BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
18/12/15
Autumn Term Issue 14
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve” Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary Monday 21st December 7.00pm Carol Service – Bishop Martin Infant Hall Christmas Eve - Thursday 24th December 4.00pm Carol, Cake and Crib Service – Bishop Martin Infant Hall 11.30pm Midnight Mass – Bishop Martin Infant Hall Christmas Day - Friday 25th December 10.00am Christmas Day Service – Bishop Martin Infant Hall Monday 4th January School re-opens for all
Headteacher – Mrs A Gray
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk ATTENDANCE
‘Christmas with the Aliens’ – EYFS Performance We could not be more proud of our fantastic Early Years performance ‘Christmas with the Aliens’. The children really lived up to the challenge of performing a nativity that was meant for KS1 children. It is clear that we have some budding actors in our midst and the audience couldn’t help but engage with the terrific one liners. The performance was a twist on the traditional nativity story and was a perfect end to our ‘3, 2, 1, Blast off’ theme. Well done to all of the children and staff involved and a massive thank you to the audience for supporting our youngest children. Merry Christmas!!
Christingle On Tuesday afternoon, every child made a Christingle and learnt about what each part represented in preparation for the Wednesday morning Christingle service. The whole school came together to celebrate Jesus as the light of the world in the lead up to Christmas. The children really enjoyed making these Christingles and being ableto take them home to share with their families. It was a beautiful service, enjoyed by both staff and children.
Big Raffle Winners Thank you for your support with this year’s big raffle we have raised an amazing £275.50 for the children. Winners are: A new bicycle = Blue 94 - Libby A doll’s house = Blue 83 – Alexa May Large food hamper = Blue 99 - Libby Medium food hamper = White 141 - Alfie Sweet hamper = White 142 - Alfie Bottle of Wine and chocolates = White 259 - Callum A small bottle of wine with chocolates = Blue 66 - Kaydee Sports kite = Blue 135 – Molly & Louise Well done and once again thank you for your support.
Attendance figures for week ending 11th December 2015. Congratulations to the Badgers on achieving 98.9% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 7th 9th
Y1/2 – Badgers Y1 - Rabbits Y2 - Owls R – Caterpillars Y5 – Koalas Y6 – Lions Y4 - Zebras Y6 - Leopards Y3 - Giraffes
98.9% 97.9% 96.7% 96.5% 96.1% 92% 91.6% 91% 88.1%
94.3% for whole school attendance The minimum acceptable attendance is 96%. If a child misses 8 days or more a year they will not achieve 96% this is reportable to Lancashire County Council and may result in a Penalty Notice being issued. Please ensure your children are in school every day and on time. School starts at 8.55am. 100% Attendance Challenge. The Attendance for December 1st to 17th was 96% Last year the attendance was 93.2%. An amazing 161 children had 100% in December
Year 6 Table-Top Sale Thank you to everyone who came along to support the Year 6 table-top sale. We raised an amazing £96.22p which we will be putting towards our WOW event in the spring term.