Weekly Blog Friday 14th October 2022
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 2:41pm
Attendance
Please see below for our class attendance for this week.
This week, Mrs Perry's class had the highest attendance percentage with 100%! Well done Year 3/4B - that's two weeks in a row you've had the highest attendance! Let's see if you can do it again next week and let's see which other classes can match your achievement! As a reward, Mrs Perry's class will get to choose a little treat next week.
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker's class, you were so close to having the highest attendance this week!
Nursery - 87.50%
Reception - 92.08%
Mrs Davies (1/2A) - 95.45%
Miss Cruickshanks (1/2B) - 92.38%
Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor (1/2C) - 94.35%
Mrs Wood (3/4A) - 98.71%
Mrs Perry (3/4B) - 100%
Miss Dunn (5/6A) - 96.77%
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker (5/6B) - 99.31%
Children arriving late to school
Quite a few children have been arriving late to school recently. We thought it would be useful to remind parents/carers of the timings for the start of the school day.
Foundation/Year 1/2 - doors open at 8.45am and close at 8.55am ready for the register to be taken. Learning then starts as soon as the register has been taken.
Year 3 to Year 6 - doors open at 8.40am and close at 8.45am ready for the register to be taken. Learning then starts as soon as the register has been taken.
Late arrivals at school result in children missing the beginning of lessons and disturbing the rest of the class when they arrive. We would appreciate it if all children could arrive at school on time going forward please. If there is a particular issue that we need to be aware of which is resulting in your child arriving late, please speak to your child's class teacher or call into the school office so you can discuss this further with an appropriate member of staff.
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.
This week in one of our assemblies, the theme was how we can fill our own and everyone else's 'buckets' by carrying out small acts of kindness.
Here are this week's stars:
Foundation
Evie in Nursery for beautiful singing during listening time.
Gabriel in Reception for showing he is ready to learn and showing great listening skills
1/2A Mrs Davies
Belle for filling everyone's buckets with kindness by giving smiles, compliments and making gifts (including a wonderful York skyline sculpture).
Ida - this is Ida's last week at our school and we are going to miss her. She has been filling her friends buckets with lovely memories this week.
1/2B Miss Cruickshanks
Annie D for always filling Miss Cruickshanks and all of the children in her class' buckets every day. Annie is kind to the core.
Jacob B for working exceptionally hard in all areas of the curriculum and doing it with buckets full of enthusiasm.
1/2C Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor
Leo for trying hard in all subjects, for always having a smile on his face and for working well with others.
Noah J for trying really hard - especially with his handwriting. For being a superstar in music and always joining in with the songs.
3/4A Mrs Wood
Darcy for being a good role model in class. Always trying her best. Filled Mrs Wood's bucket by writing her a poem.
Esme for helping other people with their learning without being asked.
3/4B Mrs Perry
Harshana for filling everyone's bucket. Holding doors open for everyone, supporting others with their learning, saying lovely things to both staff and children.
Sophie M for always being ready, offering to help tidy or hand out things and for her lovely smile.
5/6A Miss Dunn
Poppy for working hard this week to go out of her way to be kind and to 'fill the buckets' of others. She is such a positive, supportive partner and will do whatever she can to help other children. She has a patient, kind manner when working with others and is an excellent role model in our class.
Noah for being such a kind, considerate member of the class and for working really hard this week to 'fill the buckets' of others. He is a very good friend and always checks that his friends are okay and that they know what they need to do. Noah has a very nurturing side when working with others and this is lovely to see.
5/6B Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker
Sasha for always trying her hardest in everything she does.
Lucy D for her amazing manners, for always being so helpful and ready to learn and for always trying her hardest every day.
Secondary Applications for September 2023
If your child is currently in Year 6, don't forget that the application process for secondary school is now open. If you live in the Doncaster Local Authority, please click on the following link to start your application.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/secondary-admissions
If you live in another Local Authority, please contact your local School Admissions Team.
The deadline for secondary school applications is 31st October 2022. It is really important to apply by this deadline, as Doncaster Council are aware that a number of schools will be full next September.
