Weekly Blog Friday 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 12:30pm
Attendance
Every week in our Celebration Assembly, we celebrate the class who has achieved the highest attendance for that week. This week Mrs Birkinshaw & Mrs Ward's class had the highest attendance with 99.38%! Well done Year 1!
Please see below for the attendance figures for this week. The target attendance for all children is currently set at 97%.
Nursery - 93.33%
Reception - 95.70%
Year 1 Mrs Birkinshaw & Mrs Ward - 99.38%
Year 2 Mrs Davies - 95.11%
Year 3 Mrs Parkes & Mrs Ronan - 97.49%
Year 4 Mrs Wood - 96.73%
Year 5 Mrs Pickersgill - 97.86%
Year 6 Miss Dunn - 99.35%
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!
We have had a fantastic start to the new school year. Please see below where each class stands at the end of today:
Nursery -
Reception - M A
Year 1 - M A Y F L O W E
Year 2 - M A Y F
Year 3 - M A
Year 4 - M A Y
Year 5 - M A Y F L O
Year 6 - M A Y F
A couple of classes could collect their first prize next week - who will be the first?!
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
Ada in Nursery. Ada has been a super star this week. She has done brilliant listening all week and always does what is asked of her. She has set a good example to all of the children. Well done on a brilliant week!
Junie in Reception. Junie has been so helpful this week. She has supported her friends to tidy up the classroom and shows them where things belong. Junie always makes sure she is following our school rules and helps her friends to make sure they follow them as well.
Year 1
Georgia - she is responsible and helps all her friends if they need help with work or if they are upset at break times. She is a great member of our school community.
Travis - he is a lovely member of the school community. He is caring for others when they are hurt or sad and he always has a smile to make our school a happier place.
Year 2
Seren - for helping everyone in our school community by being a good friend to those who need one, organising the resources in the classroom and being a wonderful role model to our new children. You are a star, Seren!
Henry - being a wonderful role model to other children, demonstrating kindness and always being ready to learn. Henry is eager to help and support others in any way he can. Keep it up, Henry!
Year 3
Oscar M - Oscar is an extremely positive role model in the classroom. He consistently works hard and has high expectations of himself. Oscar has been very helpful this week and has used his initiative to be helpful to his peers too. Keep it up.
Ella - I have been very impressed with Ella's consistent positive attitude towards all areas of learning. Her helpful nature means that she can support peers. When doing this, she always ensures she asks questions and prompts her peers so that they can get to an answer independently. You are amazing!
Year 4
Olivia - Olivia is always happy to help. She looks around the classroom for areas to tidy and is excellent at spotting recycling and sorting it out. She does not need to be asked to organise, collect or tidy the classroom because she chooses to do this herself! Every class needs someone as helpful and community minded as Olivia!
Natalie - Natalie has worked incredibly hard this week to organise the books and resources for her table. She did not need reminding to collect books, hand new books out and make sure that everyone had the resources they needed. She always offers to help around the classroom and has been a great help this week!
Year 5
Darcy is a helpful member of our class. She does things, without being asked, to make our classroom and school a nicer place to be. She regularly pushes chairs in, tidies up resources and helps other children to put things away. Thank you for all you do Darcy.
Katie is a helpful member of our class. She always does more than her fair share to tidy away resources and never complains when other children leave things out - she just puts them away with a smile on her face. Thank you for all you do in our class Katie.
Year 6
The theme across school this week has been 'Helping others in the Community'. The adults across school have been looking out for those children in particular who go out of their way to help others in our school community and the wider community. This week's Year 6 Stars of the Week have been chosen with this in mind.
Thomas - Thomas has gone above and beyond this week helping others across school. He willingly gives up his own time during breaks and lunch to help adults and nothing is too much trouble for him. Thank you Thomas for all the help that you have shown me, and others in our school community, this week.
Lily - Lily has stood out this week for being helpful; she always offers to help in the classroom by handing out resources or tidying them away and she has helped some of our younger KS2 members when they have needed it during playtimes. Thank you Lily for the help that you have given to members of our school community 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 goes to Ellie in Year 2. After this week’s assembly, which touched on the importance of helping others in our community after the fallout of the riots in the Summer holidays, Ellie came to tell me how sad it had made her that some older children in the holidays had been causing damage at her local park when she was there. She spoke so passionately about how she wants people to look after where they live to make it a lovely place for everyone to spend time in. Such an activist for positive change Ellie. Keep trying to make the difference in all that you do!
Makaton Sign Of The Week
The children have recently started learning 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_To_Help.aspx
School Uniform
We have noticed that quite a few children throughout school are not wearing the correct uniform. In particular, lots of children are not wearing school ties. Please ensure that from next week onwards all children are wearing the correct uniform. Thank you in advance for your support with this.
Free School Meals and additional funding for children
We thought it would be useful to share information each term regarding Free School Meals with parents/carers. Some parents/carers may not realise that they are eligible, for example if their circumstances have recently changed. Parents/Carers with children in Years 2 and below may also not have applied for Free School Meals as their child already receives a free meal which is funded by the Government's Universal Infant Free School Meals initiative.
Children who are eligible for means-tested Free School Meals are also entitled to receive additional funding called Pupil Premium. This is a grant provided by the Government which school will receive for 6 years to enable us to support the children and enhance their education.
For further information regarding Free School Meals, please click on the link below.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/free-school-meals
If you live in a different Local Authority to Doncaster, please visit your own Local Authority's website for further information on Free School Meals.
If you think you are eligible and would like us to make the application on your behalf, we are more than happy to do this if you contact the school office.
