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BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
Autumn Term Issue 14
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve” Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary Monday 19th December 9.30am Christingle at Christ the Servant Church – Parents welcome Dinner in a Bag * Tuesday 20th December Non-uniform day - Party Clothes Party food Lunch * 3.10pm School closes for Christmas No Hedgehog after school club today Thursday 22nd December 7.30pm Carols by candlelight at Christ the Servant church Saturday 24th December – Christmas Eve 4.00pm Carol and Crib Service 11.30pm Midnight Eucharist both at Christ the Servant church Thursday 5th January 2017 8.55 School re-opens for all *£2.20 for junior children if not on Free School Meals Big Christmas Raffle – 50p This year’s big Christmas raffle has some amazing prizes. Tickets are on sale now and will be drawn on Monday 19th December.
Headteacher – Mrs A Gray Praise Assembly – Weekly Awards Class
W/E 09/12/2016
Caterpillar
Star Award Aureja Balsyte
Respect Award Curtis Riley
Rabbits
Jocelyn Lowe
Eva Bray
Owls
All of Owls
Daniel Budgen
Giraffes
Isaac Hazelton
Alfie Murphy
Zebras
Isabelle Blackwell-Price
Alfie Davies
Koalas
Abbi Batt
Hristiyan Dimitrov
Lions
Geaorge Malpus
Morgan Hayes
Christmas Performances Well done to all the children and staff involved in the Christmas performances this year. They have been a huge success. Thank you to our audiences and those who have bought photographs. These will be sent home once printed. ATTENDANCE Attendance figures for week ending 9th December 2016. Congratulations to the Owls on achieving 96.7% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Y2 - Owls R – Caterpillars Y5 – Koalas Y3 - Giraffes Y6 – Lions Y4 - Zebras Y1 - Rabbits
96.7% 95.8% 94.8% 94.3% 94.2% 92.6% 91.7%
94.3% for whole school attendance The minimum acceptable attendance is 96%.
Good Luck!!
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.
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk Ladybirds Star of the Week Philip Holt
School Clubs W/C 19/12/2016 No clubs this week; new clubs to start after Christmas; please look out for the letters.
Place Mat Winners Caterpillars – Phoebe Baines & Jack Pinder Rabbits – Lucas Murray & Macey Irwing Owls – Evita Zeberga & Heidi Rogers Giraffes – Libby Baines & Tiegan Gibson-Collier Zebras – Abbie Holt & Amelia Rendall Koalas – Cody Sorrell & Ellie Amor Lions – Joe Gibson-Collier & Ged Bailey-Battell For the neatest coloured Christmas placemat in their class. Winning designs were photocopied and used to decorate the table for the guests from Beechwood Court. All winners received a festive pencil. Well Done! SHARES Public Speaking On Thursday 8th December Leon Prunetti and Ellie Holt represented our school at the SHARES Public Speaking competition at Edge Hill University. The children competed against 11 other schools and did a fantastic job. Not only was their speech 'Why mutual respect is important?' of extremely high quality and very well written, they spoke clearly, confidently and passionately about the subject. I was truly proud to be there watching them and enjoyed my time spent working with them in preparation for the event. Mrs Hewitt.