Weekly Blog Friday 11th October 2024
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 10:33am
Attendance
Every week in our Celebration Assembly, we celebrate the class who has achieved the highest attendance for that week. This week Mrs Davies' class had the highest attendance with 98.4%! Well done Year 2!
This week's whole school attendance overall was 94.9%, compared with a national attendance figure of 95.4%.
Please see below for the attendance figures for this week. The target attendance for all children is currently set at 97%.
Nursery - 97.33%
Reception - 97.85%
Year 1 Mrs Birkinshaw & Mrs Ward - 96.3%
Year 2 Mrs Davies - 98.4%
Year 3 Mrs Parkes & Mrs Ronan - 93.55%
Year 4 Mrs Wood - 97.71%
Year 5 Mrs Pickersgill - 89.74%
Year 6 Miss Dunn - 97.71%
Celebrating fantastic attendance!
Each week, each class with 100% attendance on a particular day will receive one letter from the word MAYFLOWER to put on their classroom door. Once a class has spelt out the word MAYFLOWER, a member of the class will bring all their letters down to the office to claim their prize from our box of Awesome Attendance Activities!
Please see below where each class stands at the end of today:
Nursery - M A Y
Reception - M A Y F L O W E R M
Year 1 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M
Year 2 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O
Year 3 - M A Y F L O W E
Year 4 - M A Y F L O W E R M A
Year 5 - M A Y F L O W E R M
Year 6 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L
This week, Year 1 completed 'MAYFLOWER' for the second time and have enjoyed some time on the Ninja equipment, followed by some juice and biscuits. Reception completed 'MAYFLOWER' for the first time this week and will be enjoying their prize next week.
Stars of the week
Each week in our Friday Celebration Assembly, we celebrate our stars of the week. Each class teacher chooses 2 children from their class each week who have really impressed them. Here are the children who have been chosen this week.
Nursery & Reception
Star of the week in Nursery goes to Tiana. She has made an extra effort this week to make sure that she is sat ready to learn when she comes into school every morning. She listens carefully to what is being asked of her and always tries her best. She sets high expectations of herself and is proud when she achieves success.
Isaac in Reception - Issac has been a fantastic role model this week. He has been respectful and kind to other children and helped them to have a go at our activities in maths. Issac always tries his best and celebrates his work, sharing it with adults and his friends.
Year 1
Louis T - Louis has had a super week. He has been sitting beautifully on the carpet, ready to learn and he has been working hard. Louis is incredibly kind and talks about his friends in such a positive way. He makes others feel accepted and happy! You are wonderful, Louis!
Jasper - when we think of a supportive, thoughtful cheerleader who builds people up... we think of Jasper! He described himself as 'happy and kind' during Hello Yellow Day and we couldn't agree more. Jasper always has kind words and compliments to give to everyone and he is incredibly helpful too.
Year 2
Emilia - for being a cheerleader for other members of the class by recognising when others are working hard and producing great things. She always celebrates the success of others with a big smile!
George - for being kind, caring and a good friend to all other members of the class, giving them support and encouragement to be the best they can be. George loves to tell others how great they are.
Year 3
Scarlett - Scarlett is a ray of sunshine in our classroom. She always has a smile on her face and has shown that she is a determined learner, that works hard to achieve her best. She is a cheerleader for herself, never giving up and maintaining a positive attitude when things get hard. She can encourage others and always does so in a warm and compassionate way. Keep it up.
Maddison E - Maddison is a resilient learner. She always listens carefully to instructions and uses resources around her to support her with her learning. Maddison is able to identify when she needs support and seeks this from her peers and adults appropriately. She has high levels of respect for everyone and always has a smile on her face.
Year 4
Belle & Rose - for being a cheerleader for themselves and others. They are always ready to support others and are selfless in their actions.
Year 5
Oliwia always celebrates the achievements of others and supports her peers on their learning journeys. She has a positive attitude towards her learning and always tries her best. Keep it up Oliwia!
Elizabeth always supports her peers and celebrates their achievements; both in and out of the classroom. She understands that hard work leads to success and is beginning to take increased ownership of her own learning. Keep it up Elizabeth!
Year 6
The focus across school this week, linked to World Mental Health Day 10.10.24, has been on those children who are cheerleaders. The adults have been paying particular attention to those children who support and encourage themselves and others; we have been practising using phrases such as: 'This is tough but you are tougher' and 'You can do it!' This week's Stars of the Week in Year 6 have been chosen with this is mind.
