Week commencing 4th September 2023

The [FINAL] Week Ahead of 2022/23

Important Information for September 2023

Growing lives that bear fruit

Quick Stop Notices 👀

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Building Project in September/October

Over the Summer holidays we are starting a building project, which involves demolishing Room 10 – the playground portacabin, and replacing it with a permanent structure including two classrooms. This work should hopefully be done by October half term.

The car park and bottom end of the playground will become a building site, meaning staff will be parked on the streets, and there will be no access through the big gate.

We will not be opening the gates for students until 8:45am each morning, when they will be directed through the side gate and around the long way into the playground. Please do not arrive earlier than this.

At the end of the day collection for primary children will stay the same, but for middle and upper students will be by the main entrance rather than by the large gate.

Please park carefully and thoughtfully, as spaces will be limited.

Holiday activities

Holiday activities continued

What do we need for school?

  • EYFS
    • A bag containing a change of clothes (labelled with names)
    • Lunch
    • WATER bottle (no juice)
    • Book bag
    • Wellies
    • Rain coat
  • Primary 
    • Lunch – if not ordering online
    • Morning healthy snack
    • WATER bottle (no juice)
    • Book bag (no backpacks please, we have limited space to store them)
    • Labels in jumpers and sweatshirts
    • Rain coat
    • NO pencil cases – school provide stationery 
    • Purchase School Uniform
    • Note: PE uniform on PE days
  • Middle
    • Lunch – if not ordering online
    • Morning snack or toast money
    • Name labels in jumpers and sweatshirts
    • Rain coat (Named)
    • School bag
    • Pencil case containing HB pencil, sharpener, coloured pencils, highlighter, eraser, green biro, black biro, blue biro
    • Maths kit – compass, set square, protractor, ruler
    • Scientific Calculator (we recommend Casio)
    • Purchase School Uniform
    • Note: PE uniform on PE days
  • Upper
    • Lunch – if not ordering online
    • Name labels in jumpers and sweatshirts
    • Rain coat (named)
    • School bag
    • Pencil case containing HB pencil, sharpener, coloured pencils, highlighter, eraser, green biro, black biro, blue biro
    • Maths kit – compass, set square, protractor, ruler
    • Scientific Calculator (we recommend Casio)
    • Purchase School Uniform
    • Note: PE uniform on PE days
  • AP
  • Acorns (middle school)
    • Lunch – if not ordering online
    • Water in a re usable bottle
    • Morning snack or toast money
    • Name labels in jumpers.
    • Coat/jacket (weather dependant)
    • Pencil case containing pens, pencil, sharpener, eraser.
    • Daily diary
    • Purchase School Uniform
    • Note: PE uniform on PE days 
    • Please wear the correct uniform unless it has been agreed otherwise with Mrs Horton.
  • AP
  • Oak class (upper school)
    • Lunch – if not ordering online
    • Water in a re usable bottle
    • Morning snack or toast money
    • Bag
    • Name labels in jumpers and blazers.
    • Coat/jacket (weather dependant)
    • Pencil case containing HB pencil, sharpener, coloured pencils, highlighter, eraser, green biro, black biro, blue biro
    • Purchase School Uniform
    • Note: PE uniform on PE days
    • Please wear the correct uniform unless it has been agreed otherwise with Mrs Horton.

Uniform

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Parking

Please be mindful of our neighbours when parking near school. Avoid parking on verges, driveways, corners and pavements. Please also avoid backing into driveways to turn around. The local residents have received a letter from the council asking them to photograph any incidents of inconsiderate parking.

School Fees 2023/24

Many thanks to those Parents who have sent in their proof of income. For those who have not shared this information with us your monthly fees from September 2023 will be:

  • £424 if you have 1 child in school
  • £636 if you have 2 children in school
  • £954 if you have 3 children in school
    • plus any middle or upper school supplement.
  • Please also note from September you will receive an invoice each month for fees and we will no longer accept fees in cash. All fees are to be paid be standing order on the 1st of each month

Road Safety Summer Newsletter for Parents & Carers

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Mental Health support information


Next Academic Year!

Monday
Staff PD – School closed to Pupils
Tuesday
BCS Opens to students for Autumn term.
Wednesday
Year 9,10&11 Stratford – Macbeth

👇🏼Dates for your Diary👇🏼

  • 15th September at 1:30pm – BCS is 30! Party in the Playground – bouncy castles, face painting, games, food and cake. If anyone wants to help out please let us know

🥣Lunches🌭 – New Menu arrangement from September 2023

Lunches from September 2023 will be £1.25 per meal per day. Pudding option will be 50p

Puddings will be different each week so if your child isn’t fussy and would like pudding, you can order via MIS Parent Portal. However, you can also send your child with cash for puddings.

DayMealOption 1Option 2Pudding
MondayBaked PotatoBeans & / or CheesePlain potato
TuesdayHot Dogs
WednesdayChilliNachos or RiceWarm or Cold
ThursdayCurryChicken or VeggieRice or Naan
FridayMacaroni & Cheese

Lunch orders will reopen on 28th August, we’ll email a reminder before school starts in September. Remember, Monday 4th September is a Staff PD so no lunches available on that day.

Latest version v1.177 – Parent Portal help


⭐️Stars and Students of the Week⭐️

Oak Class
Mo, Folami, Keiran and Daniel – for being the very best students and becoming wonderful young men. We wish them the very best for the future.

🎓Classroom News 👨🏻‍🏫

Photos from Activity week!

Upper School Service

Y9Y10 students raised over £150 and collected 4 trolleys of donations at Tesco for Bradford Central Foodbank and helped decorate our school.

Upper School at Go Ape!

Upper School Sports leadership

Middle Trip to Ilkley

Middle School Sports day

Primary trip to Ilkley

Primary Sports Day led by Upper School


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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 year has been testament to God’s faithfulness to us as a school. As I reiterated at the Celebration evening, there have been so many positives throughout the year, amongst sadness and loss. Our mission and vision have been lived out daily.

I am incredibly proud of a committed and dedicated staff team at Bradford Christian School. People have shown the willingness to step in, step up, and show care and concern for each other. There is genuine compassion within the whole staff team, evidenced through the responses to a number of events and challenges this academic year.

Our weeks are underpinned with staff prayer, which makes a HUGE difference for us all. Added to monthly parent prayer and individual prayer we know God is in our school.

We have seen healing throughout our community – physical and emotional.

We have a thriving community where older students have had several opportunities to lead younger ones.

Our enrolments have increased to the point that many year groups are now full!

Our celebration evening and two sports days were examples of positive relationships across school – thanks young leaders in upper school!

We have a new Maths teacher joining in September, who has been with us before and really understands BCS.

Seven Learning Support Assistants have studied on the Essential Christian Teacher Course with Mr Moon this year as they step up with more responsibility.

We have a coherent curriculum across school, with leaders for each subject.

We have a well functioning office team after significant loss.

Kim, Kimesha and Abi have kept school sparkly clean.

Our students are our biggest success – they are known, valued and accepted.

We hope that this year we have truly been a Christian community in which everyone grows in character, faith, knowledge, understanding and wisdom

Have a wonderful holiday.

Thank you for your support of Bradford Christian School

Have a Blessed Summer holiday! 😎