Thank you for your continued support. St Augustine’s CE (VA) J&I School Newsletter Tel: 01422 360615 admin@st-augustines.calderdale.sch.uk www.st-augustines.calderdale.sch.uk Friday, 16th February 2018 OUR MISSION ‘...We aim to serve our multi-racial, multi-faith community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice, irrespective of race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, gender, class or ability...’ The Power of Reading Reading is a really good way that you can help your child’s learning at home. Children who read everyday, not only read well and understand what they have read, they can achieve and become more confident in many other areas of the curriculum. Children who can read well are far more likely to achieve and do well later in life. Families, please encourage your child to read home/school reading book each day and support this reading by commenting in their reading record.. Thank you for your continued support. Rainbow Rules Well done to the following children on receiving the Rainbow Rules certificates for Listening this week. Ahad Muhammed Ratyal Benazir Butt Harees Muhammed Sannah Ahmed Reception = Ahmed Raza, Arminah Class 1 = Hibbah and Rimsha Class 2 = Mudassir Class 3 = Ameera and Amelia Class 4 = Amina and Haider Class 5 = Laiba Class 6 = Anisa, Saadiqayn and Laiba Attendance In the week 05/05/18 to 09/02/18 our Attendance figures were: Absences – 39 sessions Late’s – 23 Overall we achieved a 97.4% attendance rate. We hit our goal!! Please help us to keep this up and lets aim for 98% next time! We have now received a new delivery of school sweatshirts. These are from a new supplier and we are trialling a different blend of materials. These will be priced at £7.95 each for all sizes except Small Adult which is £8.95. How can you Help? Could you give up some of your time and volunteer to: Listen to children read Help out in a class Bake or cook with the children Or do you have another skill you could share with us?

We will see you on Monday, 26th February 2018! Homework Reminder Don’t forget your child will have homework everyday, please help us to help them reach their highest potential by making sure they so their homework. Thank you for your support Sports Thanks to all parents for your continued support at our football matches. The teams are making great progress, keep up the winning streak! Family Learning We had a great turn out for our reading workshop this Tuesday, 18 parents attended. Please look out for our next Family Learning session in March. Dates for your Diary: 26th February – School re-opens 1st March 2018 – World book day please feel free to dress up as a character from your favourite book 12th March – World Maths Day 15th March – Y2 visit to National Emergency Museum 19th March – Sport Relief Week 29th March Teacher Training Day – School closes for Easter 9th April – School re-opens 3rd May – Teacher Training Day school is closed 7th May – Bank Holiday 14-17th May – SATS 25th May – Non Uniform Day School Closed for Half Term 11th June – School re-opens 9/10th July – Parents Evening 27th July – Non Uniform Day School closes for the Summer On Thursday 1st March we will be celebrating World Book Day.   Each class will be learning about a specific author for the day and reading books by that author. They will also be doing drama linked to a specific book and completing a book review. In the afternoon the teachers will read a story to a different class. This year the children can dress up as any character in a book, if they wish. Authors that each class are focusing on are: Reception – Eric Carle Year 1 – Michael Rosen Year 2 – Julia Donaldson Year 3 – Roald Dahl Year 4 – Allan Ahlberg Year 5 – David Walliams Year 6 – Michael Morpurgo Each child will be receiving a book token that they can redeem for a book at many participating stores. This is a gift from booksellers and publishers and can be swapped for one of TEN exclusive World Book Day £1 books OR used to get £1 off any full-price book costing £2.99 or more. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you Mrs Khan Has your child been published? We are proud of the children here at St Augustine’s and publish their work regularly on Pobble. Why not log on and have a look to see if your child’s work has been published: https://www.pobble.com/ Are you receiving texts from us? Please make sure we have your up-to-date mobile phone number. Not only do we need it to contact you in an emergency, we send lots of information and reminders to our main contact by text. Enjoy your Holiday! We will see you on Monday, 26th February 2018!