Welcome to this celebration of learning blog. I always think of the blogs as providing a window to look into the children’s fascinating world at school.  I am in the privileged position to be able to capture events across the school and community as they happen and share them with you.  It’s also a bit like a diary in that you can look back and see a colourful reflection of the year.

Mrs Harvey

Vision

Our Nursery reflects the nurturing and supportive learning environment of our current Early Years provision where your child will grow and thrive.

Our Busy Blog

The Nursery Team consists of : Mrs Karen Gilkes, Mrs Catherine Tortora,  Miss Esme Macleod & Mrs Kerry Mills

All members of the team work hard to offer a nurturing and supportive learning environment for the children to thrive and grow. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum with an emphasis on promoting the characteristics of effective learning. This approach fosters a love of learning and provides challenge linked closely to developmentally age appropriate experience.  We strive to create an environment where the children feel confident to explore and discover new things. As a Nursery, we understand that all children are unique and understand the importance of following their individual interests.

Welcome to Reception

Our Reception Team consists of:

Hepworth Class - Mrs Jessica Wise, Early Years Lead & Mrs Chloe Rehle & Mrs Danielle Tasher

Van Gogh Class - Miss Emma Valentine, Class Teacher & Mrs Stacey Summers & Miss Jess Love

Kandinsky Class - Mrs Claire Coleman & Mrs Kelly Spina, Class Teachers & Mrs Ina Iaciofano & Miss Donna Welch

Our HLTA is Mrs Sharon Burrows

Welcome to Year 1

Our Year One Team consists of:

Kusama Class - Mrs Tamzin Copeman, KS1 Phase Lead & Miss Amy Knapp

Goldsworthy Class - Mrs Susannah Hollingsworth, Class Teacher & Ms Anne Quinn 

Ringgold Class - Miss Nasra Barre, Class Teacher & Miss Katie Arnold & Mrs Elizabeth Bedford

Our HLTA is Miss Cheryl Gill

Welcome to Year 2

Our Year 2  Team consists of:

Klimt Class - Mr Ben Ebsworth, Year Group Lead & Mrs Mandy Parker, Mrs Lisa England & Mrs Martha Ejioye

Numina Class - Mrs Amy Bentley, Class Teacher & Mrs Kelly Watts & Mrs Alica Mustafaraj

Kahlo Class -  Miss Mohima Bibi, Class Teacher & Miss Allyson Gibbs & Miss Alex Brack 

Our HLTA is Miss Rhiannon Haycock

Welcome to Year 3

Our Year 3 Team consists of:

Hockney Class - Mrs Gill Douglas, Year Group Lead & Miss Shona Price & Mrs Hannah Garrett

Ali Class - Miss Reasa Sheikh, Class Teacher & Mrs Holly Hinde

Thomas Class - Miss Jessica Lee, Class Teacher & Mrs Dinusha De Silva

Our HLTA is Miss Joanna Poole

You will find our curriculum information further down the page.

Welcome to Year 4

Our Year 4 Team consists of:

Fraser Class  - Miss Daisy Hodges, Year Group Lead & Miss Joanna Crocker

Cromer Class - Ms Louise Williams, Class Teacher & Miss Milly Linette & Mrs Archana Odedra

Milhazes Class - Mr James Green, Class Teacher & Mrs Rose Leggatt

Our HLTA is Mr Scott Kennedy

You will find our curriculum information further down the page.

Welcome to Year 5

Our Year  Team consists of:

Pichardo Class - Mrs Karen Hallett, Year Group Lead & Mrs Emma Spatcher (Maternity Leave) Class Teacher & Mrs Faye Brown & Mrs Heather Montgomery

Gaudi Class - Mr Alex Grass, Class Teacher & Mrs Dorothee Rose

Basquiat Class  - Mrs Heidi Douglas & Mrs Kayleigh Range, Class Teachers & Mrs Julie Julie Woodard & Miss Elaina Wisdom-Peters

Our HLTA is Mrs Laura Washington

You will find our curriculum information further down the page!

Welcome to Year 6

Our Year 6 Team consists of:

Walhol Class - Miss Sophie Holmes, Upper Phase Lead & Year Group Lead & Mrs Saima Masood

Vasarely Class - Mr Scott Lagdon, Class Teacher & Ms Laura Bayes & Mrs Forida Rahman

Biss Class  - Miss Hayley Brown, Class Teacher & Mrs Jenny Caine, HLTA

Year 6 are supported by Mrs Sophie Maule, Intervention Teacher

Our HLTAs are Miss Kirsty Morley & Mrs Jenny Caine

In Year 6, we strive to meet the end of Key Stage 2 expectations and prepare the children for their SATs in a supportive environment.  We try to instil independence in the children, as well as develop their resilience and the skills they will need to prepare them for Secondary School and beyond.

You will find our curriculum information further down the page!

Welcome to Bridgewater’s Out of School Club (OSC). Having been established by the school, we pride ourselves in following Bridgewater’s ethos and expectations within a homely, relaxing environment. Children are encouraged to: be respectful to each other and the environment, gain independence, help others, be kind, caring and considerate within our enriching environment.

We organise a variety of activities including: themed weeks, cookery, gardening and always utilise Bridgewater’s fantastic grounds through lots of outdoor play. Children are welcome to complete their home learning on a Thursday evening in a quieter area with a teaching assistant on hand to support.

The OSC is an electronic device free zone where children enjoy playing traditional board games, role play and running outside with their friends etc.

Our afternoon snacks, which are often provided by our chef, are on a two-week rotation and fruit is always available.

The club provides wrap around care with well qualified, caring staff to support families in their busy lives. We open at 7.45 am and drop the children to their classes at 8:45am. Children are then collected from their classes at the end of the school day and we then run until 17:45pm.

Please feel free to contact the school office for further information.

Welcome to our Languages and International Blog. At Bridgewater, we have chosen Spanish as the language we teach, as it is widely spoken. This is taught to all children in years 3 to 6 by Mrs D'Agostini. We engage the children through playing games, singing songs and stories as well as developing their grasp of grammar and the written language. Please celebrate the children’s learning with us by commenting on the blog posts below. ¡Hasta luego!

We have been accredited with the International School Award (ISA) 2022-2025 in recognition of our international focus. We were praised by the British Council for our commitment to embedding a rich and creative range of international work.

We are very proud to be opening our School Nursery in January 2018. Our approach is guided by the effective characteristics of learning outlined in the EYFS framework. Please make use of the areas around this page to help you.

The teachers in our sandpit blog are Mr. Lemon and Mrs Walsh. Well lucky to be supported by two fantastic teaching assistants; Jenny Liman and Gloria Lau. We are so proud of all of the children in our sandpit blog class! They are fantastic, hard workers and really enjoy learning. There is such a pleasure to teach!

You will find our curriculum information further down the page!

What are we learning this term?

This term our theme is “The Victorians” and we will be using that theme to bring together all manner of different aspects of learning, from history and geography through to music, art, literature and science which will help us to also include mathematics as well. Interestingly, we plan to take a trip to the London science Museum to find out more about how the Victorians discovered so many different things which we take for granted today!

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