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Growing Lives that Bear Fruit
Quick Stop Notices
This week we have received some additional guidance re the teachers’ standards of ethics and behaviour, both within and outside of school. There is a list for staff, and some of this impacts parents:
Staff should never contact pupils or parents from their personal mobile phone or give their mobile number to pupils or parents. If staff must contact parents from home, they will do so by school email and not personal phones.
If staff need to make telephone contact with a pupil or parent, they must use the school telephone.
There is additional guidance about professional distance on on social media
Staff should not request or accept friends from school parents unless they are friends in the real world. We realise that many parents in our community do have friendships with staff - that's OK!
Staff should never add school pupils before they're 18 years old
Please make sure you help us by respecting these rules around boundaries and confidentiality
Occasionally staff will share a number for emergencies - e.g school trips and residentials. We would ask you to delete numbers after the event and only use them whilst the trip is taking place
Start of the day
We usually have someone on gate duty at 8:45am Before this staff are in meetings and are not available to supervise. Please do not leave your children before 8:45.
If it is wet, please do not send children into the building before 8:45am - there is nobody available to look after them.
The bell rings at 8:55am, when school starts. ALL children should enter school through either the Early Years outside entrance, the AP entrance or the school playground, not the main entrance.
The main entrance is for emergencies, and for people waiting for meetings. It is not the main way into school. Please make sure you are prompt so children can enter school with their peers, through the appropriate routes.
End of the day
School ends at 3:30pm and all children should be collected promptly. Please let us know if you are held up, as children get anxious when they have to wait after school.
School Lunches
Mrs Trice Parkin is doing an amazing job with school lunches, but is finding a number of parents are forgetting to pay and order, yet their children turn up each day expecting her to provide lunch. She buys ingredients according to weekly order numbers, which keeps the price affordable and keeps waste to a minimum.
Please make sure you top up your MIS account and order by Sunday evening each week. If a child turns up who has not ordered, they will not be served lunch.
If your account is not working for some reason, please contact the office staff who will help you sort it out.
Please DO NOT add trip money to your MIS account.
Labelling clothes
You will have received an email about our mountain of lost property - all un named or containing names of unknown people. There are eleven coats, several large school jumpers, thirteen black hoodies - all without names and all similar sizes. Please please please label your child's clothes - then when we find them strewn around school we can return them.
As a school we have decided to close our HSBC bank account, and have opened a new account with the Cooperative Bank.
The new account details are as follows:
Bradford Christian School
Sort code 08-92-99
Account no 63154896
As our HSBC account will be permanently closed in January, we would be grateful if you would arrange to change your fee payment to the new account as soon as possible.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Our Music teacher, Mrs Honore is looking for instrument donations for our expanding music department. Currently, we are in need of anything from the brass family and some well kept glockenspiels. Any other instruments are welcome for parents to donate. Please bring anything you would like to donate to the school office.
Thank you in advance.
From the ICS:
All schools should be in touch with local politicians to make them aware of the impact of Labour’s tax proposals. We encourage you to focus on the impact on your parents, local state schooling, and your school operations. Stress whenever possible your school’s public benefit work, and existing links to the local community – as well as any specialised provision. While we still expect to see the tax proposals in the next Labour manifesto, our combined efforts are necessary to provide the best possible basis for conversations with Labour if they form the next government.
The ISC and associations are working at a national level to engage with the Labour VAT/charitable tax policy – but schools also have a vital role to play as local advocates. We are speaking to political parties, education groups, and unions – making them aware of the unintended consequences of the policy, but also the hugely positive role independent schools play in UK education. We are also highlighting the diversity of independent schools, the specialisms schools provide, and myth-busting about the true nature of our sector.
Mrs Wells is extending the second use uniform to include coats for those who need them. If you have unused coats and in good condition that you can donate to this, please hand into the office or email suzannewells@bxs.org.uk
There is a WhatsApp group for parents in primary and middle school. If you would like to be added to the group, please message Rachel Baxfield on 07568 074586. Thank you
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After Half term ➡️
Monday 19th February
BCS Reopens
Y11 Mock Exams start
Homework club, 15:30 - 16:30
Tuesday
Middle School Drama club, 15:30 - 16:30
Wednesday
Homework club 15:30 - 16:30
Y9 Options Meeting 16:00 - 17:00
Thursday
Thursday - Homework club 15:30 - 16:30
Friday
Dates for your diary
- 26th February - Year 9/10 trip to Barcelona
- 1st March - Y7&8 Romeo and Juliet trip, Skipton
- 2nd March (Saturday) - Y34, 56 Romeo and Juliet trip, Alhambra Studio Theatre, Bradford
- 7th March
- Year 11 residential
- World Book Day - EYFS & Primary
- 13th March - Staff Training day - school closed to students
- 22nd March - School CLOSES for Easter break
⭐️Stars & Students⭐️ of the week
Primary School
Love Class
Abigail for her amazing character and great sense of humor and for always being kind.
Rosie for being amazing at her phonics
Peace Class
Eirik for always trying his best and putting 100% effort into his work.
Zebedee for fantastic times table work in Maths.
Kindness Class
Willow for fantastic work on your explanation text.
Violet for all your hard work in Maths.
Bronze awards
Imani
Alyssa
Silver awards
Fisayo
Emily
THeo
Middle School
Y5
Amelia for completing the whole of her RE test and going beyond her target grade
Yo-yo for A good test result in RE
Y6
Isaac for Growing confidence in Spanish is leading to great results.
Y8
Isla for working hard in Maths leading to brilliant results
Upper School
Y9
Amba for Fabulous work in Spanish - both oral and written.
Josiah for Detailed and logical writing in science using an abundance of key terms
Y10
Bryony for Fabulous work in Spanish, both oral and written.
Sara for Fabulous work in Spanish, both oral and written.
Autism Provision
Acorns
🧑🎓Classroom News
Dragon dancing & Chinese lanterns!
Eyfs have been learning about China this week and celebrating the lunar New year. We have made lanterns, learnt a lion dance and eaten Chinese food for snack.
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