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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter Spring 2, Issue 3 - 13th March 2020 website Page 1 of 8
ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADTEACHER: Mrs M Conway
Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5DP Tel: 0121 779 8060 Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stannessolihull.co.uk Follow us on Twitter: @StAnnesCP
St. Anne’s Mission Statement: “Each one of us is unique, each one of us is special, because we are created by God’s love. May God’s love shine in our lives as we care and share and learn together.”
13th March 2020 School Virtue for this half term – Faith-filled & Hopeful
In our Liturgical Calendar we are currently in Lent, Purple
Dear Parents,
LENTEN PRAYERS
During Lent, our Liturgical Leaders will be sharing special prayers with you and our St. Anne’s community. This week our Leaders have chosen the following prayers: “Lord, I offer you this lent with all the generosity I have. I give you each hour, each decision and each challenge. Help me always choose the path of love. Whether it be
in compassion or in challenge, may I learn to do the most loving thing. May I ease the pain and injustice of the world and help to build your Kingdom.”
“God, I almost forgot in the midst of all the excitement to speak to you. Life is going really well at the moment, family, friends, relationships, school and life generally all seem to be where I would want them. I cannot keep the smile from my face. Thank you for all you give me.”
SCIENCE WEEK Wow, what an exhilarating, jaw-dropping, hair-raising, Scientific week we’ve had at St. Anne’s! On Monday, we launched Science Week with a peculiar looking “Scientist” (otherwise known as Mr. Cunningham.) The theme of the week was “Our Diverse Planet” – how our wonderful planet is unique and special in many ways.
ACTIVE HOMEWORK
ACTIVE HOMEWORK – Spring Term 2
Thank you to all of the parents and children who took part in last half-term’s active homework challenges. It has been wonderful to see the children’s enthusiasm and excitement when presenting and showcasing photos and explanations of the physical activities they have taken part in with family members at home. The new challenges for this half –term are as follows:
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1. Take part in a ‘Just Dance’ YouTube workout.
2. Sprint on the spot for 30seconds, repeat five times.
3. Go outside on your bike, rollerblades, skateboard for 20 minutes or go for a jog in the park with
an adult.
4. An activity of your choice .
Please send in as many photos as possible, children will be awarded with saint’s points for taking part in the activities as well as presenting photos. If you are unable to send photos in, please write a comment in your child’s reading record.
BLUE PETER – SPORT RELIEF SPECIAL
Friday 13th March - Blue Peter Sport Relief special on CBBC channel, live at 5.30pm. Tune in, you may just see a familiar face!!
DIOCESAN VIRTUES AT ST. ANNE’S – OUR HALF TERM VALUE: ‘FAITH-FILLED & HOPEFUL’
The Virtue for this half-term is ‘Faith-filled & Hopeful’
‘Our pupils are taught that compassion means always trying to be respectful and kind to one another even if it just means a smile to someone. Every year we raise money for charity and we support those in need. Our pupils are taught to love one another as God loves us.’
HEAD TEACHER ACADEMIC AWARDS OF THE WEEK
RH – Sofia H RL – Brogan M 1B – Emilia P-F 1W – Haidie M 2M – Lydia T
2OC – Kelsi J 3D – Bobby M 3OR – Eden B 4E – Olivia B 4S – Paddy O
5C – Connie B 5H – Whole Class 6N – Kyra B 6P – Isabelle P
HEAD TEACHER EFFORT AWARDS OF THE WEEK
RH – Klaudia C RL – Meadow H 1B – Harry C 1W – Evaleigh M 2M – Taylor S
2OC – Ryan M 3D – Isabella M 3OR – Bethany D 4E – Maya K 4S – Abbie B
5C – Connie B 5H – Jack W 6N – Joshua P 6P – Amelia H
OUTSTANDING VIRTUE CELEBRATION AWARDS OF THE WEEK – ‘FAITH-FILLED & HOPEFUL’
RH – Sidney E RL – Olivia Z 1B – Aminah B 1W – Maisie H-P 2M – Leonardo M
2OC – Amelia H 3D – Scarlett H 3OR – Jenson E 4E – Vinnie P 4S – Scott B
5C – Jobe D 5H – Konrad K 6N – Lillia M 6P – Archie N
FATHER HUDSON’S CARE GOOD SHEPHERD APPEAL
Father Hudson’s Care is the social care agency of the Archdiocese of Birmingham which is a very worthy charity. Once again we are asking for your support as part of our Lenten fund raising activities.
