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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

We have been shortlisted for an award to support a project in school!

The project is for our Year 5 classes

to work with Andy Cope, the author of ‘The Art of Being Brilliant’.

The project with the most votes wins, so

make sure you spread the word. Voting opens tomorrow 24th October!

Here is the link: st.catherin.es/aviva

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

Thank you so much for all of your donations for the Burngreave Food Bank, this is what we have collected so far, we aim to have a huge pile of non-perishable food to donate by Wednesday 25th October, we only have a few days to go!

On Wednesday 25th October we will hold a Liturgy in the community centre which parents are welcome to attend. During this liturgy we will celebrate the generosity of our children and families and remind ourselves of all that we have and that we are grateful for. Please help us to make a real difference to the lives of those people, who for whatever reason, find themselves on the poverty line.

The food bank urgently needs:

Fruit juice (long life) Instant mash potato Instant noodles Powdered milk Tinned fruit

They are also low on stock of:

Carrier bags Disposable razors Hot chocolate Long life puddings Laundry soap (small) Vegetable oil Washing up liquid

You can visit the website to find out more:

www.burngreave.foodbank.org.uk

Thank you for your support and your generosity!

The Harvest Liturgy will take place on Wednesday this week at 10:15am in the Crescent Community Centre, parents and family are very welcome.

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

Meal Week 3 View the meal menu online at

stcatherines.academy/school-meals There will be a Remembrance Day themed dinner on Friday 10th November (first Friday back). The menu is Lamb Hotpot (D) or Cheese, Leek and Potato Pie (V), followed by Jam and Coconut sponge! Pick and Mix (PM) and Jacket

Potatoes (JP) will be available as usual. (Fish and Chips on Thursday 9th)

Attendance and Punctuality View our attendance graph at

stcatherines.academy/attendance

The highest class attendance in school last week was 100%, well done to Miss Andrew’s class ! You’ll be getting a little treat this week Late attendance last week affected children’s learning on 28 occasions, which is an average of 5.6 per day. Overall school attendance for last week was:

97.2% Class Teacher Lates % Attendance F2ES Miss Sefton 2 93.3

F2AW Mrs Wood & Mrs Atkinson 6 95.0 Y1RW Miss Webb 0 97.0 Y1WM Miss Marsden & Miss Waller 0 95.3 Y2LD Miss Duggleby 1 99.0 Y2LA Miss Andrew 2 100.0 Y3GP Mrs Pirie 2 98.7 Y3IF Miss Frost 1 96.1 Y4RH Miss Handy 1 96.0 Y4IK Miss Kirk 4 99.0 Y5RC Miss Conway 4 96.0 Y5ES Miss Sweeney 2 97.1 Y6MT Mrs Tipping 1 99.0 Y6JW Miss Weir 2 99.0

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Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 25th October * 9:00 Coffee Morning and second hand uniform sale * 9:20 Parent Worshop – Immersive Classrooms (including a tour of the school) * 10:15 Harvest Liturgy, parents are very welcome to join us Thursday 26th October * 2:30 Puppet Show for Year 4 parents to watch Friday 27th October * Staff Bun Day Monday 30th October to Friday 3rd November * Half Term Holiday! Thursday 9th November * Year 1 to Synagogue Monday 13th November * Year 2 to Kelham Island Wednesday 15th November * School photos Monday 20th November * Meeting for Y4 parents of children going to Cliffe House

Poppies The office staff have poppies for sale, along with other merchandise related to Remembrance Sunday. Please call in and have a look, and help support this worthy cause.

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

After School Clubs It’s time to sign up for clubs for next half term!

Last week, we attached the list of clubs available after the holidays. To book a place for your child, you need to visit the cash desk in the school office, the deadline for booking places is Friday 27th October. If you want to sign up online using Agora, the deadline for booking places is Friday 3rd November! If you have any questions about after school activities, please speak to staff in the school office

Milk If your child is NOT having school milk at the moment, you can sign up for after the holidays! The cost of milk (up to Christmas) is £5.95, you have an option to pay for the entire year, details are available from the cash desk in the school office.

