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 Katie Arnold, Mrs Elizabeth Bedford & Miss Alex Brack

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

Ringgold Class - Miss Mohima Bibi, Class Teacher & Miss Amy Knapp & Mrs Martha Ejioye

Our HLTA is Miss Cheryl Gill

Welcome to Year 2

Our Year 2  Team consists of:

Numina Class - Miss Jessica Lee, Year Group Lead & Miss Shauna Price

Klimt Class - Mr Ben Ebsworth, Class Teacher & Mrs Mandy Parker

Kahlo Class - Miss Lois Hardwick, Class Teacher & Miss Kelly Blundred

Our HLTA is Miss Rhiannon Haycock

Welcome to Year 3

Our Year 3 Team consists of:

Hockney Class - Mrs Gill Douglas, Year Group Lead 

Ali Class - Miss Reasa Sheikh, Class Teacher

Thomas Class - Mrs Amy Bentley, Class Teacher 

Year 3 are supported by Mr Nathan Gritten, Mrs Holly Hinde, Mrs Faye Brown, Mrs Dinusha De Silva, Mrs Rose Leggatt & Mrs Sharon Holder

Our HLTA is Mrs Jennifer Caine

You will find our curriculum information further down the page.

Welcome to Year 4

Our Year 4 Team consists of:

Cromer Class - Miss Gemma Knight, Year Group Lead 

Milhazes Class - Mr James Green, Class Teacher

Fraser Class  - Miss Daisy Hodges, Class Teacher 

Year 4 are supported by Miss Joanna Crocker, Mrs Dorothee Rose, Miss Joanna Poole, Miss Milly Linette & Ms Heather Montgomery

Our HLTA is Mr Scott Kennedy

Our PE days are Monday and Friday. Our library slot is Wednesday afternoons. 

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 

Gaudi Class - Mr Scott Lagdon, Class Teacher

Basquiat Class  - Mrs Heidi Douglas & Mrs Emma Spatcher (Autumn 1) & Mrs Kayleigh Range (Autumn 2 onwards), Class Teachers

Year 5 are supported by Mrs Archana Odedra, Mrs Teri Watts, Mrs Julie Woodard, Mrs Lisa England & Mrs Forida Rahman

Our HLTA is Mrs Laura Washington

Helping at Home

In Year 5, the children are set home learning each week which should be completed in their homework books.  It will be set on a Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday. In addition to this, please continue to support your child with their reading by regularly reading to them, listening to them read and asking them questions about their reading. Please ensure they log it on Boom reader. It is expected that the children use Times Tables Rockstars a couple of times a week; they have their own password to access this activity.

PE is each Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon so please make sure your children come to school in the appropriate kit on these days.

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 

Vasarely Class - Mrs Sophie McNair, Assistant Headteacher 

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

Year 6 are supported by Mrs Saima Masood, Ms Laura Bayes & Miss Elaina Wisdom-Peters & Mirs Sophie Maule, Intervention Teacher

Our HLTA is Miss Kirsty Morley

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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