Latest Bilton C of E Junior School News

• Parents Evenings

  Wed 27 Sep 2023

  Parents evenings can be booked by visiting: https://biltonjuniors.schoolcloud.co.uk/

  
   

  Monday 9th October 2023 - Virtual meetings

   

  Wednesday 11th October 2023 - In person meetings

• Welcome Meetings

  Sun 10 Sep 2023

  Tuesday 12th September

  Welcome meeting - Year 5 3:45 - 4:05pm

  Welcome meeting - Year 6 4:15 - 4:35pm

   

  Wednesday 13th September

  Welcome meeting Year3 3:35 - 4:05pm

  Welcome meeting Year4 4:15 - 4:35pm

   

• Nut aware school

  Tue 15 Aug 2023

  Dear Parents / careers,
  We wanted to provide some more information on our decision to become a ‘nut aware school’. We need to keep pupils and staff with life-threatening food allergies safe, but equally try our best not to make it difficult for parents to find snacks children enjoy, which we appreciate can itself be challenging.

  
  To clarify from September 2023 we need to ask you as parents to avoid products that contain any nut as an ingredient in lunchboxes. Products that say ‘may contain nuts’ are okay (the majority of brands use this statement to cover themselves as they produce different foods in the same factory).

   

  We would like to thank you in advance for your support in keeping everyone at BJS safe.
  Kind regards
  The BJS team

• Transition Day

  Thu 22 Jun 2023

  Due to the forthcoming expected strike action on 5/7/23 transition day for all year groups will now be on Monday 10th July.

• Empathy Day

  Mon 15 May 2023

  Get ready for Empathy Day with the whole family! The Family Activities Pack is a short, paperless guide which gives you everything you need to take part in the 2023 Mission Empathy challenge at home, through FIVE creative and fun-filled activities. Can you all complete your empathy mission? Once you do, award your family the Mission Empathy certificate! 

   

  Download your FREE Famil;y Activity Pack here

  

• Alive 2023

  Tue 02 May 2023

  We are pleased to announce that we are going to be taking
  part in the Alive 2023: Praise party Friday 16th June, joining
  thousands of other children at the National Agricultural and
  Exhibition Centre, in Stoneleigh. Years 3 and 5 will be going in
  the morning and years 4 and 6 in the afternoon. There will be
  music, singing, dancing and special guests too. We will all
  overlap at lunchtime and will have our lunches in
  a picnic area outside. A letter will be coming out in the next
  couple of weeks requesting permission for children to attend.

  This short video tells you a bit more about it 

   

  This is the song the children will be practicing for the event. You may become quite familiar with this!

• Calling all little creatives!

  Tue 02 May 2023

  Would you like to be included in a printed book and win £250 for our school?
   
  Datagraphic has launched a creative challenge for you to help win prizes for school.  
   
  To enter, you need to write a story or draw a picture of what the new King might do with one of Datagraphic’s leftover paper rolls.
   
  Winning entries could receive £250 towards a school project of our choice, be included in a printed book for the school and go on display at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.
   
  Datagraphic is providing the waste paper, all you need to do is get creative!
  
  Read the attached document for more information 
  
  Closing date 19th May

  

• Do you care about the environment? Do you want to know more about climate change?

  Mon 24 Apr 2023

  There's a spcial event on in town this Saturday you might want to know more about.
  There is also a competition you can enter too - the closing date isn't until 2nd June (write a story / poem / song, create some art work, compose some music)

   

  For more details log in to your Google Classroom
   

• Industrial Action

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  Dear Parents / Carers

  Industrial Action

  We have had some responses to the communication about the upcoming industrial action and I wanted to reply to the whole community.

  Firstly, we appreciate and are fully aware of the disturbance this causes to people's lives and more importantly to the education of your children. We also appreciate your support during the last few months as this action has continued. Every member of our school community wants the best for the children and works hard to support them in achieving their goals. I hope as parents and carers you see and understand this.

  Secondly, as referred to in previous communications, we respect the right of individuals to take industrial action to stand up for what they believe in. 

  Finally, as a school leader, I have legal obligations and frameworks to work within, in regard to everything about the running of a school, which includes situations such as the current ongoing industrial action. I appreciate that it seems unfair that some children come into school and others do not, however in every decision I make I have to consider the legality of what I ask the staff of this school to do. Legally teachers "cannot be compelled to provide cover for other teachers during industrial action" and this limits how I can assign staff during action such as this.

  As I have said, as an educator and a parent, I understand the frustrations and concerns you have and can only assure you that we do what we can within the legal frameworks we abide by to open schools as best we can in difficult times.

  Kind regards and thanks for your support during these times.

  Ed Newton

  Executive Headteacher

  Bilton Community Federation

• Industrial Action

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  Dear Parents / Carers                                                                                                                                     Thursday 20^th April 2023

  Industrial Action

  As I am sure you have seen in the media, further industrial action has been planned by the teachers' union, the NEU.

  The planned industrial action is due to take place on Thursday 27^th April and Tuesday 2^nd May 2023.

  We are very aware of the disruption this causes to you and your daily routines and apologise for the inconvenience to yourselves.

  Here at Bilton Junior School we have had to make the difficult decision to partially close the school on both of these days.

  The school will be open to children in the following classes: 3JE / 5MB / 5JB on both days.

  On Tuesday 2^nd May this will also extend to 6SM & they will be in for the whole day, but they will not be in on the Thursday 27^th April.

  If your child’s class is open, they are expected to attend school.

  For other classes we would, as previously, direct parents / carers to make use of the many online offerings the school has, to support the children’s learning on these days.

  Lunches:

  The kitchen will be open as normal for those who are in and have school meals.

  We will again offer lunches to children who have access to Free School Meals and can provide an hour in school for these children to have their lunch and a lunch break between 12:30 - 1:30 pm. We would ask that all those families that are eligible let the school office know by 1:30 pm on Monday 23^rd April if they will be making use of this offer, to allow the kitchen staff to plan accordingly.

  Once again, we apologise for the disruption, but ask that all members of our school community respect the rights and decisions of others at this time.

  Yours sincerely

   

  Ed Newton

  Executive Headteacher