Each child has received an information letter along with a self-assembly collecting box; please encourage him/her to put a small amount each day in the box. Kindly arrange to return The Good Shepherd Collection boxes to school by Friday 27th March 2020. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. Thank you to those who have already returned their boxes.
ST. ANNE’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS!
St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in April 2020. As part of our celebrations we are working on putting a collage of photographs together showing ‘St. Anne’s through the years’ and we really need your help please. If you have any photographs that could be part of the collage would you please arrange for us to have a copy, either electronically by sending them to the school office via email: [email protected] (please put ’50 Years’ in the subject line of the email so we can easily
recognise emails relating to the 50th Anniversary) or if you have hard copies by sending them into school, ensuring that your name is on the back. Also if you have friends, family or neighbours who have had links with St. Anne’s through the years, please ask them too! We really want this to show as many of the wonderful pupils, families and events that St. Anne’s has celebrated over the last. 50 years.
Please arrange for any contributions to be sent in by Monday 16th March 2020 and many thanks in advance for your support with this important project.
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ONLINE SAFETY TIP OF THE WEEK
AUTISM AWARENESS COFFEE MORNING
There will be an Autism Awareness Coffee Morning on Thursday 2nd April at 9am in the Saints building.
INSET DAY
The next INSET Day is on Monday 1st June 2020, immediately after the Whitsun week holiday (25th-29th May). Children will not be in school on this day and will return after half-term on Tuesday 2nd June. Thank you.
PARKING
We have recently had reports of a number of issues involving some of our parents and family members outside of school in both the Colebrook Community Centre and Bosworth Community Centre Car Parks. The spaces outside of the school gates DO NOT belong to St. Anne’s - they belong to both centres.
Parents and family members that continually choose to park in these spaces, double park or park in front of the gates or entrances to these sites are causing problems for visitors to the centre. Unfortunately, we have also received reports of unacceptable language being used towards staff who work in both centres when asked to refrain from parking in their car parks. We kindly request and encourage ALL parents, carers and family members to park in the St. Anne’s Parish car park or at ASDA when bringing and collecting children from school.
NURSE DROP-IN
There will be a School Nurse drop-in session Tuesday 24th March at 8.30am; the focus will be ‘A Healthy Lifestyle’. Parents/Carers are welcome to come along and see the nurse – she will be based in the Waiting Room in the Reception area. Thank you.
SATS – YEAR 6 As you are aware, children in Year 6 will sit their SATs tests from Monday 11th May until Friday 15th May 2020. May we remind you that it is imperative that children attend school every day that week to access the tests and need to be in school every day as we are going through lots of preparation with the children. All year 6 children must also attend Booster Club on Mondays after school.
Explore together: the best way to find out what your child is doing online is to ask them to tell you about it. Put the family computer/device in a communal area so you can see what sites they’re visiting and share with them.
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TERM DATES
Spring Term 2020
Spring 1
Monday 6th January - INSET
Starts: Tuesday 7th January Ends: Friday 14th February
Half-Term: Mon. 17th to Friday 21st February
Spring 2 Starts: Monday 24th February
Ends: Friday 3rd April 2020
Easter Holiday: Monday 6th to Friday 17th April
Summer Term 2020
Summer 1
Starts: Monday 20th April Ends: Friday 22nd May
May Day Bank Holiday: Friday 8th May
Half-Term: Monday 25th to Friday 29th May
Summer 2
Monday 1st June - INSET
Starts: Tuesday 2nd June Ends: Friday 17th July 2020
Monday 20th July - INSET
Summer Holidays: Start Tuesday 21st July
Autumn Term 2020
Autumn 1
Starts: Tuesday 1st September Ends: Friday 23rd October
Half-Term: Mon 26th Oct-Fri 30th Oct.
