Head Teacher: Rachel Swindell

Assistant Head:

Amy Casey

Chair of Governors:

Joseph Zammit

Office Team: Vicki Coates

Bardhe Lleshaj Karla Guadarrama

19 West End

Old Costessey Norwich

NR8 5AG

TEL: 01603 743317

EMAIL: office@ st-augustines. norfolk.sch.uk

Website:

www.st-augustines. norfolk.sch.uk

St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary School We try to follow Jesus by loving each other and caring for God’s world.

NEWSLETTER ~ 15th November 2019

If you would like a paper copy of this newsletter, you can collect a printed version from the entrance area outside the school office or ask at the office.

WisePay There are a few parents in Reception and KS1 who still do not order their children’s dinners on Wisepay. May we ask that you do so to ensure your child receives the meal of their choice, thank you. If you are having problems with logins, please tell the office staff asap. WisePay will close at 23:00 hours every Sunday so please make sure all meals are booked for the commencing week.

We will be holding a Christmas Lunch on Tuesday, 10th De-cember. If you would like your child/children to have lunch on this day, then please book and pay on WisePay no later than Sunday, 1st December, 2019 at 23:00 hours. No orders will be taken in school after this date; you will see the payment options on your front screen.

Flu Immunisation for Reception through to Year 6

Public Health England (PHE) has informed the Nursing Team of the late deliveries of the nasal spray vaccine for the flu vaccination programme in schools. Unfortunately, this means that the flu vaccination session booked at school on 21/11/19 must be postponed because they will not have enough vaccine until later in the term. The new date for the immunisations to take place is now on 13th January, 2020.

Aldi Kit For School’s

Thanks to all your support in collecting and bringing in the Stickers, we have managed to fill our poster and have sent it off to be in for a chance to win £20,000 for the school. Don't forget to look at the Get Set Eat Fresh website for resources on healthy eating and maintaining a healthy life-style.

Koboca

Thanks to all parents who have filled in the survey. If you still would like to, it is not too late to login and help us collect data on physical activity at St Augustine's. We hope to gather more data on different areas of Physical Activity as well as to see if any progress has been made later in the year. Please log on to www.koboca.co.uk to

complete the questionnaire using the following username and password:

Username: St2 Password: 9S12BYD9

Squirrels and Otters Victorians Challenge Cafe

It was lovely to see relatives come and share in their child's learning. They read the book “The Grotlyn” by Benji Davies, then everyone enjoyed themselves making crafts linked to the story. There were some excellent things made by everyone which included a whirlygig and a hot air balloon. The children really enjoyed demonstrating their capabilities to the adults around. We look forward to welcoming families to the next one.

Nursery, Reception & KS1

Mass Christ the King

9:15am On 22nd Nov

At St. Augustine’s School

St. Augustine’s would like to invite all families and friends to our Nursery, Reception & KS1 Mass.

This week we celebrated

Anti-Bullying Week We were thinking about JUSTICE for all. We have been learning about how to treat each other fairly. We also thought about how we can help others who may be unhappy.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Jolly Jars are required for the Christmas Bazaar. Please bring them to the school office. If you have any spare empty jars, please start leaving them in the box in the lower school playground for others to use. Thank you.

Bring A Bottle Non-Uniform Day - Friday, 6th December 2019

Families are asked to buy a bottle of ANYTHING. Please make sure the bottle is full and unopened. If the children bring in a bottle, they can come to school in non-uniform. Bottles will be used for the Christmas Bazaar the next day.

FOSA

Please see FOSA’s attached Newsletter with regards to their purchases for the school this term

KS1 Playground Drop Off/Pickup Times

For those parents who wait in KS1 playground, please remember to stand behind the white line. This is important in helping to keep our children safe and in sight of staff before and after school.

Thank you.

Back Gates

Due to safeguarding restrictions for the After School Club, the back gates will be locked at 3:15 each day. Please use the front entrance after this time.

Eco Warriors

We are taking part in

Switch-off Fortnight from

Monday, 18th—Friday,

29th November. We are

also holding an Eco Warrior Day on Friday,

29th November. The Eco Warriors would like eve-

ryone to wear green and/or blue and bring in £1

for future Eco projects.

