St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School FAIRTRADE BREAKFAST Monday 12 th March FAIRTRADE HAMPER RAFFLE We are inviting all children and their parents/carers to enter our Fairtrade Raffle for a chance to win a Fairtrade Hamper, including a bottle of wine, Easter egg and other delicious Fairtrade products donated by the CO-OP. Thank you to all the children who have booked their places at the Fairtrade breakfast. We are looking forward to a delicious breakfast of French bread and jam, bananas and oranges, hot chocolate and orange juice. All funds raised at this event will be donated to the Fairtrade Foundation. Please, note that we are unable to accept children who decide to have breakfast on the day, as all the food and drink have to be purchased in advance. Raffle tickets will be available from the school office or at the school gate every day for 1.00 per ticket next week. The winner s draw will take place on Friday 16 th March during the Celebration Assembly. GOOD LUCK! Thank you for your support. YEAR 6 DRUMMING PERFORMANCE Monday 12 th March at 3:00pm Year 6 pupils would like to invite their parents and families to come to their drumming performance on Monday 12 th March at 3:00pm in the school hall. The pupils have been learning to play the drums and percussion in school since September and would love to share their skills and talents. Please come and join us!
Monday 12 th March Tuesday 13 th March Year 6 Maths Booster group, 8:15-8:45am Fairtrade Breakfast, 8:30am Year 6 Drumming Performance to the parents/carers Football Clubs, 3:30-4:30pm Year 6 Maths Booster group, 8:15-8:45am Cool Science Show at St Mary s School - Year 5 Science Team only Keyboard lessons Cricket Club, 3:30-4:30pm Wednesday 14 th March Year 6 Maths Booster group, 8:15-8:45am Guitar and Cello lessons Multi-Skills Club, 3:30 4:30pm Year 6 Maths Challenge Group, 3:20-4:20pm Thursday 15 th March Year 6 Drumming Workshop Reception Class Assembly for Parents/Carers, 9:15am Violin lessons Friday 16 th March Sports Team Only Dodgeball practice session 2, 8:00am Reception Class Vision & Hearing Screening Check Science Event at St Richard s Year 6 Science Team only Fairtrade Hamper Raffle STARFISH CLASS ASSEMBLY & DINO GALLERY THURSDAY 15 th March 9:15am, school hall Pupils in Reception class would like to invite their parents and carers to come to their very special Dinosaur Assembly, followed by a story and a Dino Gallery! Please come and join us!
REMINDER Year 5 PGL Instalments Extended Deadline 35.00 instalment towards the Residential PGL Trip 2018 was due to be paid by Friday 2 nd March. However, due to unexpected emergency school closure, we are able to extend the payments deadline until today, Friday 9 th March. It would be greatly appreciated if payments could be sent in clearly named and sealed envelopes to the school office by the above date. Thank you Ultimate Dodgeball Tournament POSTPONED until Tuesday 20 th March 2018 in support of the British Heart Foundation On Tuesday 20 th March, pupils in KS2 will participate in our annual Ultimate Dodgeball Tournament. We would like to request that all children bring 1.00 DONATION on the day of the tournament in aid of the British Heart Foundation. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Thank you to all the children and their families for supporting St Michael s Hospice this year! Together we raised 193.60 for the Hospice!
Thank you to all the children for taking part in our World Book Day yesterday. It was truly wonderful to see so many children dressed in beautiful costumes and enjoying story time in their classes! We hope that this will inspire all the children to read and write stories at home and parents/carers to support their child s reading and writing skills. Please remember to redeem your Book Token in participating book stores or when placing a book order with the Scholastic Book Club.
We wish to inform you that the following music tuition is available at our school: KEYBOARD Tuesday morning and lunchtime CELLO Wednesday afternoon GUITAR Wednesday afternoon VIOLIN Thursday afternoon Year 6 DRUMMING workshop Thursday morning Individual and small group music lessons take place during the afternoon session. Please, remind your child to bring and collect their instrument on the required day. SPORTS CLUBS IMPORTANT INFORMATION As the Government is increasing the Sports and PE Grants for schools this academic year, we wish to notify you that the after school Football, Cricket and Multi-skills Clubs are now offered to children free of charge. It is requested that children register for the club of their choice at the school office. We are pleased to advise you that the following after school sports clubs are available: Monday KS1 FOOTBALL CLUB 3.30 4.30pm (Yr 1 & 2) KS2 FOOTBALL CLUB 3.30 4.30pm (Yr 3 6) Tuesday KS2 CRICKET CLUB 3.30 4.30pm (Yr 3 6) Wednesday MULTI-SKILLS CLUB 3.30 4.30pm (Yr 1 3) Please note that the Multi-Skills Club is now also available for pupils in Year 3.
The Stars of the Week Congratulations Reception Starfish Year 1 Dolphins Year 2 Seahorses Year 3 Turtles Year 4/5 Owls Year 4/5 Penguins Year 4/5 Toucans Year 6 Eagles Wiktoria & Connor Alisha & Lewis Amelia & Daniel Lauren & Julia Olivia & Lottie Charlotte & Crystal Shami & Molly Caeleb & Maia-Li CONGRATULATIONS to our SCHOOL FENCING TEAM Oscar, Henry, Alysia, Saffron, Eden, Alex, Lacie-Fay & Saskia for great sportsmanship and winning 1 st place trophy at the fencing tournament at Glenleigh Park Academy. WELL DONE! A copy of this newsletter is also available on the school website: www.stmarymags.co.uk
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Year Group Attendance Attendance weekly percentage Lateness after 8.55am R Starfish 90.6% All on time! Y1 Dolphins 95.9% 1 Y2 Seahorses 90.2% All on time! Y3 Turtles 95% 2 Y4/5 Owls 98.8% 1 Y4/5 Penguins 97% All on time! Y4/5 Toucans 97.7% 1 Y6 Eagles 99% All on time! Total 95.4% 5 WELL DONE, Eagles! Please note that the morning register is taken at 8.55am and all pupils are expected to be in class ready for their lessons by that time. Any arrivals to school after this time are marked as late. Persistent absence and lateness to school reduces your child s chances to become a successful learner and causes disruption to their own and other children s learning. Hopefully, by bringing this to your attention, we shall be able to raise the high standards of our school attendance to an outstanding level and reduce the level of lateness to school to none. Please remember that holiday taken during term time cannot be authorised and a few families have been fined by East Sussex County Council. PLEASE NOTE THAT LOW ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL CAN AFFECT AN OFSTED INSPECTION GRADING!