The safe place for all to grow in friendship, body and mind within the foundations of the

Christian faith.

We had our first celebration worship of the week. Details of the awards on next weeks

newsletter but there was a headteacher award which went to:

Elizabeth Gray

for being the most

enthusiastic person

on the school VLE

this week.

Units of work for next week are

Literacy Numeracy

Robins Settling in and enjoying school Robins Settling in and enjoying school

Wrens Sentence writing / simple information

texts

Wrens Addition and number bonds to 10

Sparrows Descriptive writing and features of

non-chronological reports

Sparrows Number bonds, ordering, estimating and

counting

Goldfinches Character analysis Goldfinches Place value

Hummingbirds Non-chronological report writing Hummingbirds Number, place value and calculation

School Website

During the next week your child will be receiving their log in details for the

school website (if they havent had them already!) Children can log in from

the website homepage at www.stoswalds.com to access our new virtual learning environment. There is a

great deal to see in here and children will be receiving training on the resource during the term. Please

make a note of your childs log in details and keep them safe. Why not take the opportunity to see

what is on there and how we are currently trying to engage children in their learning through the site?

Training sessions for parents will be held shortly after half term.

Parking

I appreciate that parking outside school in the morning and afternoon is a challenge at times but can I

once again remind all parents that the safety of pedestrians is paramount. Please do not block pavements

when parking on the kerb and be very careful if you need to reverse. I would also once again request that

drives of local residents are not blocked. Thank you for your support in this.

Diary Dates

All the dates we have for the autumn term are now on the school calendar on the website. Please take

time to update your own diaries using this. More dates will be added as we have them.

Twitter

Are you following us on twitter yet? You can follow us @stoswaldsCE We will be using twitter as just

one of our methods of communication with parents alongside the text messaging service, the website and

good old fashioned paper letters!

Meet The Teacher

Our first parents evening of the year will take place on Wednesday 24 September and takes the form of

the Meet The Teacher presentation as in previous years. Further details about this will follow but pop

the date in your diary now. Later this term there will be a further parents evening which will offer

individual appointments with your childs teacher and a chance to review your childs progress.

Absence

Please can we remind all parents to contact the office on the first morning of your childs absence so

the appropriate code can be put in the register. If it is going to be a long absence please keep school

informed. If you wish to request absence in advance this must be done using the form available from the

office. This includes requests for absence for examinations such as the 11+. Absence will only be authorised

in line with the school attendance policy.

PTA Update

As we welcome back returning families, and welcome new families to the school, I wanted to take the

opportunity to highlight the PTA. You may not have realised, but as the parent of a child at St

Oswald's, you are automatically a member of the PTA, and you are very welcome to attend the PTA

meetings. The first PTA meeting of this academic year is on Thursday 11th September at 7pm. Please

come along and hear Mr Wallace outline his plans for the year, and how the PTA can help him achieve

these. You will also hear about our fundraising plans and spending objectives for the year.

To learn more about our PTA please go to our section on the school website here:

I hope to see you next Thursday,

Jo Schumacher, PTA Chair

School Clubs

You should have received a sign up letter for clubs this week. There is a wide range of clubs on offer

my thanks go to the staff and parents who are giving up their time to run these. Please ensure that all

reply slips are returned by Wednesday 10 September so we can organise the club registers and start the

week beginning 15 September.

Mobile Phones

I would like to clarify that if children are to bring mobile phones into school they must be handed into

the school office in the morning in order that they are kept safe. They can then be collected at the end

of the day. For obvious reasons children are not able to make/take calls or text messages during the

school day.

Dates for your diary the next two weeks

Monday 8 September Reception children start

Tuesday 9 September Goldfinches trip to Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Wednesday 10 September Hummingbirds trip to Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Thursday 11 September PTA Meeting 7pm in school

Monday 15 September - Bikeability for Y5/6 starts

Monday 15 September After school clubs start