Weekly Blog Friday 2nd December 2022
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 2:53pm
Attendance
Please see below for our class attendance for this week.
This week, Miss Cruickshanks' class had the highest attendance percentage with 98.10%. Well done Year 1/2B!
Nursery - 95%
Reception - 91.82%
Mrs Davies (1/2A) - 93.33%
Miss Cruickshanks (1/2B) - 98.10%
Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor (1/2C) - 86.52%
Mrs Wood (3/4A) - 97.33%
Mrs Perry (3/4B) - 92%
Miss Dunn (5/6A) - 81.33%
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker (5/6B) - 95.52%
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 this week's stars:
Foundation
Evie and Owen for working hard in RWI. They are doing a great job with segmenting and blending.
1/2A Mrs Davies
Joseph - Joseph doesn't always find organising himself easy, but he has developed lots of wonderful strategies to help himself, including developing routines and an amazing way to get his coat on! He has also learnt his lines for the nativity!
Ottavia - Ottavia has quietly and conscientiously learnt her lines for the nativity and she knows exactly when to say them!
1/2B Miss Cruickshanks
Jacob for his fantastic hard-working attitude always and for his super problem splicing skills in place value this week in maths!
Lilly for her hard work and enthusiasm in writing this week. You have impressed so many adults in KS1 this week!
1/2C Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor
Leo T for trying really hard in maths and being so resilient. This has helped him to be able to solve problems more easily.
Mason for working really hard all week and being an excellent role model in class.
3/4A Mrs Wood
Jamie for supporting the people on his table by organising resources and finding solutions to their problems. Jamie has shown a really mature attitude and has been incredibly helpful!
Cameron - Cameron has been working very hard this week. She has been thoughtful in her approach to classwork and has made some sensible decisions. Cameron has been problem solving with these decisions!
3/4B Mrs Perry
Lucy and Sophia B for being good problem solvers. Thinking about the steps needed to solve a problem and doing it, rather than waiting to be told how to solve the problem. They have also been supporting others to solve problems.
5/6A Miss Dunn
Zach W - Zach has really taken on board learning from assemblies and class this week. He has utilised a range of problem solving strategies to enable him to work independently and to solve his own problems. Zach also shares these strategies with other children in the class to enable them to help themselves when they encounter a problem or difficulty.
Carson - Carson has really impressed me this week with his attitude towards his learning. He has worked independently and really pushed himself to make sure that his work is finished to the best of his ability. Carson completed a piece of independent writing this week, showing resilience and determination to persevere and to write at length.
5/6B Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker
Aaron, Ellis, Charlotte and Ophelia for working hard to improve their arithmetic skills. I am really impressed with how much they have improved in this area of their learning! They should be very proud of themselves. Keep up the hard work!
Dance Club Performances
As advised previously, our KS1 and KS2 dance clubs would like to invite their parents/carers to a dance performance as follows:
KS1 Dance Club (Years 1&2) - Monday 5th December at 3.40pm
KS2 Dance Club (Years 3-6) - Wednesday 7th December at 3.40pm
The children will perform the dance routine they have learned.
We really hope their parents/carers can make it. Please come to the school office to sign in and we will direct you to the lower hall where the performances will take place.
PTA Christmas Disco Thursday 8th December
Letters should have come home with the children tonight about the PTA Christmas Disco, which takes place next Thursday, 8th December. If you would like your child to attend, please return the reply slip at the bottom of the letter, together with £1, to your child's class teacher by next Tuesday, 6th December at the latest.
Christmas Service Monday 12th December
We will be going to St Nicholas' Church for our Christmas Service on the morning of Monday 12th December. 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.
Thank you to those who have already volunteered to join us and walk to the church and back with the children. If you would still like to volunteer and haven't yet let us know, please let school know by Monday 5th December at the latest.
If you bring your child to school, please let your child's class teacher know that you are available to join us. Otherwise, please ring the school office on 01302 710721 or email admin@bawtrymayflower.doncaster.sch.uk to let us know you are available.
If you are walking with us, please come to the school office once your child is in their class on Monday 12th December.
