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2 years ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2024 by

Nasal Flu Immunisation postponed

Shropshire Community Health have contacted the school this morning to say that due to the road conditions the Nasal Flu immunisations which were due to have taken place today have been postponed.  They will be contacting us to rearrange the date and we will let you know the new date once it has been made.

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2 years ago
Posted on 15th Oct 2024 by

Dates – Autumn (2) – ’24

Following the dates shared for parents last week, we have an update on the two church services – as well as a few other events:

Harvest Church Service: Monday 18th November – 9:15am to 10:00am

Live Music Band in School: Monday 4th November 

Arthog: Monday 25th November – Friday 29th November. Please note: there is no swimming this week for KS2.

Parent Feedback Sessions: Wednesday 4th December – 1:00pm to 6:00pm.

Evening Nativity Performance: Tuesday 10th December – 6:00pm to 6:45pm 

Afternoon Nativity Performance: Wednesday 10th December – 2:15pm to 3:00pm

[PLEASE NOTE THAT EVENING/AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES FOR THE NATIVITY HAVE CHANGED OVER DAYS]

Last Swimming Week for KS2: Thursday 5th December

Christmas Dinner / Non-uniform day: Wednesday 18th December

Christmas Church Service: Wednesday 18th December – 2:30pm to 3:10pm

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2 years ago
Posted on 14th Oct 2024 by

Arthog ’24 – Update

Just a quick update ahead of our trip to Arthog next half-term.

 

Here is the suggested Athog kit list again. As an addition, Arthog do not allow aerosols – including pressurised deoderants, sun block and bug spray. However, liquid sprays in plastic containers are fine.

If your child requires any medication during Arthog, please fill in the following form: Medical Letter.

 

As we will be leaving school at 09:00 on Monday 25th November, it would make things a lot easier if all children can arrive at school for 08:30 as this give us time to fully ensure we are ready to leave.

 

As a head’s up, we will likely be returning to school on Friday 29th November after the school day, so arrangements for picking up will be need to be made.

 

More specific details, such as pick-up timings on the Friday, will be sent out nearer the actual date. In the mean time, if anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate in getting in touch.

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2 years ago
Posted on 13th Oct 2024 by

Rhino Readers – Online reading books

Rhino Reader Books

The children have a new set of log in details in the front of their yellow reading records.

These will allow them to access online copies of the Twinkl Phonics books they bring home.

They will have access to all the books within the level they are working at. This is based on the sounds they have been taught in class and the sounds they are secure with and can remember.

The children can reread books they have read and also read new ones, within their level.

Please click on the link below for more information about how you can support your child with their reading.

Rhino Readers Information

To access the ebooks click on the link below and enter your child’s username and password.

twinkl.com/learn

If you have any questions about Rhino Readers or your child’s reading in general, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Many thanks.

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 11th Oct 2024 by

After-School Clubs – Autumn (2) – ’24

Following on from the post earlier in the week, please see below the confirmed clubs for next half-term. Please note that dance has now been changed to football – due to the coaches available.

Club Description Day / Time Available to Limit
Board Games Play a variety of different boards games Mondays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Whole School 18
Cookery Prepare and cook a variety of different foods Mondays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Bees and Scorpions 12
Football Football activities and games (Crossbar Coaching) Tuesdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Fireflies, Grasshoppers, Dragonflies 20
Textiles Make different items using a range of different materials Tuesdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions 14
Parachute Games Play a variety of different games with a large parachute Wednesdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Fireflies and Grasshoppers 15
Tennis Tennis coaching and games Wednesdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions 18
Create Club (Art) Wide range of different art projects Thursdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Whole School 10
Lego Creating Lego around a weekly theme Thursdays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Year 2, Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions 20
Multi-Sports Range of different sports activities/games Fridays
3:15pm – 4:15pm		 Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions 25

 

Places can be booked via the following online form. Places will be assigned in order of payment being received by Mrs. Godfrey.

 

Clubs will run from 4th November until 20th December (7 weeks). All clubs will be £35 for the term – apart from Create Club and Cookery, which will be £42.

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2 years ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2024 by

Cross Country – Next Week

With next week’s cross country (Tuesday 15th), we have been asked by the event organiser to ask parents to car share (where possible) as parking could be an issue at Swancote.

 

There will also be tea/coffee/refreshments available to purchase.