Dates for the Diary!

Autumn Term 2019 20th Nov Rabbits Learning Café in the hall from 1:30pm 22nd Nov KS1 Mass in the school hall at 9:15am - friends and families welcome 6th Dec Non Uniform - Bring a Bottle for Christmas Bazaar Tombola 7th Dec FOSA and St. Walstan’s Parish Christmas Bazaar 10th Dec Christmas Meal to be booked and paid for on WisePay 10th Dec KS1 Christmas performance at 9:30am 10th Dec Reception Christmas performance at 2:00pm 11th Dec Reception Christmas performance at 9:30am 11th Dec KS1 Christmas performance at 2:00pm 13th Dec Christmas Jumper Day - £1.00 donation to Save the Children 13th Dec Yr3&4 Mass in the school hall at 9:15am - friends and families welcome 13th Dec KS2 FOSA Christmas Disco 6:30-8pm 17th Dec Nursery Christmas performance at 9:30am 19th Dec Whole School End of Term Mass in the school at 9:15am - friends and families welcome Thursday 19th December 2019 End of Autumn Term - School finishes at 1:30pm --- Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January 2020 Children back to school Friday 13th Jan — Flu Immunisation for Rec-Yr6 Friday 14th February 2020 Last day of school before Half Term HALF TERM Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February 2020 Monday 24th February 2020 Children back to school Thursday 2nd April 2020 End of Spring Term - School finishes at 1:30pm --- Summer Term 2020 Monday 20th April 2020 Children back to school Friday 8th May 2020 BANK HOLIDAY School Closed Friday 22nd May 2020 Last day of school before Half Term HALF TERM Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May 2020 Monday 1st June 2020 Children back to school Friday 17th July 2020 End of Summer Term - School finishes at 1:30pm

FOSA – FRIENDS OF ST. AUGUSTINE’S

Hi Everyone,

At the last meeting we spoke about the most important things that we should spend money on. The shed for FOSA to free up space in the school and to store our ‘stuff’ in and a microphone was the aim for the end of this year.

I am pleased to confirm that we have bought a Shure SM58 microphone with microphone stand and cable and hopefully everyone can see that in the KS1 lower playground that we have now also bought the shed.

I would like to say a ‘BIG’ thank you to Mr M. Steel from Taverham Garden Centre for giving us a very generous discount and free delivery on the Shed.

Also I would like to thank Jason Lee for building the required foundation and Jason, Jay and Joe for spending their Saturday morning putting it all together.

Christine Vassallo - Chair

Tel: 01603 860522

www.taverhamnursery.co.uk

www.dyslexiaoutreach.co.uk

These workshops & courses have been designed to support anyone who has contact with a child of

school age e.g. parents / guardians, grandparents or other family members. The child does not need

to have an official diagnosis of any learning difficulty to attend either workshops or courses.

Venue: Taverham High School, Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6HP

Date & Time Course / Workshop Title & Description Cost

Tues 26 Nov 2019

9.30 – 1.00PM

Dyslexia Awareness for Parents / Carers Course – How to

help with homework / support with further reading &

spelling development / supporting difficulty with organisation

& memory / how to communicate with school if there is a

conflict.

£25 per

person

Thurs 6 Feb 2020

9.30 – 11.45AM

Working Memory Workshop - The workshop will explore

what working memory is, as well as many ways for you to

support your child with their working memory skills to help

increase their confidence and ability when reading, writing,

doing arithmetic or studying for exams.

£10 per

person

Thurs 26 Mar 2020

9.30 – 11.45AM

Supporting Maths Difficulties Workshop- The workshop will

look at the types of challenges a dyslexic young person might

face when doing maths and explore a wide range of practical

support tools, resources and apps that you can use at home

to support your child.

£10 per

person

Thurs 11 Jun 2020

9.30 – 1.00PM

Dyslexia Awareness for Parents / Carers Course - How to

help with homework / support with further reading &

spelling development / supporting difficulty with organisation

& memory / how to communicate with school if there is a

conflict.

£25 per

person

To Book: Please book please contact Cathy Partington - Administrator

at: dosadmin@taverhamhigh.org or telephone 01603 860505 ex 239