Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well and that you had a good weekend.

Please read an important letter below which outlines the updated details of our phased re-opening.

Phased re-opening letter update

Take care

Mrs Johnson

Hello everyone,

I hope you’ve had a good week and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine!

If you need key worker provision next week, and you haven’t already contacted me, please can you email me by 6:00 pm on Saturday evening so that I can organise staffing. If your child has been attending every day, or if your child is in Year 1 and they have been attending  Wednesday to Friday each week, there is no need to contact me as your child is already booked in.

Key worker children should still be brought to the Hall door next week (from 8:00 am onwards) and the provision is still running until 4:30 pm. Please can we ask that children are collected no later than 4:30 pm, as staff are not available after this time, Thank you.

We have seen an increase in requests for key worker places over the last week. Therefore, if you know you are going to need a key worker place for your child next week onwards, it is vital that you contact me as soon as possible.

Please remember our letter last week set out what our plans may look like and there is every possibility that these may change. We are awaiting our COVID-19 Re-opening Risk Assessment to be approved by the Local Authority and we are not permitted to invite more children back into school until this is in place.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Stay safe

Mrs Johnson x

Hello to all of our families,

I hope you have all had a good week and are staying safe and keeping well.

Today’s weekly news includes some important updates which I ask you to read carefully please and I thank you in advance for doing so.

Please can all parents read this letter Partial re-opening letter from Bicton

Then it is imperative that all parents with children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 complete the online form (Closed at 5:00 pm on Sunday 24th.)

Please can all parents then read these two updates / letters from Shropshire Council.

Position Statement

KB 1265 Parents and Carers letter

Key worker provision

Thank you for the lovely messages we have received from our key worker parents over the past few weeks and for working in partnership with us to keep your children, your families and our staff safe.

Key workers’ children will continue to be given priority for school places, in line with the government guidance. Please remember to email me directly at head@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk if you require a key worker place, so that we know to expect your child and to arrange staffing.

Wishing you all a safe and happy bank holiday weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all still keeping safe and well.

To allow staff to prepare for a phased return for some year groups, school will not be open over the half term period so there will be no provision for Key Workers’ children. Please see a letter below with more detail.

May half term

We will be sending out more information later this week, explaining our current plans for a phased return, so please keep an eye on the website / your emails.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Johnson

We are aware that some of you are having difficulty viewing /accessing  the books assigned by teachers and, in some cases, it appears as though books haven’t been assigned when they have.

We can only apologise for this inconvenience – the issues are with the Reading Planet website and are beyond our control. Please continue to contact your child’s class teacher to report any issues and we thank you for your patience.

Mrs Johnson

Hello everyone

I hope you have had a good week and enjoyed the return of the sunshine. It seems strange celebrating VE Day at home and it’s sad not being able to get together with all my family. I know you will be celebrating this special day in different ways whether it be putting up bunting, baking or watching the Queen’s speech and the other commemorative broadcasts on TV.  Whatever you are doing, I hope you are keeping well and staying safe. I hope you have a lovely day and please feel free to email in any pictures of your day!

Home access to Sing Up

Sing Up, a singing website which we subscribe to in school, have created a Home area on their website which is totally free and accessible to parents and families. They are uploading videos and resources for children and their families to make the most of singing whilst at home. Click on this link www.singup.org/singupathome to visit their website.

Raspberry Pi 

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have launched a new, free Digital Making at Home initiative to support parents and young people with coding at home. You don’t need any coding experience to join in, and all of their resources and activities are free forever.

Every Monday, they release new themed code-along videos about projects designed for all levels of ability. They also provide support tutorials for parents who are interested in learning more about coding tools like Scratch and Python, and over 200 projects with step-by-step instructions that are accessible online at any time — all for free.

Sign up now to start receiving free activities suitable to your child’s age and ability straight to your inbox.

First News

We hope your child has enjoyed reading First News over the past couple of weeks and, if they haven’t had chance to, why not have a read of the latest editions below.

First News 01.05.20

First News VE Day Edition

And finally…

I’ve had a  lovely week in school with our key workers’ children and other staff. We have been gardening, having some very competitive staff v children table-tennis battles (Miss Carr and Mr Andrews not me!), painting VE Day pebbles with Miss Stone and just generally looking after each other.

All was going well until Thursday morning when I decided to cycle to school rather than walk and, let’s just say, my short journey didn’t go as planned. I fell off my bike on the way to school and ended up at RSH with a fractured humerus.  The NHS staff were absolutely amazing and really looked after me, even though they could have done without it with so much else to do.

My husband has been a star and has been taught how to blow-dry and straighten my hair this morning, much to our amusement!

So the next time I tell the children to be careful during a school holiday, and not to come back with any broken bones, I need to follow my own advice!

Take care everyone and stay safe.

Love Mrs Johnson x