Tower Bridge and Snowfields schools will be closed tomorrow Friday 2nd March due to weather warnings and travel disruption. We will reopen on Monday 5th March. Keep warm and stay safe!
We will be closed today due to the adverse weather conditions. We will keep parents informed by text message about tomorrow. Stay safe, stay warm. World Book Day will take place, we shall reschedule and see all your wonderful costumes soon!
This year the school council decided to raise money for the NSPCC -National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children- so on Wednesday 21st February all the children had a ‘Wear something green’ day to support this charity.
We had some representatives from the NSPCC come in and talk to us about what they do and why it is important to stand up and speak out if we think something is wrong. They taught us the Childline number which is 0800 1111 and we found out that it is completely free to call too!
We all had an assembly and the year 5 and 6 had workshops too.
The children across the Bridges Federation managed to raise £299.35!
Thank you to everyone who wore green and donated £1 to this important charity. Sali and Zaki
Last week, as part of our people who help us topic, we had the police and firefighters visit our school. The police talked to us about their job and how they keep us safe in our community and what number to call if we are in trouble. The firefighters showed us all their equipment they use to help people in trouble, talked to us about the importance of smoke alarms in our homes and we even got a chance to use the fire hose and sit inside the fire engine! It has been a very interesting week for Caterpillar and Butterfly class to ask lots of questions and learn new information.
In September 2016 we introduced the ‘daily mile’ for the children at the Bridges Federation. We noticed that this had a brilliant impact on the children’s health and well-being. They were more resilient and focused in class too.
Following this success we wanted to include our parents and staff too. We knew that many of us wanted to run, but we didn’t for a range of different reasons. Maybe we lacked childcare in the evenings, maybe we didn’t feel confident or maybe we just didn’t know where to start! So the Bridges Running Club began.
On January 5th 2018, full of new year resolutions, a small group of staff and parents met in the playground nervously, ready to begin a journey from ‘couch to 5km’. The group successfully completed week 1 of the NHS programme and the word started to spread.
The group has grown each week as we welcome new members and we are continuing our running journey- walking, running and meeting new faces. At the end of each session we are all still smiling!
If you would like to join us, we meet every Friday at 8.55am in the school playground. You do not need to be experienced, everyone is very welcome. If you have any questions about the group, please feel free to ask a member of staff and we’d be happy to help!
As we progress over the term we hope to take part in a parkrun at Southwark Park, or maybe a Race
for Life in the summer.
It has come to be an annual tradition where year 5 have been involved with the Lantern Parade at Potters Fields and Hay’s Galleria, kindly organised by Team London Bridge.
Helen Harrison runs the lantern making workshops and always manages to think of wonderful Christmas themed things that can be made into lanterns. This year we made penguins, candles, robins and holly.
It takes around three days for the children to make the lanterns and the process starts with using bamboo sticks to create the basic structure and shape. Once this has been done, tissue paper is then used to create the exterior of the lantern using a large amount of glue to strengthen the layers.
Once they are dry, Helen is able to insert the battery powered lights ready for the parade.
At the parade, the lanterns are carried along Potters Fields to the stone steps where the choir sing some songs while the lanterns are held above them. From there the children walk to Hay’s Galleria, accompanied by those who have come to watch, to see the Christmas Tree lights being officially turned on. The choir then finish the evening by singing a few more songs under the tree.
It is always a special and magical evening which the children love being part of. The current year 4 are already excited for their turn…
Click on this link to watch a short video of the parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOgs5P6Rfw
Thank you to all the parents and pupils at both schools for completing your questionnaires. The results are overwhelmingly positive. You clearly love your school. You can read all the results on the Ofsted and Parent View pages under each school tab on this website.
You will also get the highlights on the newsletter soon.
https://www.think.gov.uk/education/resource/crossing-the-road/
We are really proud of our year 1 and 2 children who took part in the 2017 
road safety campaign!
‘I was asked to take part in a road safety film and I loved it! My favourite part was when the director gave me a microphone then he could hear me talk to him when he was wearing his headphones. I had to be really loud so all the people who watched the video could hear me!’ P.V Y2
‘The road safety day was really fun because we got to dress up and sing a song about being safe when crossing the road. I learned how to keep myself safe and said some important lines when I was dressed up as a police officer.’ L.F Y2
This week we had a lantern workshop. We had to make them for a lantern parade!! First we put ourselves in two groups. I was in the Berry group. On the first day we met Helen who was our teacher. First we made the shape with bamboo. The next day we covered it with strong tissue. Then we stuck on paper.
Aya
For the last three days we have been making lanterns for the up-coming Christmas parade on 30th November. It will be dark so we are going to light them. Helen (an artist) helped us make them. We made them with: bamboo, sticks, strong tissue paper and coloured tissue paper.
Mohammed
We made a lantern we loved it and did it in 3 days. We are going to light them up when it is dark. We had help from Helen – she is a very good artist. We had to use lots of tape and glue.
George
This week
This week we had a lantern workshop. We had to make them for a lantern parade!! First we put ourselves in two groups. I was in the Berry group. On the first day we met Helen who was our teacher. First we made the shape with bamboo. The next day we covered it with strong tissue. Then we stuck on paper.
