Welcome to Balgowan Primary School
Balgowan is a very friendly, high achieving and heavily oversubscribed academy in Beckenham. There are 678 pupils taught in 22 classes. The academy follows a creative curriculum which is designed to engage and excite all the children whilst also ensuring the acquisition of key reading, writing and mathematical skills…
Being a Balgowan Buddy
I really enjoy the responsibility of being a Balgowan Buddy because I have the opportunity to guide and support younger children at school. To be selected for the job, I applied by completing a poster which explained why I would make a great Balgowan Buddy. Our job description is: Be a role model for the younger children and set a good example by displaying the school values and following the golden rules at all times. Have a warm, welcoming and cheerful approach. Teach the children new games and sometimes invent your own ones. Help resolve any small problems or disagreements. Refer bigger problems to the mid-day supervisors. Encourage and include lonely, shy or needy pupils. Manage the lunchtime equipment. (pumping
Tri-Golf?
On Wednesday 26th September, a team of ten Year 5 pupils travelled to Chelsfield Golf Club to compete in the Bromley Schools Tri-Golf Competition. The children took part in a variety of different games and activities, requiring them to put to use their superb golfing skills. They needed to putt, drive and chip as accurately as possible to score points for the team. Balgowan came 1st in the morning session of the competition, but after the remaining schools had competed in the afternoon, Balgowan finished in 2nd place overall – a fantastic result! Well done to the team: Olivia, Elissa, Cali, Chloe O’R, Chloe S, Tristan, Bruno, Gasper, Monty and James. Mrs Bassett
Forest School is FUN!
The Forest School sessions for KS2 classes have got off to a brilliant start and already it’s clear that the children are having a wonderful time; their enthusiasm is contagious. “It’s Ace, I love being outside, and the kids all really enjoy it,” – you might have guessed, not quotes from the children but from some of our lovely volunteers. I would like to thank all of the parents, grandparents and carers who have joined in, it has been lovely to get to know family members and be part of the home school partnership that makes Balgowan great. The Forest School volunteers have supported children in their learning, played games , led activities and donated equipment. Parents have spoken to me about how they have enjoyed seeing their children with their class mates and trying out some of the different activities with their children. Mrs T Cleveland I look forward to meeting new volunteers as different classes come along to Forest School.
JTA Training Day
We spent the day with other schools from Bromley learning more about our role as a Junior Travel Ambassador. We learnt how to stay safe whilst crossing the road and we had a drama workshop all about delivering presentations at our school. Also we made posters to put on our display boards. This term we are running a competition called ‘Jingle Bells’ open for all of KS1 and KS2. The competition entries will be handed out at school. The activity is to design a bell. We think it is really important to travel safely and this song has really helped. We would you like you all to learn it (to the tune of ‘Ten Green Bottles’). Stop look listen before
Our amazing day!
On the 19th of September Year 6 travelled to London to the British Museum. Our History topic this term is ancient Egypt so we travelled back in time to the Egyptian part of the museum. Here we saw the Rosetta stone, the statues of Rameses II and mummies with their coffins. The Rosetta stone was the first available way to translate hieroglyphics from ancient Greek so it was a very important discovery for the archaeologists (History studiers). We also saw coffins and an almost perfectly preserved man who still had his hair – he was creepy but he showed how good sand was for preserving bodies (he was five thousand years old). We also saw an interactive touchscreen that allowed
School Open Sessions
We will be holding ‘open day’ sessions for parents/carers of children for admission to Reception in September 2019. We warmly invite prospective parents to visit our school on one of our sessions taking place in October. To book your place please either email admin@balgowan.bromley.sch.uk or phone 020 8658 6374. Monday 8th October at 09.30 – FULLY BOOKED Tuesday 9th October at 09.30 – FULLY BOOKED Monday 15th October at 14.00 – FULLY BOOKED Tuesday 16th October at 09.30 – FULLY BOOKED Monday November 5th at 9.30 AND 14.00 – SPACES AVAILABLE We look forward to meeting you.
