What a brilliant first full week back in school we have had, topped off with a day celebrating Roald Dahl today!

I have been so impressed with the way the children have been coming into school in the mornings.  We have had so many happy faces and punctuality and attendance has been excellent – thank you all very much for your support with this.  The children have all settled well into their new classes and or/new teachers and support staff.  I have been particularly impressed with our 7 new reception children, they have made an excellent start to their school life.

Class Newsletters are available on the ‘Classrooms’ area of our school website.  These will give you a helpful overview of what your child will be learning in school and ways in which you can support us at home.  Teachers will continue to share photos and updates via Class Dojo and the school website so please check regularly.   A quick reminder that the easiest way to get a message to a class teacher is via admin@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk.  Class teachers do not monitor messages on Class Dojo.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Mavin

Upcoming dates for your diary:

Friday 11th October 9.30am Harvest Festival

Wednesday 23rd October 2.45pm Class PE performances

We are delighted to introduced our new House Captains for 2024-2025.  We have also appointed a Sports Captain to lead our younger children in sports activities.  We know they will all do a fantastic job of leading their house teams, encouraging others to show our school values and being great ambassadors for our school.

Congratulations to our first award winners of this school year!

Reid showed our value of love through the way he treats his friends.

Joshua showed our school value of ‘respect’ for always being polite to his peers.

Mya showed our value of ‘joy’ for coming into school every morning with a big smile on her face!

Lucas showed our value of ‘perseverance’  through getting involved in every bit of learning.

We had a visit from Simon Tomkins from Shropshire Music Service this afternoon where he played pieces of music on the ukelele, acoustic guitar and electric guitar! Simon is available to deliver Ukelele and Guitar lessons in school so please follow this link https://www.shropshiremusicservice.org.uk/services/instrumental-lessons/ if you are interested in tuition for your child.

On Friday 13th September we will be celebrating Roald Dahl Day – Roald Dahl’s birthday!  We will be having a day of fun Roald Dahl themed activities! Come to school or nursery dressed as your favourite Roald Dahl character or in comfy reading clothes.  

The Parenting Team will be delivering free Understanding Your Child from toddler to teen and Understanding Your Child SEND from toddler to teen groups from end of September 2024 UYC Groups CENTRAL Autumn 2024.1

These 10 week groups aim to:

•             Promote understanding of children’s behaviour within the context of developmental issues

•             Promote the development of parent/child relationship

•             Increase confidence and self-esteem in both parents and children

•             Give parents a strategy for repair when things go wrong

•             Promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting

We are also offering free Sleep Tight and Sleep Tight SEND workshops from September and November 2024 Sleep Tight Poster Autumn 2024

These 5 week workshops cover:

•             Recognising the role of sleep hygiene to improve sleep

•             Identifying causes of sleep issues and appropriate practical strategies to try

•             Completing sleep diaries and identifying potential sleep issues