We are pleased to announce that Bicton School will be taking part in the Shropshire Primary Schools’ Half Marathon this year.  This is a cumulative Half Marathon (13.1 miles) challenge. Over the course of the Spring term (starting after the February half-term), the children will complete the first 12 miles of the total distance. We intend to run each of these miles on a weekly basis at 8:00am on a Friday morning with Mr Andrews (the one and only) and myself Libby Wynne (parent volunteer with experience in sport and exercise).

The children will then complete their final 1.1 miles at the West Mid Show-ground on Saturday 25th April 2026, starting from 9am (finalised information will be sent in the school newsletter closer to the time). Here, they will experience a full event atmosphere, including race bibs, a fully marshalled route, music, and a start and finish line gantry. As they cross the finish line wearing their Half Marathon T-shirt, they will be presented with their Half Marathon medal.

It is important to explain that this event is not a running race. It will not be chip-timed, nor will there be prizes for the “fastest” children. Instead, it is an inclusive personal challenge where, over a period of time, we hope children will develop a desire to exercise regularly, with no pressure to compete, while achieving something as challenging as completing a Half Marathon — a wonderful achievement for everyone involved.

To take part in this event, there is an entrance fee of £12.60 per child, and you must be able to commit to bringing your child to the event at the West Mid Showground. Please note that your child must be prepared to run once a week in the morning Friday club, so this is a significant commitment. This event is open to all pupils in Year 1 to Year 6. If you would like your child to take part, please make payment via school gateway.

The event deadline is Friday 13th February; however, in order for us to finalise numbers and start our running programme, OUR deadline for entry is FRIDAY 6th FEBRUARY. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept any late entries after this date, as the required distance will not be completed in time.

We are very much looking forward to being active and completing this challenge together.

Many thanks,

Libby Wynne on behalf of the school

We have had a really busy and exciting week.

On Monday, our Young Voices group travelled to Birmingham with Mrs Gairy and Miss Merricks to take part in a performance with thousands of other children at the BP Pulse Arena.  They had a fabulous time and despite not returning home until midnight, they were ready and raring to go(ish!) for school on Tuesday, showing fantastic resilience and enthusiasm.

Year 5 children enjoyed Bikeabililty sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday – we are really proud of the perseverance they all showed.

On Wednesday, we celebrated some great sporting success at dodgeball, with Year 4 representing Bicton at the Corbet school.  Then on Thursday, a group of Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed a netball development day at Shrewsbury Sports Village, gaining valuable skills and experience to hopefully help them all in their sporting journeys.

We also welcomed iRock, who came into school to perform and showcase their offer for our children. If you would like to enrol your child, please see the link in this newsletter for further information.

Looking ahead, we have our SIAMs inspection next Thursday, and we are really excited to showcase our vision and values in action across the school. Thank you in advance for your continued support with this.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Mavin

Upcoming events:

Thursday 22nd January 9am – Willow Class Stay, Read and Play session. Mrs Gairy has sent out details on Class Dojo.

also Thursday 22nd January – SIAMs inspection

Wednesday 28th January 3.30pm – Year 4 Liverpool residential parent meeting with Mrs Roberts

Wednesday 4th February – Friday 6th February – Year 6 Trip to Arthog

Thursday 12th February – Oak Class trip to Adcote School to meet children’s author MG Leonard! (please see Class Dojo for permission link)

Wednesday 25th February – Year 5 and Year 6 trip to the Corbet School for Languages Day (details to follow)

Thursday 12th March until 5.30pm – Parent Consultation Meetings.  Booking details will be released in the next few weeks.

Hello again from FOBS.

We wanted to update you in regards to our fundraising last term. We managed to raise a total of £811.42 over the three events. Again, thank you to everyone involved and for all contributions, as that is a really great total. Money raised will go towards equipment for the school playground.

We are hoping to organise an event for World book day in March. If you have any children’s books (any ages) that you no longer require, please would you consider donating them to us for a book sale? Any books can be left at school reception please. Thank you in advance.

Happy New Year from FOBS! We wanted to thank you all for your donations and participation last term and we hope that the children enjoyed all of the activities.

We hope to update you soon about the amount raised for all of the events last term. We would like to thank all the volunteers and teachers that helped to run the events and the people that made donations towards the events.

We just wanted to put out a cheeky request that if anyone has any items left over from Christmas, we would be happy to use them for our future raffles and hampers.  We would also appreciate any donations of Christmas decorations (must be in good condition) please for use in December. You can leave items at the school reception or we can possibly organise collections (you can notify us on Facebook if you want us to collect). Thank you in advance if you do have anything spare.

We look forward to planning more fun activities this term, and will update you as soon as possible.