Please find attached term dates for 2016/17.

BICTON C E PRIMARY SCHOOL. Holiday 2016 – 2017

Welcome back after the holiday and it has been lovely to hear all the children’s news!

Free Fruit Friday at the Coop

Every Friday in January, children wearing their school uniform are able to visit the Coop after school to choose a piece of fruit free of charge.  We are sure you will agree this is a fantastic scheme and we hope it might encourage children to try something new.

Before-School Provision (After Breakfast Club)

Following on from our Safer Schools Survey and subsequent meeting last term, we are going to trial extending our before-school provision. From Monday 18th January, you will be able to drop your child at the School Hall from 8:30 onwards and pay just 50p for supervision by staff until school starts.  We hope this will ease the school car park whilst also helping parents and guardians who may need to get to work earlier.  Children will then all be taken from the Hall onto the playground, when the gate opens at 8:45.  A letter will be sent out next week with more information but if you have any questions before the 18th please do not hesitate to speak to myself or Helen/Lisa at the Office.

Letters home this week:

Parent Governor election forms – whole school

U10s football letter (Year 4 & 5 boys who played in Round 1)

Years 3 & 4 Stepping Out letter

Cross Country event – open to Years 3 to 6

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Christmas Performances

Thank you again for all your support this week and in the weeks leading up to the Nativity performances and the Carol Service.  It has been a rather busy week but the children have kept going until the end and we are all very proud of them.  Hopefully they will sleep well for you this evening!

Next Term

Please remember to check the website for clubs information next term. Just a reminder that there are NO CLUBS on WEDNESDAY 6th JANUARY due to a staff training event and the U11s football tournament.

Y3/4 Residential Visit to Condover

The company have agreed to extend our booking window to the first week back.  If you would like your child to take part in the visit, please return the permission slip and £15 deposit on Tuesday 5th January.

On behalf of all the staff and governors, we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and hopefully a bit of a rest before we return to school on Tuesday 5th January.

Mrs Johnson

Deputy Head Appointment 

We are pleased to inform you that, following formal interviews this week, Miss Olivia Moran was appointed as our new Deputy head from January 2016.

Christmas Fayre Thursday 10th – Santa’s Grotto tickets

Tickets (£2.50 per child) to see Father Christmas will go on sale at the school office on Monday. Children will need to present their ticket to see Father Christmas.  

FOBs Raffle

Thank you for the donations that have been left in the main reception towards raffle prizes.  Any further prizes would be greatly appreciated and we thank you in advance for your donations.

Christmas Jumper Day

On Wednesday 16th December, we are having a non-uniform day as a treat for all the children’s hard work this term.  Children can come to school wearing a Christmas jumper or something festive and they do not have to pay/make a donation this time.

Choir Performing at the Coop

We are looking forward to the choir’s annual performance at the Coop next Tuesday morning and you are welcome to come and support the children.  If you have not yet returned your child’s permission slip for the various choir events, please can you do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Christmas Parties

Class 4 and 5 will be having their Christmas party on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th December and Classes 1, 2 and 3 on Thursday 17th.  Lists for party food etc will go up on the windows of Class 2 and Class 4 next week.

Clubs

Please remember to check the website or noticeboard by the school gate, as some clubs will not be running during the last 2 weeks of term because of different events.

Year 3/4 Residential Visit April 20th – 22nd

A letter will be sent home on Tuesday about next year’s residential visit for Year 3 and 4 children to JCA at Condover.

Letters home this week

Christmas Fayre – whole school

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Johnson

To all, please come along and help plant 7 fruit trees and 20 raspberry canes for our school.  Some digging has already been done, so hopefully all ages can help.

Looking forward to seeing you Sunday morning 10.30 onwards.

Many thanks, Catherine and all FOBS