Aya
For the last three days we have been making lanterns for the up-coming Christmas parade on 30th November. It will be dark so we are going to light them. Helen (an artist) helped us make them. We made them with: bamboo, sticks, strong tissue paper and coloured tissue paper.
Mohammed
We made a lantern we loved it and did it in 3 days. We are going to light them up when it is dark. We had help from Helen – she is a very good artist. We had to use lots of tape and glue.
George
This week we spent 3 days working on lanterns for the up-coming parade. We first started with a circle and ended with a bird. The tricky thing was bending the bamboo sticks. Me and Camilla had some help from Helen. I think it will look nice for the parade.
Amina
This week we have spent three days making robins (a bird) and holly (Christmas flowers) lanterns. We put lights in them so you’ll definitely spot us when we’re going to Hay’s Galleria on the 30th November on Thursday. We spent a lot of time on these so please come.
Musa
This week we spent 3 days making lanterns for the parade on 30th November. We have been using bamboo for the sticks and using strong tissue paper. The person who helped us is a great artist. It was truly fun and I hope we do it again.
This week we had a lantern workshop. We had to make them for a lantern parade!! First we put ourselves in two groups. I was in the Berry group. On the first day we met Helen who was our teacher. First we made the shape with bamboo. The next day we covered it with strong tissue. Then we stuck on paper.
Aya
For the last three days we have been making lanterns for the up-coming Christmas parade on 30th November. It will be dark so we are going to light them. Helen (an artist) helped us make them. We made them with: bamboo, sticks, strong tissue paper and coloured tissue paper.
Mohammed
We made a lantern we loved it and did it in 3 days. We are going to light them up when it is dark. We had help from Helen – she is a very good artist. We had to use lots of tape and glue.
George
This week we spent 3 days working on lanterns for the up-coming parade. We first started with a circle and ended with a bird. The tricky thing was bending the bamboo sticks. Me and Camilla had some help from Helen. I think it will look nice for the parade.
Amina
This week we have spent three days making robins (a bird) and holly (Christmas flowers) lanterns. We put lights in them so you’ll definitely spot us when we’re going to Hay’s Galleria on the 30th November on Thursday. We spent a lot of time on these so please come.
Musa
This week we spent 3 days making lanterns for the parade on 30th November. We have been using bamboo for the sticks and using strong tissue paper. The person who helped us is a great artist. It was truly fun and I hope we do it again.
This week we had a lantern workshop. We had to make them for a lantern parade!! First we put ourselves in two groups. I was in the Berry group. On the first day we met Helen who was our teacher. First we made the shape with bamboo. The next day we covered it with strong tissue. Then we stuck on paper.
Aya
For the last three days we have been making lanterns for the up-coming Christmas parade on 30th November. It will be dark so we are going to light them. Helen (an artist) helped us make them. We made them with: bamboo, sticks, strong tissue paper and coloured tissue paper.
Mohammed
We made a lantern we loved it and did it in 3 days. We are going to light them up when it is dark. We had help from Helen – she is a very good artist. We had to use lots of tape and glue.
George
This week we spent 3 days working on lanterns for the up-coming parade. We first started with a circle and ended with a bird. The tricky thing was bending the bamboo sticks. Me and Camilla had some help from Helen. I think it will look nice for the parade.
Amina
This week we have spent three days making robins (a bird) and holly (Christmas flowers) lanterns. We put lights in them so you’ll definitely spot us when we’re going to Hay’s Galleria on the 30th November on Thursday. We spent a lot of time on these so please come.
Musa
This week we spent 3 days making lanterns for the parade on 30th November. We have been using bamboo for the sticks and using strong tissue paper. The person who helped us is a great artist. It was truly fun and I hope we do it again.
Raphael
Raphael
Raphael
we spent 3 days working on lanterns for the up-coming parade. We first started with a circle and ended with a bird. The tricky thing was bending the bamboo sticks. Me and Camilla had some help from Helen. I think it will look nice for the parade.
Amina
This week we have spent three days making robins (a bird) and holly (Christmas flowers) lanterns. We put lights in them so you’ll definitely spot us when we’re going to Hay’s Galleria on the 30th November on Thursday. We spent a lot of time on these so please come.
Musa
This week we spent 3 days making lanterns for the parade on 30th November. We have been using bamboo for the sticks and using strong tissue paper. The person who helped us is a great artist. It was truly fun and I hope we do it again.
Raphael
We had an amazing time during International Week!
We learnt about very famous and inspirational scientists while having the most fun ever!
Joshua Year 5
This week we have learnt about Black History Month. This poem is inspired by what happened in the past. I hope this poem can change the way we live.
Imagine
Imagine being forced to exile your homeland,
Imagine seeing your ancestors getting beaten and mistreated,
Imagine using an old, scruffy sink when people with a different skin colour use a gleaming, clean sink,
Imagine being ashamed of who you are,
Imagine being surrounded by people who don’t accept you,
Imagine regretting the colour of your skin,
Imagine how happy we could be if we all accepted each other,
Imagine what a wonderful world we could have if our hearts were all connected.
Some of our children were lucky to be invited to the official launch of the new film: Paddington 2!
They went to meet Paddington at MoreLondon, who happened to bring another star of the film, Hugh Bonneville as well as the Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The children behaved beautifully, even though Paddington was being a little bit naughty.
Here is a link to the event. The children had an amazing time!
