5/10/18
BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
Autumn Term Issue 5
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve”
Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary Monday 8th October Family and individual photographs 6.00pm Governors Meeting Tuesday 9th October Nasal Flu Vaccinations for Reception to Year 5 4.00pm SHAREs Y3/4 Football League @ JMO Thursday 11th October 1.00pm – 3.00pm Positive Parenting Course @ Little Digmoor School Friday 19th October 3.10pm School closes for half term Monday 29th October 8.55am School re-opens to all. We would like to remind parents that if you have received a text today inviting you to Praise Assembly, on Monday morning at 10:45am, we would love to see you there to share in celebrating your child's award.
Dr Feelwell On Tuesdays, Reception, Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 require their PE kits for this health and wellbeing programme. APPLYING FOR SCHOOL PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 The system for applying for reception and secondary places in September 2019 is now live. Please ensure that you hit the "submit" button when you are ready to send in your completed on-line application. You must apply even if you already have children at your preferred school. The closing dates for applications for September 2019 are at 11-59 pm on:Secondary school applications – 31st October 2018 Primary school applications – 15th January 2019 www.lancashire.gov.uk (search "school admissions")
Headteacher – Mr IJ McDonald
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk
Praise Assembly – Weekly Awards Class Star Award Caterpillars Rabbits Owls Giraffes Koalas Tigers Lions
W/E 28/09/2018 Respect Award
Arya Goldson Lennox Minton Jason Fields Brandon Dunn Aureja Balsyte Ruby Haughton Leland Roberts Amelia Murphy Laurynas Balsys Adrianna Grinvalde Victoria Krivosova Kitija Ivanova All of Year 6 Amelia Rendall Headteacher Award - Alfie Davies Football
Y6 Residential to Colomendy
Last week, Lions Class went on an adventurous and eventful trip to Kingswood Colomendy in North Wales. They spent the three days ascending steep climbing walls; navigating gloomy, narrow and ominous cave systems; making, sailing and jumping off rafts; along with a wide range of other exhilarating activities. Our children were kind, respectful and wellmannered throughout the trip, staying positive with a selection of songs being sung enthusiastically and very loudly at any available time. The children and staff worked on their resilience and determination, whilst building strong relationships and improving their teamwork, that will help them to succeed and enjoy the challenging school year ahead of them.
The school Y5/6 Football Team played their final round of fixtures on Tuesday night at the JMO. Following a fantastic effort, we lost two games and won one (although they dominated the opposition in this game and deserved far more than the 1-0 win they got!). Well done everyone! Team: Dylan, Brayden, Stephen, Jaden, Alix, Dillon, Alfie and Kyle. ATTENDANCE Attendance figures for week ending 28th September 2018. Congratulations to the Rabbits on achieving 100% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Y1 - Rabbits Y3 - Giraffes Y2 – Owls R – Caterpillars Y2 - Tigers Y4 - Koalas Y6 – Lions
100% 98% 97.7% 96.5% 92.8% 91.7% 91.6%
95.2% 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.
School Clubs W/C 08/10/2018 Monday KS2 Football Club, Mr Kimpton & Mr Dawe 3.10 – 4.10 ON Wednesday KS2 Dance Club WLSP coach 3.10 – 4.10 ON Thursday Y5/6 Basketball Club, Mr Kimpton & Ms Casey 3.10 – 4.10 ON Y3/4 Yoga Club WLSP coach 3.10 – 4.10 ON
Lunchtimes Monday ICT Club Mrs Maley 12.30 – 1.00 ON Wednesday Chess Club Mr McDonald 12.00 – 1.00 ON
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