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This week’s winner is Dani in Ospreys

Well done!

Friday 10th July 2020

Friday Flyer

I value our son’s placement at school as he is now eager to go to school and actually

enjoys it, which is a great feeling for me.

TUESDAY 21ST JULY Last day of Term THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER First day of Term

FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER Last day of Term MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER First day of Term

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

Staff INSET (In Service

Training) Day

FRIDAY 18th DECEMBER Last day of Term

2021

MONDAY 4TH JANUARY First day of Term FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY

Staff INSET (In Service

Training) Day

With the warmer weather upon us ticks have started to wake up.

Please be tick aware - especially as half term is here!

Ticks are tiny spider-like creatures found in moist areas of

dense vegetation or long grass in woodland, grassland,

moorland, heathland and some urban parks and gardens. They

can be found throughout the year, but are most active between

spring and autumn. Some ticks carry the bacteria responsible

for Lyme disease, an infection that can spread to humans if

bitten by infected ticks.

It is possible to reduce the risk of tick bites by following some

simple advice:

When possible, stick to footpaths and avoid long grass when walking or cycling

Wear long sleeved shirts and trousers tucked into your socks when near tick-infested areas

Wearing light-coloured fabrics that may help you spot a tick on your clothes

Use insect repellent on any exposed skin Check your skin and clothes for ticks at the end of the day,

removing any you find as soon as possible Regularly check your pets for ticks

If Lyme disease is left untreated, you could develop severe

symptoms. Lyme disease is treatable if caught early, so it’s

important to know the symptoms and look out for them..

Carolyn Nesbit – School Nurse

A huge well done to Paige in Year 7 who had her

long hair cut off for The Little Princess Trust.

The Trust is a UK charity that provides real hair

wigs, free of charge, to children and young people,

up to the age of 24, who have lost their hair as a

result of cancer treatment or other illnesses.

Paige raised an amazing £288 for the charity.

An amazing act of generosity, Paige, and we love

your new hairstyle!

The charity's website is www.littleprincesses.org.uk

The Cooking

Corner

Alex

Charlie

Henry

Luke

Mrs Hall’s Class This week class 8APR were asked to plan some designs on the food they had been given.

They were allowed to use the internet to find some creative ideas. They then had to choose

two final designs to make.

Miss Coates’ Class Eric, Dani, and Samuel all made biscuits

DT - Mr

Brown The learning objectives from this

week’s DT lesson were to join

together recycled metal objects.

House House Point Totals

WELLS 2475 House Points

WALLIS 2915 House Points

TURING 2109 House Points

AUSTEN 2327 House Points

House Points Totals W/E 10th July

Congratulations

Peter and his parents went to look at the

butterflies in the woods over the weekend

and one was friendly enough to come

and sit on his shoulder!

They sent in some beautiful photos of

other butterflies they saw and were kind

enough to name them for us.

We love to see photos of what our pupils

and students do outside of school time.

Please feel free to share them with us. Red Admiral (on Peter's shoulder)

Peacock

Small Skipper

White Admiral

Speckled Wood

Silver Washed Fritillary

Marbled White

Olli and Jamie test a Davinci bridge which is only made from 12 sticks.

Paige is extinguishing a fire.

AF expertly demonstrating her unique archery

skills Ben trying his hand(s) at archery.

Our first pupils arrived on January 13th 1930 and the school opened its doors on January 30th. Named

after St Dominic Savio, it was known as 'St Dominic's Open Air School for Boys’ until 1945.

The pupil population came mainly from poor inner city homes where poor conditions and the lack of nourishment showed their effect in the delicate health of the children. Chest diseases were common, especially asthma, and a general ‘failure to thrive’ was evident. The clean air, nourishing food and caring surroundings transformed many of these children in a short time.

Hello everybody at St Dominic’s ……………….

First of all I want to say thank you for the lovely birthday card which arrived this week, it was so kind of

you and I really like it, it will go into my box of special treasures when my Hoooman takes it down! I

have a great box of special treasures, it is full of my certificates and rosettes I have won at Working tests

and in Dog Races at the Polo!

Both Rigby and me went to training last

Friday, and we are going again today, it was

so much fun to see all our friends, and we

were really pleased to see Orick, who is

another Golden Retriever, who we did not

know was coming. We did retrieves from the

water, that was lots of fun as it was quite

warm! Then we did double retrieves, blind

retrieves and a slow walkup – it was good to

be back with all our friends. Carole, our lovely

trainer, said we all did very well. Here is a

picture of us waiting to do some of the

exercises. At the back is Flynn, he is a lovely

crazy Labrador, then Ollie, a Flatcoat

Retriever, then Orick, then the pale Golden Retriever is Jazz, who belongs to our trainer, then it is me

and Rigby! We were being soooooo good!

This is a better photo of Flynn and Ollie, with

their Hooomans Anne and Marion, we love

them!

We hope you will all have a great weekend,

and are staying safe and well, as well as

working hard! I will write to you again next

week.

With happy wags and love from our

Hoooman as well

Hemmick, Rigby and Alison

Menu for week beginning Monday 13th July 2020

MENU MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Soup

MORNING SNACK Homemade Biscuits Homemade Biscuits Fresh Fruit Homemade Biscuits Fresh Fruit

LUNCH

Diced Hunters Chicken

Leek, Sweet Potato & Chick Pea ala Cream

New Potatoes Jacket Potatoes

Carrots Sweetcorn

Fresh salad Bar Grated Cheese

Diced Beef Curry

Vegetable Curry

Braised Rice Jacket Potatoes

Mango Chutney Onion & Mint salad

Fresh salad Bar

Roasted Chicken Breast

Vegetable Hot-Pot

Roast Potatoes Jacket Potatoes

Braised Red Cabbage Crushed Swede

Fresh salad Bar

Pork & Apple Pie

Bean & Vegetable Pie

Mashed Potatoes Jacket Potatoes

Sliced Green Beans Spinach

Fresh salad Bar Chicken Mayo

Bread Crumbed Cod

Cheese & tomato Quiche

Chips Jacket Potato

Baked Beans Peas

Fresh Salad Bar Sliced Ham

DESSERT Rice Pudding & Jam Pineapple Upside Down Pudding & Custard

Sticky Toffee Pudding Jelly & Cream Assorted Pudding

Fresh Fruit Basket Fresh Fruit Basket Fresh Fruit Basket Fresh Fruit Basket Fresh Fruit Basket