Weekly Blog Friday 6th September 2024
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:40am
Welcome Back!
What a fabulous first week back we have had! We have welcomed everyone back, including our new children in Nursery, Reception and also throughout school. It has been lovely to hear children again in school - it's not quite the same when staff are in during the holidays and it's quiet!
We hope all our new children have had a lovely first week at Mayflower. They have all settled in really well and we look forward to getting to know them and their families as the weeks and months progress.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Attendance
Every week in our Celebration Assembly, we celebrate the class who has achieved the highest attendance for that week. This week Mrs Pickersgill's class had the highest attendance with 98.72%! Well done Year 5!
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 - 96.67%
Year 1 Mrs Birkinshaw & Mrs Ward - 98.15%
Year 2 Mrs Davies - 88.44%
Year 3 Mrs Parkes & Mrs Ronan - 93.91%
Year 4 Mrs Wood - 98.69%
Year 5 Mrs Pickersgill - 98.72%
Year 6 Miss Dunn - 96.08%
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
Year 2 -
Year 3 -
Year 4 - M A
Year 5 - M A Y F
Year 6 -
The children really loved this challenge last year, so we are hoping for great things again this year. Who will be the first class to win their first prize of the year? We can't wait to share this with you on our future blogs.
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
Oakley in Nursery - Oakley has settled back into school brilliantly. He is always happy and cheerful. He is trying hard to listen and follow instructions, setting a good example for the new children in class. He is being really helpful and sharing nicely with his friends.
Ena in Reception - Ena has been really kind and making everyone feel welcome in their new class.
Year 1
Fox - Fox has had a great start to Year 1. He has tried hard with his work, is ready to listen and learn, and has been polite to staff all around the school.
Nova - Nova is super sensible, helpful and hard working. She is a fantastic member of Year 1.
Year 2
Mia - for always following the school rules and being a great role model to all the other members of the class. Mia has begun Year 2 being kind, helpful and respectful and a good friend to all. What a great start, Mia!
Daniel - for having a great attitude to starting his new school. Daniel has shown respectful behaviour to all adults and has demonstrated some beautiful reading and writing. Well done, Daniel and welcome to Bawtry Mayflower.
Year 3
Ruben - I have been really impressed with how well Ruben has settled into our school. He has listened carefully and worked hard in all lessons. Ruben has already made friends because he is a polite, kind and well mannered member of the class. Keep it up.
Laroti - Laroti has really impressed me this week. He is extremely respectful and is always ready to learn. He is one of the first children ready and is keen to complete his work to the best of his ability. He is a role model to his peers.
Year 4
Ellie-May for making an excellent start in Year 4 at Bawtry Mayflower. She has already made lots of new friends and is already exemplifying our school rules by Being Kind, Working Hard and Being Respectful.
Dylan - for making an excellent start to the year. He has settled into the routines very quickly and is exemplifying our school rules of Being Kind, Working Hard and Being Respectful.
Year 5
Jamie - Jamie has made a great start to the new school year. He is focussing on himself and is showing appropriate and acceptable behaviour in different situations. Well done Jamie! Keep it up!
Tamara - Tamara has made a great start to the new school year. She perseveres with new learning and faces challenges with a positive attitude. Well done Tamara! Keep it up!
Year 6
We have had a fantastic first week back in Year 6 this week; I have been so impressed with all the children and am looking forward to the rest of this year with my new class.
This week's Year 6 Stars of the Week are as follows:
Wynter - Wynter has had a fantastic first week in Year 6; she has exemplified our school rules of be kind, be respectful and work hard, in every single lesson and has gone above and beyond to make sure that her work is the very best that it can be. Fantastic start Wynter.
Caydon - Caydon has had a great first week in Year 6. He has shown me that he can follow our school rules and has worked hard in all lessons, producing some fantastic work to be very proud of. What a brilliant start to the new school year Caydon!
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.
This week’s theme was ‘Be the difference; make the difference’ and this amazing superstar has done this every day since he started. Jasper, you make everyone smile and bring joy to your friends, the classroom and around school. You even have a wonderful ability of making a positive difference to everyone’s day – thank you!
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_Learn.aspx
Medical appointments during school time
We appreciate that there may be occasions where children need to attend medical appointments during school time. We just wanted to remind parents/carers that we will need to see confirmation of the appointment prior to it taking place please so we can add it to our records. This is standard procedure.
