Friday 17th March 2017 – Newsletter 23 Volume 24

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Headteacher’s update

Dear Parents/Carers,

We’ve had another very busy week at school! We began with our whole school assembly,

led by 2S, on the theme of the Hindu festival of Holi. They described this important

celebration, which signifies the arrival of spring and highlights the victory of good over evil,

brilliantly through art, drama and presentation. Well done 2S!

We have all had a fantastic time celebrating ‘National Science Week 2017’ this week with

an action-packed timetable of activities organised by our Science Coordinator Mrs

Burrows. We launched the week with our science themed dress-up day and were so im-

pressed by the amount of effort that had gone into the children’s (and staff’s!) costumes!

This was followed on Tuesday by a visit from the ‘Mad Science’ team who amazed and

entertained and us with a range of fun, hands-on science workshops involving light, forces

and states of matter.

On Wednesday, all of the children had the opportunity to impress us with their teamwork,

problem-solving and creativity skills as they took part in our STEM challenges! In EY and

KS1 we focused on how to create a rainwater harvesting system to keep our vegetable and

flower beds healthy. In KS2 pupils looked at flooding around the world and were faced with

the challenge of designing and building a model of a flood-proof house.

Throughout the school the children have also been involved in a range of science investiga-

tions including exploring friction, properties of paper, spaghetti and marshmallow struc-

tures, properties of light and how to make raisins dance!

Our newly formed chaplaincy team have carried out their first job in school this week as

they introduced the ‘MAC Prayer Book’ to all of the children. The children have been invited

to create their own prayer to feature in the book – closing date is Monday 20th March.

As the season of Lent continues, the children have all received Fr Hudson’s boxes to fill with

small change. Fr Hudson’s is a Catholic charity who support children, adults and families

throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham. As part of our charitable work, we are also

collecting clothes (baby, child and adult), books and toys for refugees in our local commu-

nity. If you have any items at home that you could donate, please send into school by Fri-

day 31st March.

We ended our week with a joyous whole school Mass to celebrate the Feast of St Patrick.

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs Woods - Head Teacher

Well done - Pupils of the week

Well done - Pupils of the week

Last week’s attendance

Congratulations to EYM for 100%

attendance (w/e 10.03.17).

EYM 100% EYS 92.7%

1G 95.9% 1M 95.7%

2LB 99.3% 2S 96.3%

3R 99.3% 3N 98.7%

4S 98.3% 4B 99.3%

EYM Thomas Edwards

EYS Malachy Whelton-Rooney

1G Nicola Potomska

1M Harrison Heath

2LB Ethan Twomey

2S Riley Reed

3N Mikolaj Kwiecien

3R Isabelle Pioli

4B Harry Edy

4S Nikitha Balevijaya

EYM & 3N ATTENDANCE W/E 03.03.17

VIRTUES AND VALUES TREE

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BOOK FAIR

A huge thank you to everyone for supporting our book fair last week.

Thanks to the amount of books purchased, the school has received £560

in commission which is being spent on replenishing our shelf books and

providing additional classroom resources.

CINEMA CLUB

For administration purposes the reply slips must be returned BY Friday

24th March, any requests received after this date cannot be accepted.

GOOD WORK—SCIENCE WEEK

Please see the web pages and twitter feeds for all the great science work

that has been going on this week.

GARDENING CLUB

Now that spring is here we are in need of a few items for Gardening

Club. If you have spare we would very much appreciate donations of:

Compost that we can give a good home to (required before the end of

term).

Tomato or strawberry plants or raspberry canes would be much appreci-

ated - even if it is only one (required after the Easter holidays). They all

help and mean we have to buy fewer plants. Thank you.

CONSIDERATE PARKING

A polite reminder that all vehicles must be parked in compliance with

parking regulations and not blocking access to residential driveways or

preventing the use of pavements. Please remember that obstruc-

tive parking may also mean that the emergency services are una-

ble to reach the school in the event of a genuine emergency.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Today the children will bring home a Scholastic Book magazine. If you

wish to save on postage, please send your order to school by Friday 24th

March, together with a cheque (no cash) made payable to ‘School

Link’. Please quote our order number 20541597 on all orders, and

make sure you complete all details required, including pupil name, class

etc. Thank you.

MONDAY 20th MARCH

Early Years Parent Evening (1)

TUESDAY 21st MARCH

KS2 Parent Evening (1)

Year 1 Dads, Lads & Lasses Sessions (9.30am & 1.30pm)

WEDNESDAY 22nd MARCH

KS1 Parent Evening (1)

THURSDAY 23rd MARCH

Early Years Parent Evening (2)

FRIDAY 24th MARCH

9.20am Mothers’ Day Service (Early Years, Years 1 & 2)

Closing Date for Cinema Club Requests

Closing Date for Scholastic Book Club Orders

SATURDAY 25th MARCH

NCT Nearly New Sale at Woodfield Academy, Studley Road,

Redditch. 11.30am - 1.00pm

EVAN BRADLEY 3R—SCIENCE WORK

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After school clubs week commencing 20/3/17

