bickerton bulletin autumn 2013

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Autumn Term 2013

Welcome to all the new Recep-

tion children. It is fantastic to

have them all. We have already

spent happy playtimes playing

with them and seen some of theirwork in sharing assembly. We

think all the new children think it

is wonderful at Bickerton as

whenever we see them they al-

ways have nice big smiles on

their faces.

We asked Mrs Tudor what her

new children were like, Class

one are very helpful, happy, set-

tled, kind to each other and fullof mischief.

We would also like to welcome

the other children who have

joined us this year: in Class 3 we

have Luke Madeley and Calum

Rodway; in Class 4 we have

Chap Adams and Class 5 Ruth

Ivanova.

All of our teachers and other staffare always so lovely to all chil-

dren who are new. We all do our

best to make them feel a part and

welcomeI think we have all

succeeded!

New Little

LearnersThe Day the Royal

Navy Visited

BY TRISTAN WEETCHThe whole school started this terms

topic on the sea with a visit from the

Navy .

Eva Carman told us all about what

Class 2 did. Dan and Beth came wear-

ing their full uniform. They told us

about their uniform and showed us thebadge on their arm which showed some

wings. This was because they were en-

gineers in the Navy.

They check and fix the planes. We then

all tried on their hats. It was good fun

and Mrs Vaughan and Mrs Shone said

that we looked good in it. It looked

very big on some of us!

Next we went outside into the play

ground and Beth taught us how to

march like they do in the Navy. We

had to march together and stop when

she shouted Halt!. We werent very

good at it at the beginning, but we got

better. Beth and Dan told us we were

really good by the end.

We then had great fun playing a game

where we had to pretend to fix the

plane, clean the plane and best of allfly the plane.

Each class enjoyed the visit from the

Naval Engineers and learnt a lot at the

start of their new topic.

By Ellie Lunt-Lloyd and

Dylan Cotgreave


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BY SOPHIE FURNIVAL

SadoodbyesSadly last term both Mrs Boothby and Mrs Kirk

left. We had a special assembly for both of them

and we gave them gifts.

In her leaving assembly Mrs B. came in with a box

ready to put on her head, so people didnt see her

crying. We found this funny!

Ross and Jacob were fantastic presenters leading

us through amongst other things, Who wants to be aMillionaire? where of course all the answers were

Mrs B. and making us all laugh with a dance. We

couldnt let her cry the whole time!

We also sang a spe-

cial song and the

Year 6 girls danced

to itthis did make

Mrs B. cry!

We presented cards

and gifts to both of

them so hopefully

they will not forget

us!

Mrs B. gave us a bench to remember her by (and the

Staff were treated too!)thank you Mrs B. We will

never forget either of you and hope you both have agood time. (It has been good to have Mrs Kirk back

with us on supply recently and Mrs B. is settling into

her new school and enjoying the new challenges. She

misses us all though. The Editor)


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Danny has the

Fergus Factor

Last years School

Councillors bought us

lots of toys and games

to play with from the

money you all gave at

Cookie Day. We have

both indoor games for

wet play and outdoor

games.

The marble runs have

been particularly popu-

lar.

Everyone has enjoyed

playing with all the

games, so thank you

last years School

Councillors.

At Bickerton we have an award called

the Fergus Factor which is awarded to a

pupil who is has been abrilliant person orwho has worked extremely hard in les-

sonssomeone who shows the amazing

spirit of Fergus.

This award was set up in memory of Fer-

gus Hunter, a pupil at Bickerton who

showed amazing spirit and courage after

he became very ill. He always had

a smile on his face, was determined to

carry on and became an example to us all.

Last term the Fergus Factor was awarded

to Danny Mosford. We asked Danny how

he felt when he received the award.

I felt so happy and excited and very

proud of myself. I did not think it would

be me and it was a total surprise.

Well done Danny, you deserve it!

We wonder who will be the next Bicker-

ton pupil to earn this special award.

BY RACHEL JOHNSON AND

CHRISTY MORRISBARNESBY RACHEL

JOHNSON

Toys and

Games

Oliver in Class 5 has been performing

The Turn of the Screw. Tom, William

and Sophie have been to watch it and said

it was brilliant. It is a ghost story from the

Shakespeare novel, Much Ado about

Nothing. Oliver also had a treat -watch-

ing the play himself! He absolutely lovedit! Oliver has already got his next play

ready: Accrington Pals. He is looking

forward to that as well. Well done Oliver!

Oliver stars again!


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BY RACHEL JOHNSON

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This year we have another group of amazing SchoolCouncillors. The School Council is run brilliantly by

Mrs Tudor and Miss Gittins. These children all im-

pressed their class-mates who voted for them to repre-

sent the year. The Juniors also had to give a speech

before votes were cast.

Here is the amazing team:

Year 1: Alex Lightfoot and Molly Barber

Year 2: Ava Dilworth and Angus Adamson

Year 3: Jack Tompkins and Ruby Cotgreave

Year 4: Bob Vaughan and Millie Smith

Year 5: Rachel Johnson and Matty Bailey

Year 6: Issie Harman and Sebastian Armstrong

They have had their first meeting and have already

thought of some super events for the school. Mrs

Vaughan asked Rachel if she could share some of the

ideas, but she responded by saying Its a surprisewait and see. If anyone has any ideas for the school,

please let any of these fantastic School Councillors

know and they will bring them to the next meeting.

SUPER SCHOOL

COUNCILLORS!

Once again the love-

ly librarians are

back Issie, Sasha,Sophie and Zoe.

They are going to

make the library tidy,

there are going to be

lots of competitions

and lots of new books.

The competitions are

based on colouring

and puzzles or writingstories. They are go-

ing to make the li-

brary tidy and fun.

There is going to be

puzzles in the library

like word searches

and crosswords. They

have a meeting every

week to make the li-

brary more appealing

and better. Mrs

Chesworth said: I amreally looking forward

to working with the

new librarians. They

are full of fantastic

ideas which will bene-

fit the school. The

librarians will be vis-

iting three libraries

one at Bishop Heber,one in Whitchurch

and the education li-

brary in Winsford.

(see article later in

the magazine)

Thank you

Mrs Chesworth.

LOVELY

LIBRARIANSBY ZOE VAUGHAN AND

SASHA PRICE


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lass 4 have had great Wednesday afernoons doingForest Schools. They have been up Bickerton Hillwith Jason their guide. They have had lots of fun

planning things such as building a village of dens!We began by making shelters by using plasc. We

made them by pung rope between two trees,hanging the plasc over and then ed the edges.

We got in a right tangle

when we tangled our-

selves up and we had to

try and get back into a

circle.Even the rain didnt stop the fun as a big parachute

was put up keeping everyone dry.

While under the parachute the class looked at peo-

ples lanterns that they had made and what had

been found in the scavenger hunt.

The scavenge hunt brought up

treasures such as mushrooms,

dierent types of bark, animal

footprints and holes and Callumfound a grasshopper.

One week they built

dens and carried on with

the ones that were al-

ready started. Gardens

and res were built

around the dens. Thensome of the class went

on a scavenger hunt and

some of them learnt

some knots.

The lanterns were made by using scks, string and

back in class we put on ssue paper.

We asked Bob what he thought about Forest

Schools: It was brilliant fun especially when Jasons

son and daughter came because they helped us nd

more things and we had great fun breaking down

the dens. But it was sad to see them go.

FUN FOREST SCHOOLS

BY TRISTAN WEETCH


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DIRTY DELAMEREYear 3 and year 4 went on an amazing

trip to Fox Howl, Delamere! When we first

arrived, Stella, our fantastic guide, took us

on a walk around Delamere Forest, where wediscovered Wood Sorrel (Wood Sorrel is a

type of edible plant with heart-shaped

leaves). We also found out lots of other in-

teresting things.

Jack Tompkins, Year 3, jumped into a wet,muddy puddle and his face was plastered in

mud; he fell over in it! Jack was moaning for

the rest of the day; even when he was in

dry clothes, he was still moaning!

