junior School supported this year’s National Red Nose Day Campaign by coming into school dressed in either a onesie or their pyjamas. These ideas were suggested by the children themselves and the staff even joined in too dressing up as either Superheroes or

Villains! During the week, the School Council Representatives sold all 500 red noses! They were

extremely popular and the children loved collecting the different noses. On Friday we held a competition for the best dressed and the following children were selected by

their year group teachers as the winners: Year 3: Henry Joyce

Year 4: Aaron Bickerstaff Year 5: Saxon Minto

Year 6: Edward Dickinson We also had a little competition between the members of

staff too and the successful winner was Miss Miller! In total we have managed to raise an outstanding £412 for Comic Relief! Well done Buttsbury and thank you for

your continued support!

‘Well Done’ to all the children who were awarded MERIT certificates this week.

Rosie Gould Bella Prior Jessica Toll Logan Ellis Jack Martin Mia Garnett Judah Savage Josh Bateman Ava Dean Lorcan Curley-Sanchez Yahia Asfour Bray Harris Ellen Hood Freya Clark Toby Lashmar Amelie Rippon Hattie Garlick Isla Vinton-Smith Izzy Cheesman Sophie Hill David Trump Jack Warren-Gunn Lana Bailey Oliver Neathercoat

Girls’ Football On Thursday afternoon our Year 5/6 girls took part in an

extremely competitive CVL Football Tournament, which was held at Mayflower High School. Throughout the tournament,

the girls put on an outstanding display of defending and attack-ing – there were some super saves as well as some excellent

goals! Both A and B teams did extremely well with the B team finishing in 8th place and the A team finishing in 2nd place,

narrowly missing out on first place to Downham! The girls have shown a huge improvement from the first tournament and we

look forward to seeing them in action again in April! A big thank you to Mrs Rowling, Mrs Steven, Mrs James and Mr Smith for helping supervise the children and a huge thank you also to Mr

Graves and Miss Pretty, our football coaches. Netball B/C Tournament

On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 5 and 6 girls took part in a rather cold and windy netball tournament, which was held at Billericay High School. We played against schools such as

Downham, Brightside, Quilters, Sunnymede and many more. All of the girls worked hard continuously and there were some

great interceptions made. In addition, we saw some super shooting from the girls. It was a good experience for all of the girls, especially Year 5 who now know what is in store for them

next year. Overall, we finished 4th and 5th. A big thank to Mrs Mason, Mrs Coughlan, Mrs Andrews and

Mrs Obery for assisting with transport. This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Russell Salvatore Henry Webb Holly Farrow

Holly Bubb Florence Meade Jake Barrett Harriet Rowe-Goodey

Well done to our writing super stars!

This week’s attendance figure is: 97.8%! This year’s attendance target is 97.6%.

A special ‘Well Done’ to Class 3P who had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!

This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: Finlay Cannon Amelia Johnson Jessica Toll Aisha Sarfraz Megan Mecham Olivia Tappin

Logan Ellis Shezan Mushabe

Well done to our magical mathematicians!

This week’s ‘Readers of the Week’ are: Lauretta McKenzie Louise Crook Esme Pearson Holly Nethercoat William Clements Alex Gilbert

Ava Wilkins

Well done to our enthusiastic readers!

3PR Results Well done to everyone who managed to collect tokens this

week for walking in the 3PR zone! The results this week are:

1st - 4M - 28 tokens 2nd - 3P - 26 tokens 3rd - 5S - 25 tokens

Top Table This week, the children chosen by the Midday Assistants to sit

at the ‘Top Table’ were: Nicole Rogers

Matthew Tanner Archie Connolly-Cole

Thomas Fox Well done for being selected!

This week’s winning house:

Panthers

Afternoon Tea We had another lovely Afternoon Tea yesterday with 15 eager beavers keenly waiting at the Office door to make

their way down to the Staff Room. Once again, the lovely refreshments went down very well and the children, as

ever, enjoyed sharing their favourite piece of work this year as well as seeing other children’s successes too.

West Stow Visit On Tuesday, Year 5 visited West Stow and travelled back in time to the Anglo-Saxon era! The museum encased many valuable historical items and artefacts, even bones, teeth and a concrete coffin! The Sutton Hoo helmet proved very popular and everyone had a go at

wearing it. We also got to play Nine Men’s Morris – a board game from the Dark Ages. All in all, a successful day spent immersed in amazing

historical facts. by Yahia Asfour and Lorcan Curley-Sanchez.

Rainbow Awards Well done to this week’s VIOLET award

winner:

Nikita Moskalonoks

Congratulations to this week’s INDIGO award recipients:

Cassie Law, Jaidon Keily and Liam Winch.

Well done to our BLUE award winners:

Harry Tear, Ashton Thomas, Jack Watson, Finlay Cannon, Ethan Lewis, Jack Buick,

Chloe Nicel and Jacob Pierce.

Congratulations to our GREEN award recipients:

Thomas Fox, Leon Knight, Rosie Gould, Oliver Wiles , Emma Humphrey, Ruby

Torrens, Adam Havis, Nihal Koothoor, Luke Andrews, Oliver Chandra, Maxwell Bailey, Holly Bubb, Tommy Cripps, Lacey Gordon, Leah McFeely, Tommy Hudd, Ava Harlow, Ooviya Loganathan, Isabella Howlett, Roxy Hartman, Grace Marsh, Alana Louden and

Tobey Barnett.

Well done to our YELLOW award winners:

Lauretta McKenzie, Elodie Domien, Amy-Leigh James, Erin Kelly, Georgina

Nunney, Esme Pearson, Sam Torrens, Miya Tyler, Lorcan Curley-Sanchez, Freya Bushell, Jude Pearson, Heidi Webb, Lana

Tseayo and Torsten Greenan.

Congratulations to our ORANGE award recipients:

Olivia Tappin, Josh Bateman, Ava Dean, Mia Eggleton, James Ferris, Taylor Halfhide, Darcey Lister, Eloise Minto, Flora Noble, Max Sawyer, Blake Webb, Ethan Powell, Anais Chaproniere, Ruby Walsh, Elena

Humphreys and James Walton,

Well done to this week’s RED award winners!

Hattie Garlick , Alex Gilbert, Amy Tear, Isla Vinton-Smith, Ana Sutton, Taylor

McGinness and Connor Boyce,

We also have our first winners of the coveted ‘Bronze Pot of Gold!’

Yahia Asfour and Oliver McCreery

50 Things To Do Before Leaving Primary School Well done to:

Jack Scales, Max Langshaw, Emily Jackson-Bridge, Bethan Armsden, Oliver Driscoll and Ellie Lovell who have all completed

10 things at home!

English Competition Last Friday, four children from Year 6 (Lila Eve, Torsten

Greenan, Adam Havis and Lana Tseayo) attended the first round of the English Competition at Janet Duke Primary School. The

children took part in 7 different rounds, all based on Michael Morpurgo’s book: War Horse. The team worked together on

rounds ranging from a book quiz, a spelling activity through to a game of Taboo.

The children worked extremely well together and placed a fantastic second position with 94 points, only missing out of first

by 2 points! We will have to wait and see if the team make it through to the finals in July… fingers crossed!

Well done to our fabulous scholars and thank you to Miss Carroll for accompanying the children.

News Team Audio Files A new audio file, reporting on Comic

Relief, presented by Aisha Sarfraz (5S) is now available for you to listen to. The file can be found under the ‘Children’s

section of the website and then by click-ing the ‘Buttsbury Bulletin’ tab. Please keep returning to this page to find new recordings as we aim to update them

regularly.

Out of School Success Well done to Anna Pope (3P) who recently won the

Individual Welsh Recitation competition at the regional qualifying heats of the Urdd National Eisteddfod, in Lon-

don. This is Europe’s largest Welsh language youth festival of literature, music and performing arts. Anna is

now off to the nationals in Cardiff in May. Congratulations to Megan Lyons (3R) who passed her

recent swimming assessment and has now moved up to Stage 6.

Boys’ Football

Thursday saw Buttsbury’s Year 5 football season resume, when two teams of Year 5 Boys played in the 7-a-side

Central Venue League tournament at the Mayflower High School. The two teams played against seven other schools

from Billericay, as well as each other, in the second of three CVL tournaments. The morning started with

Buttsbury A against Buttsbury B. Although the match ended a goalless draw, Buttsbury B were the stronger of

the two sides. After a highly competitive morning, Buttsbury A finished top of the table with five wins and three draws, having not conceded a goal throughout the

tournament. Buttsbury B finished in ninth place, with four wins and four narrow defeats. Outstanding sportsmanship

was displayed throughout, so congratulations to all who represented Buttsbury so well. A big thank you to Mrs

Neathercoat and Mr Blyth Tancock, who accompanied the teams and supported us throughout the morning.

Thank you also to Ms Marshall (A Team Manager) and Mr Tweedie (B Team Manager).

On Friday 5th April, we will be holding our annual Easter Raffle.

The main prize is a cuddly sloth with bags

of yummy Easter sweets.

We will also be pulling tickets to win Easter eggs! There will be lots to win –

60 we hope!

The School Council representatives will be coming round to the classes each

afternoon from Monday 25th March to sell your tickets. It is 50p for 1 ticket,

or £2 for the strip (5 tickets).

We also have a competition - ‘Guess the number of mini-eggs’ in the jar which is

50p per go.

All the money raised will go to the Friends’ Association.

Friday 22nd March 2019 – BCT Art Exhibition

As part of our involvement with the Billericay Community Trust, ten of our gifted and talented artists in Year 6 have been working alongside a local artist to create a piece

of artwork involving water colours. The children have been given some excellent guidance and support from local artist, Michael, and we are very pleased to reveal our

final product! The artwork is soon to be available to view in St. Mary Magdalene Church in Billericay! The artists and their families are invited to a special private viewing this evening where they will be awarded with their certificate and special

badge. The Year 6 children have loved this experience and would like to pass on their thanks to Michael! Thank you to Michael, Mrs Lough, Mrs Andrews and Mrs Hennessey for supporting the children with this project! Thank you also to Mrs Abbott, for her

creative input and to Miss Pretty, who co-ordinated the whole project.

Artists:

Louis Burridge Sophia Rekasheva

Lana Tseayo Luca Poloni Libby Evans Declan Reilly

Emma Humphrey Alex Le Carpentier

Millie Waters Harry Gilbert

The exhibition, in St. Mary Magdalene Church (centre of the High Street) will run

from 22nd March - 25th April. Why not pop in and have a look at our piece of art work as well as the work from other schools across the Billericay Community Trust.

Playing in the Playground

Playing in the playground, What can I see?

All contented children Happy as can be.

Playing in the playground,

What can I hear? Merry shouts and screams of joy

As all the children cheer.

Playing in the playground, What can we do?

Play with friends and make amends New games invented too.

Playing in the playground, Weather bright and clear,

Bell rings, children stop End of break draws near.