We will be raising money for Save the Children Fund this Friday 13th December by wearing our winter  clothes. Please donate on the gates.  

Our Christmas lunch will be provided to all children tomorrow. Please be assured that if your chooses to have a packed lunch they will still be provided with a Christmas cracker.  

Join us to watch year 2 and their Pirate performance. The children have been working incredibly hard so come along and support them. 

Come and join us on Saturday 7th December for our winter fair. Join the fun, buy a mince pie or two, win some amazing prizes and help raise funds for the school.

Well done to the F@B team. Diwali was fabulous in the nature garden on Friday. Thanks to everyone for their hard work.

Each year at Bessemer Grange we collect food (tinned and packets) for harvest festival. In the past we have donated all food collected to the Salvation Army and local food banks. This year we will be collecting food, toiletries, nappies and wipes for Southwark Foodbank and the Salvation Army to support those who are experiencing […]

Due to unforseen circumstance the exhibition will have to be cancelled this evening, we have rescheduled it to next Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th October from 3.30 – 5.00pm. We apologise for any inconvienince caused.  

We have decided to send the Christmas card template home to you this year to complete as a suggested homework activity. Once you have completed the card design (on the blank side of the order form) , simply complete the order form, attach payment and hand it into the office by 9am on Friday 18th […]

Hi all  Please note the parent workshop for year 2/3 has changed date to 18.10.19 Thanks

Our new academic year class pages will be published this Friday 13th September. Keep an eye on your child’s class page to see what they have been up to in the first few days of school.

Welcome back everyone, we hope you have had a great first few days. Please remember to look on our website for all letters and exciting news.

Year 6 will be travelling to Bournemouth on Monday 24th June for a few days. Make sure you look at our school Twitter feed to see what they have been up to.

Join us for a celebration in the year 5 and 6 playground from 3.30pm on Friday 14th June.

Please remember we are closed to the pupils on May 23rd and 24th as we have an inset day and are closed as a polling station.

We are still in desperate need of your recycled plastic. Please please please continue to collect and deposit your recycled good in our blue bins. If you are free please join us on Monday 3rd June at 9.15am  to sort the collected plastic ready for the children to use during carnival! If you are able […]

We have been invited to perform at Dulwich Hamlet Primary school on Thursday 4th April. We cant wait to perform as a choir to a wider audience! 

Join us on Friday for our yearly egg hunt and cake sale in the nature garden. Grab something sweet for the holiday. 3.30pm in the year 5 and 6 playground.

Next week is Science Week. The theme this year is Journeys, particularly those that take place in space! On Thursday14th March , our PTA will be running the Bessemer Science Fair in the top hall between 3:30-5:00pm. During this time, you will be able to see germs through a microscope, check your blood pressure, make […]

We will be raising money for Red Nose Day on Friday 15th March. Please help support this worthy cause by donating £1 and wearing your pyjamas to school. We will be selling red noses in the office for £1.25 so look out! www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday

Just to let you all know that Thursday 7th March is World Book Day 2019. There will be various book activities going on during the week for different year groups.  On Monday 4th March we also have an author called Judy Skidmore visiting Nursery, Reception and KS1 and Year 5. After school on the 4th, she will be […]

Year 6 performance at this year’s percussion festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Why not visit our music page for more great music videos and galleries.

Today is Safer Internet Day. Look out for our tweets later to find out what we have been up to. Take a look with your children at the follwoing web sites and help them to stay safe online! https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2019 

Our nursery is now full for this academic year. If you require a place for September 2019 or January 2020 please complete an application form before May 1st 2019.  Thanks 

Please join us on Tuesday 15th January at 9.15am to find out about the year 2 SATs tests.

From all staff and children at Bessemer we wish you a happy holiday. Please remember we close on Friday 21st December at 2pm. Children return on Tuesday January 8th.

Please make sure you have your tickets and are ready for our winter performances! Thursday 13th 10am – Reception Nativity Friday 14th 1.30pm – Reception Nativity  Monday 17th 10am and 2pm – Year 2 performance Tuesday 18th – Nursery Carols Wednesday 19th 3pm – Year 1 Carol Sing Along Wednesday 19th 5 – 6pm year […]

Final Clubs Monday 26th November Tuesday 4th December Wednesday 5th December Thursday 29th November

This week is road safety week. The children will learn how to stay safe when walking to school. They will learn about the dangers of crossing the road, where to look and what to do. Please support your child with this by reminding them at home. on Friday we will close the street for a […]

Join us on Monday 19th November at 9.15am – 10.15am to find out about English in year 5 and 6. On Friday 23rd come and hear about English is year 3 and 4 from 9.15am – 10.15am in the lower hall.  

This year we will be collecting non perishable goods such as tinned and packet foods, toiletries, nappies and wipes for Southwark Food bank. Please help us by donating what you can. To celebrate our efforts year 1 – 6 will be performing two harvest songs in the KS1 playground on Friday 19th October at 3.10pm.

We are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday and Wednesday, please be prompt for your appointment and call if you are unable to attend. 

Join us on Tuesday 9th from 3.30 – 7.30pm and Wednesday 10th October from 3.30 – 5pm to see this years art exhibition. This years theme is animals. You will be able to purchase the children’s original prints, bags and postcards from as little as £9. We look forward to seeing you in the top […]

Join us on Monday 1st October at 9.15am in the lower hall to find out how you can support your child at home with their mathematics. 

Join us on Tuesday 25th September at 9.15am. Find out how to support your child at home with their mathematics. 

Join us on Friday 21st September just after 9am in the lower hall to find out how you can help your child with their phonics and reading at home.

Dear all, After School activity clubs begin this week. Please collect your child from the dinner hall exit which is through the red gate near to the office. Your child will be taken to this exit when their club has finished. Please help your child by taking any scooters/ bikes to the main gate and […]

We hope you have had a great summer. School will be open for the children on Wednesday 5th September. We look forward to seeing you all.

Thanks to everyone who came to carnival on Friday. Please take a look at the carnival page on our website to see some of the amazing photos. http://bessemergrangeprimary.co.uk/carnival/

Year 6 will be leaving us very soon but before they go they will perform in their end of year show Cinderella Rockafella. Join us on Monday 16th July at 2 and 6pm. Year 6 Leavers assembly will take place on Thursday 19th July at 2pm and their Disco will take place at 6pm in […]

Please join us on the field for our sports day; Tuesday 17th July -YR 4,5,6 9.15AM – 12.30 Tuesday 17th July – YR 1,2,3 – 1.00 – 3.15PM Wednesday 18th July – Early Years 11 – 2.30AM 

Come and join us on Friday 13th July at 2pm, see our incredible artwork. Watch our dance and have a boogie at the carnival after party!

We are looking forward to a jam packed Bike Week this week. Remember the only year groups that need to bring their bike to school are children in year 1 and 2. The mechanic team will be in on Wednesday so make sure your bike is labelled and brought to school by 8am so our […]

Please remember we are closed on Thursday 3rd May as the school will be a Polling Station.

 Year 2 will sit their tests over two weeks from Monday 30th April. Please look at the calendar on the school website for further information or ask Miss Elizabeth Bullock. Year 6 will sit their tests each morning during the week of the 14th May, details regarding these tests will be sent out later this […]

F@B are excited to announce the launch of the Silver Smaties fundraising competition. F@B will be selling tubes of Nestle Smarties for 30p at the Easter Egg hunt and Cake Sale on Thursday 29th March. The idea is you buy a tube of Smarties, write your name and class on the empty tube, then eat […]

Join us in the nature garden and year 5/6 playground on Thursday 29th February at 2pm for a eggstravaganza egg hun and cake sale. If you wish to donate any cakes for the sale please drop them into the school office on Thursday morning, please remember we a re a nut free school!

Well done to everyone who raised money today during the fun run or aerobic session. Dont forget if you have not sponsored your child you can donate via our donation page https://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/rebeccabenjamins3149780. Thanks 

The week beginning   19th March will be Science Week.  The theme for this year’s British Science Week is exploration and discovery, encouraging children to think about everyday discoveries and how they affect their lives by exploring science in the world all around us.  Over the week your child will be taking part in some exciting […]

Dont forget to dress up as your favourite book character on Thursday 1st March. To help us raise some money for books we are asking everyone who dresses up for a volentry donation of £1. Please give any donations to the office or your childs class teacher.  Remember to take part in the exciting book […]

All after school activity clubs resume on Tuesday 20th February. Please ensure your child is reminded. Thanks

Welcome back, the term begins with our tutorial day. If you are unable to attend your meeting please ensure you call the office. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday 19th February.   

Come and join us to see what we get up to in Early Years. On Friday 26th January we will be holding a maths celebration Day. Doors will be open from 9.15am – 10.15am.

Look out for information and workshops to help keep your child safe online. Have a look at the NSPCC website for more information. NSPCC

Join us at 11.45am in the top hall on Wednesday 24th January and listen to the year 3 recorder players.

We would all like to wish you all a happy holiday and look forward to seeing you all in the new year on Wednesday 3rd January 2018. Please remember school finished at 2pm on Wednesday 20th December.   

Please see the dates below for all winter performances, we look forward to seeing you all! Wednesday 13th December 2.30pm – Nursery Carol Concert  Thursday 14th December 2-3pm – Reception Nativity Performance Friday 15th December – 10 – 11am – Reception Nativity Performance Friday 15th December – 2 – 3pm – Year 2 Winter Performance […]

We will be having our Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 13th December. Children will enjoy a traditional Christmas meal with a festive cracker!

We will be raising money for Save the Children Uk on Wednesday 13th December. We are asking that everyone dresses in something wintery. This can be a festive jumper, snowman tights, tinsel around the head, home made antlers or a wooly hat! We will be asking for donations to take part and there will be […]

Join us for our winter fair this Saturday 9th December from 12 – 3pm. Come and find that extra Christmas gift, meet a special guest have your face painted and loads more!

We are looking forward to our school pantomime tomorrow and Thursday 7th. Please come to the top hall for a prompt 3.45pm start. 

Take a look at our big draw video. Children from year 1 – 6 draw portraits of each other throughout the day creating a gigantic piece of art. 

Help us collect tinned and packet food to donate to The Salvation Army to support local food banks and soup kitchens. Join us on Friday 20th at 3.15pm in a harvest singalong. 

Join us throughout the week in our big drawing celebration of the year. We will be working with living lines, creating animations and completing an enormous drawing. Look out for images and videos on our class pages and twitter feed.

Join us and help raise some money for Cancer Research. Wear the colours red, orange, black and grey on Friday 13th October. Sponsor your child and help raise vital funds to support this worthy charity.  

Please don’t forget we are closed to the children on Monday 16th October due to staff training.

Join us in the top hall on Tuesday 10th October from 3.30 – 7pm and Wednesday 11th October from 8.30am – 9am and 3.30 – 5pm to see our amazing art exhibition.

Well done to the children that took part in our road safety competition. Take a look at the finalists in the gallery. Winners will be announced soon and posters will be displayed to encourage parents to park and collect their children safely!          

Join us this week to find out how you can support your child at home. Workshops take place in the lower hall from 9.15am – 10.15am. Thursday 21st – Year 1 – English Workshop Friday 22nd – Reception – Reading and Phonics Workshop

Please remember your child needs to be wearing full school uniform on Thursday for their individual photos.

We hope you have had a lovely holiday and we are looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 6th September. 

School finishes for the holidays on Friday 21st September. The new Autumn term begins on Wednesday 6th September. Have a safe and happy summer!

Join us on Friday 14th July at 2pm as we parade the streets in full animal costume! Our carnival this year is themed around the animal kingdom so look out for giant lions, extraordinary chameleons, thirty-five ladybirds and butterflies, about one hundred and eighty fish and loads more. 