We slept in epic bunk beds the boys bed-

room had red and yellow stripes on the wall

paper, while the girls had a sheep on theirwall paper with a purple back round.

Food there is delicious especially the bacon

(Breakfast), Tuna sandwiches (Lunch) and

Curry (Dinner). The trip to Delamere was

brilliant, loads of people said that they re-

ally enjoyed it.

BY MOLLY TUDOR AND GEMMA DULSON


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KIPPERS PARTY!

On Friday 13thNovember, Class 1 had a special

visitor. It was our old friend Kipper, backagain! Class 1 had a big Birthday party for him

which they needed to plan for and set up. On the

morning of the party, Kipper was sent to hisGrans for an early present opening session.

The children all worked

very hard with the prepara-

tions, including making

Birthday cards with lovely

neat writing inside for him .

They also had to make

crispy chocolate cakes,

with a secret ingredient,

syrup which made thecakes really sticky. (Dont

tell any oneThe Editor!)

Everyone loved them. Also they made strawberry

jelly, just to make it right! They found it tough to

tear out of the jelly block.

They made a HUGE banner for the party, which

was very colourful and amazing party hats which

were so pretty!

To make the party yummy, everyone brought in

some snacks like crisps and vegetables. Mrs Latham

said that it was the healthiest party that she had ever

been to!!!!

There was lots of excitement as Kipper arrived at

about 11 oclock and this year he was 5

(AGAIN!!!!!!!)

A HUGE box

arrived which

was full of balls

that was given to

Class 1 from

Kipper.

After that the party start-ed!!!! It was FAB and eve-

ryone loved partying! Kip-

pers cake was very yum-

my!

BY RACHEL JOHNSON AND LILY GORMAN

On our field we haveour own Bickerton

Buzzard. He likes to

come in the late evening

and early morning. Mrs

Parsons calls the Buz-

zard Monty. He likes tosit on the climbing

frame and the school

fence.

See if you can spot him

anytime.

BICKERTONS

BUZZARD BY LILY GORMAN


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The librarians set two

competitions -a colour-

ing one for infants and

designing a spooky book

cover for juniors. Win-

ners got a big packet of

sweets obviously Hal-

loween themed.

We announced the win-

ners in sharing assembly.

They were Y6-Lucy

Bourne, Y5-Chap Ad-

ams, Y4-Emily Fowles,

Y3-Ruby Cotgreave, Y2-

Ciaran Dunne Y1-

George Nield and Re-

ception-Beatrice Cundy.

Also everybody who

entered got a mini packet

of sweets - an amazing

60 people entered! It was

a very hard decision.

Our next event will be to

write a winter poem

which will be presented

in the Junior library. Sad-

ly this time it is only for

the Juniors. So we hope

you enjoy this upcoming

event as much as you did

the spooky competition.

Thank you for everybody

who enteredyour crea-

tions were amazing.

LIBRARY INTRODUCES

COMPETITIONS

BY SOPHIE FURNIVAL AND SASHA PRICE

There is a new amazing gang of reporters in Bickertonfor the magazine. Heres a bit about them:

Sophie wanted to join the Magazine because she enjoys it and

loves taking part of it.Likes: Everything

Molly wanted to join the magazine because she loves reading the

magazine and wants to be a part of it.

Likes: Lego Harry Potter. Dislikes: Sprouts

Dylan wanted to join the magazine because he wants to be part

of the Bickerton Bulletin.

Likes: International Rugby. Dislikes: Beetroot

Rachel wanted to join because she wants to be part of it.

Likes: Animals, chocolate and fun. Dislikes: Cabbage, Maths

and Sprouts

Gemma wanted to join because she wanted to be part of some-

thing big.

Likes: Horse riding and Chocolate. Dislikes: Spiders and

Sprouts

Tristan wanted to have his name on the page.

Likes: Football. Dislikes: Sprouts and mustard.

Sasha did it last year so she wanted to do it again because it was

so fun.

Likes: Chocolate. Dislikes: Spiders

Ellie wanted to join because she wanted to learn different skills

and all her friends said it was amazing.

Likes: Her bike. Dislikes: Spiders

Billy wanted to join because when he looked at the magazine he

admired it and wanted to do it.