As always, Year 3 girls will be the first event – and this race will begin at 4:30pm, so please ensure you arrive before this.

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2 years ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2024 by

Nasal Flu Immunisation – 17th October 2024

The Shropshire Community Health School Immunisation Team will be in school on Thursday 17th October to deliver the Nasal Flu Immunisation to the children.  They have asked if we could remind parents to complete the eConsent form as soon as possible (link in the letter below).
If you have not yet completed the eConsent form or are having problems using this (the Immunisation Team have advised us today that some parents have had difficulty with the system), you are now able to complete a paper form and return this directly to the School Office.  A copy of this form is below.  Please could you return this as soon as possible.  If you would like a paper copy of this please contact the School Office.
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2 years ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2024 by

Wraparound Care Provision

We are looking at expanding the offer of our Wraparound Care Provision (which includes before and after-school “care club” and after-school clubs).

We have a number of key changes that will be coming into effect to help with this.

 

As of next week, “Careclub” will…

  • …no longer have a limit of 12 children (as this will operated by two adults).
  • …begin at 7:30am until school begins (in the before-school session).
  • …end at 6:00pm after school ends (in the after-school session).

 

As a reminder, children can attend an after-school club and go into care club when they are finished (if required). Earlier this year, we also started to take bookings for care club up to a half-term in advance.

 

If our expansion of wraparound provision proves successful, then we will be exploring how we can further expand the range of clubs available and the resources that we can invest into further improving improving these clubs. Successful ongoing uptake will also hopefully allow us to reduce the cost to attend after-school clubs in the future. Currently, the cost to attend clubs is…

  • Care Club: £1.50 / 15mins
  • After-school club: £5 per session (£6 for Create Club)
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2 years ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2024 by

Water Bottles

A reminder that children should only be bringing in water in their water bottles to school.

 

All schools in UK are expected to encourage healthy eating habits. Due to the sugar/acid content (inc. phosphoric acid – or equivalent – in sugar-free) squash or juice, drinking it regularly throughout the day can have significantly negative impact on oral hygiene, particularly tooth decay (the number one reason for child hospital admissions for children aged 6-10).

 

Fruit juice alongside a packed lunch at lunch time is not an issue.

 

If, for a particular medical reason, adjustments to this are needed for your child, please let us know so that we can discuss this.

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2 years ago
Posted on 07th Oct 2024 by

Upcoming Dates – Autumn ’24

Please be aware of the following upcoming dates:

Harvest Church Service: Date to be confirmed

Arthog: Monday 25th November – Friday 29th November

Parent Feedback Sessions: Wednesday 4th December – 1:00pm to 6:00pm.

Afternoon Nativity Performance: Tuesday 10th December – 2:15pm to 3:00pm

Evening Nativity Performance: Wednesday 10th December – 6:oopm to 6:45pm

Christmas Church Service: Date to be confirmed

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2 years ago
Posted on 07th Oct 2024 by

Upcoming Football Events

For those attending the upcoming football competitions, children will need shin pads (if they don’t have any, then they will need to let me know and I can sort some for them to borrow). They will also be playing on grass at Oldbury, so football boots would be preferable; however, trainers will be also fine.

Please note that there are two events:

Girls’ Football Competition: Tuesday 8th October
Mixed Football Competition: Tuesday 22nd October

Please note: your child may have been chosen to take part in one or both competitions.

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2 years ago
Posted on 06th Oct 2024 by

Uniform Update – Oct ’24

Following the update in September, we have since met with Lads and Lasses to discuss the previous issues with uniform stock.

 

There have been ongoing issues with the printing quality on the 1/4-zip top option. This, along with the high-cost of the top itself, has led to us exploring a cheaper, more print-friendly version of this style.

 

Following on from feedback from parents, we are also exploring a full-zip hooded top to go alongside the 1/4 zip and the normal hoody – as well as potentially exploring a green colour option for all of the black tops.

 

We will keep you updated on the progress with these.

 

FOBCS will be soon starting to share the small amount of donated second-uniform available for a small donation or swap. If anyone has uniform that they wish to donate to the FOBCS uniform stock, please send it into school.

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2 years ago
Posted on 04th Oct 2024 by

Reception and Year 6 National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)

The School Nursing Team will be visiting the school to measure the Reception and Year 6 children as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) on Tuesday 5th November, please find a letter attached giving more information.
This programme is an OPT OUT programme.  If you are happy for your child to take part you do not need to do anything.  However, if you do not wish your child to take part you MUST complete the form at the end of the letter and return this to the school by  Friday 1st November.  There is also a poster attached giving more information.
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2 years ago
Posted on 03rd Oct 2024 by

Free Online Safety Courses

West Mercia Police offer a free one hour course on Exploitation and Online Safety to help you protect your child when they are online including practical tips for protecting them.  These courses are online and can be booked by clicking on this link Exploitation and vulnerability training | West Mercia Police.  There is also a poster below giving more information.

Protect our children A5 flyer PARENT-GUARDIAN

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2 years ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2024 by

Level 2 Phonics- Pure Sounds and Actions

Please find below the video (link) for the Level 2 pure sounds and actions which Reception children are currently learning. Please note the pronunciation of the sounds, as they may sound different to how you say them at home. It is really important that children use ‘pure’ sounds when sounding out.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me: fireflies@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk.

Many thanks,

N.Fox

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2 years ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2024 by

Weekly Pew Sheet and changes to Tea and Toast

The weekly Pew Sheet detailing the services and other events taking place in the Brown Clee Benefice including Harvest Festival celebrations is below.  There is also an updated poster for the Tea and Toast Drop in after school drop off – please note the change of date and venue.

6.10.24pewsheet

Tea and Toast 24

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2 years ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2024 by

Secondary Application Deadline – 31st October 2024

Schools Admissions at Shropshire Council have asked us to share the following message to the parents of children in Year 6 –

The closing date for secondary applications is 31 October 2024 which falls in the half-term holidays. If you have not already done so, we encourage you to submit an application as soon as possible but before the deadline date. This will ensure that if you encounter any problems, you can be supported/helped to submit your application on time. There is no grace period for late applications. The link for the website is – Transferring to secondary school | Shropshire Council

The School Admissions Team strongly encourage parents to name three preferences, particularly if you reside in the Shrewsbury area.  Please see the Parents’ Guide to Education in Shropshire Booklet for further information.  The link to the document is Parents’ guide to education | Shropshire Council

If you have already made an application and wish to add additional preferences please contact school-admissions@shropshire.gov.uk

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2 years ago
Posted on 27th Sep 2024 by

Celebration Assembly – Parents Welcome After Half Term

The first Celebration Assembly where we will be welcoming parents, carers and other family will now be on the first Friday after half term, Friday 8th November, not from next week as advised previously.

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2 years ago
Posted on 26th Sep 2024 by

Universal Infant Free School Meals

Universal Free School Meals is an initiative which is to help all children in “infants” (reception, Year 1 and Year 2) with access to school dinners. The contribution from the DfE (Department for Education) is £2.53 per child. Our school dinners are under the control of an external company (Edwards and Ward) and the dinner price is £2.83. Therefore, a very small charge of £0.30 per meal was having to be paid by parents for any pupils in infants having meals.

 

More recently, this was something as a school that we felt needing reviewing as we felt school meals for infants should be entirely “free”. Therefore, it was proposed to the FPGP (Finance, Personnel & General Purposes) Committee of the school’s governing body that the additional £0.30 per meal would be covered by the school budget. The committee have fully approved this decision – and we have been in touch today with ParentPay to change this amount for all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Once they have made their changes, this should be reflected when making a booking – and no additional 30p charge should be added to infant pupils’ bookings.

 

This does not affect pupils in KS2.

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2 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2024 by

Games – Number Facts/Number Bonds

Here are some great resources to help the children with their maths. I have shown them how to use the games and would encourage them to have a go at home.

Many thanks

Number Fact Families

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

Save the Whale – Learn your number bonds to 5,6,7,8,9 & 10

https://www.ictgames.com/saveTheWhale/index.html

Hit the Button – Number bonds/Times Tables

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Mental Maths Train

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Paint the Squares – 100 Square games

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2024 by

Special Menu – Thursday 3rd October

Laura and Carla will be serving a special menu on School Census Day next Thursday, please see the poster below.  If your child would like Fish & chips, please click on the meat option for that day.  If your child would like the Quorn Dippers, please click on the vegetarian option.

Census Day Menu

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2 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2024 by

Unused Lego/Toys Donations

If anyone has any lego and/or toys (particularly farm-themed – i.e. tractors/trailers etc.) that they no longer need, we would very much appreciate any donations to school.