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Term Dates
SPRING TERM 2024
Begins: Tuesday 9th January
Ends: Tuesday 26th March
Half Term: Monday, 12th February – Friday, 16th February (inclusive)
Monday, 8th January – Staff Inset Day
Friday, 9th February (no school): Staff Inset Day
SUMMER TERM 2024
Begins: Thursday 18th April
Ends: Thursday 4th July
Half Term: Monday, 27th May – Friday, 31st May (inclusive)
Wednesday, 17th April – Staff Inset Day
Early May Bank Holiday – Monday, 6th May (no school)
New September Intake ‘Welcome Day’ – Friday, 24th May (no school)
The school reserves the right to change dates at short notice
AUTUMN TERM 2024
Staff Inset Days Thursday , 5th and Friday, 6th September (no school)
Dates of term Monday, 9th September – Thursday, 12th December
Half Term: Thursday, 24th October – Friday, 1st November (inclusive)
Staff Inset Day Wednesday, 23rd October (no school)
SPRING TERM 2025
Staff Inset Day Tuesday, 7th January
Dates of term Wednesday, 8th January – Friday, 28th March
Half Term: Monday, 17th February – Friday, 21st February (inclusive)
Staff Inset Day Friday, 14th February (no school):
SUMMER TERM 2025
Staff Inset Day - Wednesday, 23rd April
Dates of term Thursday, 24th April – Wednesday, 9th July
Early May Bank Holiday – Monday, 5th May (no school)
New September Intake ‘Welcome Day’ – Friday, 23rd May (no school)
Half Term : Monday, 26th May – Friday, 30th May (inclusive)
Job Opportunities
We have a job vacancy. Please contact ambtrue@barnesmontessori.co.uk
World Book Day 2023
Books, books, books!
World Book Day is a charity event which is celebrated on the first Thursday in March in the UK and Ireland. It was first celebrated in 1998.
The advantages of reading with children are many. Benefits include comfort and reassurance, confidence and security, relaxation, happiness and fun. Reading to children boosts their brain development, attention span, creativity and your bond.
A child read to every day will have been exposed to an estimated 1.4 million words more than those that aren’t read to by the time they are 5!
Montessori said that children, once they have developed a love of books, ‘can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading’.
The children (and staff) came in a favourite character costume. We all had great fun, laughter and LOTS of reading!
The children were asked to bring in a photo of them being read to in different places, eg. Under the kitchen table, in a den, in the bath, or shopping trolley etc. One of the many beauties of reading is that it can happen anywhere. We put together a collage for all to enjoy.
