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School Starting Dates Reminders Wednesday 7th September Years 1 to 6 start school at 8:55am. Friday 9th September: Last year's Nursery children start Reception (morning only: 8:55am-11:55am) Monday 12th September: All children start Reception (New children to Reception start part-time; last year's Nursery children start full-time). Nursery children from last year first...
No 313, Friday 1st July 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve had a lovely week at Betty Layward despite the unseasonal weather! Spanish week has been superb this year! On Monday Helen and some of our Year 5 children led an assembly to the school on their recent...
No 312, Friday 24th June 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve had a rather damp but positive week at BL! Thank you to all the parents who attended Sports Day for EYFS and KS1 this week! There was a lovely atmosphere and the parent’s race was full to...
No 311, Friday 17th June 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, On Monday our Year 2s went to the Tower of London which links to their topic on the Great Fire of London. They were so well behaved and had a superb time exploring. I’ve loved watching them...
No 310, Friday 10th June 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to the last half term of the year! It’s amazing how quickly this year is whizzing by. I hope you all managed a restful and fun break and got to spend some time with your...
This morning children arrived at school to find a unicorn in the playground! Where had she come from? Why was she in our playground? After meeting the unicorn, children wrote stories, reports, poems and even instructions on how to care for a unicorn; all inspired...
No 309, Friday 27th May 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve had a superb last week of this half term at Betty Layward and can’t believe that we are only seven weeks away from the summer holidays! On Monday of this week 12 children from year 5 went...
No 308, Friday 20th May 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you’ve had a great week! On Monday I did an assembly on current news and we discussed the very important subject of Eurovision! As always our BL children were aware of current news topics and were...
Click here to listen to the fantastic track that Year 4 Fuschia recorded last week on their trip to a real music studio! [audio mp3="http://betlay.creativeschools.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Y4-Fuschia-Motown-Song.mp3"][/audio]...
No 307, Friday 13th May 2016 Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you’ve had a great week! This week our Year 6 children undertook their SATs tests. The news is awash with comment on the tests and the adverse effects they can have on children. We as a...