Weekly Blog Friday 7th March 2025
Date: 6th Mar 2025 @ 9:39am
Attendance
Every week in our Celebration Assembly, we celebrate the class who has achieved the highest attendance for that week. This week Mrs Parkes and Mrs Ronan's class had the highest attendance with 99.28% - well done Year 3!
Please see below for the attendance figures for this week. The target attendance for all children is currently set at 97%.
Nursery - 86.25%
Reception - 98.06%
Year 1 Mrs Birkinshaw & Mrs Ward - 97%
Year 2 Mrs Davies - 98.72%
Year 3 Mrs Parkes & Mrs Ronan - 99.28%
Year 4 Mrs Wood & Mrs Walker - 96.29%
Year 5 Mrs Pickersgill - 95.22%
Year 6 Miss Dunn - 97.06%
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!
Please see below where each class stands at the end of today:
Nursery - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R
Reception - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E
Year 1 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E
Year 2 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E
Year 3 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E
Year 4 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A
Year 5 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E
Year 6 - M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W E R M A Y F L O W
Nursery enjoyed their reward this week and chose to watch Bluey, which they really enjoyed. Quite a few of our classes are very close to completing their next MAYFLOWER word, so we hope to be celebrating with them next week. Good luck everyone!
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
Roman has been chosen as star of the week this week for Nursery. He has made a great start in school, he is really happy, and comes into school with a smile on his face. He has started to make good relationships with the adults that he works with and is now settled in the classroom and enjoys the time that he spends with us.
This week in Reception we have chosen two superstars! Our first super star is Ada. She always has a lovely smile and loves to share her thoughts and ideas about our topic with others. Ada has been doing some fantastic writing this week about our World Book Day story. She has done this independently and kept on trying or had another go when she noticed that her full stops and finger spaces were missing. Ada was so proud of her work and shared this with her friends. Ada has also been a kind and caring friend helping other children with their writing when they have found it tricky. Well done 🙂
Our second superstar in Reception this week is Noah. Noah comes into school every morning with a sunny smile and gives big hugs to all of the adults which makes our day. Noah listens carefully and shares his knowledge and understanding of all of our different topics during lessons. This week Noah has been trying to do his writing independently even when he has found it a bit tricky. Noah is always polite and uses his manners when walking around school and at lunch time. Well done 🙂
Year 1
Holly and Skyla - This week we have chosen two wonderful new members of our class! They have settled in beautifully and are both impressing us with their love of learning, fabulous listening and their hard work. We are so pleased to have them join our class and we can't wait to see them grow!
Year 2
Connor - for being the most dedicated reader at home every week. He loves to read and share a book with a partner and with his parents. He is an absolute pleasure to hear read too. His expression and character voice are amazing. Well done Connor!
Daniel - for always loving a book! He takes great pleasure in reading and sharing a book. Everyone loves to listen to him read! He demonstrates his love for reading through his writing too. This week he has started to write an amazing story for our Maths Though Stories competition. Well done, Daniel.
Year 3
Tommy – Tommy is a super star. He consistently works hard and has a positive attitude towards all lessons. This week, he has produced an amazing character description of Mrs Twit and when performing it, he used intonation, showing his confidence as a reader. Tommy is making amazing progress – keep it up.
Isabella – This week, Isabella has pushed herself in writing. She has been working on interweaving dialogue with description. I am really impressed with her contributions in group discussions and the quality of work that she has produced. Well done you!
Year 4
Maddie S - Wow, wow, wow - I am so impressed with Maddie's positive attitude towards learning this week! She has come to school with a smile on her face and has pushed herself in all lessons. I have seen her produce some amazing writing this week and she has been a pleasure to teach. Keep it up Maddie.
Elliot - I have really enjoyed teaching Elliot this week. He is showing me his true potential and pushing himself to achieve. Elliot has really impressed me with how self-aware he is as a learner and is able to remain focused and avoid distractions. I have seen him excel in his maths learning and he has contributed well in discussions to further show his understanding.
Year 5
Oliver B and Oliwia are both avid readers, who clearly have a real passion for reading. They have always got a book in their hand and show obvious enjoyment in reading, choosing a good range of appropriately challenging texts. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Year 6
We have enjoyed the focus on reading this week whilst celebrating events linked to World Book Day. There are lots of children who are enthusiastic about books and reading in Y6 and it has been lovely to see them spread their enthusiasm this week. This week's Stars of the Week in Year 6 are as follows:
Thomas - Thomas reads all the time at home and it is a real pleasure to read the comments in his reading record each week. He has impressed me so much this week with his attitude towards his learning, working hard in every single lesson to make sure that his work is the best that it can be. He has been polite, respectful and helpful to all adults across school and has gone above and beyond to make our classroom, and school, a wonderful place to be. I am beyond proud of you this week Thomas!