Consent/Visit forms
The children should have brought some consent forms home with them today. Could you please ensure they are completed and returned to school by next Friday, 20th September at the very latest. The majority of children will be bringing 4 forms home:
Consent for photos etc
Internet use form
Regular visit form
Consent for School Spider
If your child is new to school this school year, they will just be bringing 2 forms home - the consent for School Spider and the internet use form. You will have already completed the consent for photos form and the regular visit form prior to your child starting with us.
There will be a prize for the class who returns all their forms first.
Childcare Needs Survey 2024
Parents and carers – City of Doncaster Council want to hear from you.
We are planning childcare needs across Doncaster to ensure we have enough provision for our families in the future.
We are interested in your childcare situation and what your future needs may be.
Please complete this survey and help us plan and support the childcare provision in Doncaster. Please either click on the link below or scan the QR code.
The survey closes on Sunday 15th September 2024.
Macmillan Coffee Morning Friday 27th September
On Friday 27th September between 9am and 10am, we would like our families to join us for a Macmillan coffee morning. We will be serving refreshments and will be collecting donations on the day to raise funds for Macmillan (although there is no pressure to donate anything - all are welcome to the coffee morning whether you can provide a donation or not).
We will be inviting other members of our community and would love as many families as possible to join us so please pop the date in your diary if you can make it.
Open Evening at The Hayfield School Monday 30th September
Nursery applications for September 2025
If you have a child who will be 3 years old on or before 31st August 2025 and you would like them to have a place in Nursery starting in September 2025, the application process is now open.
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/nursery-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.
The deadline for applications to be received by the Local Authority is 6th October 2024.
Asda Rewards - School Cashpot
If you shop at Asda and have the Asda Rewards app, we are hoping you can take a few moments to help us please. Could you please add our school to your app so that we can top up our own Cashpot. When you shop with Asda, Asda will donate 0.5% of the total spend each time to our school. This is additional to your own earnings and doesn't take anything out of your Cashpot.
Thank you in advance for your support with this. We will keep you updated with how our Cashpot is growing.
Flu Vaccinations Thursday 24th October
The School Age Immunisation Team will be coming into school on Thursday 24th October to deliver the flu vaccine to all children from Reception to Year 6. An online form will be sent out in the coming weeks to enable parents/carers to consent to their child taking part in this scheme.
In preparation for the vaccinations, the team have put together a video to promote the flu vaccinations in school. You can watch the short video by clicking on the link below.
PTA Winter Ball
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
One of our families has been in touch with us to ask if we would be willing to take part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. The idea of this is that families fill a shoebox for a young family - the shoebox can include items such as toiletries, small toys, sweets/chocolate etc. We would collect the shoeboxes in and then the family who have suggested taking part in this would deliver the shoeboxes to enable them to be distributed. Families who take part are then able to track where in the world their box is delivered to.
Further details of the appeal can be found by clicking the link below. We will provide more information once details of the collection date etc have been finalised.
https://linktohope.co.uk/shoebox-appeal-2024/
Christmas Design Project
We are pleased to let parents/carers know that the children will be taking part in a Christmas design project again this year. For those of you who are new to school, the children design a piece of artwork which can then be used by a company to make Christmas cards/mugs etc which can be purchased.
For the last couple of years, we have used a company called Xmas4Schools. We had some lovely feedback from parents/carers about the quality of the products so have decided to use this company again this year. Please click on the link below to have a look at their website.
https://xmas4schools.co.uk/
The children will be creating their designs in school, which will then be sent home with an order form on Friday 11th October. The deadline to get the completed order form back to school will be Friday 18th October to ensure delivery in time for Christmas. No payments are required at that stage. Once the company have received the artwork and order forms, 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.
All products ordered will be delivered back to school and sent home with the children. We will of course keep you updated at each stage of the process and provide a reminder of deadline dates. Please keep an eye out on our Friday weekly blog for further details.
EasyPeasy app
Doncaster Council has asked us to share with parents/carers information about the EasyPeasy app. The EasyPeasy app is now available FREE for all parents and carers in Doncaster with children aged 0-5 years old. The app offers thousands of activities, tips & guidance from child development to school readiness to parental wellbeing and more!
For further information, please visit the EasyPeasy website by clicking the link below.
Congratulations!
Noah in Reception has recently been awarded his Stage 4 swimming certificate. Wow Noah, Stage 4 already! That is absolutely amazing - what a superstar!
If your child has an out of school achievement to share with us, please email admin@bawtrymayflower.doncaster.sch.uk and we will share them on our future blogs. We would love a photo too to add to the blog.
Doncaster Adult Family and Community Learning Service courses
Useful courses & information
Please see below for details of some courses and information which Doncaster Council has asked us to share with our parents/carers.
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Free Parenting Course
Lunch Menu for week commencing 16th September 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.
Friday 27th September – Macmillan Coffee Morning
Friday 27th September - deadline for non-refundable deposit for Year 5 residential at Caythorpe Court to be paid
Monday 30th September - Year 6 Open Evening at The Hayfield School
Wednesday 2nd October - individual & sibling photos
Sunday 6th October – deadline for Nursery applications for September 2025
Friday 11th October - Christmas Design Project artwork and order forms to be sent home with the children
Wednesday 16th October - Harvest Festival at St Nicholas' Church 9.30am (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
Friday 18th October - deadline for Christmas Design Project artwork and order forms to be back in school. The company cannot accept any late orders.
Thursday 24th October - Flu Vaccinations for Reception to Year 6
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
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.
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
Thursday 5th December - Foundation Nativity Performance 10.30am
Thursday 5th December - Key Stage 1 Nativity Performance 2pm
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 (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 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
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
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 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.
Thursday 12th June 2025 - PTA Gifts for a loved one shop. Gifts from 50p to £3
Thursday 19th June - PTA Summer Fair
Wednesday 25th June 2025 to Friday 27th June 2025 – Year 4 Hollowford Residential
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