Gracie-Leigh: Gracie has such a positive attitude towards her learning: she tells herself that she can do it and when unsure, she asks for support or clarification from adults and her peers. Gracie volunteers to answer questions in lessons and play solos in band and gives everything a really good go. She is such a supportive member of the class who openly celebrates, and takes joy in, the achievements of others. She is positive when talking about her peers and always compliments them, helping them to see their successes.
Henry: Henry is such a supportive member of the class with his peers and with adults. He is always there with words of encouragement and kind comments that boost others up when they feel down or are lacking confidence. He has a 'can do' attitude to his work and will try anything, even if he is not 100% sure what he needs to do. When people need to hear a kind word or comment, he never fails to deliver. Thank you Henry for being a cheerleader this week.
Headteacher Award
Each week in our Celebration Assembly, Mrs Powell chooses someone who has really impressed her during the week and presents them with her Headteacher Award trophy.
My Superstar award this week was a really tough choice as lots of our children are ‘cheerleaders’ and do their very best to cheer on themselves and others around them. Scarlett T is this week’s award winner because she always gives 100% in positive energy and helps others believe they are strong, brave and capable of anything. Mrs Parkes had recognised this too as she had already picked her as a Star of the Week.
Scarlett also made a wonderful contribution to our World Mental Health Day video that you can find following this link. World Mental Health Day 2024.
Well done Scarlett, enjoy the trophy this week to remind you how awesome you are!
Makaton Sign Of The Week
The children are continuing to learn Makaton's 'Sign of the week' each week. Each Monday, the children learn the new sign for that week. We thought it would be useful to share the following week's sign with parents/carers on our Friday blog so you can get involved too if you wish. Please click on the link below to see the sign for the coming week.
https://makaton.org/TMC/News_Stories/SOTW/SOTW_Postbox.aspx
World Mental Health Day Thursday 10th October
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day and the children came dressed in yellow to show their support of this important day. Thank you to those who were able to donate to our Young Minds charity collection - we raised £206.03 which has been forwarded on to the charity to help them to continue their vital work supporting young people and their mental health.
Throughout the day, the children took part in a range of activities focused on mental health. These included mindful drawing and colouring, yoga, designing 'what matters' islands inspired by Inside Out, creating comfort creatures and doodling what makes them happy.
Christmas Design Project
The children will have either brought home their artwork for the Christmas Design Project today or will be bringing it home on Monday. We hope you will be really impressed with the artwork - the children have worked so hard creating their masterpieces.
If you would like to order any items with your child's artwork on, please complete the order form on the reverse of the artwork and return to school by Monday 21st October at 3pm at the very latest. No payments are required at this stage.To have a look at what products are available, please click on the link below to visit the Xmas4Schools website.
https://xmas4schools.co.uk/
We will send the artwork and order forms to Xmas4Schools on Monday 21st October. Once the company has received them, parents/carers will receive a text/email with their personal order code so you can then log in, place your orders, and make payment online directly with Xmas4Schools.
The company cannot accept any late orders so if you would like to order some items with your child's design on, please return your order form by Monday 21st October at 3pm.
All products ordered will be delivered back to school and sent home with the children. We will let you know when the products are back in school and when they will be sent home.
Reception Phonics drop-in session Monday 14th October 3.15pm
Don't forget that we are holding a phonics drop in session after school next Monday 14th October at 3.15pm for our Reception parents/carers. This is an opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have about how your child learns through our phonics scheme Read Write Inc. There will be resources available for you to look at and a member of staff for you to ask questions.
Thank you.
Early Years Team.
Individual & sibling photos
As advised earlier this week, the individual and sibling photos are now live to order on the Carmel Jane Photography website.
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Secondary applications for September 2025
If you have a child who is currently in Year 6 and you haven't yet applied for their Secondary school place for September 2025, don't forget that the deadline to do so is 31st October.
If your home address is within the Doncaster Council Local Authority, please click on the link below to make your application.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/secondary-admissions
If your home address is outside of the Doncaster Council Local Authority, you will need to apply through your Local Authority for a nursery place.
National Offer Date is 3rd March 2025 - parents/carers will be emailed their decision, using the email account used to apply.
Harvest Service Wednesday 16th October
Our children in Years 1 to 6 are busy preparing in school for our Harvest Service at St Nicholas' Church next Wednesday 16th October. The songs are all sounding wonderful. We will be setting off to the church after morning registration that day.
If you would like to join us to walk to church and back with the children and enjoy the service, please let your child's teacher know that you can come along.
