Friday 21st November 2025

Yesterday afternoon Year 2 joined Mr Hinds in DT to see the 3D printers in action. The children have been tasked with designing their own London related figure such as a keyring of Big Ben perhaps, and Mr Hinds was able to show the children how their designs become a reality. Year 2 headed back to their classrooms with lots of inspiration for their designs.

It was Fred Phonics Day in Reception Class this morning and the children made a super effort to embrace this theme as they arrived dressed in shades of green and many frog accessories! As our children know, Fred helps learn to blend sounds into words. He can only speak in pure sounds, not whole words, which is called “Fred Talk”.  When they can blend sounds out loud, they are taught to “Fred in your head” by silently mouthing or thinking the sounds before saying the word, and use “Fred Fingers”, where the children hold up the number of fingers that corresponds to the number of sounds in a word, which helps them with spelling. So, as you can see, Fred plays a key role in our Reception children’s daily lives!

Congratulations to all of the Pre-Prep children who took part in their first home fixture of the year this afternoon. They played with such pride and team spirit against Amesbury and came away with smiles on their faces. Well done to you all, a very well earned match tea afterwards.

It was wonderful to welcome Kindy to Awards Assembly this morning and join the rest of their school community to celebrate the range of achievements this week. Work of the Week certificates were presented to Oliver (Rec), Hugo (Year 1) and Arthur (Year 2) for super work which included fantastic handwriting, use of sounds knowledge in creative writing, and accuracy of recordings during investigations in Science. We awarded Bronze Awards to Freddie, Toto and Josh (Reception), and also our very first Silver Awards of the year to Luca, Ariella and Annabelle (Year 1). Very well done to each of you. 

It’s only 8 days until our Christmas Market, which we are hugely excited for. This takes place on Saturday 29th November here at school from 11am – 4pm. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Have a wonderful weekend – stay warm.

Mrs Barnett, Head of Pre-Prep

School Notices

Bridewell Parents & Guardians’ Prayer Meeting

I am writing to invite you to a Bridewell Parents & Guardians’ prayer meeting. I have planned one for Friday 28^th November from 8:15 – 8:55am.  Please save it in your diary and, if coming in person, please do use the Piccadilly café beforehand to get your preferred drink and snack. Meet at KESW Reception between 8:00-8:10 to be signed in and I will meet you there. Parents and guardians may alternatively join via ZOOM at the same time as the in-person meeting is taking place. If you have any further questions, please be in touch: RadcliffeJ@kesw.org

Music Lesson Timetables

Music lesson timetables are published every Friday via the School Portal. While our music teachers endeavour to attend on their designated days, there may be occasions when adjustments are necessary. We kindly ask parents to check the published timetables each week to ensure that students bring their instrument and music to school on the correct day.

Early Morning Cross-Country Club

Barrow Hills Parents’ Association

Bacon Butties were a welcome treat this morning, and helped raise  £239.60. The Bacon Butty stall runs every single Friday, serving a selection of delicious breakfast treats and hot drinks, and is a fabulous meeting point for everyone to catch up at the end of the school week.

Second hand uniform sale – A big thank you to Sarah, Sheena, Ashley and Marja for running the second hand uniform sale this morning. It’s definitely the weather for a Barrow Hills bobble hat!

Christmas pudding orders EXTENDED to Sunday – traditional plum pudding, luscious lemon and sticky toffee puddings. Barrow Hills branded, they would make a lovely Christmas present, or just for your own enjoyment!

Christmas tree ordering until Wednesday 26th November. Norman fir, non drop and we always get amazing feedback from those that buy, year after year. Great pricing compared to local garden centres. Order your tree here!

Christmas Quiz night- Friday 5th December – tickets on sale now.
Teams of 6 or if you don’t have a team you can buy individual tickets to make up 2 teams on the night.

Thanks to our amazing team and the community for your support!

Christmas Market

We are excited to announce that we are hosting a Christmas Market on the 29th of November 11-4 pm with over 30 high quality arts and crafts makers as well as food, drinks and carols. We have a few spaces left and as part of our community we would love to see staff, students, friends and family to have a stall or to attend and support our Christmas market.

Please contact our Head of Art – Mrs Waller at rsw@barrowhills.org

Christmas Quiz Night

Please come and join us for the Parent’s Association Christmas Quiz and Winter Games Night on Friday 5th December from 7pm. Tickets are £18 and this includes a festive food hamper per team.

Scan the QR code below to book your spot!

Bridewell Schools Autumn Term Offer