Christmas Art Project - orders have arrived
We have received the Xmas4Schools orders back in school this afternoon. These will be sorted and taken round to the classes at the beginning of next week, ready to come home with the children on either Monday or Tuesday night. The company has asked us to let parents/carers know that occasionally, when dealing with thousands of handwritten children’s names, a spelling mistake can occur. Their data is always double checked by a human and their error rate last year was extremely low. If, however, you do receive an order with an incorrect spelling, please call us and we will get in touch with Xmas4Schools who will then reprocess your order.
Wraparound childcare after Christmas
Hoglets wraparound childcare has asked us to pass on that if you would like to request booking forms for the wraparound care which will take place in school after Christmas, please email hogletsbawtry@hotmail.com as soon as possible.
Likewise, if you have already requested booking forms, please return these to hogletsbawtry@hotmail.com as soon as possible.
All requests for forms and completed forms need to be returned prior to 23rd December, as Hoglets will not be open again until 3rd January. They want to ensure that everyone who needs to book places has done so by 23rd December, to prevent any rush after the Christmas period.
English Touring Opera
What an amazing performance from the English Touring Opera on Wednesday this week! The children were in awe of the amazing voices and acting of the group and loved the version of their story of Tutankhamun's shoes.
It was their last day of the show too, so we were very lucky to be one of the last schools to enjoy this
News from Year 3/4
Last Friday, the children in Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic day at Creswell Crags learning about life in the Stone Age. The children asked and answered lots of questions and their behaviour was exceptional!
Rocks and Soils
Sorting rocks into the three different types: sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks. There is always the same quantity of rock on the earth but the rock can change types.
The task here was to match a rock to its name and type. There were some clues to help the scientific discussions.
Survival Skills
Shelter building involved a lot of teamwork. The reindeer fur was very soft and we learned that each strand of fur is hollow and that it is hypoallergenic.
Hunting bison was not as easy as it looked. An accurate aim and a strong throw was needed to ensure the bison did not attack!
Teamwork was essential when making fire. In the Stone Age it would have taken a team of people to start the fire and then maintain it.
Life in a cave
Before entering Mother Grundy’s cave, it was essential to check for animals making it their home. The children know that sharing a cave with a carnivore would be disastrous, but sharing with a herbivore would be acceptable.
Music was used for entertainment and to communicate. Some time in the cave was spend looking at the image of a cave painting and trying to decide what the painter was trying to communicate.
The children were able to look closely at some tools and identify how they were made and what they were used for.
For information about Creswell Crags, visit www.creswell-crags.org.uk
Congratulations!
Logan in Year 2 is so pleased with himself for his hard work in football training recently. This hard work definitely paid off, as Logan was recently awarded Player of the Week! What an amazing achievement Logan - well done, your family are so proud of you and so are we!
ACES Information
Christmas events at River Idle Benefice of churches
Cost of living event 9th December
Please see below regarding a cost of living event which has been organised by Nick Fletcher MP and his team. There will be a wealth of information available to residents of the local area regarding energy bills, debt and other key issues families are facing this winter.
School lunch menu for week commencing 5th December 2022
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
Monday 5th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity dress rehearsal 10.30am
Monday 5th December - Key Stage 1 dance club performance 3.40pm
Tuesday 6th December - Choir performing at Bawtry Hall
Tuesday 6th December - Year 1/2 Nativity Dress Rehearsal 2pm
Wednesday 7th December - Key Stage 2 dance club performance 3.40pm
Thursday 8th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity performance 10.30am
Thursday 8th December - Year 1/2 Nativity performance 2pm
Thursday 8th December - PTA school disco - Foundation and KS1 3.45pm to 4.30pm, KS2 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Friday 9th December - Phonics workshop for Foundation stage and Year 1/2 parents/carers 2.15pm to 3pm
Monday 12th to Friday 16th December - no after school clubs running this week
Monday 12th December - Christmas church service at St Nicholas' church - leaving school after morning registers
Tuesday 13th December - Bag2School clothing collection
Tuesday 13th December - Nursery/Reception craft morning 9am to 10am
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 - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Thursday 5th January - first day back at school after Christmas holidays
Sunday 15th January - deadline for Reception applications for September 2023
Tuesday 17th January - whole school drumming workshops
Friday 20th January - Planetarium in school - Year 1/2
Thursday 9th February - PTA The Great Teddy Bear Exchange (raising funds for FireFly). 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
Monday 1st May - bank holiday - school is closed to pupils
Monday 8th May - bank holiday for the King's coronation - school is closed to pupils
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