Likes: Sweets. Dislikes: Baked Beans .

Lily wanted to join because she has always loved Englishand writing reports.

Likes: Horses. Dislikes: Beetroot and Cabbage

Christy wanted to join because everyone was saying that it was

fantastic so she really wanted to join.Likes: Pizza. Dislikes: Maths and Cabbage

So there are the amazing magazine reporters who this year are

going to make a brilliant Bickerton Bulletin. If there is anything

you would like adding to the magazine please let one of these re-

porters knowit is after all, your magazine.

Magnificent Magazine

Reporters

Freya Davies has spent a

long time working with

Mrs Chesworth doing

the Rapid Reading to

help her with her work.

She has now completed

the course having put a lot

of her own time into it too

and she has done reallywell.

We spoke with Freya and

we asked her some ques-tions;

Have you enjoyed it? YesI have really enjoyed it and

it was really fun

Are you a lot more confi-

dent? Yes I am a lot more

confident in my work and a

lot better as well

Has it been hard work?

Yes it has been hard work,

especially when the com-

puter didnt work!

Has it been worth doing?

Yes it was definitely

worth doing.

Mrs Chesworth said What

a star! Freya has been a

delight to work with and

her reading skills have

come on leaps and bounds.

Over the last 18 months she

has worked exceptionally

hard with me at school and

with her family at home.

Freyas determination to

succeed has certainly paidoff.

Well done Freyayou are

a star and we are all really

proud of you.

FANTASTIC FREYA

BY RACHEL JOHNSON

BY RACHEL JOHNSON AND CHRISTY MORRIS-BARNES


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Years 1, 2 and 3 went to

the SeaQuarium in Rhyl and

the beach as part of their

topic.

The SeaQuarium was very in-

teresting and they were intro-

duced to sea creatures from

different sea habitats. They

had a talk

w h e r e

they even

st rokedstar fish.

The children were fascinated

by sting ray eggs known as

mermaid purses (The teachers

were amazed too as we

thought it was a type of sea-

weed!). They also felt a lob-

ster shell. Some of the fish

they looked at were zebra

fish and clown fish. There

were also sharks and a big

tunnel they could walk through

where all the fish were around

them.

One of

the really

fun things

according

to Maisy

Tudor who told us all about the

trip was running with the seals.

They also went on the beach

and were digging a giant castle

and making other sculptures us-

ing the natural things around.

The giant castle even had a so-

fa on it and Maisie wanted to go

to sleep. The weather was so

nice they even had sandwiches

on the beach. Maisie said that

she had a really fun time.

VISIT TO RHYLBY DYLAN COTGREAVE AND GEMMA DULSON


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SCURVY PIRATES

On the Tuesday before the end of the half term our schoolhad Pirate day. There were lots of different pirates present:

Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Hook, Mr Smee and lots of

other truly amazing pirates.

Class 1,2,3 and 4 did a treasure hunt in the Nature area and onthe Field and they had to follow all the clues to find the edible

gold!!!! Classes 1,2 and 3 also had to save favourite buddies

from their classes which had been taken by the Pirates. If they

didn't solve the clues before midday then Bickerton Bear,

Squarky and Monkey would have had to face a life on the seas

with the Pirates. Thankfully, at the last minute the clues were

solved, the map completed and the buddies discovered!

Class 5 did projects on piratesMrs Chapman let us choose

how we presented it. Some children did raps, songs, poems

and quizzes for their class mates to enjoy.

Everyone enjoyed the fun day with lots of Pirate activities and

we would love to have it again!!!!!!

BY RACHEL JOHNSON AND CHRISTY MORRIS-BARNES


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Class 1 have been busy with their new topic

Ice and Snow!!!They have really enjoyed doing allsorts of interesting work. For example Class 1 really en-

joyed it when Blue came in, Blue is a polar bear, who wore

a blue scarf.

They also enjoyed it when Mrs Latham got the sparkly

white play dough out, They said they had a brilliant time

making all kinds of shapes out of that. Class 1 tried to make

polar bears but it was a bit too tricky.

