BOUTCHER SCHOOL
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
21st November 2025
Dates For The Diary
​Monday 24th November
INSET DAY – SCHOOL CLOSED
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​Tuesday 25th November
School photographs 9:00 – sibling & individual
Gardening club 3:30 - 4:30
KS1 Drama club - 3:30 - 4:45
Y3/4 French club - 3:30 - 4:45
Y3/4 Art in the Forest Garden club - 3:30 - 4:45
Y5 Cooking club – 3:30 – 4:45
KS2 Board games club - 3:30 - 4:45
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​Wednesday 26th November
Y1 Homework club 3:30 - 4:45
Y2 Dance club 3:30 - 4:45
Y3/4 Dance club - 3:30 - 4:45
KS2 Sport & fitness - 3:30 - 4:30
KS2 Homework club 3:30 - 4:45
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​Thursday 27th November
School tours - Reception intake 2026 - 10:00
Y1 Dance club 3:30 - 4:45
Y2 Homework club 3:30 - 4:45
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​Friday 28th November
Y6 Art Day
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Pick of the Bunch
Rec - Isaiah
Year 1 - Reign
Year 2 - Eliana
Year 3 - Blythe
Year 4 - Matilda
Year 5 - Victoria
Playground Awards
Rec - Rocky
Year 1 - Lucas D
Year 3 - Andrea
Year 4 - Josie
Year 4 - Ibrahim
Year 5 - Victoria
Presentation Awards
Rec - Jaylaa
Year 1 - Cai
Year 2 - Amirah
Year 3 - Christopher
Year 4 - Jotham
Year 5 - Rofiu
100% Spelling
​​Year 4 – Dennie, Olivia, Alma, Evan, Jack, Jotham, Sebastian, Tias, Nephele, Nathan, Ahmed, Maryam, Stephen, Nyriah-Jae
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Year 5 – Anas, Rufus, Rofiu, Eleanor, Harsh, Aamira, Evangeline, Imelda, Chali, Dibabari, Harold​
Boutcher Family
The BLUE Boutcher family won this week with 224 points.
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1st Peace Blue 224 pts
2nd Honesty Green 214 pts
3rd Hope Yellow 184 pts
4th Love Red 180 pts
Notices
A reminder that Monday 24th November is INSET day and SCHOOL IS CLOSED ON THE DAY
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If your child is absent for reasons other than illness, please complete all homework including daily reading and TTRS/Numbots.
Made in Southwark Christmas Fair
Saturday November 29th at St Mary Magdalen Church, Bermondsey Street 2:00pm to 5:00 pm
Made in Bermondsey - a celebration of local work and the opportunity to stock up on handmade items for Christmas gifting made by our talented children in the Boutcher Family. Please see letter handed out 21st November with flyer attached
CASH ONLY PLEASE - BRING PLENTY OF CHANGE
Attendance week commencing 17/11/25
School attendance (class % and no. of children with 100% attendance for the week)
Rec - 88.03% 23 of 31
Y1 - 89.09% 22 of 30
Y2 - 84.15% 20 of 27
Y3 - 92.94% 23 of 28
Y4 - 89.01% 24 of 32
Y5 - 90.91% 22 of 28
Y6 - 92.21% 21 of 29
Whole school attendance (Government expectation 97%) at 89.46%
Highest attendance Y3 at 92.94%
Lowest Attendance Y2 at 84.15%
KS2 Weekly Junior comments
Last week was Remembrance Week, a time when we reflect on the people - past and present - who have served in war.
If you could design your own Remembrance symbol, what would it look like and why?
Elsa (Year 6)
If I could design a sign it would be a candle. The base would represent the people who stayed strong during the war, keeping the candle up. The base also represents the bravery of those who fought in the war and reading war horse shows how hard it was during war. The flame represents a flicker of hope helping to keep soldiers strong.
Nephele (Year 4)
I would design my badge based on the original poppy but I would add the following words on three of its petals: "PEACE, SAFETY, RESPECT. On the green leaves I would have a war helmet picture to symbolise the fallen soldiers. I choose the poppy because those were the first plants to grow on the battlefields of France and Belgium after the end of the First World War. Since then the poppy became a symbol of life continuing after the sorrowful times of the war.
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