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Fantastic Fun at the Easter Fair
Our Fabulous Footballers!
Tell Us What you Think – Parent Survey
Our All-Conquering Benchball Winners!
Beckley CE Primary School is a popular and successful village school with high standards of teaching & learning and behaviour. We have a strong community ethos and a lively and progressive approach to classroom practice.
Our school is in the picturesque village of Beckley, nestling in the rolling 1066 countryside, 5½ miles northwest of the ancient Cinque Ports town of Rye in East Sussex.
Mr T’s weekly video post
In this week’s video post, Mr Thurston introduces the Christian values for Terms 5 and 6 – Truth and Courage: https://youtu.be/o2OcozeUBrs
Parents and Visitors Come to our Church Easter Service
At the end of last term, we were absolutely delighted to have parents and friends attend our Easter Service Beckley Church – the first time they have done so since Easter 2019! All of the classes were involved in the service, with a variety of poems, prayers and performance songs that helped to tell the Easter story. The main part of our service, however was the dramatised Easter Story, acted out brilliantly by the pupils in Blue Spruce. It was so wonderful to have our pupils reading, singing, speaking and acting in front of a large ‘audience’ and we were very proud of each and every one of them! Here is a recording of the service:
Sensational Beckley Pupils Win at the Hastings Music Festival!
After several years of waiting, due to the COVID Pandemic, pupils at Beckley were able to participate once again at the Hastings Music Festival. 
Both our Y3/4 (Blue Spruce) and Y5/6 (Evergreen) classes were entered into their age-group choral singing competitions – and both classes WON, with Honours. The judges were amazed that the singers hadn’t auditioned and been ‘selected’ but were the two, complete classes.
For Blue Spruce, the judges commented that the class ‘…showed a marvellously varied programme, full of musicality and fine choral singing!’ Here are Blue Spruce in their final rehearsal, before the Festival.
For Evergreen class, the Music Festival judges said, ‘You gave us beautiful choral singing , with great dynamics, enthusiasm and great diction!’ This was the final rehearsal for Evergreens.
After watching these two outstanding performances, I am certain that you will understand why the judges were so impressed and awarded such high marks! We are incredibly proud of our wonderfully talented children and we know that these experiences will stay with them for all their lives!
World Book Day
COVID-19 Beckley School Update – March 2022
As you know, the Government has now lifted virtually all COVID-19 restrictions in England, including restrictions at school. Although some restrictions are no-longer a legal requirement, a number of them are still being strongly recommended. As we are now being asked to ‘Live with COVID’, I am taking this opportunity to carry out a review of all the procedures and routines that the school have had in place. Pupils, parents and staff are all involved and the outcomes will be published next week.
The key point to remind parents is that, if your child tests positive for COVID, we still expect them to be self-isolating for minimum of 5 days. Your child can return to school if they have a negative test on day 5 and the morning of day 6.
This is our current Risk Assessment:
Beckley – COVID Risk Assessment – 1.3.22
After School Club
On our return to school after the Christmas holiday, we began our pilot for an After School Club and we are delighted with the success of these first few weeks! The club runs every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:30 – 5:30pm, providing after school care for children of working parents. We are delighted to see how happy the children are and asked them what they think of it. Here are some of their comments:
“I loved building a really tall tower with straws last week. After School Club is really fun, I like having a snack and a drink too.” 
“My favourite thing in After School Club is all the drawing I can do with my friends.”
“I love being able to play games and also relax on the bean bags with my friends. I wish I could come every day!”
We usually have about 5/6 children on average every night after school – with several of them also attending Breakfast Club before school as well. If you would like to find out more information about either of these activities we offer to support childcare provision, please contact the school office.
Our Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing:
As we continue to manage social distancing and other restrictions in our lives, our mental health and emotional wellbeing is becoming an increasingly important issue for us all. The following links will take you to some excellent resources that the school recommend using to support this important area of our lives.
Taking Care of Our Mental Health
Website – Action Your Potential (password Neocortex123)
Andrew’s video – how our brain responds to uncertainty and anxiety
Poster – 12 Rocks of Wellbeing
Here are some really great well-being activities to have a go at doing.
The Genesis Federation:
Beckley CE Primary School is part of The Genesis Federation with Peasmarsh CE Primary School. Our two schools still both maintain their unique identities, however our federation links allow staff to work together to support the teaching and learning in both schools by sharing resources, facilities and staff training opportunities, wherever appropriate.
Our Federation embraces the creation and development of ‘human flourishing’ through wisdom, hope, community and dignity. We nourish our community on a journey of spiritual, moral, physical, intellectual, emotional and social growth that helps everyone fulfil their potential through the promises and love of God. We work in harmony to promote ‘Life in all its fullness’.
Pupils, staff and parents are proud of their school and value the caring ethos. Pupils are polite, caring and respectful and get on very well with each other. They actively support each other’s learning. Staff are relentless and passionate in their desire to provide the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for their pupils. Parents and carers are very supportive and extremely positive about the school.
We maintain very close ties with the Church and local community and make full use of all local facilities to provide a high quality learning experience for all our pupils.
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