2 weeks ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Head of School Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you so much for your generous donations in support of World Mental Health Day—we raised over £125, which is absolutely brilliant!

On Thursday, we wore blue to mark Youth Awareness Day, helping to raise awareness and spark conversations among our pupils. In support of this initiative, we’re excited to host a Toy and Book Drop & Swap—please see the website post for full details on how to get involved.

Next week is the final week of this half term, and we have a busy and exciting schedule:

Maple and Oak Classes will be visiting Shrewsbury Flaxmill on Tuesday.
Oak Class will enjoy their special parent lunches on Wednesday, followed by whole school parent drop-ins in the afternoon.
On Thursday at 2.45pm, we invite you to join us for our PE Dance Showcase—a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the children’s creativity and movement. Please enter school through the side door and head straight to the Hall.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend, and thank you again for your continued support.

Mrs Mavin

2 weeks ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Friends of Bicton School (FOBs) News!

Hi. It’s Laura from Friends of Bicton School and I am the acting chair. FOBS is a charity that hopes to run events for the children to have fun and try and fundraise for the school.

At our meeting this week, we had quite a few people offering to help FOBS going forward which is great, but any more help would also be appreciated. We are looking for people for a variety of roles varying from helping out at events, serving tea/coffee at other events or even just donating small items such as cake or tidying up. Please let us know if you are interested.

There is a Facebook group for the school (it is a private group), managed by FOBS, which you can join if you wish. The group is called Friends of Bicton School and Nursery. We will use this to continue to update with our plans and share news relating to the school. We also aim to continue to use the school newsletter for updates.

You are warmly invited to our AGM on Thursday 18th November at 7.30pm at school to discuss events and finalise roles on the committee.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Spellings 17.10.25

Year 5/6 Word List

especially
excellent
exaggerate
existence
explanation
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently

2 weeks ago
Posted on 16th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Toy and Book Drop and Swap!

3 weeks ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Spellings 10.10.25

Year 5/6 Word List

curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
develop
dictionary
disastrous
embarrass
environment

3 weeks ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Head of School Message

Dear parents/carers,

We have had a wonderful week in school with a sea of yellow in each classroom today in recognition of World Mental Health Day. Thank you so much for your generosity so far. If you haven’t yet donated and would like to, please donate whatever you are able to by following this link: https://fundraise.youngminds.org.uk/s/6058/6060

Please see other important notices including dates for your diaries.

Mrs Mavin

3 weeks ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Award Winners!

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Michaela for being respectful to her friends and teachers.

Elliot showing joy in his writing.

Baran for persevering with his handwriting.

Edward for persevering with his extended writing in English.

Charlie for sportsmanship and perseverance in football.

Jace for showing love and joy at school and home.

Congratulations to our House Dojo Champion this week ………. OWEN!

And to our Dojo Champions from each class – well done all of you!

3 weeks ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Harvest Service

Thank you to those of you who were able to join us for our Harvest Service. As always, it was a very special occasion and we are so grateful for your donations for the Food Bank.

3 weeks ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Book alert – please read

9^th October 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have been made aware that several titles in the Spy Dogs, Spy Pup, and Spy Cat series by Andrew Cope contain a weblink at the back of the book that no longer directs people to information about the books. Instead, the link has been compromised and now leads to inappropriate and unsafe material, containing pornographic content with no age restrictions.

We have removed copies of the book from our school library and classroom book corners.

Below are images of some of the front covers in the series to help you identify the books should you have any at home. We advise you remove them immediately. Should any be the property of the school, please return them and we will dispose of them accordingly.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Mavin

Head of School

3 weeks ago
Posted on 08th Oct 2025 by Mrs Mavin

Hello Yellow

Dear parents and carers,
Our school will be taking part in Hello Yellow on Friday 10th October (World

Mental Health Day) to raise awareness and funds for YoungMinds, the UK’s
leading charity for young people’s mental health.
No young person should feel alone with their mental health and that’s why
Hello Yellow matters. We’re taking this opportunity as a school community to
come together and show our students that we’re with them and they’re never
alone with their mental health.
We’ll be taking part by wearing yellow on Friday 10th October.
You can also donate to support our school’s fundraising by following this link: https://fundraise.youngminds.org.uk/s/6058/6060.
Most importantly, we want to share the resources which YoungMinds offer to
support parents and carers if you ever need help and advice to support your
children. This includes:
• online resources (www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/)
• a phone line, open 9.30am-4pm (0808 802 5544)
• an online chat for parents and carers to speak to trained
professionals if you’re concerned about your children’s mental
health (www.youngminds.org.uk/parents-helpline/)