DATE EVENT VENUE / ROOM YEAR TIME

MONDAY FOOTBALL

NO DANCE

FIELD

1 + 2

1, 2 + 3

3:15—4.10pm

3.15—4.10 pm

TUESDAY FOOTBALL FIELD 3 + 4 3:15—4.10 pm

WEDNESDAY

NO GYMNASTICS

ART CLUB

GARDENING CLUB

EYM

FIELD

1

3.15—4.15pm

3.15—4.00 pm

THURSDAY GAMES / SPORTS HALL / FIELD 4 3.15—4.15 pm

FRIDAY IRISH DANCING HALL 2, 3 + 4 3.15—4.00 pm

RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DATES—MARCH 2017

BUDDHIST 12/13th Magha Puja

CHRISTIAN 1 Ash Wednesday

1st—15th April Lent

3rd Women’s World Day of Prayer

20th St. Joseph

25th The Annunciation

26th Mothering Sunday

HINDU 13th Hali

JEWISH 12th Purim

SIKH 14th Hola Mohalla

SOME OTHER 1st St. David’s Day

NOTABLE DATES 17th St. Patrick’s Day

25th Lady Day

3RD WEEK IN LENT

The theme of our prayer this week is:

GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE

STRONG ENOUGH TO SAY SORRY WHEN WE

HURT OTHERS

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PARENTS’ EVENINGS

Name of Child …………………………………………..………… Class ……..……..Class of brother / sister …………..

Please tick preferred time slots and we will notify you of your allocated 10 minute appointment. If you can tick more than one

slot that will help us enormously.

MONDAY 2Oth MARCH TUESDAY 21st MARCH

EARLY YEARS KS2 (CLASSES 3R, 3N, 4B, 4S)

3.30 - 4.00 PM 3.30 - 4.00 PM

4.00 - 4.30 PM 4.00 - 4.30 PM

4.30 - 5.00 PM 4.30 - 5.00 PM

5.00 - 5.30 PM 5.00 - 5.30 PM

5.30 - 6.00PM 5.30 - 6.00 PM

WEDNESDAY 22nd MARCH THURSDAY 23rd MARCH

KS1 (CLASSES 1M. 1G, 2LB, 2S) EARLY YEARS

3.30 - 4.00 PM 3.30 - 4.00 PM

4.00 - 4.30 PM 4.00 - 4.30 PM

4.30 - 5.00 PM 4.30 - 5.00 PM

5.00 - 5.30 PM 5.00 - 5.30 PM

5.30 - 6.00PM 5.30 - 6.00 P M

TUESDAY 28th MARCH THURSDAY 30th MARCH

EARLY YEARS KS1 (CLASSES 1M. 1G, 2LB, 2S)

3.30 - 4.00 PM 3.30 - 4.00 PM

4.00 - 4.30 PM 4.00 - 4.30 PM

4.30 - 5.00 PM 4.30 - 5.00 PM

5.00 - 5.30 PM 5.00 - 5.30 PM 5.30 - 6.00PM 5.30 - 6.00 PM

WEDNESDAY 5th APRIL

KS2 (CLASSES 3R, 3N, 4B, 4S)

3.30 - 4.00 PM

4.00 - 4.30 PM

4.30 - 5.00 PM

5.00 - 5.30 PM

5.30 - 6.00PM

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BAILEY’S CATERING

Dining Assistant Wanted

We are in the process of looking for a suitable candidate to help with the serving of food on school premises, Monday to Friday, during

school term time only. We envisage that this will take up to one and a half hours per day during school lunch times.

The successful candidate will need no previous experience as training will be provided, which will include completion of a Basic Food Hy-

giene Course prior to the start date, at our facilities. We are looking for someone who enjoys being around children and has a friendly dis-

position.

The role will require compliance with the requirements laid down by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) prior to taking up the post; the

cost of which will be borne by the Company.

For further details interested parties should contact Steve Saunders on 01527 857130 in the first instance.

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Cinema Club Yrs 1-4 Thursday 6th April (Deadline for forms Friday 24th March)

I would like my child …………………………………………. Class: ……… to attend the Cinema Club on Thursday 6th April 2017 (KS1 will finish at 4.45pm and KS2 will finish at 5.00pm) I am happy for my child to eat/drink the refreshments provided / I will provide my child’s own refreshments in a named bag (please cross out whichever statement does not apply). Allergies……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name of Person Collecting............................................................................................................... I enclose (£3 per child) ..................Cash/Cheque (Cheque is preferable-please make cheques payable to “Mount Carmel First School PFA”) Signed................................................................Parent/Guardian PLEASE NOTE: THE SLIP BELOW WILL BE RETURNED AS CONFIRMATION. PLEASE FILL IN. TICKETS WILL NO LONGER BE DISTRIBUTED. Thank you PFA. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Cinema Club Confirmation Slip - Thursday 6th April 2017 (KS1 will finish at 4.45pm and KS2 will finish at 5.00pm) Please complete below: Name of Child …….............................................................Class: .............................