We have been informed of a case of threadworms in school again. If you find that your child is affected, information can be found on the NHS website on how to administer treatment.  We ask that you do administer treatment if your find that your child is affected, to prevent them from being passed to other children.

Thank you

Picture News have teamed up with Natural England (and Shaun the Sheep!) to launch a special competition. To enter, design a poster to promote the Countryside Code featuring Shaun the Sheep and friends.
Age related prizes available, and the winning posters will be used to promote the Countryside Code across all of their media channels.
Deadline: Friday 14^th July, 12pm
​​​​​​​To enter: Email a photo of your poster, with your name, age, and school name to: help@picture-news.co.uk

Look at this week’s Picture News below for inspiration.

Primary Picture News Resource 3rd July – Countryside Code

Please see the changes to the school dinner menu for next week:-

Tuesday 4th July – Roast Pork, Veggie Sausages or Jacket Potato

Wednesday 5th July – Chicken Nuggets, Quorn Dippers or Jacket Potato

Thursday 6th July (Sports Day) – Pizza or Sausages

Bicton Fete Poster 2023

This was our first ‘On Time’ week – our new initiative to improve punctuality. Each time a child has been in school by 8:45 am a ticket with their name on has gone into a box e.g. if they have been on time every day, they will have had 5 tickets in the box.

The raffle was drawn at the end of the day in our Friday worship and the winner was Isaac S in Birch class. Isaac will receive a £10 gift card for The Works next week and we will repeat this each half term.

Well done to Birch class who had the highest attendance for the second week in a row!

Willow  96.5%

Birch     97.9%

Maple   93.3%

Rowan  92.1%

Oak      91%

Willow and Birch classes had the least number of ‘lates’ this week.

Hello everyone,

There are a few reminders in this week’s newsletter.

Parking issues

Please refrain from parking in the bus lay-by on our school car park. Thank you

Sports Day – Change of date

Further to my earlier email this week, we have taken the early decision to move Sports Day to Thursday 6^th July. This is due to potential industrial action on 5th and 7th which may affect our school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

The Safer School initiative is a school security initiative that encompasses personal safety. It was created by West Mercia Police with the support of Shropshire Council, and virtually all Shropshire schools are following the process.

The initiative is a practical and realistic risk management approach to the security/safety of school staff, pupils, property and the premises. Following the satisfactory completion of the process, schools receive the Safer School accreditation, and this accreditation is reviewed every two years.  Our school was accredited in 2017. No two schools are the same and therefore, it is site specific to individual schools. The process involves annual Safer School meetings, with representatives of the school following a comprehensive package.

The essential elements of the package are as follows:

1. Implement basic security measures applicable at all schools i.e. property marking, and visitor passes etc.

2. Consider pro-active security/safety measures for the site/building and protecting assets.

3. Establish a procedure for recording incidents i.e. anti social behaviour, vandalism etc. Any recorded information can then be analysed. In addition, the same recording procedure can be used for surveying a problem i.e. an unauthorised thoroughfare.

4. If there are any projects to be undertaken, they are prioritised. Following the implementation of a project, the success of it is reviewed.

5. PSHE or education of pupils as per the Safer School pack.

As part of the process, we would appreciate your views. Please could you complete the online survey by 9:00 am on Tuesday 27th June and forward any particular views/concerns, including any positive observations.  The focus of the survey is the school grounds/site. Your responses will be reviewed at our Safer School meeting next week and we thank you in advance for your time.