Join us on Saturday 8th July  from 12 – 3pm for fun filled games, amazing food including a BBQ, great stalls selling homemade products and loads more. If you want to get involved speak to one of our F@B representatives or ask at the office for more information.

Join us on the field for this years Sports Day, Please use the KS1 gate to gain access to the field. Thursday 6th July 9.30 – 12.30 – Year 3,4,5,6 Friday 7th July 1 – 3.30pm – Year 1 and 2 Wednesday July 19th 9 – 12

Join us this week to celebrate National School Sports and Health Week. Come along to one of early morning fitness sessions, enter our healthy eating competition and enjoy the Intra school football competition.  

Look out for information about our Bike and Healthy week which will begin on Monday 22nd May.

Join us in the nature garden on Friday 24th April at 3.30pm. Help us find the hidden eggs, buy some freshly made cakes and raise some valuable funds to support the purchase of a few new chickens!

Please remember to wear your pyjamas THIS FRIDAY 24TH MARCH. Bring a donation to school and pop it in the tin in the office. Lets see how much we can raise! For more information please look at the red nose day website RED NOSE DAY

Next week is science week at Bessemer. Have a go at the homework project and try and make your own lava lamp. We will be experimenting and having fun with science over the next week. Join us on Thursday to take a look at what your children have been up to at our school science […]

Bessemer is taking part in the Big Pedal. To join in just cycle or scoot to school each day for the next two weeks. Simply collect a token at the gate, lock your bike or scooter away and pop your token into the box in your classroom. If your parents or siblings ride or scoot […]

On March 2nd we will be celebrating world book day. We will be visited by authors, creating character costumes and reading new books. Join in with the fun and read your favourite childhood story to your child! Take a look at the world book day website to find out about exciting book activities and competitions […]

Come and join us on Friday 24th February for our first play street of this term. Enjoy a car free street for the evening and play safely. Try some of our new games and meet the school councillors.

Monday 20th February is tutorial day at Bessemer. Please ensure you arrive promptly for your appointment. If you are unable to attend please call the school office to cancel. All appointments have been recorded on the school website. Thanks  

Come and join us tomorrow Wednesday 8th February between 9.45am – 10.45am or 1.30pm – 2.30pm and take a look at all of the wonderful things your children have been doing so far this term.

Join us on Wednesday 18th January at 9.15 and 5pm to find out more about the year 2 SATs tests.

Happy new year and welcome back! We hope you have had a restful break. All after school activity clubs begin next week. Please check at the office for a list of clubs. 

We wish you all a happy holiday and look forward to seeing you all in the the New Year. Please remember we close at 2pm on Wednesday 21st December. School begins for children on Wednesday 4th January and after school activity clubs begin on 9th January. 

Please look at the relevant class page and our Twitter Feed for updates and small video clips from the winter performances.

Tuesday 13th December – Early Years Nativity 10am Wednesday 14th December – Early Years Nativity 2pm Wednesday 14th December – Year 1 Sing – along 3.15pm Thursday 15th December – Year 2 Winter performance 10am Friday 16th December -Year 2 Winter performance 10am Friday 16th December – Year 3,4,5,6 Carol Concert 5.30pm at St Faiths Monday […]

School will be closed to pupils on Friday 2nd December.

Help us raise money for Children in Need. Sponsor your child to jump on the spot for two minutes. Activities will take place this Friday 18th November.

Join us on Friday 21st October at 3pm in the KS1 playground to sing a harvest song. Help us collect dried and tinned food for the Salvation Army food banks and soup kitchen. Help donate unwanted clothing for the refugees in Calais.

During the last week of term we will be taking part in the National Big Draw. Children will participate in exciting drawing activities. In the top hall we will be selling  some amazing art work created by your children in our art exhibition on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October. There will be some exciting […]

Next week is our PSHE week. Your children will be learning about air pollution and ways in which they can make a difference to the planet. Look out for posters to promote sustainable ways to travel to school!

