Years 3 – 6 Research study

Get Involved in a National Research Study!
 
Our school is taking part in a national research study about child anxiety funded by the National Institute for Health Research.  We are hoping as many families as possible with children in Years 3 – 6 will get involved.  The research team from the University of Reading are really keen for a broad range of families to take part, including those with children who are confident, those who are anxious and those in between.   We are sending home information about the research study, together with some short questionnaires.  You can also find out more about the research, agree to take part and complete the short questionnaires here: 
 
As a way of saying thank you, the University of Reading will provide our school with £1 for each complete set of returned questionnaires (parent, child, teacher) – so it’d be great to get as many families involved as possible!

Thank you!

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you so much for all the packaging that has been donated to Class 3 to help us with our D&T project, it is very much appreciated and will be very useful!

Thank you!

Miss Barratt

New Summer topics

Our new topics this term are All Creatures Great and Small and Green fingers.  A paper copy of the areas we will be covering will be sent home tomorrow.

Please find attached a topic web displaying initial ideas for activities and learning opportunities. These activities and learning opportunities will be adapted and enhanced depending upon the interests and progress of the children.

Things to remember: 

  • Your child can bring in a named water bottle into school. There is always water available throughout the day.
  • Your child can bring in a healthy snack to eat at break time.   Fruit is provided on a daily basis in school.
  • Please provide a coat as the weather is still changeable.  This can be kept in your child’s locker.
  • We have a wellie rack outside for your child to keep a pair of named wellies in school.
  • Please make sure all clothing is clearly labelled with your child’s name, including shoes/pumps.
  • There is a green basket in the room, near the lockers. This basket is there for your child to put the home link book messages, money, messages into.
  • Any monies for school dinners etc. are to be put in a named, sealed envelope stating what the money is for.
  • Please could we ask for children to refrain from bringing in their own toys into school. Children get very upset if their toys get broken by accident or go missing!

Reading:  The children in Class 1 are making super progress, reading at  home really helps them to continue to improve.

Reading/book bags need to be in school each day. Reading takes place every day in class, whether through guided reading, group reading, shared reading or independent reading sessions. Your child will read to an adult regularly in class on a one to one basis. Children should be encouraged to read a range of materials as well as their reading scheme books, such as magazines, leaflets, newspapers etc. When you have read with your child at home, please write a comment in the reading diary.

PE Kits

Physical development takes place at least twice a week. Please could you ensure that your child has a full PE kit in their locker all week.

Tapestry

The first term of using Tapestry has gone well.  The children enjoy sharing what they have done at home and the photos that you add.  So do please keep adding to your child’s online journey.

summer 17

Free Training for Parents and Guardians

Shropshire parents of children aged between 6 months and 18 years are being offered the chance to complete the popular ‘understanding your child’ course for free.
The course has been developed by the Solihull Approach team; health professionals working together with parents and practitioners to support a child’s emotional development, behaviour, and relationship with their parents.
Now Shropshire Council is offering all parents in the county the chance to participate in the course by providing them a free online access code.           
The course is 11 modules long and each module takes about 20 minutes. There are interactive activities, quizzes, video clips and practical handouts.
The modules cover: how your child develops; understanding how your child is feeling; tuning into what your child needs; responding to how your child is feeling; different styles of parenting; having fun together; the rhythm of interaction; Why is sleep important; Self-regulation and anger; communication and tuning in, and looking back and looking forwards.
To access the course visit https://inourplace.co.uk/learn-now/  And type in the code SHRPSAPASNT

 

 

Well done Nikki!

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I went to London to surprise Nikki in the hope of catching sight of her and cheering her on.  (You can just about see her back next to a runner in orange!). A family standing next to me shouted her name as well so that she would hear and the smile on her face when she spotted us is something I will always remember.

Well done Nikki from everyone at Bicton ?

 

Class 3 Request

Dear Parents/Carers,

After Easter the children will be completing a design and technology project on packaging. If you have any cardboard boxes (particularly from sweets/chocolate or any other food items) that you don’t mind giving to school please can you send them in with your child on Monday.

Many Thanks,

Miss Barratt

Latest Marathon News From Nikki…

Mini marathon/London Marathon update

Class 1 436
Class 2 535
Class 3 1162
Class 4 1218
Class 5 815

A total of 4116 laps were completed by the whole school, including the staff, although not all the staff’s laps were recorded so the total distance will actually be even greater!
Almost all children covered at least 10 laps, which was 1 mile. The most laps done by a single pupil was 69, which was achieved by both Kieran and Jack from Class 4.
The total distance covered was 411.6 miles. So how far would that take us?
Well………
We could go from school to the start line at Greenwich Park which is 187.4 miles, then we could do the marathon course of 26.2 miles. We could even have a day or two walking around seeing the sights of London to cover 25 miles and then we could travel back to school from St.James Park. Wow that’s some distance we covered. Well done everyone.
The money raised has been amazing; we would love to give you a grand total as soon as possible, so if you have a sponsor form and money still to return, it would be great if we can have them in the week the children return to school.

My training is all done and I am doing short gentle runs now while my body recovers from all the training and gets me ready for the big day. I need to get lots of early nights in now to catch up on sleep, but that’s hard when the marathon is always on my mind. My latest stress has been getting from my hotel to the start line on the day. I think I’m  sorted now?and just need to pack my bag!
For anyone who would like to follow my progress on the day to check that I actually finish, there will shortly be an app available which you can download and also you can go onto the Virgin London Marathon website and track from there. My running number is 54967, registered as Nicola Cooke.
I’m not a fast runner, so don’t check in too early! The most important thing is for me to go and enjoy the day as much as I can. But yes, I do have a time I would like to do it in and I’m hoping I get over the finish line within 6hrs. So we will see. ??
Thank you to everyone for all the support I have had over the last few months; it has been very much appreciated.

If anyone has missed out on their child’s sponsor form and would like to donate or anyone that would like to donate to my page here is the link
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nicolacooke

Thanks
Nikki

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