Holiday Activities SIV have sent us an email to let us know what they have planned for the half term holidays, the information has been forwarded to those parents who have given their email address to us.

If you are not currently receiving alerts from school electronically, please email school with the subject ‘Add My Email!’ and the names of you and your children, and we will connect it up with your record in our parent database.

BUNS

This Friday it is the turn of school staff to provide the

buns!

Every week, a different year group brings buns to school

on Friday. The buns are sorted and distributed, and all of the

children in school have the chance to buy a bun, it costs

20p.

If you are happy for your child to have a bun on Friday, you need to send them with 20p

on that day. If a child does not have any money, we assume that you do not want your

child to have a bun.

All of the money raised from bun day is used to buy lovely things for the children. When

we have a theme day in school, for example, Children in Need, the money collected

that day is donated to that charity. This week, money raised through the sale of

buns will be donated to the Burngreave Foodbank.

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

Parent Forum News Parent Forum coffee morning is on Wednesday from 9:00am to 10:00am in the Crescent Community Centre. Everyone is welcome to attend, please come and join us, especially if you’re new to St Catherine’s and want to meet new friends! This week, there will be a workshop about Immersive Classrooms, led by Mr Lear and Miss Weir. It starts at 9:20, and everyone is welcome! As part of this workshop, you will have a tour of the school to see the immersive classrooms. The Parent Forum committee meets with school leaders each term, the minutes of the recent meeting are attached to this newsletter. If you would like to know more about the work of the committee, please speak to one of the elected jofficers at a coffee morning soon

Local Walk with Miss Sefton Miss Sefton will be taking her class on a walk to Abbeyfield Park on Friday afternoon. This is to link with the children’s geography learning, and to celebrate that they have filled their marble jar! Miss Sefton is hoping that some parents are able to join the class on this trip! Please speak to her if you are available on Friday afternoon

SEND Bowling This Wednesday, six of our children will be taking part in the Arches bowling activity at MFA Bowl. They will be practicing what they have learned already, and developing new skills. We hope they have a great time, and we hope to see some photos on Twitter!

School Photos On Wednesday 15th November, we have the Braiswick photographer in school! Every teacher in school will take their class to the photographer, so that every child can have an individual photograph taken. We will let you know the arrangements for family groups, after the holidays!

First Holy Communion All of our Catholic children in Year 3 have been invited to join the preparation for FHC in St Catherine’s Parish. If your child is Catholic, in Year 4, 5 or 6, and has NOT received this sacrament, please speak to the office staff about how to enrol for preparation this year.

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

SCHOOL TRIPS

Year 1

Synagogue, Psalter Lane Year 1 will visit the Synagogue on Psaletr Lane, to learn about how Jewish people worship at the Synagogue, and to learn more about the Jewish faith. Each class is wanting to take 2 volunteers, please speak to the class teacher if you are able to help on the trip.

Thursday 9th November Morning

Volunteers are very welcome!

Children will have lunch in school

Coach

£ £4.00

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F2ES Leila For writing RWI words at home and school and for always showing that she is ready to learn, well done!

Harry For looking after his own belongings and getting his things for home time so fast, well done!

F2WA Luwam For reading green words with confidence – brilliant, well done!

Favoure For being thoughtful and prayerful in our RE sessions, well done!

Y1WM Abu-zar For a fantastic effort in his RWI to learn to read new sounds and words, well done!

Sahfiyya For continually wanting to learn and practice in her choosing time, well done!

Y1RW Yabsra For trying really hard this week, and putting so much effort into everything she does, well done!

Julia For being really kind to everyone, always wanting to help, and working really well with any partner that she has, well done!

Y2LD Lois For giving kind, helpful and specific feedback to her peers in our art lessons, well done!

Ethan Y For a great reflection on his participation in P4C this week, well done!

Y2LA Dhiya For always trying her best and for being proud of herself this week, well done!

Adriana For fantastic learning at home about Benjamin Huntsman and his invention of the Crucible Pot, well done!

Y3GP Sadile For fantastic sentences, well done!

Sesen For great determination and focus during lessons, well done!

