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Friday 14th July, 2023

Weekly News 14.07.23

Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve had a good week.

School is as busy as ever with preparations for our end of term assemblies – see reminders below of dates and times.

I have asked children not to bring toys into school next week, so that we can get lockers and trays emptied for next term and to avoid anything being left in school over the summer.

Diary dates

Monday 17th End-of-year reports sent home

Tuesday 18th pm Nursery graduation

Wednesday 19th 2:00 – 5:30 pm Year 6 Leavers meal at Hickory’s

Thursday 20th 9:15 – 10:30 am Celebration Assembly – all welcome

Friday 21st 10:00 am Year 6 Leavers’ assembly and Year 6 parents’ lunch

We break up on Friday 21st at 3:15 pm and return on Tuesday 5th September.

Punctuality and attendance

Well done to Willow class who had 100% attendance this week!

Willow  100%

Birch     98.6%

Maple   97%

Rowan  93.5%

Oak      98.6%

Almost all classes achieved our attendance target – well done!

Rowan had the least number of ‘lates’ this week.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

Tuesday 11th July, 2023

Forest Church Sunday 16th July

Dear Friends,

Just a quick reminder that our final Forest Church of the summer term is this coming Sunday, 3pm at Leaton Hall (by kind permission of Philippa and Al Herbert). Please park at Leaton Church (Berwick Road, B5067, SY4 3AP), and then it is a short walk through a field. Please do wear sturdy shoes as the ground is uneven in places. 
Our activities this time include lots of opportunities to spot minibeasts, birds and wildgrasses in the developing nature area, as well as a climbing wall, archery, tug of war and possibly croquet to try!  As ever, caregivers have responsibility for the children they bring and activities are carried out at our own risk. Please bring a picnic, and I will provide cold drinks. You might also like to bring a chair to sit on, and some binoculars- there is a pond area which is home to some rather stunning dragonflies. 
We look forward to seeing you soon…
Blessings,
Hannah x
Monday 10th July, 2023

IMPORTANT – SQUID SYSTEM UPGRADE

Following a recent upgrade, the sQuid app is no longer compatible with the new system, sQuid have advised parents to manage their sQuid account through the Customer Portal. Parents using a pc or laptop can login to sQuid via squidportal@squidcard.com or they can search sQuidcard on a web browser on their phone or follow this link:-https://portal.squidcard.com/LoginPortal/

Further information can be found following the link below:-

https://squidcard.lpages.co/squid-help-for-parents-managing-multiple-accounts/

Friday 7th July, 2023

Weekly News 07.07.23

Hello everyone,

Sports Day Thank You

Thank you for the fantastic support at Sports Day yesterday. It was great to see so many family members there and it made it all the more special for the children. The weather was perfect and so was the children’s attitude and resilience – we are very proud of each and everyone one of them!

I will upload a gallery of photos over the weekend once I have gone through the hundreds of photos taken!  

Thank you to FOBS for their hard work and giving up their time to provide refreshments.

School Photos

Thank you for the feedback received about this year’s school photos. We have fed this back to the company.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

 

Friday 7th July, 2023

Safer School Reaccreditation

Thank you to everyone who responded to the recent Safer School survey. We were delighted with the positive responses and suggestions, and these were shared and discussed at our annual Safer School meeting with the Local Authority. See below for an overview of the survey results.

Safer School Parent_Carer Survey 2023

Some of our Year 5 pupils attended the meeting and, as well as sharing their ideas, they have been given the task of creating some new car park signs to address some of the responses. Keep an eye out next term for their posters!

As part of the accreditation, we also survey pupils. This year, just Years 4 to 6 responded and you can see their responses below.

Safer Schools Pupil Survey 2023

The full responses to Questions 10 and 11 are below, so you can see what the children said.

Safer Schools Pupil Survey 2023 Question 10 responses

Safer Schools Pupil Survey 2023 Question 11 responses

We will be addressing any concerns children and parents raised through our Safer School action plan.

Thursday 6th July, 2023

Our very own ‘Number hero!’

Earlier this year, National Numeracy Ambassador Bobby Seagull invited children across the UK to show them all the different ways they will use numbers when they grow up. The organisers saw everything from scientists to sunbathers, deep-sea divers to dentists, and even a trampolinist or two!

There were six categories with prize bundles of maths resources worth over £1,000 for each winner’s school.

You may be wondering what that has to do with Bicton…

Well, we are over the moon to announce that Isaac T from Birch class not only entered (in his own time)…he was one of the 6 winners!

Click here to see Isaac’s brilliant entry. Well done Isaac – we are so proud of you and very excited to be receiving such amazing prizes for our school!

Once the prizes arrive, we will make sure that Isaac has his photograph taken with everything. 🙂

Thursday 6th July, 2023

Year 5/6 swimming

Year 5 and 6 will have a double swimming session at Oswestry Leisure Centre on Friday 14th July, to make up for the session they missed on Friday 7th.

Friday 30th June, 2023

Weekly News 30.06.23

Hello everyone,

Please see a reminder of the letter sent out yesterday via Class Dojo and in paper form.

Industrial action letter 5th and 7th July

Diary dates next week

Monday 3rd        secondary schools transition day

Tuesday 4th        secondary schools transition day

Bicton transition day (children spend the day in their September classes)

Wednesday 5th  Only Birch and Nursery open

Thursday 6th      Sports Day: a.m. Nursery and KS2 / p.m. KS1  (Brass as normal for Year 5s)

Friday 7th           Only Birch and Nursery open

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson x