We shine in the light of Jesus. 12.02 · Year 5 Sebas en Morito-Hall & Laila Steele Year 6 Ben...
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St Leonard’s RC Primary School Newsletter
We shine in the light of Jesus.
St Leonard’s is a GOOD school!
12.02.2016
Liturgies Spring Term 2016
25.02.16 Recep�on
03.03.16 Yr5
10.03.16 Yr1
17.03.16 Yr6
24.03.16 Whole School
Lenten Liturgy 9.10am
Children to perform liturgical
dances
Class of the Week
A(endance
Rec 94.67% Yr3 95.52%
Yr1 96.82% Yr4 96.45%
Yr2 95.52% Yr5 99%
Yr6 91.79%
Whole school a(endance for the week
95.68% (our target is 97%+)
Smileys
Well done to following children:
Jared Waterson bronze, Hayden
McDonald bronze. Lucy Outhwaite has
her second silver and Alicia Barnes has
her second bronze.
Yr1 Phonic Assessment
In June the children in Yr1 will be
assessed using the Government
Phonics Screen. The children will
need to be confident in blending and
segmen�ng. It would be helpful if
parents supported the children by
doing some extra phonic work. There
are clips on You Tube eg Mr Thorne
Does Phonics (600) videos. There’s a
tutorial for parents Smooth phonics
make it easy to blend sounds into
words, Kids Can Blend and Read -
Phonics and Blending Chant
Statement of the Week
I now that it is ok for me to make
mistakes
Golden Rule Focus
We are gentle
We are kind and helpful
Skill Focus
Thinking and Concentra�ng
Golden Assembly
Congratula�ons to all the
children who received an award this
week.
Recep�on Ma(hew Redman & Lenix
Redman
Year 1 Henry Wallbank & Gabriel Naile
Year 2 Isaac Woodland & Lewis Newby
Year 3 Ma(hew Crane & Ma(hew
Thoburn
Year 4 Noelia Kelf & Emma Hutchinson
Year 5 Sebas�en Morito-Hall & Laila
Steele
Year 6 Ben Ashbridge & Louis Connel-
ly
St Leonard’s sees stars!
The Life Centre brought a mobile
Planetarium to school on Thursday. The
children were able to learn more about the
planets, stars and constella�ons. As a school
we try to provide a range of experiences
that excite and mo�vate the children to
learn more about the world they live in. This
event was made possible by Mrs Jones who
was successful with her applica�on for a
grant to support the teaching of science.
Thank you, Mrs Jones.
Ash Wednesday
As a school we marked the beginning of Lent
with mass. Fr Bernard and Deacon Norman
led us in prayer and reflec�on on the
importance of Ash Wednesday. All of the
children received ashes. It was great to see
so many parents and parishioners there too.
May we use Lent to reflect on our lives and
our rela�onships. We pray that we have the
strength to merciful and forgive each other
when a problem impacts on our
rela�onships.
Thoughts for Lent
Some�mes children—and even adults—
focus too much on ‘giving something up’
for Lent, and not on the fact that if we
have given something up, it should be so
that we have more ‘space’ for God in our
hearts. For example, food or fame or
anything else are not bad things in
themselves, as all good things come from
God. However, if we start to treat those
things as if they are more important than
God they become sinful for us.
Safe use of the Internet and Social Media
We ask that parents are vigilant
regarding their child’s use of social
media. This week we have had Safer
Internet Day. The children were
reminded about keeping safe while they
are online. Please ensure your child only
uses posi�ve, appropriate and acceptable
language when they are messaging other
children. Our school has strong moral
values and we expect our children to
uphold these values even when they are
out of school and online. There are two
new informa�on leaflets on our website.
Please take a look at the following.
h(p://www.childnet.com/
h(p://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-
internet-day/2016
Bullying
‘A persistent, deliberate a(empt
to hurt or humiliate’
Pobble
Our published writers last week were
Millie Sco( and Jared Waterson in Yr 2
Ellie Curry and Lucy Calvert in Yr 4
Emily Thompson, Leon Brown and Isabelle Moan in Yr 6
Please go to the Pobble site and read the children’s work. Punctuality
Please ensure your child is in their class line for
8.50am.
Late arrivals this week
Recep�on - 2
Yr1 - 0
Yr2 - 4
Yr3 -0
Yr4 - 0
Yr5 - 1
Yr6 - 2
If you need any support in geKng your child to
school on �me, please do come in and have a
chat with a member of staff.
Parent Mee�ngs with Teachers
Thank you to all those parents who a(ended the
mee�ngs. If you haven’t been able to speak to your
child’s teacher, please contact her and arrange for
a mutually convenient �me speak about your
child’s progress and current a(ainment.
RED TED
Congratula�ons to Olivia and Jack who have been
awarded their RED TED.
Cash for Clothes
The Friends of St
Leonard’s are collec�ng
unwanted clothes. This
is a great opportunity to
spring clean , clear out the wardrobes and
cupboards and raise some cash for our school
funds.
Manzini Project
Miss Whi(aker would like to thank Molly
Swansbury for her dona�on to the Manzini Project.
Molly has been saving pennies and 5 pence pieces.
Every li(le counts and makes a huge difference to
the lives of the young people in Swaziland.
We raised £83 and all the money from today’s non
uniform day will go to the project too. Thank you
for your generosity.
Coming up….
4th March is World Book day. Children can come into school dressed as
their favourite book character. Please use your imagina�ons as there will
be a prize for the most original ouPit. We will be having a special World
Book day lunch. Children on packed lunches can pay £1.90 before 1st
March if they wish to par�cipate.
Texts from School
We are changing the provider that we use to
send text and email messages home to
parents. This will take place over the next
couple of weeks. Please do not use the
number you have saved to text school as
this inbox will be disabled after half
term. The new number to text in on
is 07860005167. If your message is urgent
you should always ring school as there is no
alert to let us know when a text has arrived.
We are also introducing a School App which will keep you all updated with
school information, news and calendar events. If you have a smartphone
(Android or iPhone) you can download OurSchoolsApp from Google Play
Android or the Apple Store for FREE. The new app is available for anyone
with a smartphone to download so grandparents will also be able to keep
up to date with school events.
We are always eager to develop our communication with parents, we
hope that having the APP will go some way to ensuring parents receive all
school related information in a speedy way. Thank you to Mrs Jones for her
help in acquiring the APP and sorting out the information to go on it. Mrs
Jennings and Mrs Jones work hard in the office to ensure the admin side of
school works efficiently.
What a busy Week!
The police were in school on Monday to remind the children
about key road safety messages.
Please remember only use the foot path when entering the
school grounds. Parents should not bring their cars in to the
school grounds. The police have said they do not have any jurisdic�on
when it comes to visitors and parents using the school carpark etc. so it up
to parents to make sure they follow the schools recommenda�on of not
bringing their cars down the drive. There simply isn’t the room. This ma(er
will be brought up at the next Governing body mee�ng.
Safeguarding
Mrs Jones, Miss McViKe and Mrs Doherty have a(ended Safeguarding
Refresher Training. Miss Scothern has a(ended Designated Person
Training.
Suppor�ng Assessment
All teachers have a(ended courses run by the Local Authority on the new
assessment procedures. The exemplar materials produced by the DFE show
what is expected of Yr6 children in maths and wri�ng. They are certainly
very challenging.
As always we ask that the children give their best every minute they are in
school. By the end of the year we need to see the majority of children
reaching the expected standard for their year group. With a growth mind-
set and a posi�ve aKtude to learning the children can do it!