Dates for Your Diary 2023/24!
September:
1st - INSET Day: Closed
4th - Autumn Term: School Opens
- (Reception Start 8:50am to 1:15pm)
5th - (Reception Children 11:30am to 3:25pm)
6th - (Reception Children Start Full Time)
11th - Eagles Class WW1 Experience Day with Bill Ward
12th - Early Years & Phonics Parent Workshops 9am & 3:30pm
18th - Donations to Food Bank - Start of Harvest Collection
21st - Ribble Valley Mini Tennis Coaching (Yrs. 2, 3 & 4)
22nd - 'Jeans for Genes' (Uniform with Jeans/Denim Accessories)
October:
5th - Visit from The Bethany Project (pm)
10th - #Hello Yellow Day - Bake Sale & Wear Yellow for 'Young Minds'.
12th - FOGS Magical & Mystical Disco
13th - Flavours Cookery School to Visit Owls Class
18th - Open Afternoon for Reception 2024 Intake at 1:30pm
- Parent Consultations 3:45pm to 6:30pm in School Hall
19th - Parent Consultations 3:45pm to 630pm via Telephone
20th - Wear Red - Show Racism the Red Card Day
- School Closes for Term
30th - INSET Day
31st - School Opens
- Flu Immunisations (for all children with parental consent).
November:
1st - H Tempest - Individual & Family Photos Taken
6th - Special Bonfire Night Lunch Served
7th - Yrs. 2 & 6 Safety Talks by The Fire Brigade
10th - Non-Uniform Day (Yellow/Blue/Green) for Christmas Hampers
- 'Beat Goes On' Whole School Samba Drumming Experience
13th-17th - Anti-Bullying Week
13th - Odd Socks Day 2023
14th - Rock Kidz on Tour Whole School Workshop
17th - Children In Need Day 2023 - Wear Spotty Non-Uniform & Bearpee Challenge
December:
4th - Whole School Pantomime Trip - The Grand Clitheroe (am)
6th - Christmas Lunch/Christmas Jumper Day!
- Whole School Santa Dash!
8th - Non-Uniform Day In Support of Christmas Fair Tombolas
14th - Gisburn School Festive Fair 2023 (3:30pm to 5:30pm)
18th - Coffee & Carols for Grandparents 2pm
- Class Christmas Hamper Raffles
19th - Nativity Performed to Parents/Carers of Robins & Owls 2pm
20th - Christmas Parties (Wear Party Clothes to School)
- Nativity Performed to Parents/Carers of Kingfishers 2pm
21st - KS2 Carols in Church 9:30am
- School Closes at 1:15pm. Buses will collect at 1:15pm.
January 2024:
8th - School Opens for Spring Term
January:
12th - KS2 After School Running Club Begins (Fridays - 10 Weeks)
12th - KF & O After School Multi Sports Club Begins (Fridays – 10 Weeks)
23rd - National Handwriting Day
25th - Multicultural Children’s Book Day
27th - National Story Telling Week
February:
5th - Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
6th - Celebrating Safer Internet Day
- Kingfishers Grandparents to Visit for Q & A re: Past Birthdays
7th - Kingfisher's Class Assembly 9:00am
8th - Express Yourself Dress-up Day
9th - Adrian Bowden Science Shows (for all children)
- School Closes for Half Term
19th - School Re-opens
- Eagles Trip to Jorvik, York
22nd - FOGS February Disco
23rd - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 6) Group 1 - Session 1
26th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 6) Group 1 - Session 2
March:
7nd - Celebrating World Book Day 2024
8th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 6) Group 2 - Session 1
11th - Doves: ‘Let’s Go Sing’ Concert, King George’s Hall, Blackburn
- 11am Dental Survey (5 Year Old Children with consent to participate)
12th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 6) Group 2 - Session 2
20th - Parent/Teacher Consultations Face to Face (3:45pm to 6:30pm)
21st - Parent/Teacher Consultations via Telephone (3:45pm to 6:30pm)
22nd - Final KF & O After School Multi Sports Session
- Final After School KS2 Running Club Session
27th - Dogs Trust Workshops - Whole School
-Chocolate Easter Bouquet Class Raffle Drawn
28th - School Council Spring Competition
- School Closes for Easter
April:
15th - Summer Term: School Opens
16th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 5) Group 1 - Session 1
17th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 5) Group 1 - Session 2
- Swimming Lessons begin (11 Weeks Yrs. 3, 4, 5 & 6 (Children TBC)
- KF Trip to Wild Explorers, Broughton Hall
18th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 5) Group 2 - Session 1
- Owls Trip to Wild Explorers, Broughton Hall
19th - 'Go Velo' Cycling Skills (Yr. 5) Group 2 - Session 2
- After School Dodgeball Begins (KS1)
24th - Class Photos by H. Tempest Ltd.
29th - Paralympian (Gold Medal Wheel Chair Rugby) Stuart Robinson Whole School Assembly & Circuits (pm).
May:
6th - Bank Holiday: May Day
13th - SATS Week Begins
22nd - Reception September: 2024 Induction Meeting (10am)
24th - School Closes for Half Term
June:
3rd - INSET DAY - School Closed
4th - School Re-opens
17th-19th - Yrs. 5 & 6 Residential Trip to Borwick Hall
19th - Reception 2024 Stay & Play: Session 1 (pm)
26th - Reception 2024 Stay & Play; Session 2 (pm)
July:
10th - Final Swimming Lesson.
11th - Yr. 6 Leaver Tea at Hindelinis 4pm-5pm
12th - End of Summer Disco
Yr. 6 Sleepover
19th - School Closes 1:15pm, Buses will collect at 1:15pm