‘Jesus is at the heart of everything we think, do and say’

St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Friday, 13 December 2019 Issue 2.61 Autumn Term

Mon 16 Dec • School Choir. LBHF Christmas Singing Festival

Tues 17 Dec • Miss Honey’s Christmas concert - 2.30pm school hall. All welcome.

Wed 18 Dec • Christmas school lunch & Christmas hat day

Thurs 19 Dec • VIP Day for House Point Winners - St. Andrew

Tues 7 Jan • Children back at school

Mon 13 Jan • School clubs resume

Fri 20 Dec School ends for Christmas break at 12:00pm

St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic School, Estcourt Rd, Fulham, London, SW6 7HB E: admin@stthomas.lbhf.sch.uk /T: 0207 385 8165 / F: 0207 385 0918

After School Clubs. Spring Term

Letters will be sent out next week with more details.

Activity Year

Tues •Drama Y1-Y6

Wed •Irish dancing Y3-Y6

Thurs •Coding Y3-Y6

Fri •Multi-sports Y1-Y4

Bumblebees Annabelle

Badgers All of Badgers

Hares All of Hares

Squirrels Elnathan

Deer All of Deer

Seals Jessica

Dolphins Amaia

Owls Beatriz

Eagles Kaia

of the Week Class attendance week of 6 Dec

Ladybirds 92.2% Below average

Bumblebees 87.1% Below average

Badgers 92.3% Below average

Hares 94.5% Below average

Squirrels 96.9% Above average

Deer 94.2% Below average

Seals 93.9% Below average

Dolphins 96.4% Above average

Eagles 96.8% Above average

Owls 94.0% Below average

NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 96.1%

Playground

Infant Junior

Emenet Maisie

Hares Deer

Playground £5 voucher winner

Infant Junior

Alex Anungoo

Hares Deer

House of the week St. David (540 points)

KS1 Nativity Well done to Badgers and Hares for their brilliant performance! The inspectors were faced with tough health and safety

issues in Bethlehem but were finally convinced that the stable was worthy for a King. Thank you to all the family and friends who came to watch and support the production.

Season of Advent ...joy

Office Notices > School lunches: Please ensure that all payments are up to date by the Monday 16 December. (£2. 1 0 day / £10.50 week.) > Afterschool Provision & Clubs: all payments must be paid in advance by Monday 16 December. Failing this, spaces will not be held and will be given to the next child on the waiting list.

Gold Stars Hermon

Silver Stars Hermon, Angelica, Emenet, Jacob, Antranik, Kamila, Jan, Tergel, Madalena, Christopher.

Star Class Squirrels

MATHLETICS

Christmas Hat Day Wed 18 Dec

To get fully into the spirit of Christmas, we’re inviting all the

children to wear their Christmas hats, with their full uniform,

on Wednesday 18 December (same day as the school’s Christmas lunch ).

Year 3 at British Museum

As part of their class topic 'Gods and Mortals', Year 3 went to the British Museum. They went to see the ancient Greek exhibition to learn what it was like to live in that era. The children had a lovely time!

Artist of the Week

This term, Deer class have been studying Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese contemporary artist and her style of art. She is known for her love of dots which she puts into every type of art she creates, be it paintings, sculptures, performances or installations. Here Ena has recreated the artist’s mixed media pumpkin painting including dots! Well done.

Seals Showcase Writing

As part of their class topic ’Pharaohs’, Seals have written biographies of Cleopatra. Here is Jessica’s informative and interesting account. Well done!

Term ends Friday 19 December 12pm

Term starts Tuesday 7 January 9am

KS2 Christmas Carol Concert

On Tuesday, Years 3,4,5 & 6 sang beautifully in their Christmas Carol Concert at St. Thomas’ Church. Their prayers reminded us to focus on the things that really matter this season, as we await the coming of our Lord

Jesus Christ.

Year 6 Workshop

As part of their secondary transition work, Y6 have been exploring the themes of prejudice and discrimination through a workshop run by Equaliteach. The aim was to equip them with the skills to understand what stereotyping means and the dangers of it. The children then looked at where we get our information from and that not everything we read or hear is always true. The workshop sparked lots of debate and was very informative and engaging.