After School Club payments
If your child has secured a place on one of our after school clubs and you haven't yet made the payment for this, could you please log in to ParentPay this weekend to make the required payment.
Choir - Young Voices 8th February 2023
For those with children attending our choir after school club every Monday, we hope the children enjoyed their first session and are looking forward to performing at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield on 8th February 2023. We have been notified by Young Voices that tickets and t-shirts are now on sale for the performance. We will be sending a letter home with the children after choir on Monday 17th October with further information and details of how parents/carers can book tickets to come along and watch the perfomance (the cost of a t-shirt has been included in the price paid for this after school club).
Harvest Festival Wednesday 19th October
As advised on our recent blogs, we will be celebrating Harvest Festival at St Nicholas' Church next Wednesday 19th October. The staff and children from Years 1 to 6 will be walking to the church, setting off from school that morning straight after the class registers have been taken.
As part of the Harvest celebrations, we will be collecting donations of food items for Bassetlaw Food Bank. If you are walking with the children to the church on 19th October, you can take your food donations straight to church. Otherwise, please bring them to the school office and we will ensure they reach the food bank.
Please see below a list of the most needed items at the moment for the food bank (although, of course, they will be extremely grateful for any food they receive).
- Tinned tuna
- Porridge sachets
- Jam
- 1 Pint long life milk
- 2 Pint long life milk
- Meat paste
- Tinned Ham
- Tinned corn beef
- Tinned fruit
- Small cans of baked beans with ring pulls
- Toilet Rolls
- Instant noodles
- Breakfast cereal bars (for homeless food parcels)
- Tinned stewing steak
- Tinned chicken in white sauce
- Sugar
- Disinfectant
- Bleach
- Baby wipes
- Laundry tablets or pods (we can split this down)
- Tooth Brushes
ClassDojo
Following on from our recent communication survey, we are hoping to start using ClassDojo as soon after the October half term holiday as possible. To prepare for this, a letter will be coming out at the beginning of next week with a slip at the bottom for parents/carers to complete some details which will then be added to the ClassDojo system ready for when it goes live. Please make sure the slip is completed and returned to your child's class teacher by next Friday, 21st October at the latest.
Find our more about why we're excited to use ClassDojo and how it is safe and simple by clicking on the link below.
Individual and sibling photos Monday 31st October
Tempest photographers will be coming into school on Monday 31st October to take the individual and sibling photos. Please add this date to your calendar/diary; as it's the first day back after half term when they are visiting us, we won't be able to send a reminder beforehand.
The photographer will be available from 8am on Monday 31st October if any parents/carers would like to bring their children in to have a photo with a sibling who doesn't attend Bawtry Mayflower. Please come to the school office and we will direct you to the photographer.
Parents Evenings Wednesday 9th November
The parents evening for this term will take place on Wednesday 9th November. The appointments will be available to book on ParentMail (please remember that this is a totally separate system to ParentPay) from 8am next Wednesday 19th October. If you haven't already registered with ParentMail, please do so as soon as possible otherwise you won't be able to book an appointment to speak with your child's teacher.
The discussion between you and your child's teacher will take place in person in your child's classroom. Children are welcome to come along if parents wish them to.
If you have any problems booking an appointment, please contact the school office before the October half term holiday.
The booking system will close at 3pm on 8th November. Places do fill up really quickly, so to ensure you can book an appointment at a time most convenient to you please log on as soon as possible after the booking system opens.
News from Foundation
This week, the children in Reception have been busy exploring repeating patterns. They worked in small groups to create their own repeating patterns, using the 2d shapes. They all did a great job!
Congratulations!
We have some wonderful news to share with everyone. Mrs Parkes recently started her maternity leave and shared the news with us this week that baby Alfie arrived safely last weekend. The family are settling into their new routine really well and we can't wait until Mrs Parkes brings Alfie in so we can have a cuddle. Congratulations Mr and Mrs Parkes and welcome to the world and to our Mayflower family baby Alfie!
