Weekly Blog Friday 3rd March 2023
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 3:06pm
Attendance
Please see below for our class attendance for this week.
This week, Mrs Pickersgill and Mrs Walker's class had the highest attendance with 100%! Well done Year 5/6B!
Nursery - 93.75%
Reception - 95.91%
Mrs Davies (1/2A) - 95.71%
Miss Cruickshanks (1/2B) - 96.67%
Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor (1/2C) - 96.96%
Mrs Wood (3/4A) - 99%
Mrs Perry (3/4B) - 94.19%
Miss Dunn (5/6A) - 94.33%
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker (5/6B) - 100%
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.
Foundation
Patrick in Reception for being a superstar in his RWI this week, he is doing a great job at blending his sounds together to make words.
Rory in Reception for doing super writing about the life cycle of a butterfly. He used his Fred talk to help him to write the words.
1/2A Mrs Davies
Maddie - for trying really hard to improve her reading and writing and being a really good friend to others when they need one.
Elliot - for being a really great role model to others in his attitude towards all aspects of school life - and for trying really hard with his handwriting.
1/2B Miss Cruickshanks
Annie D - Annie is an absolute delight in school. She always listens carefully and tries her best. Annie is the perfect role model to other children, thank you for always giving 100% it never goes unnoticed!
Jagoda - Jagoda's confidence and self-belief in her abilities grows each week. Jagoda is cherished by her peers, she always has a positive, productive attitude towards the tasks ahead. Myself, and the children in class 1/2B are grateful to have such a friendly, helpful and cooperative member in our class. You are amazing, keep it up!
1/2C Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor
Maggie - becoming really mature in her attitude towards her learning. Giving 100% to all her learning and trying her best.
Thomas - Trying really hard 100% of the time! He gives so much effort to all his work and he always tries his best.
3/4A Mrs Wood
Hermione: For working hard in all areas of learning this week. Staying focused and trying her best. Well done!
Frankie: For working hard in all areas of learning this week. Staying focused and trying his best. Well done!
3/4B Mrs Perry
Noah: For his amazing enthusiasm this week. He has shown great interest during our trip to Magna and shown what he has learnt back in class. He has also really responded to feedback given to him about his Maths story he has been writing. Very proud of you Noah. Keep it up.
Wynter: For continually working hard and pushing herself with her learning. For always offering to help to do jobs and helping her peers move their learning forward.
5/6A Miss Dunn
Daniel - Daniel has tried really hard this week to take care with his work and present it to the best standard that he can. He has ensured that he spends extra time checking over work to spot any errors or areas for improvement. Daniel has shown that he is kind and inclusive and involves others so that nobody feels like they have been left out.
Jessica - Jessica is such a kind member of the class who always has positive things to say about everyone; however, she is not always as kind to herself and can sometimes tell herself that she can't do something. This week, I have seen increased self-belief and Jessica's confidence is improving. Keep this up Jessica - we all believe in you.
5/6B Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker
Ella - Ella is a thoughtful and considerate child. She always thinks about other people's feelings and is always willing to help those who need a little extra support. She is a great partner and a great friend to others.
Henry - Henry is showing kindness on a daily basis. He works well with others, offering support and guidance when he can. He is a great partner and a great friend to others.
Proposed strike action
The commitment to the children here at Bawtry Mayflower remains as high as ever and any decisions that staff have / will make in terms of strike action will not be taken lightly. I would like to update you in light of this that there are no planned closures / partial closures for the remaining strike dates at this current time.
After School Clubs for after Easter
The letters for the next lot of after school clubs, which will start after Easter, should have come home with the children tonight. The deadline for the slips to be returned is next Wednesday 8th March. All children who return their slips by next Wednesday will have an equal chance of being allocated a place on a club; however, there are limited spaces so it may be the case that not all children will get a place on their chosen club.
If your child is in Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6) the reply slip MUST be fully completed, especially the section which asks whether your child will be collected or will be walking home. If this section is not fully complete, the slip will be returned home with your child and they will only be considered for a club when the slip is returned correctly completed.
Emails advising you as to whether your child has secured a place on their chosen club or not will be sent out by Friday 17th March. The payment items for the clubs will then be added to ParentPay on Monday 20th March, allowing you to pay for the clubs between 20th March and the end of the Easter holidays. Please ensure that payment is made by the end of the Easter holidays ready for the clubs starting on the first week back.
PTA Allotment Project
Mrs Perry's assembly Monday 6th March
Mrs Perry's class would like to invite their parents/carers into school for their assembly next Monday, 6th March. The assembly will start at 10.15am, so if you can make it please ensure you arrive at the school office in plenty of time to sign in.
The assembly will be based on their current topic learning and will focus on the topics of 'the water cycle', 'extreme weather', 'natural disasters' and their recent visit to Magna.
We look forward to seeing you then.
Parents Evening Wednesday 8th March
As advised last week, the parents evening for this term will be held next Wednesday 8th March. Appointment time slots will need to be booked via ParentMail. The appointment booking system opened this Wednesday, 22nd February at 8am. If you haven't yet registered with ParentMail, please do so as soon as possible. If you have any problems registering, please contact the school office as soon as possible.
Slots do fill up quickly, so please make sure if you haven't yet booked your appointment, that you do so as soon as possible. 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.
Year 1/2 PE kits
Could the children in Year 1/2 please come in their PE kits every Friday from now on, as well as on their normal PE day. The children will be having an extra PE session each week on a Friday afternoon.
Special request from Foundation
Does anyone have any spare compost, soil, plant pots or seeds that you would be willing to donate to our Foundation Stage please, so that the children can have a go at planting for their topic Ready, Steady, Grow? If you do have a donation, could you please bring it to the school office next week.
Active Ambassadors
We are delighted to introduce our new Active Ambassadors for Bawtry Mayflower. These children are excited to help Miss Cruickshanks lead our journey towards positive health and well-being through sport and exercise! Well done!!
Science Fair Friday 17th March
Easter Church Service Wednesday 29th March - volunteers needed!
We will be going to St Nicholas' Church for our Easter Service on the morning of Wednesday 29th March. 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.
If you would like to join us and walk to the church and back with the children, please let school know as soon as possible.
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 Wednesday 29th March.
Training Days for the next school year
The training days for the next school year have now been finalised and are as follows:
Monday 4th September 2023
Monday 30th October 2023
Monday 3rd June 2024
Monday 22nd July 2024
Tuesday 23rd July 2024
On these days, school will be closed to pupils. Please find below a school holiday calendar for the next school year which includes the above training days.
School Holiday Pattern 2023-2024.pdf
As a reminder, the remaining training day for this school year is on Friday 26th May 2023 and school will be closed to pupils on this day.
All school holidays/training days are on the school website calendar and a copy of the school holiday/training days calendar is also on the Term Dates page of our school website.
News from Year 5/6
Last Friday, the children in Years 5 and 6 visited York’s Chocolate Story. They had a fun-filled, action-packed day which involved a tour of the chocolate factory; a workshop to learn about how the Ancient Maya made a bitter drink from cacao nibs called xocolatl and an opportunity to make their own chocolate lollypops. There was also lots of ‘essential sampling’ of chocolate throughout the day!
During the workshop, children followed a similar process to the Ancient Maya to make their own version of xocolatl. The first stage in the process was to work collaboratively to grind cacao nibs. (This was very tricky and unlike the Maya who used to grind them for 18 hours, we only ground them for 10 minutes!) We then added cocoa powder. The next stage in the process was to add water and then we used a special technique used by the Ancient Maya to make the drink bubbly – we had to pour from one jug to another jug repeatedly, whilst lifting and lowering the jugs to make lots of bubbles appear. The groups then chose whether to use vanilla, honey or chilli to flavour their drink before then sampling it – it was not quite as delicious as the hot chocolate that we are used to!
Here we are making our xocolatl drinks and learning more about the Ancient Maya.
News from Year 3/4
On Monday, Mrs Wood's class led an assembly and invited their parents/carers in to school to share this with them. Their assembly was called Our Favourite Things and some children showed some examples of work that they had done in class and talked about what they had enjoyed.
On Tuesday, Year 3/4 went on their visit to Magna. Whilst there, the children took part in a workshop where we learnt about the importance of clean water. We were shown how diseases can spread through sharing the water. From this we then created our own water filters to attempt to clean some dirty water. They actually worked!
We watched the Big Melt and learnt how the steel was melted and then used in making new things.