Jace - Jace has really impressed me this week with his attitude towards his learning; he has acted upon feedback provided and worked on improving his work in all lessons across the curriculum to make it the very best that it can be. Jace has been respectful to adults and has shown kindness when interacting with adults and children. He has taken responsibility for his learning, and his interactions with others, and has really made me proud. Well done, Jace.
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.
My superstar award for world book week goes to Maggie in Year 4. Maggie was an exemplary pupil on our class trip to Magna yesterday, and she also took a book with her for the journey which she did not put down. An avid reader that loves to share a tale and this is evident in all that she does with her learning in class. Well done Maggie, you are such an inspirational reader who has a wonderful passion for books.
Makaton Sign Of The Week
The children are continuing to learn 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_Lady_Woman.aspx
Request for resources please
In preparation for our STEMathon next Thursday, as part of Science week, we would like to ask if anyone has any plastic bottles and newspapers that they would be willing to donate to school please. If you have any of these items, please bring them to your child's teacher by next Wednesday at the latest please.
World Book Day celebrations
This week we have had a very busy week of all things books, as we celebrated World Book Day.
On Monday, we started the week off with a visit from Phil Sheppard. The children joined Phil for an assembly where he read a story to them and explained all about his work as both an author and illustrator. Phil then worked with the children to produce an illustration and went through each stage step by step to show the children how he worked. The children all produced their own version of Phil's illustration, which were all amazing. We would like to thank Phil for coming to spend the day with us and providing some inspiration which we hope will produce some future authors and illustrators.
On Tuesday, we held the school final of the Danum Read Aloud competition. All the participants performed a piece of poetry for our Reading Ambassadors. The Ambassadors were blown away by the performances and the winners for each year group were as follows:
Year 3 - Ottavia
Year 4 - Belle
Year 5 - Darcy
Year 6 - Valentina
The overall winner was Valentina, who will go on to perform at the final of the Danum Read Aloud competition which is being held at Danum Museum and Art Gallery at the end of this month. Good luck Valentina!
On Wednesday, Boggledybook Children's Bookshop joined us for the afternoon so those children who wished to could visit the bookshop to purchase a new book for a fantastic price. All the children in school received a free book for World Book Day and we also received 30 free books for our libraries.
On Thursday, the children took part in some live World Book Days events within their classes.
Today, to round off our week of celebrations, we invited parents/carers into school to share 'Breakfast with a book' with the children. This was an opportunity to get together and get immersed in the joy of literacy whilst enjoying some breakfast. We appreciate that not everyone could make this event, but we made sure that all children had some time reading and enjoying some breakfast. It was also an opportunity for the children (and staff!) to dress up as their favourite Roald Dahl characters today. There were some amazing costumes!
Please visit our X (formerly Twitter) account to have a look at our celebrations this week.
Easter Chocolate Raffle
Tickets for our Easter chocolate raffle will be on sale in the classrooms and from the school office from this coming Monday 10th March, priced at £1 per strip for 5 tickets. If you would like to donate any Easter eggs/chocolate etc, please bring your items to the school office.
The raffle will be drawn on the last day of this half term, Friday 28th March, during the school day. All proceeds will go towards providing some extra opportunities for our children.
Kitchen Sink Science Fair Friday 14th March 2pm
Parents Evening
Bookings opened this week for our next parents evening which will be held on Wednesday 19th March. Slots are filling up really quickly, so if you haven't already booked your appointment please ensure you do so as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot.
The appointments will take place in the lower hall and there will be food available, so please go up and see Mrs Stanfield to enjoy some of her delicious cooking while you're waiting for your appointment slot.
If you have any problems booking an appointment, please contact the school office.
If you have separate meetings for your child with their class teacher, due to them having a support plan in place, you won't need to book a parents evening appointment for 19th March.
Lots Of Socks Day Friday 21st March
On Friday 21st March, we would like the children to wear some socks that will get them noticed to help us to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. They might be mismatched socks or very bright socks - whatever you child would like to wear along with their normal school uniform.
Hill House Spelling Bee
On Tuesday this week, five of our Year 6 children took part in the annual Hill House Spelling Bee. There were 15 schools in total and this is our third year taking part in this event. The children were slightly nervous before the event started, but their nerves didn't show once the competition got underway.
The first round was a written round where the children had to go up onto the stage and spell six words. Those who were successful in this round took part in the final knockout round, which was a spoken round. All the children on the stage took it in turns to spell a variety of different words - if they spelt their word incorrectly, that was the end of their time in the competition.