Also they had been making pictures with potatoes, the pic-ture made a penguin, when they had finished their hands

were covered in paint Mrs Tudor told them to go and wash

their hands.

Class 1 have been making jumping jellyfish with paper

plates, cellophane and finally bubble wrap. They really en-

joyed making these funny creatures!!! They have also en-joyed making snails out of paper plates and decorated them

with pens and crayons. They look brilliant you should go

and see them!

Class 1 have had a blasting time doing lots of different

things with Mrs Tudor and Mrs Latham, thank you for let-

ting them do so much fun things.

FUN IN CLASS

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Class 2 have enjoyed looking at lighthouses, crea-

tures in the sea and more recently Ice and Snow.They have loved building igloos, exploring the properties ofice and water and finding out about Penguins, Walruses,Polar bears and Beluga Whales.

Making stained glass biscuits was fun as well as the chal-lenge to float a stone and build the best boat! They also saw

what happened when salt was added to ice. They loved be-ing real scientists when they tried to find out which mate-rial stopped you slipping and which mopped up water thebest.

Class 2 have got some amazing displays which they lovedproducing work for!!! They have a Pirate Stew display, oneon ice and snow with tube penguins and symmetrical paint-ed penguins-some ended up with double-headed penguins(!) and some had symmetrical twins! The tube penguinseven had googly eyes! Class 2 have also produced a SIMP-

LY amazing Display based on The Lighthouse Keeper!The Lighthouse display is on the largest display.One of the really popular things in Class 2 is the Kaplathey have loved making lighthouses, bridges and igloos outof it. It seems that the challenge is to make the tallest igloo

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ONCE UPON A TIME

Once the teachers were children too! We asked

them what their best and worst memories of prima-

ry school were!

Mrs Tudor (Class 1 and Deputy Head )

Best: My Infant teacher.

Worst: First day a boy called Steven

who stole my dinner money!

Mrs Latham (Assistant in Class 1)

Best: Meeting new friendsWorst: We kept moving.

Mrs Vaughan (Class 2)

Best: Learning about history

Worst: Semolina with pink raspberry

sauce!

Mrs Shone (Assistant in Class 1)

Best: The Christmas party

Worst: The visit of the Nit nurse

Mr Rich (Class 3)

Best: Break time, football and Cricket.

Worst: Having to do homework.

Miss Gittins (Class 4)

Best: Going on tripsWorst: School dinners.

Mrs Tedham (Class 5)

Best: Being the main part in the school

play!

Worst: Having to drink milkfrozen

in the winter and sour in the summer.

Mrs Chapman (Class 5)

Best: Playing Rounders.

Worst: The uniform which was a

yucky bottle green.

Mrs Chesworth (Assistant in Classes 5

and 4)

Best: Playing Hockey.

Worst: Sewing.

Mr Sweetnam (Head teacher)

Best: Roly Poly Jam Pudding

Worst: The outdoor toilets.

BY SOPHIE FURNIVAL AND LILY GORMAN

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Mrs Weaver (Reception)

Best: School Dinners

Worst: The Nit nurses

Mrs Parsons (PE teacher and Assis-

tant in Class 1)

Best: Being Captain of the Dean-

ery.

Worst: Nothing (loved it)

Mr Innis (Caretaker)

Best: Playing football.

Worst: The playground was too

crowded.

Mrs Jenkins (cook)

Best: The uniform

Worst: The Nit nurse

Mrs Billington ( Midday Assistant)

Best: P.E lessons

Worst: Exams and the dentist.

Mrs Carr (Midday Assistant)

Best: Swimming lessons.

Worst: Injuries.

Mrs Holmes (Music Teacher)

Best : Playing chime bars.Worst: Slipping on ice in year one.

Mrs Clay ( Music teacher.)Best: Playing in playground

Worst: Being scared of the big chil-

dren.

Emily (Piano teacher)

Best: Going on first residential

Worst: Cutting my knee when play-

ing football

Ian (Guitar teacher)

Best: Delamere

Worst: When I was sick in class.

Revd Anthony Dutton (Curate)

Best: Lake District walking trip.

