On Tuesday, our children got to experience a very special woodwind concert from the Berkshire Music Trust. You will have received information on how you can sign your child up for tuned instrument lessons. There are a range of instruments to select from - and the advantages are many, including contributing to your child’s wider cognitive development. There is a cost, but well worth it. Additionally, from September, the school choir will be free-of-charge to join.
The children enjoyed 'Break the Rules Day' we raised a whopping £535.24!
Hanna in Year Five played Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from the 9th Symphony as classes came into assembly. She has been taking piano lessons for over 4 years, and is a superb pianist.
VE Day Celebrations
Staff and children dressed in Red, White and Blue to celebrate VE Day 80th Anniversary!
Amelie played the piano as classes came into the hall today. She has been learning to play with Berkshire Maestro’s since she was 7 years old. After over 4 years of learning, she has made tremendous progress. She played Fur Elise by Beethoven.
Recently Miss Reed, Mrs White and a small group of Bearwood children took part in this years WASMA production at the Hexagon in Reading. They performed amazingly and we have finally received the fantastic professional pictures, please do take a look.
Joseph in Year Six opened up our Values assembly this week (28.04.25) with his brilliant piano playing. Please take a look by clicking the above link file.
Here are some of our current displays in school, showing some excellent work from the children.
Our ECO Warrior Team are currently growing their own Sunflowers! I wonder how tall they will grow?
The whole school took part in the TSC Mini London Marathon this week to raise money for our much needed Multi Sports Pitch, so far we have raised a whopping £2000 from sponsors! Thank you all for your support!
Our wonderful PTA team organised a fantastic Easter Egg hunt for all the children. All children found their own chocolate Easter Egg! They even had a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny.
There have been some archeological digs taking place at the end of the school field. At one point, we thought we had discovered the fossilised bones of a large dinosaur species! We also discovered fragments of artefacts from earlier eras!! Just so exciting...
Our Bearwood Chess Champions 2025:
All of our players at the Chess Club this year were brilliant. It was a pleasure to see them all flourish and develop in their skills over the weeks.
Reverend Patrick from St. Catherine’s Church came and delivered a special Easter assembly to the children before Easter break.
Our Eco Warriors created their spectacular scarecrows on Friday - eat your heart out, Worzel Gummage! A huge grateful thank you to brilliant volunteer Jane for helping our Eco Warriors to transform the nature area in our quiet playground. Thank you also to everyone who donated the items to be used to make the scarecrows.
Some of our wonderful children taught us all about Chinese / Lunar New Year. We heard lots of interesting facts; they sang us a song in Cantonese and English; and they shared some artefacts. A huge thank you to the children for sharing and Mrs Tang for organising.
Here are some Christmas decorations created in our Autumn Term Needlework Club.
Our children who attend our Rock Steady Club performed to their Parents and families this week. They performed with such confidence and are certainly Rock Stars in the making!
Bearwood's choir participated in a fantastic event at the weekend - Mayor's Carol Concert at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre. They sang with many other school choirs alongside a band led by a live conductor. It was a great experience for the children and we are extremely proud of their efforts.
The whole school were very excited to have their families in for Maths morning on Wednesday. There were some challenging RPS questions to solve, and the children loved showing their families what methods and strategies can be used to find the answers. Thank you for coming!
On Friday, some of our Year 5 and 6 football team took part in a football tournament. All the boys played very well and made it through to the semi-finals!
A big thank you to Mr Fisher and Mr Gurung for supporting the team at the tournament and Mr Bourke for his continued hard work preparing the boys during football training this half term.
What an amazing Christmas Celebration! A massive thank you to our incredible PTA for creating such a memorable afternoon. The sheer hard work of the PTA was evident - it was phenomenal, as can be seen in these photographs.
Bearwood got to enjoy a brilliant Diwali assembly, put together by Tanishi and Ziyannah. It was very informative, with a child-friendly choice of images. The following children also took part: Harveen, Keelee-Rose, Summer-Rose, Eliana, Vihaana and Rishita. Tanishi also led the group to perform a Bhangra dance.
Today, some of our children presented a brilliant BHM assembly. This year, the theme is 'Reclaiming Narratives', and at Bearwood we were reclaiming the narrative of Africa. The children shared aspects of Africa's vibrant culture. Ella-Grace, Elsie and Somto carried out their own research and put together an informative presentation. This included hearing them speak in their mother language with their siblings Dana-Rose and Chi. The assembly ended with an Afrobeats dance, when Rhema, Savannah and Joshua joined in. Rhema choreographed the dance and taught the others. It was an excellent assembly.
The PTA announced the winners of the Pumpkin Competition:
- EYFS winner - Thea
- KS1 - Michael G
- LKS2 - Eva H
- UKS2 - Reya S
- Funniest Pumpkin - Rishita
After school yesterday, some of our KS2 children have been at the Forest School for a tag-rugby festival, organised by School Games. The children have been learning about the fundamental skills required to play tag-rugby.
Mrs Weaver spoke in our Values Assembly this morning. She told the children all about Warner her guide dog, and the training he has had. They demonstrated Warner's excellent 'food manners'. The children know how important it is not to distract Warner when he walking around the school with Mrs Weaver.
