Dear Parents and Carers,

Bank Holiday

A reminder that Monday 3rd May is a bank holiday. 

Attendance

Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:

• Year 1 with 97% attendance
• Year 6 with 100% attendance

Headteacher’s Awards

The following children will receive an award in next week’s Celebration Assembly. Videos of Celebration Assemblies are now shared on our Facebook page. 

Reception - 

• Evie for doing some independent writing in literacy, using her sounds to write a short sentence with an adjective ‘my dinosaur is blue’ 

Year 1 -  

• Mouhammad - For working really hard in maths this week while learning to count in 2s and 5s.
• Daiquari - for being kind to his friends and helping them when they need it.

Year 2 -  

• Matty - For always making such a huge effort to read every night at home.
• Frazer - For trying so hard in his phonics group and becoming more confident when answering questions in class.

Year 3 - 

• Antony- For working hard to write a fantastic fable in English.
• Joey - For using his imagination to create a creative jumping sequence in PE. 

Year 4 -

• Freya- For showing resilience and determination to improve her times tables recall. Freya practises on TTRS every evening at home and has been earning more and more coins each week. During our TTRS battle, she was our ‘Most Valuable Player.’ A huge achievement. 

Year 5 -  

• Serenity - for her persistence when adding fractions independently.
• William - for clearly explaining the Easter Triduum and its importance today.

Year 6

• Layla, Hollie and Anya - for outstanding innings in Cricket. They produced the winning runs to contribute to their teams - well done!
• Ellis- for persevering with his understanding of decimals this week. 

Dates for Diaries

Bank Holiday - Monday 3rd May 

INSET - Friday 14th May.

INSET - Monday 14th June.

Term 5 - Term 5 starts Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.

Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021. 

Start of 2021-22 school year - Monday 6th September

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

Bank Holiday

A reminder that Monday 3rd May is a bank holiday. 

INSET Days 

Can we confirm that the first two days of the new academic year will be INSET days (Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September). This means that the school will open for children on Monday 6th September. 

A reminder that the school will also be closed for staff training on Friday 14th May and Monday 14th June.

School Uniform

Please ensure all children are in sensible school uniform - not too small, tight or short.  We do understand that many children will have grown over lockdown and the Easter holidays and that there are not always the right sizes available to buy but please keep trying. 

Here is a reminder of our school uniform:

• PLAIN BLACK shoes or trainers
• grey / black trousers or skirts – no tracksuit bottoms, or leggings
• red sweatshirt or cardigan or fleece
• white / red polo shirts
• PE Kit (which is plain white t-shirt / plain black shorts and PE daps or trainers)

Many thanks 

PE kits

From Monday 22nd March please can children come into school in their PE kit on the day they have PE. At the moment we do not have space to store PE kit in a COVID safe way and therefore this is the safest way for our children to be appropriately dressed for their PE lessons and remain safe. PE kit is a plain and non-branded white t-shirt, non-branded black/navy shorts and black daps or black trainers. If the weather is cold, children can wear navy/black tracksuit bottoms over their shorts to keep them warm. Please see class PE days below.

• Monday- Reception and Year 6
• Tuesday- Year 1 and Year 5
• Wednesday- Year 4
• Thursday- Hub, Year 2 and Year 3 

Faith Newsletters

Click on the link below.

Faith Newsletter

Headteacher’s Awards

The following children will receive an award in next week’s Celebration Assembly. Videos of Celebration Assemblies are now shared on our Facebook page. 

Reception - 

• Kiki - for doing some fantastic independent writing about our current book ‘Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs’. Kiki imagined that the dinosaurs had gone to the fun fair and wrote this on a white board. Well done Kiki!
• Lilanna for showing us her fantastic knowledge of 2D shapes and naming octagon and pentagons and telling us how many sides the shapes have.

Year 1 -  

• Olivia - For concentrating hard during her reading session and not allowing herself to become distracted. Olivia is trying so hard to use her sounds to decode text.
• Lyla - for producing a lovely piece of art work linked to RE, which illustrates some symbols of new life.

Year 2 -  

• Rory - For making a good start to our class and already enjoying being a part of our team.

Year 3 - 

• Lexi- For using interesting similes in her writing. 
• Freddie- For showing fantastic enthusiasm in maths. 

Year 4 -

• Mason- for having a brilliant week of good behaviour, engagement in lessons and all round happiness during our first week back. We feel very proud of Mason! 

Year 5 -  

• Gabriel - for consistently achieving 'valuable player' in our times table rock star battles!  We think you rock!
• Ian - for his clear (and thoughtful) instructions detailing how to tell the truth.
• Chloe - for her super-detailed yet easy-to-follow instructions for telling the truth. 

Year 6

• Ruby- For a fantastic week in Year 6. You have contributed and engaged with your new classmates.
• Ellis- for persevering with his understanding of decimals this week. 

Dates for Diaries

Bank Holiday - Monday 3rd May 

INSET - Friday 14th May.

INSET - Monday 14th June.

Term 5 - Term 5 starts Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.

Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021. 

Start of 2021-22 school year - Monday 6th September

 

 

 

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

Firstly, a reminder that due to an INSET Term 5 starts on Tuesday 20th April.

Easter Holiday Track and Trace

I would like to thank you for your continued support, through these unprecedented times. 

Schools are yet again on call to support Track and Trace during the Easter holidays until Monday 5th April 2021. As a  reminder, I have included the expectations to assist in the Track and Trace of confirmed positive cases. This relates to staff  and pupils who have been attending school. 

Please follow the guidance below: 

If a pupil or staff member develops symptoms of Covid-19 before 4pm on Sunday 4th April 2021 and then has a positive  test result the school must be contacted as the person may have been infectious while in school. Please text the school on the dedicated telephone number of 07596 820850. This phone will be monitored between 8:30 – 10:30am from Friday 2nd April to Monday 5th April 2021 to support the Track and Trace with Public Health England. 

If a pupil or staff member develops symptoms of Covid-19 after 4pm on Sunday 4th April 2021 then they should follow  the contact tracing instructions provided by the NHS Track and Trace. School does not need to be contacted.

Doodle Online Learning

To support your children in learning independently, in and out of school, we have purchased the award-winning, maths and English, Doodle programme.

It has been trialled by Years 1,3,5 and 6, who will now be able to access this at home from today - a separate newsletter will include login details.

Your child has already started the programme at school and should be able to log on and work independently. 

The programme is designed to assess your child's level and adjust questions accordingly. Please support your child by encouraging them to learn through the programme. However, please don't be tempted to help them with the answers as this will cause the questions to be incorrectly adjusted. 

The children have been excited by the programme and should be very keen to show you how good they are at using it. 

Mrs Buckland (Maths Lead) would love your feedback about it's home use.

Faith Newsletters

From now on, we will be sharing a monthly faith newsletter that celebrates the Catholic ethos of the school. As we move through Lent towards the end of a very challenging but incredibly successful term, our eyes are fixed on the message of hope that Easter brings. Click on the link below.

Faith Newsletter

INSET Days - a reminder

As well as the previously announced INSET date of Monday 19th April. The school will also be closed for staff training on Friday 14th May and Monday 14th June.

PE kits - a reminder

Can children come into school in their PE kit on the day they have PE. At the moment we do not have space to store PE kit in a COVID safe way and therefore this is the safest way for our children to be appropriately dressed for their PE lessons and remain safe. PE kit is a plain and non-branded white t-shirt, non-branded black/navy shorts and black daps or black trainers. If the weather is cold, children can wear navy/black tracksuit bottoms over their shorts to keep them warm. Please see class PE days below.

• Monday- Reception and Year 6
• Tuesday- Year 1 and Year 5
• Wednesday- Year 4
• Thursday- Hub, Year 2 and Year 3 

Dates for Diaries

• INSET (school closed) - Monday 19th April
• Start of Term 5 - Tuesday 20th April
• INSET (school closed) - Friday 14th May
• End of Term 5 - Friday 28 May 2021
• INSET (school closed) - Monday 14th June
• Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021. 

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher