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Hand in hand, united in Friendship and Happiness We listen to God’s call, we learn from God’s word and we share God’s love
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School Heathcote Street, Radford, Coventry Phone: 024 7659 6988 Fax: 024 7659 6175 Headteacher Mrs Helen Forrest e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] School Website: www.staugustinesprimary.net Twitter: @StAugustinesCov
School Newsletter Autumn Term 2016 No.14 - Week Commencing: 12th December
ATTENDANCE
Our attendance to date is: 96.2% CLASS % ATT. LATE
R1 96.6% 4
R2 91.3% 5
Yr 1R 97.5% 8
Yr 1S 100% 4
Yr 2M 87% 11
Yr 2R 96.5% 6
Yr 3C 96% 5
Yr 3HF 93% 5
Yr 4P 95% 5
Yr 4U 95.6% 10
Yr 5C 95% 3
Yr 5/6H 92% 5
Yr 6D 96.6% 12
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KS1 Attendance Winner for this week is
Y1S – Miss Shelton’s class with 100% AMAZING! KS2 Attendance Winner this week is
Y6D – Mrs Dyer’s class with 96.6% Well done to you all!
PUNCTUALITY Our worst week this term with 83 children arriving AFTER the 8.40am bell
Dear Parents, Next week is the last week of what has been a very busy term.
We have the Christmas Disco’s on Monday afternoon, Carol Service on Tuesday evening and our whole school Mass on Wednesday morning.
Thank you for all your support in the events and activities which have taken place this term.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing your children again on 9th January 2017.
Best Wishes
CHRISTMAS DISCO Monday 19th December. Reception/Year 1 & Y2: 3.15pm - 4.15pm Years 3 to 6: 4.30pm - 5.30pm Closing date for payment was today, Friday 16th December. No payment will be accepted on the door. Thank you.
COMMUNICATION At the start and end of the school day, teachers are either welcoming or dismissing pupils. If you need to speak to your child’s class teacher, please speak to the staff at reception who will make an appointment for you. Thank you.
Hand in hand, united in Friendship and Happiness We listen to God’s call, we learn from God’s word and we share God’s love
A HUGE THANK YOU to all the parents, guardians and staff who supported our CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE by donating items, buying tickets and assembling the prizes.
Also thanks to on Jubilee Crescent for their kind donation.
Together we raised a totally amazing £275!
Now the moment you’ve been waiting for …
• Mya Pattison Y4U • Connor Grantham Y1S • Alexis Mvogo R2 • Daniella Malula Y3C • Corey-James Quirk-Plunkett Y1S Congratulations to you all. We hope your hamper brings a little extra cheer this Christmas.
Soon we will be having another raffle with some money-can’t-buy prizes. Details will appear on noticeboards and in newsletters in the new year. In the meantime if you have any fundraising ideas, prizes you would like to donate or would like to get involved with our PTA, please email me on [email protected]
Many thanks for your support so far, Miss K. Shelton
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES - The only After School Activity next week will be the Homework Club on Tuesday. 3:05pm to 4:00pm
STARTING PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER 2017? The closing date for Primary School Applications is 15th January 2017. For any information and advice regarding your application go to www.coventry.gov.uk/admissions
WHAT A TERM! We've had a great book-filled Autumn Term, with a birthday party for our library, a FlashRead, a Winter Reading Challenge for Y3 and 4, and a Book Bout Competition for Y5 and 6. Lots of children have attended Marvellous Mondays in the library after school.
WE'RE GOING TO ICELAND! We are finishing the term with a bang, as we become an Icelandic school next Wednesday 21st. The Icelandic people love reading as much as we do so we will be getting our Icelandic vibe on by dressing up and enjoying some traditions, including putting a shoe out for the Icelandic Yule Lads. Children may bring costumes to change in to after whole school Mass e.g. long t-shirts and leggings with a belt; woolly jumpers and jeans; embroidered shirts and long skirts; Viking helmets, shields etc. There may be some surprises in the day so do ask the children all about it!
