Welcome to Berkley School Website
Berkley School is a successful small rural school known for its caring ethos. It provides an idyllic environment for children’s physical, intellectual, spiritual, moral and social development. It is important to us all at Berkley to work as a team and we are all proud of our Berkley community. We hope our website gives you a flavour of who we are and what we do and provides you with a valuable source of information.
“In our school and within the love of God, we care, enjoy, celebrate, aspire and learn together”.
NEWS FLASH
Half Term
February 16th - 24th
Vacancies in Year 3 and 4
Christian value this term - HOPE
Check out the new Christian Value Challenge under curriculum for our spring term 2019
Key Information
Please find links to key information about the school.
Upcoming Calendar
Upcoming Events and Dates for the Diary. Somerset School Term Dates can also be found in our virtual office.
This Week
- All Day, 18 February, 2019 – 22 February, 2019 – Half Term
- All Day, 25 February, 2019 – 1 March, 2019 – Green Week
- All Day, 26 February, 2019 – Swimming KS1 (Year 1 & 2)
- All Day, 26 February, 2019 – WOW Day
- 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm, 26 February, 2019 – KS2 (Badgers & Owls) Drop in
Don’t Forget
- All Day, 25 February, 2019 – New Menu Starts Week 2
- 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, 4 March, 2019 – Parents Evening
- 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, 7 March, 2019 – Parents Evening
Bulletin Board
Holiday Activities
Click here igsportscoaching.co.uk and check out the event-calendar to see our exciting range of School holiday Activities held at Selwood Academy and organised
by I G Sports Coaching
FBS Web Site
Click here www.berkleyfbs.co.uk and check out our upcoming fundraising events and sign up for any support and help you can give.
School Magazine!
Look out for more fab reporting. Did you all find the Berkley Bunny!
Our Virtual Tour
Created by our very own School Council
OUTSTANDING
This is an outstanding school, where pupils achieve exceptionally well. Pupils greatly enjoy school and their behaviour and attitudes are exemplary. They feel extremely safe and adopt exceptionally healthy lifestyles. Pupils contribute very well to the local community, with the school being very much part of that community. Care, guidance and support are also outstanding, with the welfare of its pupils being a high priority of the school
The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the school as a church school is outstanding
The pursuit of excellence is both tangible and profound and evident at all levels of leadership. The Christian vision and values result in outstanding performance and academic achievement, impacting directly on personal development and well-being.
Our Classes
Find out about our classes and see what goes on inside the classroom by clicking on the animals below.
Squirrels
Squirrel class has children from Year One and Year Two. The class is taught by Mrs Hooper and Mrs Powrie (Mrs Hardwick is on maternity leave)
Badgers
Badger class is at the top of the field next to the play trail. It has children from Year Three. The class is taught by Mr Banton.
We aim to give your child/children a secure, happy, successful and stimulating time while they are with us. We very much believe in the maxim
‘Each Child is my Child’
Steve Kirby, Headteacher
Safeguarding our Children
This school is committed to Safeguarding and Child Protection and aims to promote our pupils’ welfare, safety, health and guidance by fostering an honest, open caring and supportive climate. Our pupils’ welfare is of paramount importance.
E Safety at Berkley
We have a very active E-Safety Committee with governors, staff, parents and pupil representatives. The committee meet every term to evaluate and develop safe working practices in school for pupils, staff and parents in relation to E-Safety.
Our School Development Plan
Berkley C of E First School is dedicated to being a place where each child enjoys attending, each member of staff enjoys working and each parent feels justly proud of the school’s achievements.
School Mailing List
Join the school mailing list for important updates!
Please sign up to the school mailing list to receive notifications about activities as well as alerts about important or unscheduled events. Once you sign up, your email address has to be approved. Your email address is only used for school related purposes.
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Our Latest News & Events
Click the images to find out what we have been up to in and around school
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Snow day
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Thank you to our FBS
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Christingle
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Berkley Bans Bullies
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Remembrance
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Children Rock out at Berkley Song – Listen to our Song!
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Community Day 2018
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Whole School Trip to Weymouth Beach
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Squirrels Class go into business!
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Squirrels Outside Area
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Well Dressing
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Wow Day – A Monster?
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Congratulations!
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Our Wow Day – Global Awareness
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April Family Service
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Residential Year 4 – Mill on The Brue
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Digital Leaders
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Exploring Literacy through Drama
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E-Safety Workshop and E-Safety Day 2018
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School Library