Y3IF Inaya For great artistic work for the exhibition piece with Mr Marcin, well done!

Harrison For amazing perseverance in maths, well done!

Y4RH Elizabeth For trying hard to listen and follow school rules, well done!

Abriham For being a superstar for all teachers, well done!

Y4IK Patrick For having a positive attitude in the classroom, to his peers and his learning, well done!

Favour For scoring great results in her Maths and Literacy assessments and always getting on without a fuss, well done!

Y5ES Isabella For being a great member of the class, always being kind and helpful, well done!

Zaak For making the right choices and seeing an improvement in behaviour and work, well done!

Y5RC Thuraiya For a massive improvement in her attitude to learning and making better choices about where to sit, well done!

Martha For a brilliant and detailed reading presentation, well done!

Y6JW Maria For an excellent attitude towards assessments, well done!

Samuel Y For an excellent attitude towards assessments, well done!

Y6MT Imogen For excellent reflections in P4C and showing that she can apply those skills to the wider context, well done!

Olivia For excellent reflections in P4C and showing that she can apply those skills to the wider context, well done!

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Lunchtime Awards WOW KS2 – Madison, Y4 – for kindness shown to other children!

KS1 – Imogene and Awo – for always being lovely in the dining room!

BEAT IT Thuraiya, Y5 AGAIN! 136 skips!!

MUGA Year 3

LT Challenge Year 4 – Extra play! Year 2 – Extra play!

Reader of the Week F2ES

Reception classes will start their Reading Records after the holidays F2WA

Y1WM Hana For excellent reading and for bringing back her Reading Record every day!

Y1RW Kidus For making a huge effort with his reading, and for reading every week!

Y2LD Victoria For reading every day and for completing her Reading Record to a high standard!

Y2LA Wezi For an excellent review and presentation of the book ‘Matilda’!

Y3GP Alison For consistently bringing her Reading Record to school, and for her contributions during reading activities in class!

Y3IF Joshua For consistently reading and recording his thoughts and opinions!

Y4RH Sarah For a brilliant Reading Record which has been filled in every week – even when she was poorly.

Y4IK Catherine For consistently bringing in her Reading Record and for giving detailed reading presentations about different genres of books!

Y5ES Zeah For her amazing book presentation on Harry Potter!

Y5RC Amy For consistently bringing in her Reading Record and for reading a variety of texts, well done!

Y6JW James For being a great reading role models for others!

Y6MT Grace For continued reading efforts and for being a great role model for the rest of the class!

School Council

Here’s a little update from the School Council Team. We had lots of children applying for the Executive Committee and Class Rep Roles. Miss Franks would like to thank everyone who applied, you were all amazing!!

Meet the team:

Executive Committee

Chair – Eve 6JW

Vice Chair – Jessica 6MT

Secretary – Rim 6JW

Treasurer - Kaius 6JW

Class Representatives

6JW - May

6MT – Benjamin

5RC – Jase

5ES – Amelia

4IK – Lily

4RH – Cerys

3IF – Josh

3GP – Michelle

2LA - Ivannah

2LD – Tayana

Take a look at our new mission statement:

The School Council have also decided on a charity to support. It was a very tough decision as there’s so many charities that do amazing things. We would like to help Dementia UK.

Minutes of the Meeting of St Catherine’s Parent Forum Committee Wednesday 4th October 2017 10:00am

Present: Fiona Rigby (Headteacher), Tricia Redfern (Assistant Headteacher), Liz Smith (Treasurer), Sola Makoubi (Chair), Sara Robinson (Secretary), Norma Euter (Vice-Chair), Kam Chouler Apologies: Emma Yates (Events Coordinator) Minutes of the Last Meeting and Matters Arising The minutes of the meeting held on 22nd March were approved. Summer Fair and Disco Dates Dates have been set for the fairs and discos:

Christmas Fair – Friday 15th December 2017 Christmas Disco – Thursday 21st December 2017 Valentines Disco – Thursday February 15th 2018 Summer Fair and Sports Day – Monday 2nd July 2018 Summer Disco – Thursday 12th July 2018

Action: SR to notify EY to enable DJ and Bouncy Castle to be booked. AGM The next AGM will be held on Wednesday 6th December 2017 at 9:15am.