Worst: Going to school on the firstday.

Canon Ian Davenport (Rector)

Best: Being in the school choir.

Worst: Being left at the school gate

from the very first day of school be-

cause parents were not allowed in

school.

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PUMPKIN FUN

Every year from 20th-31st October

there is a PYO Pumpkin week at one of

our local farms. AND a little bit after

that-till Halloween! We always have a huge

selection of pumpkins and it is always

great fun. We had lots of visitors from

Bickerton School this year!

We got an interview from one of theirhelpers, Maisy:

What did you think about the pumpkins?

They were very fun and you got to have a

look for your perfect pumpkin-you couldnt

leave if you didnt!

What did you mainly do at the pumpkins?

I took wheelbarrows back up on the quad

bike.

Were there any funny bits?Yes, there were two top funny bits.

What were they?

Well, Molly started me giggling by walking

round in socks-then she fell into the saw-

dust lucky dip-it was in an old bathtub!

Next one?

Uncle Gary has this little video camera and

he attached it to a wheelbarrows wheel

and ran through the maze-the solution tothe winding paths!

We look forward to more pumpkin fun next

year.

BY MOLLY TUDOR

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On the 9thof October the parents thought that

they were going back to school but in fact they

had a really fun evening which was so different

to school! Ruth Robson held the evening which was

for adults and they were talking about how to help

children to read and spell. It was held in the schoolhall and they played lots of practical games.

One of the games was called the plural game where

they were given words such as pen or church and

they had to see a pattern: pen would be pens and

church would be churches. The parents found out

that you could tell if you added es or s by the

number of syllables!

Ruth also told the parents the story of the little

red hen with lots of fun actions and EVERYONEjoined in. They

were also told a

story that they had

never heard before

called Monkey see,

Monkey do and

Ruth got the adults

to tell the person

next to them thestory and then they had to draw it on a storyboard.

It was funny because the adults got REALLY, RE-

ALLY competitive when playing a game about con-

traction. The parents really enjoyed the evening.

Mrs Vaughan said; It was good to see the parents

enjoying spelling and reading and it was a fantastic

e v e n i n g

e n j o y e d

by all.

MUMS AND DADS GO BACK

TO SCHOOL

BY RACHEL JOHNSON

QUIZZES AND PUZZLES

If you are wondering where the quizzes, puz-

zles and jokes have gone from the magazine,

then wonder no more. You can find them on

the school website, so you can download as

many as you want for you and your friends.


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Bickerton is, as usual, hosting some

afterschool clubs like :

Magazine club run by Mrs Vaughan!

Mr Sweetnam is doing a fab gymnas-

tics club on Monday.

Football is hosted by Mrs Parsons and

Mr Rich on Tuesday, while

Mrs Chapman does a fab cake club.

Mrs Parsons and Mrs Chesworth aredoing a Netball club for Y3-Y6 on

Wednesday.

Mrs Tedham is doing Choir on Thurs-

day during lunch.

Finally, Mark is doing Basketball on

Friday.

Lots of children are enjoying doing

these clubs-we hope you are doing at

least one of them!

BY MOLLY TUDOR

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS

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B l u e i s C h e s t e r R a c e c o u r s e s

M a s c o t f o r 2 1 s t N o v e m b e r - 5 t h

J a n u a r y b e c a u s e t h e y a r e p u t -

t i n g o n a w i n t e r w o n d e r l a n df e s t i v a l ! B l u e

c a m e t o v i s i t

C l a s s e s 1 & 2 a n d

t h e p e r s o n w h o

c a m e w i t h B l u e

t o l d t h e c h i l -

d r e n w h a t t h e y

c a n s e a t W i n t e r

W o n d e r l a n d :

S a n t a a n d h i s

g r o t t o ( w i t h r e a l r e i n d e e r ! ) , a

s p e c i a l C h r i s t m a s s h o p p i n g

m a r k e t , t h e 3 D M o v i e r o o m , A

W r i t e a l e t t e r t o S a n t a r o o m , M r s S a n t a s S t o r y r o o m ,

a c h a n c e t o d i n e w i t h t h e

W i n t e r y C h a r a c t e r s a n d a

F a i r g r o u n d a n d r i d e s !