While exploring the pavilions, we made clouds, learnt about the power of wind and water and saw a fire tornado, as well as many other amazing things.
We all really enjoyed our day there.
It has been a really busy week for Year 3/4, as on Wednesday some of the children took part in a Dodgeball competition at another school. The children did brilliantly and their team spirit shone through as always. Bawtry 1 finished 4th and Bawtry 2 came runners-up! Elsie and Brandon were awarded medals as the team players for enthusiasm and skill.
We are looking forward to entering some more competitions soon, so watch this space!
World Book Day
Yesterday was World Book Day. The children were invited to come to school in their pyjamas and bring along a teddy and their favourite bedtime story to share with their friends. During the day, the children were able to choose which member of staff they would like to read them a story and children from across school then got together to listen to the story. In the afternoon, the children took part in the Masked Reader competition, where they had to try and guess which member of staff was reading each story. Some of the staff made it really difficult for the children to guess, but they had great fun guessing!
Please click on the arrows at the side of the blog image at the top of this page for some photos from World Book Day.
Congratulations!
Phoebe in Year 1 was recently awarded with her Stage 3 swimming certificate. Wow Phoebe, what a fantastic achievement! You must really love your swimming and be trying very, very hard in each lesson. Well done!
School lunch menu for week commencing 6th March 2023
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 the last blog are shown in bold.
2023
Monday 6th March - Year 3/4B (Mrs Perry's class) assembly for parents 10am (further details to follow)
Wednesday 8th March - Parents Evening
Wednesday 8th March - deadline for after school club slips to be returned
Wednesday 15th March - Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew
Thursday 16th March - PTA Mothers Day Shop
Friday 17th March - non-uniform day - donations of raffle prizes for PTA Bingo Night - further details to follow
Friday 17th March - Red Nose Day - further details to follow
Friday 24th March - PTA Ladies Bingo Night
Monday 27th March - Bag2School clothing collection - change of date. Bags to come home with the children in the next couple of weeks.
Tuesday 28th March - Rocksteady concert 2pm (for those parents whose children are taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions)
Wednesday 29th March - Easter Church Service at St Nicholas' church - setting off from school at 9.15am
Friday 31st March - Wear a hat day - further details to follow
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
Thursday 15th June - PTA Fathers Day Shop
Friday 16th June - class photos
Wednesday 21st June 2023 - Big Talk in school (Parents meeting at (9:00a.m.)
Thursday 22nd June - PTA Summer Fair
Monday 26th - Wednesday 28th June - Year 6 residential to Caythorpe Court PGL
Thursday 6th July - Nursery/Reception visit to Austerfield - further details to follow. Nursery parents to accompany their children on the visit.
Tuesday 18th July - Rocksteady concert 2pm (for those parents whose children are taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions)
Thursday 20th July - PTA Colour Run
Tuesday 25th July - last day at school before summer holidays
Tuesday 25th July - Year 6 Leavers assembly 2pm
Wednesday 26th July to Friday 1st September - summer holidays
New school year 2023/2024
2023
Monday 4th September - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Tuesday 5th September - first day back after Summer holidays
Wednesday 27th September to Friday 29th September - Year 6 residential to Caythorpe Court PGL Centre
Monday 2nd October - closing date for Nursery applications for September 2024
Friday 20th October - last day before half term
Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October - half term
Monday 30th October - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Tuesday 31st October - first day back after half term
Monday 30th October - closing date for Secondary applications for September 2024
Wednesday 1st November - individual/sibling photos (session for those with younger siblings etc to be held from 8am)
Friday 22nd December - last day before Christmas holidays
Monday 25th December to Friday 5th January - Christmas holidays
2024
Monday 8th January - first day back after Christmas Holidays
Monday 15th January - closing date for Reception applications for September 2024
Friday 9th February - last day before half term
Monday 12th February to Friday 16th February - half term
Monday 19th February - first day back after half term
Thursday 28th March - last day before Easter holidays
Friday 29th March - bank holiday - school closed
Monday 1st April to Friday 12th April - Easter holidays
Monday 6th May - bank holiday - school closed
Wednesday 15th May - class photos
Friday 24th May - last day before half term
Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May - half term
Monday 3rd June - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Friday 19th July - last day before half term
Monday 22nd July - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
Tuesday 23rd July - Training Day - school is closed to pupils
