The Rosary Catholic Primary School

23rd February 2018

God of mercy, you ask us to listen

to your Son, Jesus. Open our ears to

hear your Word and fill our hearts

with your love so that we may

change our lives and so change the

lives of others. Amen.

Weekly Prayer and Reflection – Second Sunday in Lent (Year B)

Mark 9:2-10 Reflection taken from Cafod Children’s Liturgy

Jesus went up a mountain to be alone with his friends, the disciples Peter, James and

John. While he was on the mountain, a great change came over him. His clothes

became bright and shining white and Elijah and Moses appeared and talked to him.

How did Peter, James and John feel when they saw the change that had happened to

Jesus? Why were they frightened?

Then a cloud came over and Jesus’s friends heard a voice, saying “This is my Son, the

Beloved. Listen to him.” Whose voice do you think this was? What do you think

Peter, James and John must have felt when they heard God speaking to them from

the cloud?

A huge change came over Jesus on the mountain and the disciples saw his true loving

self, shining through like the rays of the sun. If we listen to Jesus and spend time

with God in our hearts then we too can let our true light shine brightly. For example,

we could be kinder to other people, or extra helpful. Why not try closing your eyes,

sit very still and listen very carefully. You can hear so much more when you really

take time to listen. So how do you think we can best listen to what Jesus has to say

to us in our lives? Could we, for example, pray more often, or perhaps listen to the

gospel stories very carefully?

God asks us to be kind and generous to others and treat them as we would like to be

treated. Do you think you could listen to God more this Lent? How could you do this?

What will you do to try and live more as God wants?

In Lent we spend extra time praying and we think about how we can help other

people, and in this way let our true light shine out from inside us.

Telephone: 020 8570 4942

email:

office@rosary.hounslow.sch.uk

www.rosary.hounslow.sch.uk

Aspire, Believe,

Achieve: Together

in Christ

Parking on the Green

Parents are once again reminded

not to drive down The Green to drop

off or collect their children. Please

do not stop on the yellow zig-zag

lines, park in the turning circle or

across our neighbours’ drives.

Residents have been asked to ring

the council parking enforcement on 020 8583 5451 if there are

any problems.

Infant Playground

Work has now started on the Infant

playground. They have finished laying the

astro turf. It looks great and we can’t wait to

start using it. Work will start shortly on the

rest of the playground.

5A Class Assembly

Parents and carers are invited to 5A’s class assembly in the Junior Hall at

9:15 am on Friday 2nd March.

Can parents please not add this type of key ring to

their children’s bags as they are causing arguments

amongst the children and getting broken. Thank you

for your support in this matter.

School Photographs

The photographic proofs were given out to the children this week. The

closing date for returning your order is Friday 2nd March.

Thank you for your generous support of the Mary’s Meals back pack

project during the Advent season. This week all the back packs were

collected and the children helped to load them all on the van!

SEAL

The theme for this half-term’s work on

developing children’s social, emotional and

behavioural skills will be Going for Goals! We

will be exploring how children can motivate

themselves in their learning and across the

school. As part of the theme they will be asked to set their own goals,

think about how they learn best and consider how they might make wise

choices.

Lost Coat

Annie in the Infant department has lost her school coat. Can

you please check at home to see if your child took the wrong

coat home by mistake. If found, please return to Mrs Geraghty.

Congratulations to Tiger class for having the best attendance last

week. Well done to 6A and Squirrels on their excellent

punctuality.

5th – 9th Feb 2018 % Lates

Class Tiger 99.00 1

Class Giraffe 98.97 4

Class 4A 98.00 3

Class Panda 98.00 3

Class 5B 97.85 2

Class Koalas 97.00 2

Class 6A 96.77 0

Class 3B 96.33 10

Class 6B 96.00 1

Class Dolphin 94.41 7

Class 4B 94.33 4

Class 3A 94.00 3

Class 5A 93.33 5

Class Squirrels 90.77 0

Class Hedgehogs 90.32 16

Class Penguin 86.90 6

Totals 95.52 67

Achievement Awards

Alex - Koala Class, Eliseo - Tigers

Bartek – Giraffes, Whitney - Pandas

Joseph – 3A, Jacob – 3B,

Emilia & Anzia – 4A, Rafal – 4B,

Ola – 5A,

Kacper – 6A, Callum – 6B

Book Week will be from Thursday 1st March to Thursday

8th March.

