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    Week commencing 31st March 2025

    • No Study Club this week
    • Easter Egg Competition - find out more
    • Foodbank collection week

    Monday

    14:00 - 15:30: Parents Costa Catch-up - Book here

    15:30 - 19:00: Parent consultations - Yr 1&2, 5-10, Autism Provision - Book here

    Tuesday

    14:45pm: Primary and EYFS Easter Assembly. All are welcome to come and celebrate this special time of year with us

    15:40 - 19:30: Parent consultations - Yr 1-10 - Book here

    15:30 - 16:30: Middle School Drama rehearsals

    Wednesday

    Easter Egg competition entries to be brought in and placed on thw Main Hall windowsill

    Thursday

    15:30 - PTFA Bake Sale - see the poster

    Friday

    12:00: School closes for Easter holiday

    Lunch menu from February 24th 2025

    • Monday - Pasta Bolognese. GF option available
    • Tuesday - Jacket Potato. Cheese, Beans, Tuna toppings
    • Wednesday - Wraps - chicken or halloumi. Pudding
    • Thursday - Spanish Chicken with rice. Veggie option available
    • Friday - Chip / fish finger butty

    If you do not see this menu when ordering, please email help@bxs.org.uk before ordering, thank you.

    Please order before 9:00 Monday

    Lunch Menu

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    From Feb 24th 2025

    • Monday - Pasta Bolognese. GF option available
    • Tuesday - Jacket Potato. Cheese, Beans, Tuna toppings
    • Wednesday - Wraps - chicken or halloumi. Pudding
    • Thursday - Spanish Chicken with rice. Veggie option available
    • Friday - Chip / fish finger butty

    If you do not see this menu when ordering, please email help@bxs.org.uk before ordering, thank you.

    Please order before 9:00 Monday

    IMPORTANT LUNCH ORDER UPDATE - PLEASE READ

    With v.1.2425.320 of the Parent Portal, you can now edit or cancel your lunch options any time before 9:00 each Monday. To update the Parent Portal, sign out and on the login screen, refresh the page until you see v.1.2425.320 at the bottom, then sign back in.

    To change your order, select or deselect a lunch menu itme, then click the blue 'Change lunch order' button. To cancel a lunch order, simply click the red 'Cencel lunch order' button.

    Lunch orders 👆🏻

    Dates for your diary

    Dates for your diary

    April

    • 31st March - 1st April - Parent's evening
    • 1st April - 2.45pm - Primary and EYFS Easter Assembly.
      All are welcome to come and celebrate this special time of year with us
    • 4th - School closes for Easter @ 12:00
    • 22nd - Re-open for Summer term
    • 25th: Yr9 immunisations

    May

    • 1st: Teenage Booster & Outstanding MMR
    • 5th: May Day, School closed
    • 6th: Staff PD, School closed to students
    • 9th: Year 11 Leavers Day
    • 12th: Middle school Cricket enrichment day
    • 14th 9:30: EYFS Open Event
    • 23rd 15:30: School closes for Half term
    BCS Live Calendar

    ⭐ Stars and Students of the Week ⭐

    Love Class

    Seth W for doing great sitting on the carpet and joining in with Phonics.

    Alisha for drawing an amazing map to Manchester airport.

    Peace Class

    Samuel for fantastic writing about the Easter story.

    Leo for working hard in maths learning about length and height.

    Kindness Class

    Charlie for contributing and working hard in Geography.

    Willow for an amazing contribution in Geography.

    Silver Award

    Alex

    Zebedee

    Gold Award

    Aanav

    Middle
    Isaac (Y7) for: Continued progress shown in an excellent Spanish test result.
    Leia (Y5) for: Top marks on her English Assessment.
    Zachary (Y5) for: Excellence in English and RE.
    Maya (Y5) for: Wonderful contributions and engagement in English.
    Semmy (Y7) for: Did lots of extra programming at home
    Upper
    Joy (Y9) for: Working towards a performance at Costa
    Katie (Y9) for: Working towards a performance at Costa

    🧑🏻‍🎓 Classroom News 📰

    Garden Centre visit

    On Thursday year 1 & 2 visited ACW garden centre as part of their topic on Plants and Growing. We had a lovely time identifying the different types of plants and flowers and finished off our visit with a delicious ice cream.

    👨🏻‍👩🏼‍👧🏻‍👦🏼PTFA💬 Parent, Teacher & Friends Association

    We're excited to announce we now have an all new Parent Teacher & Friends association (PTFA)!!!

     

    If you would like to join the PTFA, email suzannewells@bxs.org.uk

     

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    Helpful Links

    Fundraising

    Stewardship are a Christian charity organisation who have been helping charities raise crucial funds since 1906! You can read more about them here.

    If you or anyone you know feel able to give regularly to the work of Bradford Christians School, click the button below to get started and thanks you!

    www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/BradfordChristianSchool

    NEWS

    1 NEW giver this week!

    It's free to sign up to and start supporting us with Give as you Live. Send our unique campaign links to friends and family so they can support us for free too!

    Regular campaign link - https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/bradford-christian-school

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    £30 raised so far!

    Please continue to engage with this campaign. Thank you!

    Deputy Headteacher's Message

    Dear Parents
    Some of you may already be aware that, after working at the school for 31 years, this will be my final year at BCS. I will, therefore, be leaving the school permanently in July 2025.
    I will be the last of the original founding group to leave. It is really good to be able to do so knowing that the school, despite current challenges, is in a good place. It is also great to see a younger, committed staff team who will take up the baton of Christian Education in Bradford and make it relevant for the current generation.
    It has been a privilege and a blessing to have had the opportunity to contribute to such a unique place but I am confident that, under Jane Prothero's leadership, the school can continue to prosper and to do good work in the Kingdom of God.
    Wishing you all every blessing,
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    Matt Walker

    Deputy Headteacher, BCS

    Headteacher's Message

    Our Mission

    To provide a holistic Christian education for all and to inspire discipleship.

    Our Vision

    To be a Christian community in which everyone grows in character, faith, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.

    This week Stephen White, one of our parents, will be taking two of his children to the High Court in London to fight the VAT case for independent schools. Christian Concern will argue why the government is acting illegally.
    Please read this article and pray for this case.  Fulneck Moravian School has closed this week due to VAT rules and falling numbers, and others are considering whether they are still viable. We have worked hard to set a realistic budget, but if the law changed we would all be in a much better place financially - both parents and school alike.
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    J.Prothero

    Jane Prothero

    Headteacher, BCS

    Thank you for your continued support of Bradford Christian School

    Have a Blessed weekend