Meal Week 3. Makaton Sign of the Week. Dates for your Diary. What we missed because of snow

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1 Issue 23, 5 th March 2018 stcatherines.academy Meal Week 3 View the meal menu and pay online. What we missed because of snow As you know, we were closed due to the snow on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday. We have missed World Book Day, we will rearrange this and let you know the new date. Every child will bring home their WBD voucher today! Year 4 missed their visit to the Woodland Discovery Centre. We have already paid for the visit and the coach booking, and so it will be rearranged, we will let you know the new date as soon as we can! Reception classes missed their Bun Day on Friday, and so this week it will be the turn of the Reception classes! Year 3 and Y2LA missed their swimming lesson on Wednesday afternoon, and so they will have an extra lesson to catch up, we will let you know the details as soon as we know them! Makaton Sign of the Week Dates for your Diary Friday 9 th March * Closing date for Name Our Police Puppy! Monday 12 th March * Engineering Week to 16 th March * Y4 Residential to 14 th March Thursday 22 nd March * Nursery Parents Evening Monday 26 th March * 9:15 Y3IF Palm Sunday assembly Tuesday 27 th March * 9:15 Y3GP Last Supper assembly Wednesday 28 th March * 9:15 Y6JW Garden of Gethsemane assembly * 3:00 Y6MT Stations of the Cross assembly * Swimming lessons start for Y2LD Thursday 29 th March * Mass in school Wednesday 16 th May * Swimming lessons start for Y1RW Wednesday 20 th June * Swimming lessons start for Y1WM Thank you for your patience and understanding last Wednesday when we had to close school early at 1:00pm. Many schools made the same decision after looking at the weather forecast, and checking conditions in surrounding areas. As you know, we have a responsibility for ensuring the safety of our children, and our staff as well. Many staff travel a long distance to work at St Catherine s, and fortunately, they were all able to get home safely on Wednesday even though they were only able to recover their vehicles at the weekend! We hope that s it for this year, NO MORE SNOW! We also want to apologise because, although we texted all parents in the morning to say that we were closing early, the message failed to send. The difficulty with the texting system has now been resolved, thank goodness! St Catherine s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

2 Issue 23, 5 th March 2018 stcatherines.academy BUNS This Friday it is the turn of Reception to provide the buns. Thank you for your continued support! You can now buy a Bun Pass for the whole year, so that you don t have to remember 20p every Friday. The Bun Pass is only available to buy online. FRUIT Fruit is available for Key Stage 2 children to buy at morning playtime, it costs 20p per day. You can now buy a Fruit Pass, so that you don t have to remember 20p every day. The Fruit Pass is only available to buy online. Get a colour copy of the newsletter by , let the office team have your address! Name Our Police Puppy The School Council need your help! We have got an amazing opportunity to name a police puppy! #howcute All you have to do is pay 20p at the office and tick the name you would like. The only thing is this litter have all got to be named with a V. The majority votes will win and one lucky winner will receive a prize! Why we keep asking for your address We want to be able to stay in touch with you, for example, we want to: * Send you the link to the extended newsletter (which contains information about local events and enrolment); * Let you know the balance on your child s dinner money account; * Forward information about Children s University; * Send information from teachers about events in the classroom. We don t have an address for the majority of parents, and so we can t rely on as our main method of electronic communication. THE COST OF TEXTS When we send a text to all parents, our texting system works out siblings to avoid duplicates, and sends 342 texts. That costs us every time, and we can only send a very short message; if we send a long message, it costs us double! THE COST OF S When we send an to all parents, it costs us NOTHING and we can also attach documents for free. Basically, we want to avoid spending money on texts, we would rather spend our limited budget on things that directly benefit our children. We also want to be able to communicate even more effectively with families, and routinely send you extra information. Please let us have your address! If we have your address, it won t stop us texting individual / all parents, if that is what is appropriate. St Catherine s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

3 Issue 23, 5 th March 2018 stcatherines.academy Attached is March s Maths Challenge: * For Key Stage 1 Wallpaper * For Key Stage 2 Multiples Grid When you have tried them and answered them, please put them in the folder on the displays in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Thanks so much to everyone who answered February s challenges. There were so many good answers and children coming to speak to Mr Mitchell about it all. Keep up the hard work. This month s winners will be announced in Merit Assemblies. Don t forget to put your name on your answers!!! Thanks and enjoy the challenge, Mr Mitchell Parent Forum News There will be a coffee morning this Wednesday starting at 9:00am, and there will be a workshop starting at 9:20am Miss Franks and the School Council will join the coffee morning to plan their Healthy Lunch Box session! We have organised a live link that teachers can use to show you the amazing STEM work that is happening in the classrooms. All you have to do is go onto Twitter and you can see a live video of the experiments or work that they are doing - some engineers are coming in too to look at the work in class and give them some critique on their projects. There are a few children who cannot be shown on Twitter because we do not have permission from their parents. Because it is a live event, to avoid any of these children being accidentally shown, they won t be in the classroom for this particular activity. If you have not given permission for your child to appear on school Twitter, you might consider it for this occasion? We will be sending you an individual letter, and totally respect your decision if you decide not to give permission. The teacher will decide the date and time that they are going to link live to Twitter. If we have your address, we will let you know those details, the evening before it is due to happens. Please join the Parent Forum for a cup of tea and a chat on Wednesday, especially if you want to find out more about School Council and the Healthy Lunch Box initiative! St Catherine s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

4 Key Stage 1 Maths Challenge March 2018 Wallpaper Arrange these pieces of wallpaper in order of size. Put the smallest first. Can you explain how you did it?

5 Key Stage 2 Maths Challenge March 2018 Here is a 100 grid with some numbers shaded: Multiples Grid What do all the numbers shaded blue have in common? What do you notice about all the numbers shaded pink? Can you work out why two of the numbers are shaded in a maroon colour? Here are some more parts of the 100 square, each one shaded according to different rules. Can you work out what the rules are for each? Is there only one solution each time?

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7 Call for more information Bouncy Castles Refreshments & BBQ Raffle Saturday 10 th March am 2pm Firth Park Academy, (Bellhouse Road Entrance) S5 0SD Stalls Tombola Entertainment Safari Roadshow

8 English Course Would you like to learn English? We will be running a Get Ready for ESOL Entry 1 Listening and Speaking course, and an ESOL Reading Level 1 course at Burngreave Vestry Hall starting on 17th April. If you are interested in these courses, please come along to the Initial Assessment session at 2.30pm on 28th March at Burngreave Vestry Hall. Location: Burngreave Vestry Hall 2 Burngreave Road Sheffield S3 9DD Date & time: The initial assessment is at 2.30 pm on 28th March 2018 Course fee: If you receive certain benefits you may be entitled to a free course. If you have any questions please contact us on or yhsouthwest@wea.org.uk. Supported by wea.org.uk The WEA is a charity registered in England and Wales (no ) and in Scotland (no. SC039239).