Parents' Area

Updates

Friday 14th March, 2014

Weekly News 14th March

 New appointment

Following recent interviews, we are pleased to inform you that Miss Olivia Moran was appointed as Class 3 teacher and will join our staff on a permanent basis. We would like to thank Miss Moran for the contribution she has already made to the life of Bicton School.

Welcome to new families

We would like to welcome Max and Aashmit to Class 1 and Becca and Aarini to Class 3. They seem to be settling in well to their new classes and we hope that they will enjoy being part of Bicton School.

Parents Evening

Time slots are filling up quickly for Parents Evening, if you have not yet booked a time to speak to your child’s teacher(s.)

Celebration Assembly

We hope to see as many families as possible at Celebration Assembly on Friday 4th April. The assembly will start at 9:25 a.m. and the hall will be open from 8:50 a.m. Please could we remind people not to park on the verges at School or block Bicton Lane; if the car park is full, please park at the Village Hall car park.

Book Fair

Travelling Books will be in school for a week from the afternoon of Friday 28th. Books will be on sale after school from Friday 28th to Thursday 3rd April and every morning from Monday 31st to Friday 4th. Children will be bringing home a leaflet about the Book Fair today.

Sport Relief – Friday 21st March

Next Friday we are having a non-uniform day to raise money for Sport Relief. We would like all children to come to school wearing sports/outdoor activity/fitness clothing e.g.  football, rugby, tennis, horse-riding attire, etc. Please could all children pay 50p each for wearing non-uniform.

Changes to Clubs

Cross Country on Friday 21st will not be running neither will Class 4 Drama Club on Thursday 20th March. Football Club for Reception, Year 1 and 2 will be held on Tuesday 18th from 3:15 until 4:15.

Medication

Please can you make sure that staff are aware of any medical needs that your child has and remember to complete a form at the Office should your child need medicine administering during the school day.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Mrs Johnson

Wednesday 12th March, 2014

Football Club – Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Football Club for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will start on Tuesday 18th March – 3.15pm until 4.15pm.    Children can go into Film Club when football finishes but they will still need to pay £1.50.   Thank you

 

 

 

Tuesday 11th March, 2014

Family Fortunes – Next Week!

There’s been a terrific response to our upcoming Family Fortunes night. Tickets have been selling fast in the first week of sales with lots of people really excited to see the School Teachers up on stage going head-to-head with the Parent Team.

Family FortunesOur survey of the children has now been concluded and all the questions and answers are locked up in readiness for the big night. At this point, FOBS would like to say a massive thank-you to the school and all the parents who returned forms allowing us to survey the children. Special thanks go to Mrs Barker who painstakingly wrote down every single answer to every single question from every single child – It took a surprising amount of time and effort (don’t even think about trying to bribe her for details – she’s sworn an oath of secrecy!)

The children, as we expected, were absolute stars: Charming, smart, witty, cute, funny, clever and sometimes very surprising! We really look forward to sharing some of their responses with the audience on the night.

Don’t forget, in addition to the quiz show itself, on the night you can also enjoy a song by the School Choir, a performance by Caroline Lewis Dance School and a very special appearance from our extremely stealthy Mystery Parent Singer. There will also be a bar and snacks available before the performance and in the interval.

We still have some tickets left for the show, but it looks as if they will sell out before the night, so if you don’t want to miss this one-off event, pay a quick visit to the school office with your cash and grab some of the last few seats!

Tuesday 11th March, 2014

Outstanding Dinner Money

As we are coming up to the end of the financial year the kitchen staff have requested that any outstanding dinner money to be paid by Friday 28 March. Thank you.

Monday 10th March, 2014

Guitar Lessons

If any children are interested in learning to play the Guitar after the Easter holidays please contact the school office for more details. Thank you

Thursday 6th March, 2014

Missing Coat

Rhys from Class 4 has lost a camaflouge-print coat after clubs. It may have his name in it. If your child has a similar coat please could you check that they have brought the correct one home.

Thank you.

Monday 3rd March, 2014

Football Club

Just to clarify, Football Club on Wednesday will be open to all children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 including Year 3 children in Class 3.

We will inform you as to when Football Club for children in Reception, Years 1 and 2 will restart, as soon as we know.

Thank you.

Friday 28th February, 2014

Home-link books and letters home

Please could we ask that children who travel home on the bus are clear about whether they are going on the bus or are being collected at the end of the school day. A note can be written in home-link books for children in Classes 1, 2 and 3 which staff can use to check if children are unsure; older children in Classes 4 and 5 should be able to remember how they are travelling home. This will help staff and avoid Mrs Neal or Mrs Jones having to contact you when a child is unsure.

Could we also ask you to check your child’s bag for letters or first aid slips being sent home. This is particularly important for bumped head slips where guidelines have recently changed and request that parents and carers observe their child for 72 hours following a bumped head incident.

Thank you for your support with this and please do not hesitate to speak to a member of staff if you have any questions.

Mrs Natalie Johnson

Friday 28th February, 2014

Residential Trip Money

Re – Class 4 – Live the Adventure

Re – Class 5 – Kingswood

We require the final balance by Friday, 21st March, at the latest.

Any queries/questions please contact me.

Thanks Helen Jones

 

Friday 28th February, 2014

School Family Fortunes – Special Event for Friday March 21st

We are very excited to announce a special Spring fundraising event that is coming up in just a few weeks time: Bicton School Family Fortunes

Family Fortunes PosterThis is a totally different sort of event for us and we have thought long and hard about how we can put together a really good night out that brings together parents, teachers and the children of the school. A one-off event that really is unmissable and worth attending!

We are absolutely thrilled that ALL the class Teachers were really keen to take part and have given up a Friday night to appear as a team on stage. They say that they are really excited and feel confident about getting the top answers and are definitely not expecting to be hearing the famous ‘UH-Uhhh’ wrong answer sound.
Doing battle for the reputation and honour of the Parents, are a highly skilled and glamorous team of very competitive folk who say that they simply will not accept an on-stage defeat. They are keen to end the night with a resounding victory and are also hoping to be going home with £30,000 and a new Speedboat (which isn’t going to happen!)

Thanks to all the parents who returned the consent forms; Doug Williams and Mrs Barker have been very busy surveying the children and report that yesterday they were doubled up with laughter at some of the surprising answers the children gave to questions! They say it’s really revealing some of the parents’ (and teachers’) habits!

Members of the teams are already suspected of the underhand tactics of bribing the children with sweets or class rewards in return for information but, true to their word, the children’s lips are remaining sealed.

Not content with putting on an excellent and hilarious quiz, we’ll also be treating you to other acts on the night: The School Choir are going to be performing a cool chart song, The Caroline Lewis School of Dance are going to be showing off their moves in an excellent dance number and to top that off we have a very talented Mystery Parent Singer – prepare to be smoothed right over!

During the quiz, there will be some exciting opportunities for the audience to win spot prizes, so if you’re lucky, you won’t go away empty handed!

It’s a sit down event with a bar. Drinks and snacks will be available to buy at the start of the evening and in the interval. As you know from the celebration assemblies in the hall, seats are very limited – tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

We will be selling tickets on the playground after school next week and they will also be available in the school office. All proceeds go towards school funds.

Adults £3 Children £2