We will be collecting donations this year on behalf of Bassetlaw Food Bank and Balby St John's Church and will split all items donated equally between these two causes. We have provided details below of the items that the food banks are most in need of at the moment, but if you are willing and able to donate we are sure they would be grateful for all donations.
Soup
Tinned fish
Cooking sauces
Tinned fruit
Custard
Rice pudding
Tinned meat (meatballs, chicken in sauce, corned beef etc)
Porridge
Laundry tablets
Deodorant
Shampoo & conditioner
If you are able to donate something, please bring your item(s) into the school office between now and next Tuesday, 15th October.
Flu Vaccinations
If you haven't yet completed the consent form so your child can have their flu vaccination on Thursday 24th October, please ensure you do so as soon as possible. The deadline to complete the online form is Tuesday 22nd October.
We will re-send the link at the beginning of next week to those who haven't yet completed the form.
Parents Evening for this term
Parents evening appointment booking from this term onwards will take place via School Spider, our school website provider. We have been collecting email addresses on the forms that were sent home with the children recently and are currently working with School Spider to activate the parents evening system. We will provide further details before half term.
Congratulations!
Thomas in Year 3 has attended a local Beavers group for the past 2 years and works very hard each week. He recently achieved the highest badge a Beaver can achieve which is the Bronze Chief Scouts Badge. He is very pleased with his achievement as are the Beaver group, as he is one of only five out of his lodge having attained this. Well done Thomas, very much deserved.
PTA Halloween Disco
As advertised on our recent blogs, our PTA are holding a Halloween party on 2nd November from 6pm to 9pm at Bawtry New Hall. Tickets will be on sale next Monday and Tuesday after school on the lower playground or by sending an email to the email address on the poster below.
EasyPeasy App
Support from your local pharmacy
Doncaster Rovers half term football camp
Lunch Menu for week commencing 14th October 2024
Please see the menu below for next week. There may need to be last minute changes to the menus on occasion, to take into account availability of items or delivery issues.
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Diary Dates
Please see below our current diary dates. It may be that there are dates on here that involve your child that you haven't had any information for yet. Please don't worry, information will come out in plenty of time prior to the date concerned. Dates that have been added since the last blog are shown in bold.
Thursday 10th October - Wear yellow/non-uniform for World Mental Health Day. Cash donation if possible please.
Friday 11th October - Christmas Design Project artwork and order forms to be sent home with the children
Monday 14th October - Reception Phonics drop-in session 3.15pm
Wednesday 16th October - Harvest Festival at St Nicholas' Church 9.30am for children in Years 1 to 6 (walking to church straight after morning register - we would love family members to join us for the walk to and from church and to enjoy the service). Change of date - was originally 17th October
Wednesday 16th October – Open evening 5pm for those applying for Nursery & Reception places for September 2025
Thursday 17th October – Year 5&6 Spelling Bee during Key Stage 2 assembly (children only)
Monday 21st October 3pm - deadline for Christmas Design Project artwork and order forms to be back in school. The company cannot accept any late orders. Change of date – was originally Friday 18th October.
Thursday 24th October - Flu Vaccinations for Reception to Year 6
Thursday 24th October – Key Stage 1 Spelling Bee during Key Stage 1 assembly (children only)
Thursday 24th October – Year 3&4 Spelling Bee during Key Stage 2 assembly (children only)
Friday 25th October – last day at school before October half term
Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November – October half term
Thursday 31st October – deadline for Secondary school applications for September 2025
Monday 4th November – first day back at school after October half term
Monday 11th November – Year 5 visit to Lincoln Castle
Tuesday 12th November – Reception and Year 6 height and weight checks with the school nurse during school time
Tuesday 12th November - PTA Bag2School Clothing Collection - further details to follow
Wednesday 13th November – provisional date for parents evening. Date subject to change. Further details to follow.
Thursday 14th November - PTA Year 5/6 Film Night - £3 entry includes snack and drink. Further details to follow. We will require at least 2 parent/carers volunteers to enable this event to take place.
Thursday 21st November - Flu Vaccination catch up session for those not at school on 24th October
Friday 22nd November - PTA Winter Charity Ball
Thursday 28th November - PTA Year 3/4 Film Night - £3 entry includes snack and drink. Further details to follow. We will require at least 2 parent/carers volunteers to enable this event to take place.
Thursday 28th November - deadline for non-refundable deposit for Year 4 residential at Hollowford to be paid. Further details to follow.
