Newsletter - December 2008
Newsletters are sent home with the children on the first school-Tuesday of each month and are also on the school web-site.
DECEMBER
4th Thursday
Year 5 visit the new superstore building site
8th Monday
10am
Mass, St Marie’s Church, as we celebrate the feast of Mary, our
patron saint * we provide, free of charge, a “Christmas” dinner for all staff and children
11th Thursday
7pm
Confirmation Mass, St Marie’s Church
16th Tuesday
6pm
Christmas concert with PTA raffle etc
17th Wednesday
1.30pm
Parties for children in Years 3 and 4
7pm
Catholic Schools Carol Service, St Marie’s Church – all welcome
18th Thursday
1.30pm
Parties for children in Years 5 and 6
19th Friday
2pm
Carol assembly – families welcome
3pm
The school closes for the Christmas holiday
JANUARY
5th Monday
staff training day
6th Tuesday
staff training day – health and safety
7th Wednesday
8.45am
Children return for the start of the new term
12th Monday
10am
Swimming lessons begin for 3JF
17th Saturday
6pm
Mass, St Marie’s Church – enrolment of children for the sacraments of reconciliation and first communion
TERM DATES 2009
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| Wednesday |
7th January |
Friday |
13th February |
| Monday |
23rd February |
Friday |
3rd April |
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| Monday |
20th April |
Thursday |
21st May |
| Monday |
1st June |
Friday |
17th July |
Monday 4th May is a public holiday and the school will be closed.
Year 6 National Curriculum tests are11th – 15th May.
Assessment tests for children in Years 3, 4 and 5 are 15th June – 19th June. |
| Tuesday |
8th September |
Thursday |
22nd October |
| Monday |
2nd November |
Friday |
18th December |
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STAFF NEWS
We urgently need to appoint new mid-day supervisors. The hours are 12.10pm – 1.25pm, Monday to Friday. The starting salary is £1665 pa.
For details contact the secretaries (543636) or Mrs Rothwell, the Senior Mid-day Supervisor.
OTHER NEWS AND SPORT
CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN…The School Council organised a cake sale in November. Over 60 children brought in cakes for sale, with many more customers! £101.55 was raised for the Pattaya Orphanage. Many thanks to all who helped!
Our Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham has been asked to raise £70, 000 a year to pay for the education of 500 children in Thailand. The Pattaya Orphanage has 200 Burmese orphans, whose parents have been killed in war, and who have escaped to Thailand – a journey that included crossing a wide and deep river. The children must have school uniform – which can be bought for £5 – or they will be deported and could be sold into slavery. Our pupils are determined to do whatever we can to help these children. For more information go to www.pattayaorphanage.org.uk
WOW! –Walk On Wednesdays... LET YOUR CHILD WALK at least TEN MINUTES of the journey to and from school. If you don’t want to do this every day, WOW means, THINK WEDNESDAYS! Children who walk, cycle,or park and stride, at least once a week receive a badge at the end of the month.
Football – v. St Matthew’s Bloxam lost 1-2
All children and families are warmly invited to the St Marie’s Church Crib Service on Christmas Eve at 2pm. Younger children may come dressed as angels, shepherds or wise men and take par n acting the Christmas story. Any children who would like to sing or play an instrument, come to a rehearsal on Sunday 14th December at 2.45pm in St Marie’s Church. For further details contact Lindsay Pelloquin, telephone 541207.
We wish all in our school community and families
a happy and holy Christmas.
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