Calling all year 6 parents – We will be holding our secondary school transfer meeting on Tuesday 27th September at 9.30am. Please come along so we can help you with secondary school applications.

All activity clubs begin this week. Please check the window at the office to find out which club your child has a place in. Have a look below to see what clubs we have on offer this year. autumn-term-after-school-club-letter

Come and find out what is happening in English lessons this year for your year 1 child. Join us on Wednesday 21st September in the lower hall at 9.15am and again in the upper hall at 5pm. Join us this Thursday 22nd September in the lower hall at 9.15am for a fantastic phonics workshop. Help […]

The Bessemer ‘Playstreet’ is back! Please join us on Friday 30th September at 3.30pm for our first ‘Playstreet’ of the year. The street outside school will be closed to cars and children will be able to play safely in the road. Ice creams, snacks and second hand uniform will be on sale. If you would […]

Please join us to learn how you can help your child at home. Thursday 15th September – Early Years – Home diaries – 9.15am and 5pm Wednesday 21st September – Year 1 – English – 9.15am and 5pm Thursday 22nd September – Early Years – Phonics – 9.15am and 5pm Wednesday 28th September – Year 2 – […]

We hope you have had a great holiday! School opens for children on Wednesday 7th September 2016.

Come and join our final play street and ice cream Friday of the year on Friday 15th July straight after carnival finishes!  

Our carnival will be held on Friday 15th July. We will leave school at approximately 2pm and parade around the local area. When we return to school we will perform our carnival dance on the field. once the performance is over we invite you to watch our films and computing presentations in the top hall. […]

We have rescheudled the KS2 sports day to Monday 11th July at 1.30pm on the field.  Lets hope the rain holds off!

Come and join us on Saturday 9th July for a day of fun and games from 12 – 3pm. The Bessemer beach is coming!

Next week Monday 20th – Friday 24th June is National School Sports and Healthy Week. There will be a range of activities taking place throughout the week, including; family fitness sessions, an intra school football match, sports days, competitions and our own version of Masterchef. Letters will be sent out later this week so look […]

Bessemer Bike week has been going incredibly well. Reception successfully completed a day of cycling on Monday, year 6 had a fantastic day at the Velodrome and today at least one hundred bikes were checked by our team of bike mechanics. Look out for more photos towards the end of the week!  

Bessemer Grange PTA has teamed up with Stamptastic (www.stamptastic.co.uk) and you can now earn money for your school when shopping on their website. They have some great products. No more ironing or sticking names into clothes. Just stamp and go. Please use the unique code BESSEMER when you order and the school will receive cash […]

Bessemer Bike week will kick off on Monday 23rd May and will include: Reception balance bike training workshops, a family bike day in Dulwich Park for year 1 and 2, visits to Herne Hill Velodrome (year 5 and 6) and Burgess park BMX track (year 3 and 4). If you are interested in helping out […]

The first Bessemer family guided bike ride will take place on Saturday May 21st. The ride will depart from the school at 10.30am and will head to Dulwich Park. The aim is to build road cycling confidence by riding as a group. Places are limited so please let the office know if you are interested.

Please find below all dates relating to the forthcoming SATs examinations. Year 2 Tuesday 10th May – Maths Paper 1 Arithmetic Wednesday 11th May – Maths Paper 2 Reasoning Thursday 12th May – Spelling Tuesday 17th May – Reading Paper 1 Wednesday 18th May – Reading Paper 2 Thursday 19th May – Punctuation, Grammar and […]

Join us on Friday 29th April and enjoy some amazing dishes from around the world. Stalls will be situated in the street outside school from 3.30pm.  

Well done to the year 4 team and children, your performance was amazing! During this term year 4 have been working incredibly hard to produce an outstanding performance based around recycling and looking after the planet. If you did not manage to see the performance please click the link below.

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow at 9am, Bessemer club is on as usual but activity clubs (including Year 6 tutoring) DO NOT start back until 18th April 2016.