Weekly Blog Friday 5th May 2023
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 3:18pm
Bank Holiday Monday 8th May
Don't forget it's a bank holiday on Monday due to the King's Coronation, so school is closed. We will see everyone back in school next Tuesday, 9th May. Have a lovely weekend and bank holiday, whatever your plans.
Attendance
Please see below for our class attendance for this week.
This week, Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker's class had the highest attendance with 99.07%! Well done Year 5/6B - that's two weeks in a row you've had the highest attendance now! Can you make it a hat trick next week?
Nursery - 92.65%
Reception - 96.20%
Mrs Davies (1/2A) - 92.86%
Miss Cruickshanks (1/2B) - 96.43%
Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor (1/2C) - 98.37%
Mrs Wood (3/4A) - 91.94%
Mrs Perry (3/4B) - 95.16%
Miss Dunn (5/6A) - 95.42%
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker (5/6B) - 99.07%
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 Nursery - This week Mrs Agus is really impressed with how well Patrick is listening and engaging in phonics and maths sessions with her. He is really eager and keen to join in and participate when working in his group.
Emilia - Mrs Mundy has been really impressed with Emilia's creative skills this week. She has done a beautiful painting of a rainbow and made a bag in the cutting and sticking area. She inspired other children to use her ideas to make their own creations.
1/2A Mrs Davies
Annie W - for being a fabulous member of the school community, showing respect to everyone and being a good friend to anyone who needs a friend.
Noah G - for being an outstanding pupil, showing respect and being kind and helpful to everyone.
1/2B Miss Cruickshanks
Edward - For being the perfect role model, for showing deep rooted respect to all children and staff and for being the best role model to others ALWAYS!
Maddie D - For having a heart of gold and for always being a caring and supportive friend to all. Well done!
1/2C Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor
Olive - for being an absolute superstar! She is so wonderful in the class, helping others and the adults. She is able to play with and support anyone in our phase - such a great member of the class.
Layla - She has been wonderful this week and is working so hard to try and improve her attitude and learning. As such, she is now showing great improvement with her handwriting. It is amazing! It has been wonderful not only in her writing lessons but also in all subjects. Well done Layla!
3/4A Mrs Wood
Max has been working even harder than normal this week as he has taken extra time to support other children with their learning. He gives support without telling the answers - perfect! He has been an amazing friend, supporting children kindly with break time issues and helping to make sure other children are happy and have someone to play with. Excellent!
Gracie-Leigh has been working hard as usual this week. She has shown how mature and sensible she is with her approach to her own work but also when supporting other children. Gracie-Leigh has noticed children in class who were upset and supported them in a kind and gentle manner which resulted in problems being sorted. Amazing!
3/4B Mrs Perry
Brandon: For working hard. His work ethic this week has been amazing. He has tried his best across all subjects and taken all feedback on board to better his learning. Even going on to then help others. Well done Brandon.
Adomas: For working hard. His work ethic this week has been amazing. He has ignored any possible distractions, mantained a neat presentation and taken all feedback on board to better his learning. Well done Adomas.
5/6A Miss Dunn
Our theme this week has been about respect - challenging discrimination and stereotypes against others and this links really well with Y5/6 current topic: Human Rights and Responsibilities. Y5/6A Stars of the Week have been chosen with this in mind.
Aria has shown respect and understanding whilst learning about the protected characteristics, under the Equality Act, as part of our humanities learning. She understands that everyone is different but is entitled to the same rights. Aria respects everyone as an individual and shows compassion and empathy for all members of the class and school community at all times.
Carson has shown respect and understanding whilst learning about the protected characteristics, under the Equality Act, as part of our humanities learning. He can clearly articulate the meaning of key vocabulary, such as discrimination, diversity and equity and can give examples of this. Carson respects all members of the school community and treats staff and his peers with compassion.
5/6B Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker
Charlotte comes to school each day with a positive mindset and a determination to do even better than the day before. Charlotte is beginning to show the resilience necessary to pick herself up when she encounters problems and to treat each day as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Hunter comes to school each day with a smile on his face and a positive, 'can-do' attitude. He recognises that each day is an opportunity to be better and to do better and he is beginning to push himself to do just that. Keep it up!
Notifying school of a child's absence
Please remember that if your child will be absent from school on a particular day, please ensure you phone the school office as early as possible that morning. If a member of the office staff isn't in to take the call, you can leave a message on the answer machine and this will be picked up as soon as they arrive.
It is very important that this call is made please. A call is needed rather than an email, as emails are quite often not first priority when the office staff arrive (depending on how busy the office is each day). If we do not have a reason for absence, staff will make calls to all emergency contacts and, if no contact is made at that stage, a home visit may be necessary. This takes up time that could have been avoided had the initial phone call been made to school.
Payment for After School Clubs
If your child has secured a place on one of our after school clubs this term and this is something you usually pay for, please ensure that the payment is made on ParentPay as soon as possible if you haven't already paid. Payment was due prior to the clubs starting, so these payments are now very overdue.
