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Newsletter – 11.10.19

Class Five Class 5 pupils have been sampling and learning how to order a range of traditional French foods in their French lessons this week. Croissants, French bread (du pain) and Brie (fromage) were

among the various food choices on the menu.

ST . MA RY ’ S H EN L EY

Class One

We have thoroughly enjoyed conducting a variety of science experiments. We have explored how to change states using chocolate and have investigated how to create a chemical reaction using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.

Class Two

We received a letter from Little Red Riding Hood asking us to create a recipe and some cakes to take to Grandma’s house. We went to the shops to buy the ingredients, made some delicious cakes and wrote a fantastic recipe.

Class Three

In topic, we were given the task to write an exciting story opener. We wrote it from the perspective of the 8-year-old boy who travels through time and lands in the Stone Age.

Class Four

As part of our unit on persuasive writing, we performed a text as a radio

advert. We learned that language and features help the reader to navigate the text and help the author be more convincing.

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 11.10.19

– Dates and messages

Upcoming Dates 15th Oct Parents evening 3-5pm 18th Oct Class 4 visit to Medical Museum 21st Oct Parents evening 3-6pm 22nd Oct Flu immunisation – all years 24th Oct Non uniform day – bring a bottle

for the Christmas bingo 24th Oct End of half term – clubs and

wrap around on as normal 25th Oct Inset day – school closed 31st Oct Secondary school application

deadline (year 6 only) 4th Nov Back to school 16th Nov Open day 2-4pm 18th Nov Year 5 dodgeball competition 22nd Nov Non-uniform day – bring

chocolates for Christmas bingo 2nd Dec KS2 confessions with Fr Damian 2nd Dec Advent mass 10.45am all welcome 2nd Dec FOSM Bingo 7.30pm 12th Dec Sports after school clubs finish for

the term 13th Dec FOSM Christmas Fair 3-4.30pm 13th Dec No sports club - WAC is available 16th Dec No sports club – WAC is available 17th Dec Whole school visit to the panto 17th Dec No sports club – WAC is available 18th Dec Christmas lunch 18th Dec No sports club – WAC is available 19th Dec Uncle Mick 19th Dec No sports club – WAC is available 20th Dec End of term celebration assembly

1.30pm 20th Dec End of term no wrap around care

available 6th Jan TED – school closed to pupils 7th Jan Back to school

Messages 2019/2020 Calendar A calendar highlighting important dates throughout the year has been issued with today’s newsletter. Please either print and keep or transfer them to your personal diaries. If lost, the calendar can always be found on the website. Any new events that appear throughout the year will be shown in bold on the upcoming dates section of the newsletter. ParentPay There have been some issues with dinner money in ParentPay recently. These issues have all been resolved and your child’s current dinner money balance should be accurate. Please make sure this account is kept in credit at all times and may we recommend setting up text/email alerts when the account goes below £4.50. Reminders:

Please keep collecting the Aldi stickers. Please ask for them if you spend over £30 as they often forget to hand them out.

Don’t forget to make an appointment for parents evening.

The WCC admissions process is open for pupils starting in Reception in September 2020.

Please pay for Class 4 trip in ParentPay.

Please return flu immunisation forms even if consent is not given.

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 11.10.19

– School messages Reception Stay and Play

On the afternoon of Friday 4th October, parents of children in class one were invited into school for a stay and play session. This gave the children the opportunity to show their parents what they have learned so far and the adults were very impressed by all of the work which is already in their books. Parents were also given a tour of the classroom and shown what the children do during learning time.


– School messages Key Stage One Agility

On Tuesday 8th October ten of our pupils took part in a key stage one agility competition at St Nicholas Primary School in Alcester. The children competed individually but it was our cumulative score as a team that was measured and compared to other schools. Overall we came fourth but a special mention must go to Joe who came first in the sprint and Poppy who came first in the bean bag throwing event. Mr Green and Mrs Cooke inform us everyone was brilliant, put maximum effort into every challenge and most importantly, competed at all times with fair play and an enormous smile on their face.


– FOSM news FOSM Requests

Secrets Room At the Christmas Fair on Friday 13th December, FOSM is planning a secrets room where children can go and select a present for a parent or grandparent, gift wrap it and take it home to place under the tree ready for Christmas Day. No adults are allowed in this room! For lots of children, this is the first time they will have chosen a present for mum or dad all by themselves, which is a very exciting experience. Before any members of FOSM go shopping to purchase suitable gifts, they wondered if anyone had any unwanted gifts at home they could recycle? Toiletries, accessories, make-up, gift socks etc. Please hand any gifts in to the school office by Thursday 24th October. Thank you. Hampers

It’s that time of year again, when we need to create prizes for raffles and bingo. If anyone has any empty hampers, in any shape or size, that you are willing to donate to school, we can make good use of them. Perhaps you were a raffle winner in previous years at Christmas or Easter and still have the basket that you could return?

Calendar Photographs have taken place today. Thank you to all parents for sending in costumes and enormous thanks to Alexander’s dad, James, for giving up so much time to take the photographs.


– School news Collective Worship

On Tuesday, David Harris from the Birmingham Diocese, came into school for Collective Worship sessions with each class. As part of the session, David gave each child a paper star on which they wrote the names of their loved ones. The stars, were then placed in a pool of water containing lit candles. As music played and the children quietly prayed for their loved ones, the stars unfolded into floating flowers. David also talked about Gerard Majella, Patron Saint of Expectant Mothers and Babies (and those wanting to become mothers), who is an inspiration to all children to live in the eyes of Jesus. His feast day is October 16th.


– School news Blessed John Henry Newman

On Wednesday 9th October, all children from years 1-6 joined together with those of all our fellow diocesan schools as we prayed the Rosary together with a live stream from the Birmingham Diocese and Archbishop Bernard. This was in recognition of Blessed John Henry Newman who is being Canonised on Sunday. John Henry Newman was a theologian born in the nineteenth century. He died in Birmingham in 1890 and is the first Englishman to be made a Saint for centuries. Thank you to Father Damian and Foundation Governor, John Burke, for joining us in prayer.


– Pupil Achievements Artwork of the week

This week’s artwork winner is Evie for this drawing based on the Canticle of Creation. The Canticle of Creation is a song of praise written by Francis of Assisi. Francis saw God in everything. Well done Evie for these lovely and thoughtful drawings.

Well Done! STARS OF THE WEEK

Class 1: Daisy for 100% effort this week. Class 2: Bay for working hard to edit and improve his work. Class 3: Mason for his resilience and positive attitude towards maths,

never giving up and attempting all challenges. Class 4: Martha for her brilliant persuasive writing. Class 5: Isobel for having the courage to try new food in French this

week. House points winner: St Nicholas Sports award: Edith for her wonderful attitude and positive nature at the

agility competition. HOMEWORK Class 2: Mia Class 4: Charlotte Class 5: Sam

Birthday Corner Happy birthday to

Miss Fitzgerald who has a birthday on Monday &

Will who is 5 on Tuesday

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