Spring #9

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FOBs Update Skip to article
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Head of School Message

Dear parents/carers,

It has been a lovely week in school. The children were especially delighted to get back out on the field for the first time this year — it’s always wonderful to see them enjoying the space and the fresh air. Let’s hope for lots more dry days in the coming weeks!

Thank you to everyone who attended our parent meetings. It was a pleasure to catch up and discuss how the children are getting on. If you were unable to make an appointment, please do get in touch and we will be very happy to arrange an alternative time.

A big thank you to FOBs for organising the Mothering Sunday sunflower sale — the children really enjoyed choosing their flowers, and we are grateful for the support and hard work that went into making it such a lovely event.

We are now looking forward to our Easter Service at Bicton Church on Thursday 26th at 9.15am. We hope many of you will be able to join us for this special occasion.

Wishing you all a calm and enjoyable weekend.

Mrs Mavin

Bicton Buddies – Wraparound Care

Clubs Letter Summer Term 1 2026

Loop Explorers

We are delighted that our midweek group for primary school-aged children is now well-established! Seven children, from three different schools, regularly come along. We’ve room for up to twelve children, so if your child would like to join, please do get in touch (revhannahlins@gmail.com). The group meets two Thursdays a month during term-time, 4.30pm-5.30pm at Bicton Church. It is particularly for children who would value time to explore their faith, make friends and learn more about the Bible. Each session, we’ll do practical and interactive activities that are linked to a theme, share news and have a short time of prayer and worship. We’ll spend some time in the church, and some outside- engaging with the natural world.

FOBs Update

We hope you all have settled back in after half-term and are enjoying these few bits of sunshine we’ve been getting!

If you’d like to get involved and join FOBS or just have some ideas to share, please get in touch. Our next FOBS meeting is on Tuesday, 17 March at 8pm at The Grapes. Please come along!

We’re now on Instagram and you can message us there! https://www.instagram.com/friends_of_bicton?igsh=MW5vd2x2Z2tncW9obg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

We also want to say a HUGE THANK YOU for supporting our sunflower seedling sale for Mothering Sunday! It was a great success, and we can’t wait to see who grows the tallest sunflower by the Summer Fete!

Upcoming events: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

MARCH

Pre-Loved School Uniform Sale – Support Our School, Help the Planet, Save some pennies! – 24^th and 26^th March at 3:00pm in the school playground

As Spring is well and truly here, you might be thinking about a wardrobe spring clean. Rather than leaving pre-loved uniform in cupboards, we’re inviting our school community to give these items a second life. This is a great opportunity for families to pick up good-quality uniform at very affordable prices while helping reduce waste and supporting our lovely school.

Please consider donating any school uniform or school shoes that your child has outgrown.

Please ensure items are clean and in good condition.

Donations to be left at reception no later than Monday 23rd March.

Thank you for helping us build a more sustainable, supportive school community. Every donation and purchase contributes to our fundraising for the school.

APRIL

Springo – Saturday, 18 April (evening)

Put a little spring in your step with a fun and fantastic evening of Bingo at the school hall for parents/carers and children!

MAY

Spring Fling – Date TBC (afterschool)

A spring disco to celebrate spring and the end of SATS for Year 6 – Date TBC.

JUNE

FOBS Football Tournament – Friday, 19 June (evening)

We are so excited to put on a FOBS Football Tournament for parents/carers. Get those calves stretched and football boots ready! Location and details to be confirmed but the date is set so mark your calendars!

Gardening request

FOBs is keen to keep using our green fingers and to get the children involved with gardening – there are some raised beds at the back of school that we have our eyes on! In the meantime, we would be very grateful for any spare pots and compost to be donated for starting some tomato plants. We’d also love for any parent or carer who loves gardening to get in touch with us!

Sponsorship

We have a big fundraising goal for the year and will need the help of generous business sponsors to reach our target. If you would be willing to contact sponsors or indeed provide sponsorship through your own business or employer, we would be very grateful!

As a bit of encouragement for you all, Ian (dad of Rosalie and Angus) is taking part in the Shropshire Triathlon on 13 June 2026 and hoping to raise £1000 for FOBS. Please support him.

If you have any runs, triathlons, marathons, or anything else coming up, we would love if you would consider sponsoring FOBS as your chosen charity (registered charity no 1093376).

Vision in Action

Congratulations to Joshua and Joel for passing their recent karate grading and moving on to a higher belt, Joshua to a yellow belt and Joel to a red belt.

Extra congratulations to Joel as the prize winner of water safety week at the Quarry swimming and fitness centre. He was selected after achieving top marks at the swimming quiz!