Newsletters

Autumn 2 2025

STAFFING NEWS

Unfortunately, we will be saying goodbye to Miss Dawes at the end of this term.  She has secured a permanent contract at another school so we would like to wish her all the best for the future.  She will be extremely missed by us all.

REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR

Thank you to everyone who contributed food items for our Reverse Advent Calendar. The Beacon Foodbank were overwhelmed with your generosity.

YEAR 4 NEWS

As we reach the end of a wonderfully busy term in Year 4, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the children’s continued focus and enthusiasm in class. Their hard work has shone through—even as Christmas excitement builds!

A highlight of the past few weeks has been our trip to St Faith's Church for the Carol Service. It was lovely to see the children singing with confidence and enjoying the special atmosphere.  We were all very proud of our Year 4 choir members and readers - thank you for representing our year group so beautifully! We are also building plenty of excitement for our upcoming Nativity, and we would like to say a huge thank you to all families for helping with costumes. Your generosity in supporting the Secrets Room and contributing to our Reverse Advent Calendar donations has been truly appreciated too. 

We also enjoyed a very successful Reading Buddy trip to Fairfield. The children loved sharing books with Year 2, and we are very much looking forward to welcoming their readers to us in the New Year.

In English, the children have continued to immerse themselves in our Romans topic, producing fantastic pieces of persuasive writing for and against joining the Roman Army. In maths, we have been exploring fractions and measurement, and we would be grateful if you could continue to practise telling the time at home, alongside the ongoing focus on times tables.

Thank you again for all your support this term. We wish all our families a restful Christmas break and a very happy New Year. We look forward to seeing everyone refreshed and ready for an exciting Spring Term!

Thank you for your continued support!

YEAR 6 NEWS

This half term, Year 6 have been focusing on geometry and translation in maths, developing their understanding of how shapes move and change position.

In English, we have been learning about the life of Charles Dickens and studying A Christmas Carol. The children produced some fantastic descriptive writing, particularly when characterising Scrooge and describing his gloomy home.

We were also lucky to be visited by ‘This is my Theatre Company’, who delivered an engaging movement and character workshop, followed by a performance of A Christmas Carol. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and gathered plenty of inspiration for our own upcoming Christmas performances - especially in how to move, act, and embody different characters.

LIBRARY NEWS

The Pupil Librarians have been actively involved in promoting and judging our latest competitions. The winner of the Funny Food Poetry Competition was Eliza Treagus (6K) with her amazing, illustrated poem ‘The Silly Supper Show’, and James Cameron (3D) was second with his ‘Apples’ poem.

Our next two competitions leading up to Christmas presented an opportunity for the Pupil Librarians to create some eye-catching posters:

At the time of writing, there have been lots of entries to these competitions; the results will be in the next Bosmere News. Watch this space!

The Pupil Librarians have made a huge contribution to the smooth running of the library this term as well as being involved in the competitions, so we all had fun decorating the library (using scrap paper) and playing games at the Pupil Librarians’ Christmas Party.

What do you like to do in your spare time: I love spending time in nature. I also love gardening and growing my own produce. I have an allotment and that is my happy place, even though it is quite hard work at times!

Quirky fact: I love to get up at dawn and go for a walk. The world is a very lovely place when the sun is rising and all you can hear is the birds singing.

E-SAFETY TIP - Whatsapp Add All Groups

The holiday season is a time for celebration, relaxation and spending well-earned time with loved ones. While this period will hopefully be calm, it’s important that parents and educators acknowledge there are still things we can do to make these weeks as safe as possible for the young people in our care.

Of course, it’s not immediately obvious what can or should be done to stay safe over the festive season. This free guide offers expert advice on the steps you can take to enjoy a less fraught winter break, safeguarding any youngsters who might be present for the celebrations.

https://www.bosmere.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=12&nid=2&storyid=317

Buying a new device for your child? Here are some articles that may help you make sure that the devices are set up to use safely online before you give them to your children.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-parental-control-apps,review-2258.html

https://www.childnet.com/blog/a-parents-and-carers-guide-to-black-friday-and-giving-tech-gifts-this-christmas/

WELLBEING TIP

Consequences and decision making is difficult enough especially when your child is in a heightened state! Mrs. Lever is co-facilitating a small group known as the Nurturing Programme and these top tips are part of the sessions.

If you would like further info please contact Mrs Lever.

PTA NEWS

Since our update in the summer newsletter, we are pleased to be joined by some new PTA members at meetings, and volunteers at events, who are Year 3 parents, and who bring with them experience from being on the PTA at Fairfield Infants. As ever, new attendees/helpers are always welcome.

What’s on

We have continued to work on a number of events all in aid of reaching the funds necessary to replace the school minibus.

We have a forward plan for events in 2026: more on those to come!

Halloween

We really enjoyed being “too ghoul for school” at the Halloween discos in late October before half term! It was such a pleasure to be joined by so many parent and staff volunteers who filled sweet bags, set up the hall, sold hot dogs and sweets, painted disco-goers’ faces, as well as who supervised the drinks stall and the quiet room. We had even more volunteers for the Lower School disco than the Upper School disco, so any more Upper School helpers would be much appreciated next time.

Funds

At our recent PTA meeting in mid-November, our treasurer Jacqui took us through the monies raised per event. A snapshot is as follows.

Discos: £1080.88 (excludes outgoings on sweets and DJ etc)

2x Non Uniform Days: £312.72

Pre-loved uniform: £89.40

Total income: £1483.00

Minibus coming soon

The fundraising plan for the minibus has been on-going for a long time. It’s not untypical for people to ask us where all the money they donate is going, and we have been steadfastly working towards this goal.

We will part-exchange or sell the existing minibus to make sure we get good value for money for that as part of the replacement process. We have also been extensively looking at the minibus market for the best type for our school.

Thanks for your support

Most recently, there have been lots of fundraising opportunities in the festive season with Christmas carols and performances, the Class Fundraising products featuring your children’s art, as well as our popular Christmas raffle, guess the name of the giant cuddly puppy competition, and buying Christmas performance photos.

Easy Fundraising reminder

Don’t forget you can also support the school by using the Easy Fundraising website where Bosmere is set up as a “cause”; we can earn cash back when you shop if you use this website.