Head of School Message
Dear parents/carers,
It has been a very busy week in school as all classes celebrated British Science Week and Year 2 successfully completed their Bikeability training sessions. We are trying to get a date for Year 6 to have Bikeability in the summer term so will let parents/carers know when this will be.
A number of dates have been added to our school calendar:
- Friday 21st March – Crazy Hair Day for Comic Relief
- Tuesday April 1st – Wednesday April 2nd – Parent Consultation Meetings. If you have not yet done so, please click here to book.
- Friday 11th April – Last day of Spring term
- Thursday 26th June – Sports Day (KS2 am, KS1 pm)
- Thursday 3rd July – Reserve Sports Day in case of bad weather
- Friday 18th July 10am – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Mavin
Crazy Hair Day!
Loop Life – Reverend Hannah
School Lunches
We are proud to partner with Shire Services to provide freshly cooked, nutritious meals prepared daily. With extensive experience in the education sector, Shire Services deliver fresh, seasonal, and sustainable food that helps our pupils stay energised and focused throughout the day.
Each day, students can choose from diverse meal options that cater to various tastes and dietary needs, featuring familiar family favourites and popular high street concepts. Throughout the school year, Shire Services also offer exciting theme day dishes.
Explore our latest menus and theme day promotions to see the range of options available for your child.
Allergens and Intolerances
We support Shire Services in arranging meetings (either face-to-face or via phone/Teams) with parents of children with food allergies or intolerances so that we can agree on the most appropriate menus for them to follow.
Diabetes
If your child has diabetes and you need a meeting to discuss your child’s individual requirements, please contact the school catering manager.
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Below is the new lunch menu for after the Easter holidays.
Bicton CE Primary School Menu April 2025
Primary Menu Dates 2025-2026 MRN
Family Grapevine – Spring 2025
Award Winners!
Well done to this week’s award winners:
Scarlett for trying hard in phonics.
Louisa for showing care to others.
Jacob for showing perseverance with his handwriting.
Ruby for bringing huge enthusiasm to her poetry.
Christian for including and helping others.
Kallum for excellent participation in PE and bike ability.
Science Week Poster Competition – Reminder!
In celebration of British Science Week, we are inviting pupils to enter the British Science Week poster competition. The theme is ‘Change and Adapt’.
There are loads of STEM topics to be explored. Pupils could create a poster showing how plants and animals adapt to changing seasons or surroundings, or how humans have adapted to changing technology. They could look at climate change and how we can adapt our behaviours to protect the environment, or their favourite science experiment and how it shows change. The more creative the interpretation of the theme, the better!
The entry must be on A4 or A3 paper and a scan/photograph of the poster will be submitted. Please see last year’s winners here.
- Creativity in approach – Innovative angle on the content or creative interpretation of the theme – don’t be afraid to think outside the box
- Content – Clear, accurate and informative about a STEM topic
- Effective communication – presented and communicated in an engaging way
Members of the British Science Association will shortlist entries, and a panel of judges will select a winner in each category. The two runners up in each category will be uploaded to our Facebook page and the public will decide on a ‘popular vote’ winner.
What are the prizes?!
Prizes for the 2024 competition winners included:
Cool Cat Chem Cards, 5-minute STEM books, Shape Aliens Game, At the museum jigsaw, A Day in the Life…books, Shroot pouches, Memberships for My Science Club, MegaWatt Games, SuperQuesters: The Case of Angry Sea STEM adventure books by QuestFriendz, A collection of Science Works books, Two space-themed 3D building playsets, Our Living Planet book, WWF adoption pack, Annual subscription to Save My Exams, A 12 month subscription to Alfresco learning.
We are only able to submit 5 entries so classes will be doing secret votes for their winner. Please bring entries into school by Monday 17th March.