We hope you all have settled back in after half-term and are enjoying these few bits of sunshine we’ve been getting!

If you’d like to get involved and join FOBS or just have some ideas to share, please get in touch.  Our next FOBS meeting is on Tuesday, 17 March at 8pm at The Grapes.  Please come along! 

We’re now on Instagram and you can message us there!  https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_bicton?igsh=MW5vd2x2Z2tncW9obg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

We also want to say a HUGE THANK YOU for supporting our sunflower seedling sale for Mothering Sunday!  It was a great success, and we can’t wait to see who grows the tallest sunflower by the Summer Fete!

Upcoming events: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

MARCH

Pre-Loved School Uniform Sale – Support Our School, Help the Planet, Save some pennies! – 24^th and 26^th March at 3:00pm in the school playground

As Spring is well and truly here, you might be thinking about a wardrobe spring clean.  Rather than leaving pre-loved uniform in cupboards, we’re inviting our school community to give these items a second life.  This is a great opportunity for families to pick up good-quality uniform at very affordable prices while helping reduce waste and supporting our lovely school.

Please consider donating any school uniform or school shoes that your child has outgrown. 

Please ensure items are clean and in good condition.

Donations to be left at reception no later than Monday 23rd March.

Thank you for helping us build a more sustainable, supportive school community. Every donation and purchase contributes to our fundraising for the school.

APRIL

Springo – Saturday, 18 April (evening)

Put a little spring in your step with a fun and fantastic evening of Bingo at the school hall for parents/carers and children!

MAY

Spring Fling – Date TBC (afterschool)

A spring disco to celebrate spring and the end of SATS for Year 6 – Date TBC.

JUNE

FOBS Football Tournament – Friday, 19 June (evening)

We are so excited to put on a FOBS Football Tournament for parents/carers.  Get those calves stretched and football boots ready! Location and details to be confirmed but the date is set so mark your calendars!

Gardening request

FOBs is keen to keep using our green fingers and to get the children involved with gardening – there are some raised beds at the back of school that we have our eyes on!  In the meantime, we would be very grateful for any spare pots and compost to be donated for starting some tomato plants. We’d also love for any parent or carer who loves gardening to get in touch with us!

Sponsorship

We have a big fundraising goal for the year and will need the help of generous business sponsors to reach our target.  If you would be willing to contact sponsors or indeed provide sponsorship through your own business or employer, we would be very grateful!

As a bit of encouragement for you all, Ian (dad of Rosalie and Angus) is taking part in the Shropshire Triathlon on 13 June 2026 and hoping to raise £1000 for FOBS.  Please support him.

If you have any runs, triathlons, marathons, or anything else coming up, we would love if you would consider sponsoring FOBS as your chosen charity (registered charity no 1093376).

Hello, Bicton School community!  I hope you all survived the cold weather last week and are gearing up for the festive season!

We have a big job to undertake and need your help!  There are various outdoor areas at the school that need repairing and upgrading, including the trim trail (bet you didn’t even know there was one!), climbing wall (you might not have known about that either!) and the early years play area.  Everything that FOBS is doing for Christmas and throughout the year will be to reach our goal of raising enough money to fix these areas, some of which, like the trim trail and climbing wall, are in such disrepair that they are unusable.

But here’s the thing, it’s a hefty goal.  We need £30,000 for the repairs and upgrades, and we can’t do it without you.  Although we have lots of little events, they don’t raise anywhere near enough to even touch that goal.

So, here’s what you can do:

1. Give generously to the events that FOBS runs and consider joining.
2. Ask your company or your friend or supermarket or neighbour (or Father Christmas) to make a donation to our fundraising goal.
3. Let us know your ideas for raising money.

And some dates for your diary:

29 November (this Saturday) – Christmas Fayre at Bicton Village Hall – 2-5pm (see here)

• FOBS will have a table so please come to support and shop!

12 December – Father Christmas visits Bicton School (during school hours) (see here)

• Each child will receive a gift from Father Christmas but we need your donations to cover the cost of the gifts and a bit extra (if you can) to put toward our fundraising goal, so please give generously!

18 December – Christmas Party for the kids – immediately after school to 4:45pm (see here)

• Tickets are £4 per child and we will need donations of cakes, cookies, etc for the kids (again, this is so we can try to put as much of the ticket price toward our fundraising goal as possible.

Lastly, to whet your appetite for working with us to reach our goal, a picture of the proposed new trim trail:

A big thanks to all those who came to help for our gardening day. We got a huge amount done and will be arranging another one in the Spring term.