Primary Newsletter – Friday 5th October 2018 RECEPTION 2019 OPEN MORNINGS If you have a child born between 1st September 2014 and 31st August 2015, your child will be starting school (reception class) in September 2019. Applications opened on 1st September 2018 and close on Tuesday 5th January 2019. On Wednesday 10th October we are holding our first primary open morning, where families are invited into school to have a talk about what we offer and have personal tours of the primary phase including our reception classes. We will also be offering support and advice on the application process if any families need help with this. If you can’t make this date, please contact the main reception to organise a personal tour at your convenience. PHONICS WORKSHOPS Many thanks for those parents who attended the two phonics workshops this week. We really do hope you found them useful. We are always open to suggestions of new workshops to offer parents, so if there is anything that you would like help with, please contact us with your thoughts and ideas. NSPCC FUNDRAISING Many thanks to those families who have sent back their sponsorship forms for the NSPCC fundraiser. We completed this today, and the children did really well. If you still have sponsorships forms at home, it is not too late. Please return these to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 10th October at the latest. MACMILLAN FUNDRAISING As stated in the newsletter last week, the Macmillan coffee morning was a great success. I am pleased to share with you that we raised a total of £290.48 KINDNESS– QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." -Albert Schweitzer 

Romero House Class: Dragonfly Let Your Light Shine Class: Lions DATES FOR YOUR DIARY STAR OF THE WEEK Each week, one child from each class is named as ‘Star of the Week’ for working really hard on one of our learning characteristics: Persistence, Aspiration, Collaboration, Independence and Versatility. This week we congratulate the following children for being chosen for Wednesday 10th October Reception 2019 Open Morning Friday 12th October Lion Class (4/5) Assembly 2pm Thursday 18th October Year 2 SATs Meeting 3.30pm Friday 19th October Panther Class (3E) Assembly 2pm 22nd -26th October Half Term – School Closed Monday 29th October Back to school Bumblebee Xsavier Tiger Fodun Dragonflly Mamadou Lion Minnesota Butterfly Matia Wolf Tamia Ladybird Amelia Jaguar Denzel Panther Eli Eagle Arjun Cheetah Brianna ATTENDANCE CUP WINNER PUNCTUALITY PANDA WINNER Class: Lions Class: Ladybird PRAYER CORNER October is the month of the Rosary. The Rosary is a very distinctive form of private prayer used by Catholics in every nation of the world, suitable for any time or occasion, any day, any place and any mood. HOW TO PRAY THE ROSARY BEST ATTENDANCE HOUSE: Romero House GOLDEN TABLE WINNERS Well done to the ‘Golden Table’ winners this week who displayed excellent manners in school. Dragonflly Camiah Tiger Javae Butterfly Amoy Lion Matthew Ladybird Jonelle Wolf Nishan Panther Raphael Jaguar Georgina Cheetah Kevin Eagle Breann Class of the Week. For having the most children wearing the correct school uniform. Class: Dragonfly Have a lovely weekend Mrs Beckley