Attendance Monitoring
Attendance monitoring takes place regularly at Bawtry Mayflower. A monitoring meeting will be held next week and letters will go out as necessary following this. These letters are a statutory requirement, as we are obliged to keep parents/carers updated regularly if a child's attendance falls below our target attendance percentage of 97%. We will also send out letters if attendance has improved. If there is anything you wish to discuss in relation to your child's attendance at any point, please don't hesitate to speak to your child's teacher or contact the school office to arrange to speak with Mrs Powell.
Coronation Celebrations!
What a fantastic day we have had in school today to celebrate the King's Coronation this weekend. The children have taken part in a variety of Coronation-themed activities, including making finger-print flags, decorating biscuits and making their own crowns.
We crowned our Mayflower Monarch today too! The children were invited to write a persuasive postcard to Mrs Powell explaining why they should be crowned the Mayflower Monarch. Henry in Year 5 was chosen; Henry's reasons included that he likes having responsibilities, is brave and strong and - the best reason ever - he would look good in a crown! Well done Henry!
The weather was super kind to us today for our whole school picnic. We were worried at the start of the day that everyone would need to be inside and had what seemed like plans A-Z which covered every eventuality we could think of! As it turned out, the sun shone for us and we were able to hold the event outside (which was Plan A!!). We were blown away by how many families attended the picnic and there was lots of lovely feedback about the event. It was so lovely to welcome families into school and the children had a fantastic time! The children had been learning Makaton signs to 'God Save The King' and performed this to their families as a wonderful end to what was a really special event.
We would like to give special thanks to our cook, Mrs Rushby and her fabulous kitchen team who made up picnic boxes for the children. She also made over 150 crown biscuits for all the visitors - these looked amazing and feedback was that they tasted even better than they looked! We are very lucky at Mayflower to have such a fabulous catering team, who work with us to provide these yummy goodies for our events and we are extremely grateful.
Please click on the arrows to the left and right of the Blog image at the top of this page to see some photos from today's picnic.
Oscar in Year 1 and his brother Isaac, who is in Nursery, went to London last Saturday. They loved seeing Buckingham Palace and Big Ben after learning all about the Kings coronation in school. They wanted to share this picture for the school blog. We hope you had a fantastic time boys - we bet it was really busy even one week before the big event!
Smart Watch Safety
Recognition Board Success
Congratulations to the children below who have received their Recognition badges from Mrs Powell recently. They all got their names under all 3 categories on the Recognition board - Work Hard, Be Kind and Be Respectful. Well done everyone!
If your child has been awarded with their Recognition Badge recently and hasn't yet appeared on one of our Friday blogs, please email admin@bawtrymayflower.doncaster.sch.uk and we will make sure we celebrate their success on one of our future blogs.
Congratulations!
We have some wonderful news to share with everyone. Mrs Walker, our Deputy Head, recently started her maternity leave and shared with us recently that baby Harper arrived safe and well. The whole family are doing really well and are adjusting to life with a little baby. Harrison, Mr & Mrs Walker's little boy, is the best big brother ever and loves having a little sister! We are hoping to meet Harper soon and know you will join us in welcoming her to our Mayflower family.
Half Term Activities
Bawtry Litter Pick 8th May
Trans Pennine Trail Activity Packs
Please see the information below which we have been asked to share by the Trans Pennine Trail National Office.
Here at the Trans Pennine Trail national office we produce regular kids activity packs which link to school holidays and important events throughout the year. To access and download all our activity packs, please visit our website https://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/welcome-to-our-childrens-page/
This edition has lots of fun, coronation themed things to do over the coronation weekend.
Bawtry Arts Festival Events
School lunch menu for week commencing 8th May 2023
Please see below the school lunch menu 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.
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.
2023
Monday 8th May - bank holiday for the King's coronation - school is closed to pupils
Tuesday 9th May to Friday 12th May - Key Stage 2 SATs
Tuesday 9th May - Year 3/4 Hockey festival - parents of those involved have already been notified
Thursday 18th May - Year 6 parents meeting for Caythorpe Residential 4.30pm
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
Monday 12th June - Year 3/4A (Mrs Wood's class) assembly - starts at 10.15am. Parents invited - to arrive from 10am for prompt 10.15am start
Wednesday 14th June - Year 1/2 visit to Cleethorpes
Thursday 15th June - PTA Fathers Day Shop
Friday 16th June - class photos
Saturday 17th June to Saturday 24th June - Bawtry Arts Festival
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
Monday 26th June - Year 3/4B (Mrs Perry's class) assembly - starts at 10.15am. Parents invited - to arrive from 10am for prompt 10.15am start
Thursday 6th July - Nursery/Reception visit to Austerfield - further details to follow. Nursery parents to accompany their children on the visit.
Monday 10th July - Year 6 transition evening at The Hayfield School (further details to follow from Hayfield)
Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th July - Year 6 transition at The Hayfield School (further details to follow from Hayfield)
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
