BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
11/03/16
Spring Term Issue 9
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve” Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary
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Friday 11 March Tonight 7.00pm Prize/Cash Bingo at Christ the Servant Church in aid of the Church Roof Fund Monday 14th March Easter Raffle Starts tickets available from the Main Entrance 20p each. Easter Bonnet and Eggsibition entries. 6.00pm Full Governors meeting Tuesday 15th March 7.40am Y6 Booster Tuesday 15th to Monday 21st March Travelling Book Fair Thursday 17th March 7.40am Y6 Booster St Patrick’s Day (Ireland) Friday 18th March Dress up day (for World Book Day) Sunday 20th March Palm Sunday Monday 21st March Holy Week activities All week 2.00 School closes 2.30 Parents Evening Wednesday 23rd March Easter Egg raffle dinner £2.20 if not FSM Thursday 24th March 1.30pm School closes for Easter Monday 11th April 8.55am School re-opens for all
Headteacher – Mrs A Gray School Website: Maths
The maths page of the school website is currently being developed. Please take a look as you will be able to view our maths curriculum and policies. The ‘kids’ section now has links to a range of websites providing mathematical games to support children’s learning of maths at home. Keep checking as the page is being continually updated.
The Creepy Crawly Roadshow! Badgers had some very special visitors last week; The Creepy Crawly Roadshow!
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk
Praise Assembly – Weekly Awards
W/E 04/03/2016
Class
Star Award
Respect Award
Caterpillar Rabbits
Jacob Trussell Robert Mitchell
James Jermolajevs Laurynas Balsys
Badgers
Jessica Macleod
Freddie Ferguson Jude Trussell
Owls
Nikola Wozniak
Giraffes
Amber Denton
Callum Ives
Zebras Koalas
Eva Smith Aaron Jones
Tereze Zvejniece Kayleigh Rendall
Leopards
Leah McClean
Owen Batt
Lions
Jay Spruce
Ellemay Macleod
The children enjoyed an entertaining and informative presentation and had the opportunity to handle a stick insect, a butterfly, a cockroach, a giant snail or a snake! The children were fascinated and no one showed any fear of the beautiful creatures. The mini-beast session was a great hit with both the children and the adults alike! They have remembered lots of information and have been inspired to do more research about mini beasts with books and the Internet. Sumdog Competition Sumdog Lancashire Maths Contest is taking place from today to 17th March. As well as being able to take part at home, the computer suite will be open at lunchtimes during the contest if children wish to take part during school time. Please see your child’s class teacher if your child is unsure of their password. Good luck everyone! Parents Evening Booking System Our next parents evening is on Monday 21st March and we are trialling a new automated system. We have sent a text message with a link where you can book appointments to see your child/ren’s class teacher. You also have an option to meet with our Headteacher, SENCo and Learning Mentor. (These are not compulsory meetings only if you feel you need to see them). Do not worry, if you are not sure just pop in to the school office or give us a call on 01695 724730 and we will show you how to manually book your appointments.
ATTENDANCE Attendance figures for week ending 4th March 2016. Congratulations to the Lions on achieving 100% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Y6 – Lions Y6 - Leopards Y2 - Owls R – Caterpillars Y1 - Rabbits Y5 – Koalas Y4 - Zebras Y3 - Giraffes Y1/2 – Badgers
100% 98.9% 96.5% 96.4% 93.2% 92.9% 92.7% 92.2% 89.5%
94.7% 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. Next week starts are Easter celebration. We are holding a Easter bonnet and Eggsibition competition. The Easter raffle is only 20p per ticket. See letter sent out this week for the details.
School Clubs
W/C 14/03/2016 Every Lunch Y6 Revision ICT Suite Tuesday KS2 Foreign Language and Culture Club 3.10 – 4.00 On Wednesday KS2 Football Club 3.10 – 4.10 On Thursday KS2 Music Club 3.10 – 4.00 On Chess Club 3.10 – 4.30 Cancelled Follow us on Twitter @SkemBishopM
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