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:
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