Our children did amazingly well and loved taking part in the event. Ava was our top speller and went through to the spoken round. She was very confident when spelling her words and the word she got knocked out of the competition with was pterodactyl - you were so close Ava!
Well done to everyone who took part. We are all really proud of you - you did so well and your team spirit shone through.
Sporting Event
Lunch Menu for week commencing 10th March 2025
Please see the new menu below for next week. There are just a couple of tweaks to be made to the other new menus, so these will be publicised 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.
2024/2025 school year
Monday 10th March - meeting for Year 5 residential - straight after school in the Year 5 classroom
Monday 10th March - raffle tickets for the Easter chocolate raffle go on sale in classrooms and from the school office. Tickets are priced at £1 per strip of 5 tickets
Friday 14th March - Kitchen Sink Science Fair 2pm lower hall
Tuesday 18th March – Year 2 visit to Austerfield Study Centre
Wednesday 19th March - Rocksteady Concert 10am - for those children taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions
Wednesday 19th March - parents evening
Thursday 20th March - Year 5 Road Safety talk
Friday 21st March - Lots of socks for World Down Syndrome Day - wear some bright or mismatched socks to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day
Monday 24th March to Friday 28th March - HERO attendance week
Wednesday 26th March - Nursery & Reception Easter craft workshop 9am to 10am
Thursday 27th March - PTA Gifts for a loved one shop. Gifts from 50p to £3
Friday 28th March - Easter chocolate raffle to be drawn during the school day
Friday 28th March – last day in school before Easter holidays
Monday 31st March to Friday 11th April – Easter holidays
Monday 14th April – first day back at school after Easter holidays
Tuesday 15th April - Easter Service at St Nicholas Church. Setting off once the children are registered that morning. If parents/carers would like to walk to and from the church with us, please let your child's teacher know and come to the school office on the morning of Tuesday 15th April once your child has been taken to class.
Wednesday 16th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt
Wednesday 16th April – Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew. Year 6 will do their Easter Egg Hunt on a different day this week.
Thursday 17th April - Nursery maths workshop 9am
Friday 18th April – Good Friday – school closed
Monday 21st April – Easter Monday – school closed
Wednesday 23rd April to Friday 25th April - Year 5 residential to PGL Caythorpe Court
Monday 5th May – Bank Holiday – school closed
Thursday 8th May to Friday 9th May - Year 3 residential to Austerfield Study Centre
Thursday 15th May – Y4 parents meeting for Hollowford residential in Year 4 classroom 3.10pm
Wednesday 21st May - Nursery phonics workshop 9am
Thursday 22nd May - class photos
Friday 23rd May – last day in school before May half term
Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May – May half term
Monday 2nd June – Training Day – school closed to pupils
Tuesday 3rd June – Training Day – school closed to pupils
Wednesday 4th June – first day back in school after May half term
Thursday 5th June - PTA Discos - Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 3.10pm to 3.50pm (Nursery and Reception parents/carers to stay with their child), Years 3 to 6 4pm to 4.45pm. Entry £1 - there will also be a tuck shop at this event. Change of date - was originally 26th June 2025. Portakabin on top playground open for refreshments if parents/carers have children in both discos.
Friday 6th June - PTA Bag2School Clothing Collection - further details to follow
Monday 9th June to Friday 13th June - Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Thursday 12th June - PTA Gifts for a loved one shop. Gifts from 50p to £3
Monday 16th June to Sunday 22nd June - Bawtry Arts Festival
Monday 16th June - Big Talk in school - further details to follow
Wednesday 18th June – Sports Day – Foundation AM, rest of school PM – timings to follow
Thursday 19th June - PTA Summer Fair
Wednesday 25th June to Friday 27th June – Year 4 Hollowford Residential
Tuesday 1st July – Year 2 visit to Cleethorpes
Wednesday 2nd July - Nursery & Reception sewing morning 9am to 10am
Wednesday 2nd July - Music Hub (guitars, woodwind and brass) Concert 9am - for those children taking part in guitar/woodwind/brass lessons in school. Change of date - was previously 9th July
Wednesday 2nd July - Rocksteady Concert 10am - for those children taking part in the Rocksteady music sessions. Change of date - was previous 9th July
Wednesday 9th July to Thursday 10th July - Year 6 residential to London
Thursday 17th July - PTA Colour Run. Change of date - was previously 10th July
Friday 18th July – last day at school before Summer Holidays
2025-2026 School Year
Wednesday 1st October - individual/sibling photos