The National Sleep Helpline
Swimstars & Dolphins Bawtry
October Half Term Activities
Bawtry Library will be running some October half term activities as below.
Thursday 27th October - 10-11.30 Hooty Halloween Crafts, with Ann Harriman.
Suitable for 4-10 year olds. 50p to cover costs. Booking needed - ring 01302 710858 or call at the library or message them on their Facebook page.
Monday 24th - Saturday 29th October - Space Lego available.
No need to book.
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Barnsley Museums have a wide variety of half term activities on offer for families across their sites. Most of the activities are free, so please take a look at the flyers below for more information.
School lunch menu for week commencing 17th October 2022
Please see below the lunch menu for next week.
Doncaster Council's Schools Catering Team, who are reponsible for producing our meals each week, will be introducing new menus starting from after October half term. We will share these with parents/carers next week so that you can have a look at them ready for after half term.
Diary Dates
Please see below the diary dates for this school year. 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 last week's blog are shown in bold.
2022
Tuesday 18th October - Key Stage 2 film night (please note the change of date for this)
Wednesday 19th October - Harvest Festival at St Nicholas' church - Year 1 to Year 6. Setting off at 9.15am
Wednesday 19th October - parents evening appointments available to book on ParentMail from 8am today
Friday 21st October - deadline for flu vaccination consent forms to be handed back in to school
Friday 21st October - last day at school before half term
Saturday 22nd October - PTA Halloween Disco at MSG. Email PTAdiscohalloween@gmail.com to purchase tickets
Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October - half term
Monday 31st October - first day back at school after half term
Monday 31st October - individual and sibling photos
Monday 31st October - deadline for Secondary School applications for September 2023
Monday 7th November - school nurse in school to carry out Reception and Year 6 screening checks
Tuesday 8th November - Flu Vaccinations for children in Reception to Year 6
Wednesday 9th November - parents evening
Monday 14th to Friday 18th November - Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 18th November - Children In Need dress down day
Tuesday 22nd November - Flu vaccination catch up sessions (for children who were absent on 8th November)
Friday 25th November - Y3/4 visit to Cresswell Craggs
Wednesday 30th November - English Touring Opera in school performing Tutankhamun
Friday 2nd December - PTA Christmas Swap Shop 3.15pm to 4pm. Further details to follow
Thursday 8th December - PTA school disco
Monday 12th to Friday 16th December - no after school clubs running this week
Tuesday 13th December - Bag2School clothing collection
Wednesday 14th December - Christmas Dinner Day
Wednesday 14th December - Carols round the tree after school
Thursday 15th December - PTA Christmas Shop during school time
Friday 16th December - Christmas Party Food Day
Friday 16th December - Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 16th December - last day at school before the Christmas holidays
Monday 19th December to Friday 30th December - Christmas holidays
2023
Monday 2nd January - bank holiday - school closed
Tuesday 3rd January - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Wednesday 4th January - first day back at school after Christmas holidays
Sunday 15th January - deadline for Reception applications for September 2023
Thursday 9th February - PTA Take a Teddy Home Day. Further details to follow
Friday 10th February - last day at school before half term
Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February - half term
Monday 20th February - first day back at school after half term
Tuesday 28th February - Year 3/4 visit to Magna (change of date)
Friday 24th March - Bag2School clothing collection
Friday 31st March - last day at school before Easter holidays
Monday 3rd April to Friday 14th April - Easter holidays
Monday 17th April - first day back at school after Easter holidays
Thursday 25th May - last day at school before half term
Friday 26th May - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June - half term
Monday 5th June - first day back at school after half term
Thursday 8th + Friday 9th June - Y4 residential
Friday 9th June - Y3 Austerfield Trip
Wednesday 21st June 2023 - Big Talk in school (Parents meeting at (9:00a.m.)
Monday 26th - Wednesday 28th June - Year 6 residential to Caythorpe Court PGL
Tuesday 25th July - last day at school before summer holidays
Wednesday 26th July to Friday 1st September - summer holidays