Autumn 2
Starts: Monday 2nd November Ends: Friday 18th December
Christmas Holidays: Monday 23rd December to Friday 3rd January 2020
YOU WILL BE ADVISED OF INSET/TRAINING DAYS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. ** Dates above may not be the same as on Solihull Council’s website. Please dates provided by this school. Thank you**
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 17th March – Class 4S Mass: St. Patrick at 9.15am in Church
Thursday 19th March – Reception Mother’s Day lunch
Friday 20th March – Year 3 Mother’s Day Mass at 9.15am in Church
Tuesday 24th March – School Nurse Drop-in session – 8.30am in Reception area
Sunday 29th March – First Holy Communion Preparation Mass at 11am in Church
Wednesday 1st April – Mass of Holy Week – 9.15am in Church
Thursday 2nd April – Autism Awareness Coffee Morning at 9am in the Saints building
Friday 3rd April – Year 1 Assembly – 9.05am in School Hall
Friday 3rd April – Last day of spring term
Easter Holidays – Monday 6th – Friday 17th April 2020
Monday 20th April – Start of summer term 1 – School re-opens for all p
Saturday 25th April – First Holy Communion Group 1
Monday 27th April = School photographs – whole class photos
Monday 27th April = Year 4 afternoon Sparks Visit in school
Saturday 2nd May – First Holy Communion Group 2
Friday 8th May – VE Day Bank Holiday – School is closed on this day
Monday 11th – Friday 15th May – SATs for Year 6
Half-term – Monday 25th – Friday 30th May
Monday 1st June –
INSET Day – no children in School on this day
Tuesday 2nd June – Start of summer term 2 – School re-opens for all p
Saturday 6th June – First Holy Communion Group 3
Monday 20th July 2020 – INSET Day – Children are not in School on this day
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WEEKLY LUNCHTIME SCHOOL MENU
Week beginning 16th March 2020
Monday Roast Chicken
Salmon & Sweet Potato Fishcakes
Vegetable Falafal Burger
Peach Cobbler/Custard
Baguettes Wraps/Sandwiches
Tuesday Minced Beef/Onion Pie
Lamb Bolognaise
Crunchy Carrot Cookies
Baguettes/ Wraps/Sandwiches
Wednesday Roast Gammon
Bostin Beef & Noodles
Jam Crumble Cake/Custard
Baguettes/Wraps/Sandwiches
Thursday Beef Lasagne
Baked Turkey Wrap
Vegetarian Lasagne
Shorbread Biscuit
Baguettes/Wraps/Sandwiches
Friday Pizza
No meat on
Fridays White Fish Goujons
Cinnamon Sponge/Custard
Baguettes/Wraps/Sandwiches
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Adult Grammar Lesson
Please see flier promoting this free community course provided by Solihull College which aims to enable parents to support children with their grammar. This is an offer to all parents, grandparents and carers to take part in this five week course within one of the hubs at either Bishop Wilson School, Coleshill Heath School or Elmwood Place facing Smiths Wood School. For further information and booking, please contact: Hayley Rymond: [email protected] Fostering Event Solihull Council’s fostering team is looking for people who are interested in becoming foster parents to provide a stable and loving home for looked after children across the borough. To find out more, please call 0121 788 4253 for further details or visit www.solihull.gov.uk/fostering. Please sign up to our Stay Connected fostering bulletins by following this link www.solihull.gov.uk/stayconnected
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SASSI Meetings
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