9 years ago
Posted on 14th Dec 2017 by Admin

SCHOOL CLOSED FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER

We regret to inform you that the engineers have been unable to repair our heating system and are unable to provide sufficient heat to the school and nursery so we have no option than to remain closed on Friday 15th December.

We are aware that the children may have things in school that they may need over the Christmas break e..g Christmas jumpers, wellies etc so some staff will be in school from 3:00 until 4:00 on Friday afternoon to allow you to collect your child’s belongings if you wish.

Thank you again for your understanding and continued support.

Mrs Johnson.

9 years ago
Posted on 13th Dec 2017 by Admin

SCHOOL CLOSURE 14TH DECEMBER 2017

We regret to inform you that the Local Authority have been unable to repair our heating today, therefore we have no option than to remain closed on Thursday 14th December.

The engineers are doing everything possible, but at this moment we cannot guarantee being open on Friday 15th December.

The Christmas Concert, which was due to be held on Thursday evening will unfortunately have to be postponed.

The carol service for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at Barnabas is still going ahead this evening at 7pm.

We will keep you posted via the school website and the council website.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Mrs Johnson.

9 years ago
Posted on 13th Dec 2017 by Admin

Emergency Closure – Wednesday 13th

We are closing at 1:00 pm today, Wednesday 13th, as we do not have heating or hot water. We are still serving school lunch and you can pick your child up at any time before then. If we are unable to get the heating back on for tomorrow, we will put a post on the school website and the Council website to let you know.

We thank you for your support during what has been a very challenging week!

9 years ago
Posted on 12th Dec 2017 by Admin

Fire Service Carol Service

Please could the choir children who received a letter about the Fire Service Carol Service please ensure they bring their permission slips back tomorrow so we can confirm numbers.

Thank you.

9 years ago
Posted on 12th Dec 2017 by Admin

Wednesday 13th December

We will be open on Wednesday as normal, however Breakfast Club will be starting at 8:00am to allow us time to grit the car park and paths again if necessary. Please take extra care entering and exiting the school site.

Children may bring wellies incase we get chance to go out on the field at lunchtime.

It is Christmas lunch tomorrow and Sue has asked that all monies can be paid up to date tomorrow, please.

Thank you.

Mrs Johnson.

9 years ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2017 by Admin

SCHOOL & NURSERY CLOSED TUESDAY 12TH

After speaking to some of our governors and following guidance received from Shropshire Council, Bicton School and Nursery will be closed on Tuesday 12th December. Although several staff and volunteers have spent several hours this morning attempting to clear the site as much as possible, we cannot guarantee the safety of families and staff travelling to and from the site. We have therefore made the decision now, to allow parents sufficient time to make other arrangements.

The Christmas concert (Classes 3,4,5) on Tuesday evening is also cancelled.

Thank you

9 years ago
Posted on 10th Dec 2017 by Admin

SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY 11th

Due to the adverse weather conditions, School and Nursery will be closed on Monday 11th December and will reopen on Tuesday 12th December.

The Nativity on Monday evening at Bicton Church is also cancelled.

Thank you

9 years ago
Posted on 10th Dec 2017 by Admin

More Snow Forecast – Procedures for Monday morning

We are sure parents are aware that there is very heavy disruptive snow predicted for most of Sunday and this may affect our ability to open on Monday. We will let parents know as soon as possible either during Sunday or on Monday morning if the school will be closed.

Could we please remind you to listen to BBC Radio Shropshire (96FM) for up to date information on school closures or check the BBC Radio Shropshire site www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire or the Shropshire Council site www.shropshire.gov.uk

Thank you

Snow and Bad Weather Policy and Procedures November 2017

9 years ago
Posted on 09th Dec 2017 by Admin

Class 3 Weekly Update

English: This week we have been revising conjunctions. The Year 2 children have been using the subordinate conjunctions ‘when’ ‘if’ and ‘because’ in their writing and the Year 3 children have been learning about subordinate clauses – how to identify them, where they can be put in sentences and how to punctuate them. We have also done some independent writing this week, where the children wrote a diary explaining everything they were looking forward to about the pantomime.

Maths: We have continued our fraction work this week. The Year 2 children have been identifying unit fractions (halves, thirds and quarters) in different images and representations whereas the Year 3 children have been identifying non-unit fractions (two thirds, three fifths etc) in different images and representations. All the children have been developing their reasoning skills this week as they have been challenged to explain how they know their answers are right.

Art: The children completed their planet art work this week that linked to our science work.

RE: We talked about the part in the nativity story where the wise men bring gifts to Jesus. We then spent some time thinking about the gifts we could give each other at Christmas – thinking of gifts which don’t cost money – love, joy etc.

This week has also consisted of rehearsals for our Christmas Concert as well as a fantastic morning out at the pantomime.

Please note that new spellings haven’t been set for next week. This is because we didn’t get round to doing the spelling test on Friday so we will roll those spellings over to next week. Children have not been set homework for next week either as I am aware that the Christmas Concert is taking up two evenings.

9 years ago
Posted on 08th Dec 2017 by Admin

Weekly News 08.12.17

U11s Football Success

Well done to the Year 5/6 boys who played in the U11s football tournament on Wednesday evening. They topped their group, winning 2, drawing one and losing just one match, and will now progress to the next round after Christmas.

Choir Events

Well done to all the children in the choir who have performed so well in recent events. I heard they sounded amazing this morning at the Co-op and they were a credit to our school last week at Adcote School. Just a reminder that some children in the choir have been asked to sing at St Chad’s on Monday morning and also at the Fire Service Carol Service next Wednesday evening.

Christmas Performances

With the early closure today, because of the adverse weather conditions, we were not able to send the letter out regarding the arrangements for next week. Children need to be at school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5:15pm please. The doors will open at 5:15 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and FOBs will be serving refreshments before the concert and during the interval on each evening. They will also be selling raffle tickets for the hampers at the Nativity in Church and the concerts in the school hall.

Snow Closure

Please keep an eye on the website on Sunday and Monday as we may have to close school if the weather conditions pose a risk to parents driving to and from school and also if a number of staff are unable to travel to school. We know that many parents struggled to get to school today for the early closure and some staff took in excess of 3 hours to get home. We will consider all the factors before making a decision whether to open on Monday, and also if we need to close early, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and support. Please see below for further information.

Snow and Bad Weather Policy and Procedures November 2017

Please can children bring wellies to school on Monday (Class 1 have wellies already) as the children will be able to go on the field to enjoy the snow, if we are open.

Finally…

On behalf of all the staff, thank you for your support this week. It has been a very busy week and the children have been a credit to our school whilst the Ofsted inspectors were with us and also when we visited the pantomime. Our Ofsted report will be published after Christmas.

Thank you

Mrs Johnson and staff