Monday 2nd December - Key Stage 1 Nativity Dress Rehearsal 10.30am
Tuesday 3rd December - Foundation Nativity Dress Rehearsal 10am
Tuesday 3rd December - Key Stage 1 Nativity Performance 2pm
Wednesday 4th December - Foundation Nativity Performance 10.30am
Wednesday 4th December - choir singing at Bawtry Residents Christmas Lunch at Bawtry Hall
Thursday 5th December - Foundation Nativity Performance 10.30am
Thursday 5th December - Key Stage 1 Nativity Performance 2pm
Tuesday 10th December – Year 1 to Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
Wednesday 11th December - Rocksteady Concert 10am - for those children taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions
Friday 13th December - PTA Christmas Shop
Wednesday 18th December - Christmas Service at St Nicholas' Church 9.30am for children in Years 1 to 6 (walking to church straight after morning register - we would love family members to join us for the walk to and from church and to enjoy the service)
Friday 20th December – last day at school before Christmas holidays
Monday 23rd December to Friday 3rd January 2025 – Christmas Holidays
Monday 6th January 2025 – first day back in school after Christmas holidays
Wednesday 15th January 2025 – deadline for Reception applications for September 2025
Thursday 23rd January 2025 – Year 3 visit to National Coal Mining Museum
Friday 24th January 2025 – Year 2 National Emergency Services Museum Takeover Day in school. Change of date – was originally Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
Thursday 13th February 2025 - PTA Discos - Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 3.10pm to 3.50pm (Nursery and Reception parents/carers to stay with their child), Years 3 to 6 4pm to 4.45pm. Entry £1 - there will also be a tuck shop at this event
Thursday 13th February 2025 – Young Voices concert at Sheffield Utilita Arena
Friday 14th February 2025 – last day in school before February half term
Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 – February half term
Monday 24th February 2025 – first day back at school after February half term
Thursday 27th February 2025 - PTA Bag2School Clothing Collection - further details to follow
Tuesday 18th March 2025 – Year 2 visit to Austerfield Study Centre
Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Rocksteady Concert 10am - for those children taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions
Thursday 27th March 2025 - PTA Gifts for a loved one shop. Gifts from 50p to £3
Friday 28th March 2025 – last day in school before Easter holidays
Monday 31st March 2025 to Friday 11th April 2025 – Easter holidays
Monday 14th April 2025 – first day back at school after Easter holidays
Wednesday 16th April 2025 - PTA Easter Egg Hunt
Friday 18th April 2025 – Good Friday – school closed
Monday 21st April 2025 – Easter Monday – school closed
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 to Friday 25th April 2025 - Year 5 residential to PGL Caythorpe Court
Monday 5th May 2025 – Bank Holiday – school closed
Thursday 8th May 2025 to Friday 9th May 2025 - Year 3 residential to Austerfield Study Centre
Thursday 15th May 2025 – Y4 parents meeting for Hollowford residential in Year 4 classroom 3.10pm
Thursday 22nd May 2025 - class photos
Friday 23rd May 2025 – last day in school before May half term
Monday 26th May 2025 to Friday 30th May 2025 – May half term
Monday 2nd June 2025 – Training Day – school closed to pupils
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 – Training Day – school closed to pupils
Wednesday 4th June 2025 – first day back in school after May half term
Thursday 5th June 2025 - PTA Discos - Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 3.10pm to 3.50pm (Nursery and Reception parents/carers to stay with their child), Years 3 to 6 4pm to 4.45pm. Entry £1 - there will also be a tuck shop at this event. Change of date - was originally 26th June 2025. Portakabin on top playground open for refreshments if parents/carers have children in both discos.
Friday 6th June 2025 - PTA Bag2School Clothing Collection - further details to follow
Thursday 12th June 2025 - PTA Gifts for a loved one shop. Gifts from 50p to £3
Wednesday 18th June 2025 – Sports Day – Foundation AM, rest of school PM – timings to follow
Thursday 19th June 2025 - PTA Summer Fair
Wednesday 25th June 2025 to Friday 27th June 2025 – Year 4 Hollowford Residential
Tuesday 1st July 2025 – Year 2 visit to Cleethorpes
Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Music Hub (guitars, woodwind and brass) Concert 9am - for those children taking part in guitar/woodwind/brass lessons in school
Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Rocksteady Concert 10am - for those children taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions
Thursday 10th July 2025 - PTA Colour Run (if the weather isn't on our side on this day, the event will be moved to Thursday 17th July 2025)
Thursday 17th July 2025 - alternative date for PTA Colour Run if weather isn't suitable on Thursday 10th July 2025
Friday 18th July 2025 – last day at school before Summer Holidays
2025-2026 School Year
Wednesday 1st October 2025 - individual/sibling photos