E v e r y b o d y w h o m e t B l u e g o t t o

h a v e t h e i r p i c t u r e t a k e n , a s

w e l l a s m a k i n g a v e r y h a p p y

f r i e n d s h i p w i t h o u r w i n t e r y

f r i e n d , B l u e !

BLUE VISITS INFANTS

BY MOLLY TUDOR


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Brilliant Bikers!On Monday and Tuesday the 4th and 5th the

Year 5s took part in Bike Ability. We tested

our skills on our bikes by going round and round in

a orderly fashion, controlling our ride.

Next we did a slow race which we found really dif-

ficultmost of us just went too fast but somewere clever and went round in small circles. We

learnt how to get past a parked car which very

tricky as it was a real car that we were practicing

on!! But eventually we mastered it.

After that we went on the road. Most of us were

quite scared, but there was nothing to worry

about! We moved on to the road outside the

school and we had to cycle from the school to asign and when we got to the sign we had to do a U-

turn in the middle of the road with no help or

signs saying cyclists in training! We were looked

after and safe though. It was very hard but we

got there in the end.

After that we did a couple of challenges which in-

cluded keeping up with the person in front and

many more little challenges. We completed the

course and our homework, and all received a cer-

tificate and

badge to

show we had

passed. It

was a fab

and useful

experience !

BY TRISTAN WEETCH and DYLAN COTGREAVE

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Its this time of year

again -the Harvest is

back and this year Class4 performed a play, and

Class 3 did the prayers.

The play that Class 4 per-

formed was about poor

people in other countries

and how they struggle to

get food enough food to

feed their families.

The play then showed us

how organisations and

individuals are showing

these people how they

can improve their lives by

planting seeds, growing

crops and digging fertiliz-er into fields.

Canon Davenport then

gave a talk and we sung

our Harvest songs. It was

another lovely Harvest

Festival.

BOOK FAIR HARVESTDELIGHTS

BY SASHA

PRICE

On the 4th-7

thof Novem-

ber we had our annual

book fair. There was a

huge amount of books for

all ages to choose from.

Everybody came along at

the end at of the school

day and really enjoyed

picking their own books.

There was a lovely buzz

and atmosphere as people

chose.

There were other thingsto buy as well including

stationery sets, pencil cas-

es and bookmarks.

The profit made was a

whopping 281. Out

of the profit we bought

some new books for the

school.

The librarians chose some

including: You Dont

Know Me, The Look,

The Wombles and Da-

vid Walliams new book

Demon Dentist.

Thank you for anybody

who attended. You didthe school a big favour

and we hope you are en-

joying reading your

books.

BY SASHA PRICE and

SOPHIE FURNIVAL


19/20

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At Bickerton we have a

scrumptious variety of

school dinners. For exam-

ple chicken curry and rice,

fish, roast dinner, jacket

potatoes, tomato and

cheese pasta, sausage rolls,pizza, turkey, quiche and

loads more and the deserts

[the list is even longer of

course]: Ice cream, crum-

ble and custard, flap jack,

strawberry mouse, bis-

cuits, chocolate cake, jelly,

chocolate angel delight

and a whole load more.

In fact theres so much

yummy choice its not sur-

prising that most children

have at least one school

dinner every week.

All the meat veg and fish

are all produced locally

and one of the local Butch-

ers are Barrows of Bol-

lington. Mrs Jenkins works

hard making the food from

scratch (just like homecooking!)

As Mrs Jenkins prepares

our lunch delicious smells

float through the school.

By lunch our tummies are

rumbling and our taste

buds ready! A few of our

favourites are Chocolate

flapjack, Fruit crumble,

pizza, raspberry ripple ice

cream roll and roasts on a

Wednesday.

BY BILLY BRYANT

Class 4 ran into the hall when the music people

arrived. They introduced themselves as Incredible

Ian and Magnificent Matt. We worked on building

up a piece by doing each layer which was then

saved onto the computer, until all layers were final-

ly put together at the end. It was so clever and

sounded really good.

