WEEKLY NOTE - Monday 9th May 2016

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1 WEEKLY NOTE - Monday 9th May 2016 Strabane Rotary Club Choir Competition Many many congratulations to our Junior Choir who took part in the Rotary Club Choir Competition and performed brilliantly.. so much so that the judge remarked how difficult his task of adjudication was!! Many many congratulations also to our Senior Choir who also performed brilliantly at the competition and won Senior Choir Section and the Overall Best Choir of the night! We are so proud of our pupils who took part, parents who supported them and also our fabulous staff who prepared them so well Mrs S. Vaughan, Mrs C. Deery and Mr P. Harley. Special thanks also to other staff who came along to supervise and calm nerves backstage!!!! A wonderful night for St. Catherine s! DVD s of the performances of all the choirs are available to purchase for 5. Just ask at either school office for more details. If our supply runs out we can always order more! Headlice Please keep checking your child s head for headlice visitors as they just love clean heads!! The warm weather can sometimes also see a rise in visits from these little bugs as they love heat and wee sweaty heads!! Any child with medium/ long length hair should ALWAYS keep their hair tied back so that they are minimising the chances of getting visits from these little bugs. Believe it or not, they can travel from head to head very easily indeed! God Bless, Sincerely yours, Bridget Wilders, Principal

2 News from the Inspectorate!!! We are very proud of our school and especially proud of the hard work ethic of our children and staff! We feel very privileged to have the fine support that we have from parents and community alike. Our school is a community school, one big happy family with very high standards and expectations which our children never fail to keep showing us! Our Vision for St. Catherine s Primary School and Nursery School is that it will be An outstanding school which is wholly child centred rooted in Gospel Values of Christ - Where Children come first at all times A school of excellent practice where dedicated, talented staff will collaborate to ensure high quality teaching and learning for all our pupils from Nursery to Year 7 A school with a family atmosphere where emphasis is placed on forging strong, positive relationships between pupils, parents (who are the first educators), Staff, Governors, Parish & Community which will result in Confident, happy young people who have high aspirations and high expectations who have developed physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, morally and spiritually, who are life long learners and who will have the skills and capabilities to be successful, confident and comfortable in an ever changing world. A team of inspectors will be visiting our school week beginning Monday 23rd May. They want to see our wee children and how they learn in school. We feel proud to show them. They also want to hear from YOU our parents about our wee school. To this end we are sending home a letter to you today from the Inspection Team. This letter explains the Inspection Process to you and is asking you to complete a questionnaire about our wee school ONLINE. The letter explains how you can best do this. We again are asking for your continued support here by PLEASE COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE as the more people who complete this.. the better it is for our wee school! If anyone has no access to a computer at home.. We will make our ICT Suites in the SENIOR and JUNIOR School available from 3pm-4pm each day until Tuesday 17th May. The deadline for completion of the questionnaire is Wednesday 18th May. Many thanks as always! As soon as we know the outcome of the Inspection we will let you know!

3 Year 7 Shared Assembly As part of our Shared Prayer Assemblies Programme, Our Year 7 Classes have prepared a special Shared Prayer Assembly to give thanks for their Primary School Years and we invite our Year 7 Parents also to share in this special event. This will take place on Thursday 12th May at 2pm in the Assembly Hall in the Senior School. Please indicate on the attached slip if you can attend your Year 7 Child s special prayer celebration. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE P T F Parent, Teacher, Friends Association Working together for our children A Our next PTFA Meeting will take place on Wednesday 25th May at 7.30pm in JUNIOR School Assembly Hall. New members are very welcome. We look forward to seeing you there. Extended Schools Programme... What do you think? Our Extended Schools Coordinator Miss C. Mc Girr is now planning Extended Schools Programmes for 2016/17 and she wants to hear from you. If you have any ideas for next year please let her know by completing the attached questionnaire. Thanks! Football Achievement for Year 7 Boy! Conall Mc Garrigle our Year 7 Pupil who plays football for Strabane Athletics has been selected to play for Northern Ireland Under 11 s in Germany / Czech Republic from May We are so proud of his achievement and take this opportunity to wish him and the team all the very best! Year 1 Teddybear s Hospital Picnic Our little Year 1 Pupils have been invited to a Hospital Picnic for Teddybears in Letterkenny Hospital on Tuesday 24th May. All they need to bring is their Teddybear and a packed lunch!!! Children will leave school at 9.15am SHARP and return to school again by hometime that day. Children will be accompanied by school staff and should wear their uniform! Please indicate your permission on the attached slip for your Year 1 Child to attend the Teddybear s Hospital Picnic.

4 REMINDER First Holy Communion First Holy Communion will take place for our Year 4 Children on Saturday 21st May in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 11am. Our school choir will also be asked to come along to sing at this lovely and very special event! End of Year School Assessments Our children and teachers work very hard all year round. As you are aware we look carefully at their work all year round and we ask children to complete some assessments during May so that we can assess how much of all their hard work that they have remembered and can apply!!! We will be carrying out these assessments over the first three weeks of May. We ask for your support and cooperation in this matter in terms of making sure that children are in bed early on the night before assessments so that they can try their very best!! As always you will receive your child s end of year report towards the end of June which will inform you of the progress that they have made and will also inform you of class arrangements for your child for next year! Walk to School Week Walk to School Week begins runs from Monday 16th May Friday 20th May. WE ask that as many pupils and their parents walk to school that week as part of a Healthy Fitness Regime, if you can!! COMMUNITY NOTICE Murlog Church Junior Youth Choir Are you a singer or a musician aged 7-16 Years? Auditions for new members for the choir are now taking place. If interested please contact Veronica on /

5 Prayer of the Month for May PRAYER TO MARY Mary, mother of Jesus, I want to live and love like you I want to love the Father I want to love like Jesus. Mother of Jesus, blessed are you. Mother of Jesus, my mother too. Help me to live like Jesus And help me to live like you. AMEN REMINDER Prayer Petition Box We have provided a Prayer Petition Box in the Sacred Space at the front door of the Junior School and the Reception Area of the Senior School. We warmly invite pupil and families to place their prayer intentions in these boxes and we will pray for them as a school family. Website REMINDER Our website address is www. stcatherinesps.co.uk We hope that you find it useful. If you ever lose your weekly note, a copy of it is uploaded each week onto the website so you can always find out information on there. There is lots of other helpful information about school on this site.

6 St Catherine s Primary School Extended Schools Programme Name Parents All Clubs Yes No Do you think the Extended Schools Programme is worthwhile? Has the Extended Schools Programme provided a variety of clubs this year? Was there enough time given to each activity? What clubs worked well? What clubs did not work well? What clubs would you like to see next year? Comments:

7 Year 1 Teddybear s Hospital Picnic I allow/ do not allow my child to attend the Teddybear s Hospital Picnic in Letterkenny Hospital on Tuesday 24th May. Signed: Parent/ Guardian of : Class : Teacher:

8 Year 7 Shared Prayer Assembly I can / cannot attend the Year 7 Shared Prayer Assembly in the Senior School on Thursday 12th May at 2pm. Signed: Parent/ Guardian of : Class : Teacher: