BENSHAM MANOR School – Ecclesbourne Road, Croydon

Latest Updates

Update : 1st June 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Please see the link below for a new letter from our Headteacher.

Thank You

Update : 1st June 2020

Our Speech and Language Therapist Tara has created a wonderful interactive space for our pupils to explore. Click on the link below to access.

Tara's Therapy Space

Update : 26th May 2020

Croydon Council have produced some letters from their education department thanking everyone for their continued efforts during this unusual time. There is a letter for parents of SEN pupils and a letter for Young people. Please download them from the links below.

Thank you

For Parents

For Young People

Update : 18th May 2020

Octavo Partnership have released a leaflet detailing their Educational Psychology Service to Parents and carers in Croydon. Please download the leaflet below. There are also some other documents you may find useful in the second link.

Parent Advice Line Flyer

Regarding Week beginning 1st June 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

If you are a Key worker and require a space for your child week beginning 1st June please email [email protected] by Wednesday 20th May at 12 noon. Please note all requests for places are to be made on a weekly basis until further notice.

Thanks

Fiona Robinson Headteacher

Update : 14th May 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Please see the link below for a new letter from our Headteacher.

Thank You

A Letter from the Headteacher - 14th May

From our Staff - 14th May

5th May 2020

Here are some fantastic examples of work and comments that Bensham Manor students have been doing during the lockdown and sharing with us. They have bought lots of smiles and joy for us during this time. We are so proud of our student’s attitudes and achievements during lockdown. We thought it would be really lovely to share with the Bensham Manor School community. We would also like to thank parents who have been working very hard at home and doing a fantastic job home-schooling. We hope to see you all back at school very soon.

Poems by our Pupils

Year 7
Year 8 - Poem 1

A year 8’s lovely warm poem

When This is over

When this is over I would like to go to school

Or maybe I would like to swim in the pool

I would like to play with my cousin peace

Or hop on a plane to New York

I would like to play in the sunshine

And have a fun time

When this lockdown is over

I will wonder

What I will do with my friends.
Year 8 - Poem 2

Coronavirus…GET LOST!

I HATE living life in lockdown

No work, no school, no play

I want to SCREEEAAAM at the top of my voice

EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!

I miss my friends and teacher Helen

Bananas are great but… I HATE MELON

I avoid it at all costs

Here’s a message to coronavirus…GET LOST!

Written by a year 8 student
Year 9

A year 9 student’s poem – we all loved this.

My Coronavirus Lockdown experience

I miss going to school

I miss my friends and the teachers

So this Coronavirus has caused all these

But I have planted seeds

I have cared for them

I have watered them and letting them get the sun

They are growing big

This Coronavirus has taught me to always wash my hands

Stay home and save lives

Oh dear, so many people are dying

But I have learnt to say thank you to the NHS by clapping for the doctors and nurses

Staying home has been fun because I do PE with Joe on YouTube to make me strong and healthy.
Year 10 - Poem 1

A Year 10’s clever lockdown poem – clearly missing everyone.

When this is over

O how I cannot wait for the lockdown to be over.

To see all my friends and classmates.

Oh I will gladly say hello to everyone, ask them how they are.

With a big big smile on my face welcoming them back.

Oh how I missed my friends.

Would I scream or give them a hug

To show how glad we are all to be back and see each other.

How I dream to be back at school.

Oh what a long days the lockdown has been.

Long queues at shops just to buy things.

Oh the time I would be back and playing football with my friends.

Oh what a wonderful life that would be

Going back to school and being together with my friends.

When this is over
Year 10 - Poem 2

A year 10 student’s heartfelt poem

Catch up with my mates and have a talk
Or even have a little walk

Go to the zoo with my crew

Get a job become a wrighter
OR even become so fighter

I can’t go to school
Wich is cool

I miss all my freinds
But I get loads of trends

Mabye go to star bucks
And get 2 hole cups

Play football with my mates
OR have some.cakes

Mabye go to the cinema
And see some one familiar

Mabye be some one famouse
Or do a stunt that is Dangerous

The end

A Message from our Staff to our Pupils

27th April - A Welcome from our new Deputy.

Free School Meals Update

If your financial situation has changed due to the recent Covid-19 outbreak then you may now be entitled to free school meals.
Please visit Croydon.gov.uk and search free school meals for more information.
If your entitlement has changed and you are now entitled to free school meals please let us know at [email protected]

Previous Updates

24th April - Headteacher Letter

Update : 24th April 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Please see the link below for a new letter from our Headteacher.

Click Here

Thank You
21st April - Free School Meals Update

Dear Parents and Carers

IF you are entitled to Free School Meals you will have received another voucher today. Please check your junk mail if you have not received it yet. These vouchers are for IN-STORE shopping only and cannot be used online. They are for use at Tesco only. If you have any issues please email [email protected]

Thanks

Fiona Robinson Headteacher
20th-24th April 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Due to the ongoing situation with Covid-19 the school will remain closed next week. I will be assessing the viability of opening the school on a week by week basis. The safety of the entire Bensham Manor community is my primary concern. We will be in touch with families who are entitled to free school meals regarding additional vouchers, which we will be emailing out.

Teachers will continue to set work and will be emailing this directly to students. Please encourage and support your child to access their emails.

Teachers will be accessing their emails so if you want to contact them you can do so via email.

There are lots of useful links on the website to help you to continue to support your child.

If you have any questions or queries please contact me via the school office website – [email protected]

Please keep safe and well.

Fiona Robinson Headteacher
14th April 2020
3rd April 2020
27th March 2020

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Parents and Carers in keeping Bensham Manor pupils at home, we are announcing that the School will be closed from 4p.m on Friday 27^th March to all pupils and staff until further notice.

We would like to thank everyone involved in ensuring the school can close its doors, thus protecting all of our community and enabling everyone to remain safe and follow government guidelines during this unprecedented time.

The school will remain closed during the Easter break as previously notified but the school will provide updates via this website and Kidwizz during this period so please do check back regularly. If you have any queries please contact the school at [email protected] or via Kidwizz.

Please keep safe and well.

Fiona Robinson
Pupils Entitiled to Free School Meals

UPDATE: 7th April 2020 – All Parents eligible should now have received a QR code which can now be used in stores.

For all other information please see Original Message below.

Dear Parents,

The DFE has introduced a voucher scheme for parents whose children receive free school meals. The voucher is an E-Voucher and can only be used online. This is a DFE scheme and therefore the school does not have control over this. All parents who have children on Free School Meals should have received an email yesterday with their unique E-voucher code which is valid for 1 year from the 4th April 2020.

The school is aware there are not many delivery slots for parents to shop online, but the DFE have stated that supermarkets will be opening up more delivery slots in due course.

Many thanks
Bensham Manor School

Please remember the voucher is valid from 04.04.2020 to 04.04.2021.
Safeguarding over the coming weeks

The next few weeks are going to be a difficult time for you all. We take the safeguarding of our pupils seriously and this includes those that are staying at home during this period. Staff will be in phone contact on a regular basis to check in with pupils and their families. If you have a safeguarding concern then please contact school direct or email using

[email protected]

There are some useful links on the right for Safeguarding and a recommended structure for all those undertaking the school day outside the building.
e-Learning

Every pupil at Bensham Manor School has access to email and links to online learning services, primarily accessed through

https://www.bensham.net

More information can be found in our E-Learning at Bensham Manor Letter, attached opposite. If you find you encounter an issue with a login, please email

[email protected]

stating your childs name and the site they were having difficulty with and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible. We will update the bensham.net homepage with more links as they become available. Please note that many links provided may only work if your child is logged in using their @bensham.net email.

Latest Updates

Update : 1st June 2020

Update : 1st June 2020

Update : 26th May 2020

Update : 18th May 2020

Regarding Week beginning 1st June 2020

Update : 14th May 2020

From our Staff - 14th May

5th May 2020

Poems by our Pupils

A Message from our Staff to our Pupils

27th April - A Welcome from our new Deputy.

Free School Meals Update

Previous Updates

Update : 24th April 2020

[email protected]

https://www.bensham.net

[email protected]