FESTIVE HOME DIARIES Your child will receive their Christmas and New Year Home Diary next Wednesday. We issue the usual challenge - can the children do something every day in the holiday linked to a book?! Thank you.
Thank you for your continued support in helping your children develop as good readers. Hearing them read regularly and encouraging them into get into daily reading habits makes a huge amount of difference to their progress.
SHAME ON YOU! The driver of a BMW, car
registration number KT59 XKU, who on Monday morning, didn’t park their car in Heathcote Street like everyone else, but selfishly abandoned the vehicle in the middle of the road, so that other parents and residents could not get up or down the street. Your inconsiderate parking reflects very badly on our school and it is totally unnecessary. Please be considerate of others!
Hand in hand, united in Friendship and Happiness We listen to God’s call, we learn from God’s word and we share God’s love
HOUSE POINTS: w/c 12th December St.
Andrew 2395 points
St. David 1825 points
St. George 2025 points
St. Patrick
2510 points
DECEMBER Monday 19th Christmas Discos Reception and KS1 3:15pm to 4:15pm KS2 4:30pm to 5:30pm Tuesday 20th 6:00pm – Christmas Carol Service Wednesday 21st 9:00am – Whole school Mass - led by Y2 All welcome!
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY School closes at 3:05pm
on WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER
for the Christmas holiday Friday 6th January 2017
Teacher Training Day
Return to School Monday 9th January 2017
*** Please note that our Christmas holiday dates are different from Coventry City Council’s website and some other local primary and secondary schools.
REMINDER We have had a lot of absence in the last few weeks due to the Norovirus - sickness and diarrhoea, Also known as the “winter vomiting bug “it is highly infectious and spreads easily. Good hygiene will help reduce the spread of infection. Hands should be washed with liquid soap and water after:
◊ Using the toilet
◊ Before eating/handling food
◊ After coughing and sneezing
◊ When they are dirty
◊ After handling animals
Children should be kept at home for 48 hours after their last bout of sickness or diarrhoea. If your child has an infectious illness, please help us to keep our school as healthy as possible by keeping them at home for the recommended period. If you are unsure of what this period is, please contact the school office.
FOOTBALL NEWS On Wednesday afternoon we played in the 2nd round of the Catholic Cup against Good Shepherd Primary School. The final score was St. Augustine’s 3 – Good Shepherd 2. Man of the match was Mckenzie Stretton. Well done to both teams! We are now through to the third round of the Catholic Cup.
CHRISTMAS DID YOU KNOW’S. An average snow flake fall’s at 3.14 miles per hour.
Carols were not sung in churches until they were introduced by St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th Century.
The Holly wreath symbolises Christ’s crown of thorns, while the red berries are drops of his blood.
Gold wrapped coins commemorate St. Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
Hand in hand, united in Friendship and Happiness We listen to God’s call, we learn from God’s word and we share God’s love
CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY MASS There will be a family Mass on Christmas Eve at 4.00pm where children from school will be involved. All welcome!
SPRING TERM 2017 The children return to school on Monday 9th January 8.40am prompt!!!
AND FINALLY…….. The Governors and staff of St. Augustine’s would like to wish you all a very ‘Happy and Holy Christmas’
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Many Happy Returns to these children who celebrate their birthdays during this week. Dominik Guszpit Maximilian Plitt-Milewski Niamh Strong Mitchell Hand-Wills
Elizabeth Olasunkanmi Lily Roberts Samuel Armston Koben Hasler We hope that you all enjoyed your special day.
Best wishes also to these children, who celebrated their birthdays during next week and in the Christmas holidays. Mia Anastasia Pakosz Julia Bodziony
Sahil Torascar Peyton Hern Wiktoria Klimek Massa Qdimati Elsie Roche Holly Howard Taylor Maher Nicola Swieton
Sean Ayres Maci Turner Olivia Bullingham Meda Kapinga Molly Leatherbarrow Evie Knights Angel Reveredo Lily Murphy
Arkadiusz Banach Epholin Dunston Jack Kirby Ava Whittle Andrew Zeeshan Berenice-Rose Sengi
