Hello everyone,

I hope you’ve coped ok with the very warm weather this week!

Well done to Birch and Hazel class for their amazing attitude on our Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre visit this week. Several members of the general public stopped Bicton staff to comment on the children’s impeccable behaviour, which made us very proud of them all!

Arthog – REMINDER

If you haven’t already done so, please return any medication permission forms on Monday. Remember, we cannot administer any medication nor should children bring anything with them – prescribed or non-prescribed – that we have not been informed about, without the correct forms. This is part of our safeguarding and health and safety procedures. Please note, this includes asthma inhalers which children do not already have in school, hayfever relief and travel sickness tablets.

Annual parent survey

Thank you for taking the time to respond to our annual parent survey. If you haven’t already done so, the online form (below) will stay open until next Friday and we thank you in advance for sparing a few minutes to complete it.

2022 annual parent survey

Parent governor elections

Your child has been given a paper copy of the below letter today. Apologies for the wrong date on the 2nd page of the paper copy – it should have said 17th June not 17th March!

parent governor election June 2022

Sun cream permission

If you wish your child to have sun cream applied during the day, and you haven’t previously given permission when your child joined the school/nursery, please let the office know.

Coming up next week…

Year 5/6 performing at Theatre Severn in Polished Brass – Tuesday 21st

Safer Schools annual parent survey being sent out

Year 5/6 residential visit to Arthog – Friday 24th to Sunday 26th

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Johnson x

Hello everyone,

Apologies for not sending this out sooner!

On behalf of all our staff and pupils, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone  for making last week such an amazing week  for our school community. We wanted our week of activities to be memorable for the children so that they can look back on it in years to come and remember what they did in school for the Platinum Jubilee, just like I’m sure many of you have fond memories of previous Jubilee celebrations.

It was great to see so many of you at our craft mornings and as for the Friday afternoon … it surpassed our wildest dreams! It was wonderful to have so many families join us for the afternoon picnic and to see the children so happy and excited and just enjoying spending time together in such glorious weather!

A huge thank you to FOBS for all their efforts (especially the Pimm’s!) and their relentless hard work in raising funds for our school and nursery. Thank you to everyone who donated goods for the refreshments or the raffle and to everyone who supported FOBS in visiting their stalls.

At the end of this news, there is a Jubilee photo gallery for you to enjoy.

Thanks again and I hope you enjoy your own Jubilee celebrations this weekend x

Year 5/6 reminders 

Please remember to return any outstanding reply slips for Polished Brass and also swimming (1st swimming session is on Monday afternoon so don’t forget your kit.)

Please can Year 5/6 parents also complete the online form for Relationships and Sex Education. Thank you if you have already done so.

Annual school photos 

The photographers are in school on Thursday 9th June. Younger siblings who do not attend nursery can have their photo taken with siblings who attend our school and nursery.  This will be before the start of the school day in the Hall but I will ask the school office to send a message out on Monday about what time you should arrive from.

Children in school and nursery will be taken to the Hall during the morning to have individual and class photos, as well as with their siblings who are in school/nursery.

If you have a child in nursery but they do not attend on Thursdays, you can bring them to the Hall before the start of the day to have their photo taken.

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Job opportunities 

We have been asked to share the following information:

Care in the Square Job Fairs – Find out about exciting local job and career opportunities in Social Care – Shropshire Council Newsroom

and

The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS are hosting a Health and Social Care Careers Day on Wednesday 22 June – see below for details

7 Updated Careers Event Flyer

Employers from the NHS, social care sector and Allied Health Professionals will be present at the event and holding informal conversations with people considering a career in healthcare.

Wednesday 22  June 2022
9.30am – 6pm
Ramada Hotel, Forge Gate, Telford, TF3 4NA

Sleep Tight Workshops for parents

Poster Sleep Tight workshops

Jubilee week photo gallery

Hi everyone,

Please see a reminder below of the Jubilee letter posted yesterday on Class Dojo.

Jubilee letter

We are keeping everything crossed for dry weather on Friday weather. As the school car park is likely to be full during the afternoon tea party, please use the car park at the village hall once the school car park is full. Thank you in advance for your support with this.

Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay

Community group outreach – Shrewsbury

May half term holiday activities

Superstars at Shrewsbury Sports Village and Oswestry Leisure Centre will be running for three days over May Half Term. Prices, times and dates are all in the documents below.

Oswestry Leisure Centre May half term holiday activities

Shrewsbury May half term holiday activities

Hello everyone,

There are a few bits of information which I need everyone to read this week please and I thank you in advance for doing so.

Well done to our amazing Year 6s for their hard work and perseverance this week when completing their SATs, and a big thank you to the rest of the school for making sure they were as quiet as possible!

Parking on Bicton Lane

Please do not park on the yellow zig zag lines on Bicton Lane or on/near the pedestrian crossing, as this makes crossing the road very dangerous to pedestrians and is a hazard to other vehicle users. We thank you in advance for adhering to this request and keeping the families coming to and from our school safe.

Messages for class teachers

If your child is absent from school, arriving late/leaving early due to a hospital or emergency medical/dentistry appointment, or is being collected by another adult, please inform the school office or leave an answerphone message.

Messages sent to teachers via Class Dojo may not be seen before the start of the school day and will not be picked up if teachers are absent due to illness, meaning the school office will not be aware of any messages and will not know if and why a child is absent. Thank you for your support with this.

PE kit – reminder

Please ensure that your child wears the correct PE kit for their PE days, as follows:

• Plain blue or white t-shirt or school logo PE t-shirt (No other t-shirts should be worn.)
• Plain black or navy shorts / jogging bottoms / leggings (Football kit should not be worn.)
• School sweatshirt  or a plain royal blue or navy sweatshirt / hoodie
• Pumps / trainers

Important information from Shropshire Council – Child Exploitation

Please see below an important leaflet regarding child exploitation, which Shropshire Council have asked us to share with parents.

Shropshire Child Exploitation – Leaflet for Parents & Carers

Funtopia event – Ellesmere

Ready Steady Show – Musical Theatre classes

Have a good weekend x