Roles and Recruitment It is important to recruit new members for the committee this year. Sara is hopeful that there are newer members who will now be willing to take on a committee role. Liz and Sola are willing to continue in their roles as Treasurer and Chair. Sara will stand down from the role of Secretary, and Norma will stand down from her role as Vice Chair as neither will have children at school after this academic year.

Class Representatives Fiona suggested that we look at the need/ role of class representatives. It may be more constructive to change the title, and have representatives with a parent voice on different areas i.e. reading or diversity. Action : Sara to include class representatives and proposals for a different structure on the Agenda for the next AGM Parental views on Website Sola suggested that the website could be more interactive, and may be difficult to navigate by parents who have a first language other than English. Liz explained that news and photos are not routinely posted on the website, and agreed that it would be a good idea to have a Twitter feed on the Home page. Fiona said that considerable work had gone into improving the current website, through which parents could now access much more information. Sola wondered if it was now too ‘wordy’ for some parents though? Fiona pointed out that much of the information on the website is now a statutory requirement; a school website needs to meet the needs of a wider audience. Action: Sola is to email school with some example websites and suggestions for improvement for school to consider Parent Forum Workshops The workshops are working well, and are now well attended. Everyone is satisfied with the content and frequency. The workshop timetable was amended to include slots for Diversity Workshops – The World in Our Playground. Action: Tricia to circulate a copy of the final timetable

Family Learning Sola asked why Family Learning sessions were not running at the moment. Liz explained that crèche facilities were no longer available and so a crèche would have to be hosted in school; there is a difficulty in providing an additional space. There is an additional cost to school of having a crèche, too much in the present economic climate. Family Learning had therefore been placed on hold for the Autumn term until a solution can be found. Funding Applications There is currently about £6,500 available in Parent Forum funds. The Parent Forum constitution currently requires a reserve fund of £2,000 to be retained in the bank, therefore current funds available are in the region of £4,500.

Application for Poetry Books Funding Miss Waller’s application for book funding of £668.16 was approved by the Committee.

There has been one other funding application received during the academic year 2016/17; a request for £4,000 for immersive classrooms. Parent Forum did not support the application when it was received, as it would have used up most of the funds. More information is required before the application can be reconsidered.

Bank account signatories Zainab, Sola and Liz will arrange to visit the bank and arrange for the new signatories to be added. Action Sola to contact Zainab to agree a suitable time M & M Productions M & M Productions will not be visiting school this year due to limited funds. Unfortunately not enough parents are making the £2.00 voluntary contribution towards the cost. Sola queried whether Parent Forum can fund a production. Fiona queried whether the children may get even more benefit from visiting a theatre to see a production. Staff are currently looking at ways to do this, within current budget constraints. Action: Sara and Sola to raise this at Parent Forum coffee morning Parent Forum Chosen Charity 2017 City of Sanctuary was the chosen charity for last year. Sola suggested the Children’s Hospital could be the new charity. Liz reminded the meeting that the Children’s Hospital is already the chosen charity for the piano concerts held twice each year. Fiona suggested that the City of Sanctuary could continue as our chosen charity for this year, and that Rodrigo from City of Sanctuary could be invited to come in and speak at a Parent Forum coffee morning. Action: Sara and Sola to raise this at Parent Forum Coffee morning Toddler Group Funding Sola had been asked to raise the issue of school providing resources for Parent Forum toddler group. In previous years, toddler group have accessed some resources from school supplies. School supplies are manages differently this year, and are only accessible to school staff. Sara noted that the toddler group collect quite an amount of money each week from parents who attend, which is deposited in the Parent Forum bank account. Parent Forum will always be willing to release money for the purchase of resources, when required, if there is not enough money in the weekly collection. Action: Sola to feed back to Toddler Group Any Other Business There is a lot of second hand uniform available to purchase at each Coffee morning. Liz will remind parents in the upcoming newsletter. Date and time of Next Committee Meeting: 17th January 10:00am Meeting closed at 12:25pm