We don't need a copy of the letter/appointment card/text etc, we just need to have sight of it, either by bringing it to the school office or emailing a copy to admin@bawtrymayflower.doncaster.sch.uk
PTA Annual General Meeting Thursday 12th September 3pm
Our PTA will be holding their Annual General Meeting next Thursday, 12th September at 3pm in the lower school hall. The PTA plays a vital role within our school, organising lots of fun events throughout the year for our children and families and raising additional funds to support us with projects etc.
Please come along next Thursday if you can. If you are unable to make alternative arrangements for your child, they are welcome to come along - there will be a film playing so that they can watch this while the meeting takes place.
If you would like to help or want to provide some ideas for future fundraisers but cannot come to the meeting next Thursday, please let the school office know and we will pass your details on to the PTA. There is no pressure to volunteer a huge amount of your time if you wish to be involved in the PTA - as much or as little time as you have will be amazing to provide support to the team.
We have also met with our PTA this week to discuss adding some exciting events for this school year. The dates for these will be shared in the 'Diary Dates' section of our weekly blog from next week.
PTA Winter Ball
PE Days
Following on from our email earlier this week, please see below the PE days for each class.
Reception - Wednesdays
Year 1 - Tuesdays and Fridays. On Fridays, Year 1 children to come in their PE kits please. They will stay in their PE kit all day.
Year 2 - Tuesdays and Fridays
Year 3 - Thursdays
Year 4 - Mondays
Year 5 - Tuesdays
Year 6 - Wednesdays
As a reminder, with the exception of Year 1 on Fridays, all children should come to school in their uniform on PE days and bring their PE kit with them to change into please.
Consent/Visit forms
Each year, we require updates of the following forms:
Consent form (for photos etc)
Acceptable Internet Use Policy
Regular Visit Consent Form
Blank copies of the above forms will be sent home with the children next week, together with another form to request permission to share information with School Spider, our website provider, who will be working with us on another part of our website to enable us to send class updates to parents/carers.
Could you please ensure that as soon as these forms are brought home, they are completed and returned. The deadline for them to be returned is Friday 20th September.
There will be a prize for the class who is the first to return all their completed forms.
The Doncaster Online Safety Campaign
The Doncaster Online Safety Campaign is working to support professionals, parents and carers help keep children safe in their online world, to help them feel confident in talking about online safety with the children they know and work with, so that they in turn know that they can always talk to someone about anything that is worrying them.
To meet that aim, the campaign has organised a series of free workshops to help support parents, carers and relevant professionals.
The first dates in this series have been announced, the following will be virtual sessions via Teams:
- Tuesday 10th September at 6pm
- Wednesday 18th September at 4pm
- Wednesday 2nd October at 12pm
- Tuesday 8th October at 6pm
- Monday 21st October at 4pm
- Wednesday 30th October at 12pm
To register your interest in one of these dates, please contact yhandnecampaigns@nspcc.org.uk
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.
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.
Key Stage 1 Equipment Store
Mr Palmer, our Site Manager, has asked us to contact parents/carers with a special request. He is currently looking at making some doors for the Key Stage 1 equipment store which is on the lower playground. If you have some timber which you would be willing to donate, could you please email admin@bawtrymayflower.doncaster.sch.uk or call into the school office to let us know. Mr Palmer has said that timber 4"x1" would be ideal but we can work with whatever you are willing to donate.
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.
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/
Congratulations!
Max in Year 2 was awarded his 10 metre swimming certificate at the beginning of this week. This would be a fantastic achievement for anyone, but Max has only been learning to swim since the end of June! Wow Max! You are definitely a swimming superstar. Your family are so proud of you and we are too - well done!
Lunch Menu for week commencing 9th 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
Monday 30th September - Year 6 Open Evening at The Hayfield School - further details to follow
Wednesday 2nd October - individual & sibling photos
Sunday 6th October – deadline for Nursery applications for September 2025
Thursday 17th 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)
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 21st November - Flu Vaccination catch up session for those not at school on 24th October
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
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
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
Friday 18th April 2025 – Good Friday – school closed
Monday 21st April 2025 – Easter Monday – school closed
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
Wednesday 25th June 2025 to Friday 27th June 2025 – Year 4 Hollowford Residential
Friday 18th July 2025 – last day at school before Summer Holidays