They helped us to make a

drumming sound with tap-

ping our knees to make a

Bass drum, clapping our

hands to make a Middle

drum and making a Tss

Noise to be a Symbol.

We thought that Matt and

Ian were very good and

we even played I GottaFeeling to the whole

school + PARENTS!!!

(It sounded amazingThe

Editor)

Everybody in the school has been rushing

off to larks not to get shoes,but to getshoe BOXES! Its that time of year again

when Father Christmas gets stuck up the

chimney CHRISTMAS!

Some children in other parts of the world

dont get presents like we do so we send

them shoeboxes full of things to do, toys and

useful objects (e.g. Hairbrush, clips, tooth-

brush, toothpaste). This year we got 58 shoe-

boxes! Well done, and thank you everyone.

FOOD,GLORIOUS FOOD OPERATION CHRISTMAS

CHILD

BY MOLLY TUDOR

MUSICAL MOMENTS

BY TRISTAN WEETCH and DYLAN COTGREAVE


20/20

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SPORTS AT BICKERTONBY GEMMA DULSON

We are taught an amazing range of sports at Bickerton

Primary School and enter many tournaments and compe-

titions. We also have a brilliant, and dedicated P.E teacher

called Mrs Parsons, who teaches everyone how to do them.

In lessons Mrs Parsons teaches us how to do netball amongst

other sports. She sometimes enters us into competitions. Mrs

Chesworth runs a netball club with her too. We also do TagRugby which is a sport that Juniors do mostly. It is when

there are two teams all wearing tags; each team has to get the

tags off the opposite team. We go to tournaments for Tag

Rugby: Years 5 and 6 do one tournament and Years 3 and 4

do the other.

Mrs Parsons and Mr Rich do a football club for people that

want to learn how to play football. We dont normally play

football as a P.E sport -it is mainly a club sport but we do go

to football events.

Mrs Parsons and Mrs Chesworth (What would Mrs Parsons

do without Mrs Chesworth?) take children to many events

such as Cross Country, Orienteering, Deanary, Sports Hall,

Handball and Rounder's.

Mr Sweetnam takes a Junior class to Whitchurch swimmingbaths to learn how to swim each term and he enters us into

the swimming tournament.

We have lessons in Dance, Rounders, Hockey and Gym too,

and Mr Sweetnam has a Gym club.

We also have other teachers in to teach us sports such as

Cricket, Tennis and Basketball.

This year for the first time Bickerton went toHeber High School, to do a big cross country

race. There were 10 other schools, and we came

third!!!!!!

The year 5s and 6s had to run 1,200 meters (thats

the main field and the rugby field.) Whereas the

year 3s and 4s only had to run the main field.

Lucky them!!!!!!! (It still looked a long way !The Editor)It was hard work, but we were all cheered as we

came over the line.

CROSS COUNTRY

BY LILY GORMAN AND DYLAN COTGREAVE

Tag rugby was really good. We scored over 10 tries intotal; we were also really good at defending. Everyone

who took part did really well.

Our Year 6 and 5 team were fantastic -they scored tries

like bull dogs, and we even came 3 rd. The Year 3 and 4team had to play in the pouring rain but still managed to

play exceptionally well.

We had such a good experience with Mums and Dads

cheering us on. It was a really good day to remember

with all thanks to our two wonderful coaches Mrs Par-

sons and Mrs Chesworth.

BY TRISTAN WEETCH

TAG RUGBY

HOCKEY

BY DYLAN COTGREAVE

BASKETBALLBY TRISTAN WEETCH

Mrs Parsons, Mrs Chesworth and Mr

Sweetnam took a group of children to a hock-

ey tournament. The children were split into two

teams and they really enjoyed playing.

One of the teams won one and drew one, and the

other team lost one and drew one. They didnt

get into the finals but they all had a really good

In Basketball we played against 7 other

schools and we played really well as a team and

had great fun.

We won 3, drew 2, and lost 1. We lost to Tatten-

hall 3 : 2, so even that was close!

One memorable and amazing moment was when
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