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Welcome to our penultimate newsletter of the half term. We’ve drawn breath in September and arrived here!
I had the enormous pleasure of attending the Harvest Festival at St. John's Church last weekend. Of course, the thing I was most delighted with was the opportunity to share the fantastic donations provided by everybody involved with Birkwood. A huge thank you, this will help lots of families at a very tricky time! A superb message that sums up our value of 100% kindness. Truly humbling!
Another wonderful piece of news is the opportunity to congratulate and say a huge thank you to our very own Mrs. Birch. Mrs. Birch has clocked up a remarkable 35 Years of service to Barnsley Council and the borough’s people. As well as working with vulnerable adults, it is coming up to 23 years at Birkwood helping our children and families in her own unique way. An amazing and special achievement. We send many congratulations and much love to Mrs Birch. Here’s to 23 more!
A plea to families to pass a message on - a parent has raised concerns of children riding bikes in the playground at pick up time. Please reinforce the message of cycle safety in the playground.
Well done to the Year 1 & 2 Handball team; they had a great afternoon in the tournament last week. Their brilliant efforts earned them a 3rd place. Really well done.
On the sporting theme, we came second in our football league match at Cherry Dale Primary. Well done to everybody involved. And better luck next time.
Remaining with football, we have celebrated the work done by Shaka Hislop and his fabulous charity ‘Show Racism the Red Card.’ Thank you to everybody who has chosen to wear red and raise awareness of something that needs to get better, not only in football but in society as a whole.
Our School Council & Wellbeing Ambassadors were able to enjoy a fabulous lesson this week in the form of CPR instruction. This was thanks to a brilliant sharing of the idea through one of our lovely families. The children were great and high inspired by some terrific instruction. A fantastic initiative.
This week’s BINGO was just brilliant. A special thank you to Miss Taylor, Mrs. Whitfield, Mrs. Sefton & Mrs. Shaw as well as the BINGO players! A fantastic £500 was raised! An amazing achievement.
Year 3 Jemison & Year 4 Wonder enjoyed their class trip to Skelton Grange - exploring and learning about the Stone Age. A fantastic day out. Really well done to everybody for their superb behaviour.
We have also updated next half term’s clubs. Let us know if there are any issues around Arbor & we shall try to rectify them.
We have details of Barnsley Family Hub's activities for the October half term holidays for your children and families. Some brilliant activities on offer!
Reminders
Parents’ Evening is on Monday. Phone calls are available at differing times if this suits you better to catch up on the progress of your child(ren.)
Book Fair also comes to Birkwood next week. Come & have a look at some fantastic resources!
We will be hosting a coffee morning, Friday 24th of October at 9am. Everyone is welcome! Join us for a hot drink and a biscuit in the hall, a great opportunity to meet other parents.
SEND Families - please note the SEND parent/carer group that usually meets on the 1st school Tuesday of every month will be changing to Mondays. For the rest of this year the dates are 10th November and 1st December. The meetings are still at the same time of 1:30pm.
Community sessions delivered by Grass Roots are available. They take place on Darfield Road; the darts has caught my attention! Give it a go.
DISCO tickets are on sale! It's Tuesday 21st October 4:30-6pm. Tickets £3 each and fancy dress is welcome. Tickets on sale until MONDAY ONLY
Flashing Halloween accessories will also be on sale from 50p - £1
Our after-school partner ‘Groots’ have plans for half term, please check the link if you may be interested.
I hope that everyone can enjoy a lovely weekend. We will see you for the half term’s final instalment next week!
- School attendance Target for the Year - 97.0%
- School attendance this week - 95.3%
- School attendance this year so far - 95.8%
- FS2 Berry - 92%
- FS2 Costa -93.7%
- Y1 Earps - 92.6%
- Y1 Piper - 97.2%
- Y2 Cox - 96.1%
- Y2 Nightingale - 92.5%
- Y3 Jemison - 95.8%
- Y3 Obama - 94.8%
- Y4 Lovelace - 93.5%
- Y4 Wonder - 98.3%
- Y5 Biles - 95.2%
- Y 5/6 Angelo - 96.5%
- Y6 Simpson - 97.5%
Well done to class Wonder who have an awesome 98.3% attendance.
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PE & Sport
Appropriate trainers must be worn. No crop tops – Sports t-shirts please and shorts. A tracksuit may be worn – please make a judgment on temperature. NO JEWELLERY.
Term Dates Below
For current Year 6 children, SATs tests will be Monday 11th to Thursday 14th May 2026.
For current Year 5 children, SATs tests will be Monday 10th to Thursday 13th May 2027.
For current Year 4 children, SATs tests will be Monday 8th to Thursday 11th May 2028.
After School Clubs
SEND Support for Families
Alternative Venue & Dayes - SEND Support
Important Website Links
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