We will be starting Book Week on Thursday 1st March

with a Fancy Dress Competition.

Children in Nursery, Reception and Years 1 and 2 can come

to school in their costumes.

However, children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 must come to school in their

school uniform and they then will have the opportunity to change into

their costumes after lunch.

The themes are as follows:

Nursery & Reception: Dress up as a character from your favourite

story.

Years 1 & 2: Dress up as a hero or heroine.

Years 3 & 4: Dress up as a vile villain.

Years 5 & 6: Dress up as a magical

creature/character.

Please remember to bring a copy of the book with you.

Prizes will be awarded for originality and the best homemade

costumes.

The Book Fair will take place on Monday 5th March & Tuesday 6th

March in the Junior Hall after school.

Poetry Competition

Write your own poem in any style!

Different Styles of

poetry:

Acrostic

Shape

Rhyming

Colour

Limerick

Haiku

and many more......

Deadline:

Monday, 5th March

2018

Winners will be

announced on 7th

March 2018

F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

26 8:00 SPRINGBOARD 3:30 – 5:00PM NURSERY TO Y4 PARENT MEETINGS

27 9:00 – 3:00 Y5 & Y6 PARENT MEETINGS 3:30 – 5:00PM NURSERY TO Y4 PARENT MEETINGS

28 8:00 SPRINGBOARD 3:30 – 5:00PM NURSERY TO Y4 PARENT MEETINGS

1 9:00 – 3:00 Y5 & Y6 PARENT MEETINGS 3:30 – 5:00PM NURSERY TO Y4 PARENT MEETINGS BOOK WEEK

2 BOOK WEEK

3 4

5 BOOK WEEK 3:30 BOOKFAIR

6 BOOK WEEK 3:30 BOOKFAIR

7 BOOK WEEK

8 BOOK WEEK

9 9:15 5A CLASS ASSEMBLY

10 11

12 13 14 15 16 9AM INFANT HALL – HEAD LICE TALK FOR PARENTS

17 18

Online Safety - Apps News

There has been a lot in the media news about the impact of social media on children’s

mental health and wellbeing. The research shows YouTube was considered to have

the most positive impact on mental health; while Snapchat and Instagram were

considered to be the most detrimental to young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Here are some apps to be aware of…

Musical.ly is a free service and social media platform used to create and share short

videos. Children like the app because it’s fun. They can express

themselves by lip syncing and dancing to music videos. Users are

able to create videos of themselves that last up to 15 seconds and in

common with many of the most popular apps they can add filters

and fast and slow motion effects. Users searching via hashtags can

unwittingly be exposed to age inappropriate content.

Musical.ly Terms and Conditions of Use require users to be 13 years or older to use

the app. However, many are younger. It is important to remember that the majority

of music videos featured on the app are not filtered, this means some include

suggestive language, mature situations and sexualised content.

Musical.ly profile setting should be set to private.

Instagram: It can be hard to spot if a celebrity has been paid to promote a

particular product so Childnet have published some top tips for critical

thinking for advertising on Instagram. The advice can also be extended

to other social media platforms.

http://www.childnet.com/blog/how-to-spot-advertising-on-instagram

Lego Life: There is a good blog to explain about this app at

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/what-

legolifehttps://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/what-lego-life

SnapChat, used regularly by many children and young people, have launched a new

feature. SnapMaps allows users to see the location of their

contacts which is potentially useful, but also a safeguarding risk.

There are three possible privacy settings:

your location; and

To change the settings, open your app and pinch the screen like you would to zoom

out. Click "Next." On the "Who can see my location on the Map?" screen, click "Only

Me (Ghost Mode)." Click "Next," then "Finish."

Monkey Users are connected at random to engage in a 10 second live videochat.

They can add more time or add the person to Snapchat to continue the connection.

The content of the videos can be explicit or abusive and children and young people

are vulnerable to exploitation through the opportunity for private chat with people

they don’t know.

Useful sites for online safety information

https://h2bsafetycentre.com/ has clear step by step advice on safety settings for

various online sites and apps.

https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ has clear advice on a variety of sites and apps

children use. What the site is, what it does, the risks and the good points!

Support for conversations about internet safety

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers/have-

conversation

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/

Molly the School Nurse will be holding a

Head Lice talk for Parents on

Friday 16th March

@ 9:00am in the

Infant Hall