Weekly Blog Friday 7th October 2022
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 2:40pm
Attendance
Please see below for our class attendance for this week.
This week, Mrs Perry's class had the highest attendance percentage with 98%! Well done Year 3/4B - let's see if you can do it again next week and let's see which other classes can match your achievement!
Nursery - 92.50%
Reception - 93.09%
Mrs Davies (1/2A) - 95.45%
Miss Cruickshanks (1/2B) - 95.24%
Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor (1/2C) - 97.39%
Mrs Wood (3/4A) - 95.57%
Mrs Perry (3/4B) - 98%
Miss Dunn (5/6A) - 92.26%
Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker (5/6B) - 96.62%
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
Emilia for being a super helper in the classroom and being fantastic at tidying up.
Rory for being a superstar; he is great at listening.
1/2A Mrs Davies
Olivia for being kind, respectful and trying hard with her work - and always having an infectious smile!
Fletcher for demonstrating amazing rhythm and enthusiasm during the Rock Steady assembly
1/2B Miss Cruickshanks
Oscar S for having a fantastic attitude to learning and trying really hard with his topic learning.
Olivia C for showing great determination with her reading and blowing the KS1 staff away with how much reading she is doing at home.
1/2C Mrs Birkinshaw/Mrs Taylor
Daniel for great improvements in his attitude towards his learning. This is definitely reflected in his reading.
Layla for huge resilience shown in improving her handwriting.
3/4A Mrs Wood
Aaron for working so hard in class and for showing a real determination in all areas of his learning.
Charlotte for working hard in every lesson and for trying her best. She is determined and challenges herself.
3/4B Mrs Perry
Katie for working hard in every lesson and for trying her best. She is determined and challenges herself.
Elodie for setting an excellent example to other children in class with an outstanding work ethic. She just gets on and challenges herself!
5/6A Miss Dunn
Joe for always showing amazing determination in everything that he does. He works hard in all lessons and is accepting of feedback, always taking this in a positive way to improve his work and make it the very best that it can be.
Lily for being an extremely determined learner. She does not give up, no matter how challenging the activity or task. Lily takes advice and feedback on board and always acts upon it to make her work even better.
5/6B Mrs Pickersgill/Mrs Walker
Ellis for showing determination and perseverance when solving missing number problems in maths.
Ophelia for always being kind and respectful to her peers and members of staff.
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.
Applications for Reception places for September 2023
Applications for Reception places for September 2023 are now open. This applies to children whose birthdays fall on or between 1st September 2018 and 31st August 2019.
Don't forget to submit your application before the closing date of 15th January 2023.
If you live in the Doncaster Council area, you can apply by visiting https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/school-admissions and clicking on 'Primary Admissions'. If you live outside of the Doncaster Council area, please contact your local School Admissions Team.
The announcement date for places offered is 17th April 2023.
After School Clubs
The emails advising parents/carers of whether their child has secured a place on their chosen after school clubs have been sent out this week. If your child has secured a place, please ensure that the required payment is made prior to the club starting next week.
PTA film nights
Please see below details of 2 film nights which our PTA will be holding in October. The films that will be shown are on the posters.
Please note the change of date for the KS2 film night to Tuesday 18th October.
The children brought home letters this week regarding the film nights. There was a slip on the bottom of the letters. If you would like your child to attend the film night, please ensure the slip is returned in an envelope, together with the £3 entrance fee, by the date shown on the letters. These should be given to your child's teacher please.
Harvest Festival Wednesday 19th October
As advised on last week's blog, we will be celebrating Harvest Festival at St Nicholas' Church on 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. If you would like to join us and walk to the church and back with the children, please let school know by Wednesday 12th October. 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.
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
Flu Vaccinations Tuesday 8th November
The Vaccination nurses will be coming into school on Tuesday 8th November to give the nasal flu vaccine to all children in Reception to Year 6 inclusive. Consent forms, together with an information leaflet, will be sent home with your child at the beginning of next week. Could we please ask that the completed forms be returned as soon as possible to your child's class teacher.
The deadline for forms to be returned is Friday 21st October please.
We would appreciate it if the forms could be fully completed whether or not you wish your child to have the vaccine, so that we have a complete set of forms to give to the vaccination nurses when they arrive.
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 on 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 Year 5/6
Last week, Year 5/6 visited Lincoln Castle. They had a fantastic time and wanted to share some of their thoughts about their visit with us.
Harry - I liked the part where they told us about the breaks that the prisoners had. I thought they would have stayed in their cells all day.
Sebastian - My favourite part was when we played a game in the prison. It was a prison escape game where we had to find 12 items.
Jacob - The prison escape game was fun. There were 2 team captains who rolled the dice and then everyone had to find cards that had items on them. I also enjoyed the walk round the outer wall of the castle. We went down some stairs and there were some carvings on the wall. There were also some stocks which were used for public humiliation.
Scarlett - I liked walking round the castle. There was an area where people who were in debt could do jobs like laundry, cleaning and sewing to pay back their debt.
Congratulations!
Well done to Ellis and Joe, both in Year 6, who recently passed their grading in martial arts and have now both been awarded their purple belts. Well done Joe and Ellis - what a fantastic achievement! You should both be really proud of yourselves for all the hard work you have put into your martial arts lessons.
We shared on one of our previous blogs that Esme in Year 4, her brother Zach in Year 6 and their family had climbed Snowdon and had their sights set on Ben Nevis next. Well, they've done it! They reached the summit of Ben Nevis during the summer holidays and wanted to share this with us. This means that the family have now done all 3 national peaks. Well done to you all - it's an amazing achievement and even more special that you've done it as a family.
Rose in Year 2 took part in a dance show with her dance group last weekend. Rose had a fantastic time - well done Rose! Thank you for sharing this with us.
It must have been the weekend for dancing last weekend, as Isabella in Year 1 took part in a dance competition. She won a medal for both her Ballet and Modern solo performances. Isabella was invited to dance again in the adjudicators showcase with only 6 children from the whole competition and won a trophy for her Ballet - she can’t wait for the next competition in 2 weeks!
October Half Term Activity
School lunch menu for week commencing 10th October 2022
Please see below the lunch menu for next week.
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 10th October - flu vaccination consent forms being sent home with children in Reception to Year 6
Monday 10th to Friday 14th October - after school clubs for Year 1 to Year 6 start this week
Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th October - Year 4 pedestrian training
Thursday 13th October - Key Stage 1 film night
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
Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October - half term
Monday 31st October - first day back at school after half term
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
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
Thursday 8th December - PTA school disco
Monday 12th to Friday 16th December - no after school clubs running this week
Wednesday 14th December - Christmas Dinner Day
Wednesday 14th December - Carols round the tree after school
Friday 16th December - Christmas Party Food 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
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 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
