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WORDS OF THE WEEK
‘Word of the week’ sentences should be handed in by Thursday each week.
This week’s winners are:
Thomas Stanley (Key Stage 1); and Aaron Moseley (Key Stage 2 winner)
Winning sentence (KS1): Thomas: “When I go on holiday to Belgium, I travel
through the Channel Tunnel”.
Winning sentence (KS2): Aaron: “The boy over-exaggerated how well he had
done in his test.”
Here is the target word for Key Stage 1 pupils to use before Thursday 27th November:
squirrel
The Key Stage 2 target word to use is: confidential
Good luck, everyone!
Holiday Dates 2014
Term Dates 2014/15
Fri 19th
Dec 2014 – Fri 2nd
Jan 2015 Christmas Holiday Fri 13
th Feb – Fri 20th Feb 2015 Half Term
Fri 27th
Mar –Fri 10th
Apr 2015 Easter Holiday Mon 4
th May 2015 Bank Holiday
Fri 23rd
May – Fri 29th
May 2015 Half Term
School closes for Summer Holiday - Mon 20 Jul 2015.
21st November 2014
Diary Dates
Thursday 27th – 1.30 pm Year 4 Mass
Fri 28th November Mufti Day
Fri 5th December School/Parish Christmas Fayre 5.30 pm
CLJ WEEK – 8th
December
THEATRE VISITS
KS2 Monday 15th Dec
KS1 Wednesday 17th Dec
Nursery Visit to Cadbury World Thursday 18th Dec
Message from the Acting Head Teacher
Children in Need Thank you for supporting the annual Children in Need Appeal so
generously again this year.
The total sum raised for the day was £315.10.
This is magnificent. Thank you again, everyone.
Christmas Nativity Plays Please see overleaf for important information about our Nativity Plays.
Ofsted
As you know, we are expecting our termly Ofsted monitoring visit
before the end of term. All members of staff are working flat-out to
get the school out of special measures as soon as possible.
If we can, we would love to beat Ofsted’s expectation of being
subject to measures for between 18 and 24 months.
Given the above time-frame, the school would normally attempt
release from special measures sometime between March and
September 2015. We would love to be released earlier, but it will
happen only when we are ready for it to happen.
Thank you for your help, understanding, and support, as parents,
carers and families, as we attempt this feat.
Staff absences
We apologise for some unavoidable staff absences this week, due
to sickness. Hopefully, full business will be resumed next week.
WRITING TASK (6)
Here is Point 6 of our weekly writing tasks series*:
“Use writing partners to help children HEAR what they have written - understand the effect that their words have had,
and reflect on whether the writing does what they set out to do”.
*These points are taken from Wrigley, S: National Writing Project (NWP), National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE):
http://www.nwp.org.uk/1/category/national%20curriculum/1.html
This weekend, can you set up an opportunity for your child/ren to sit and talk to you about what they have
written (as above), and then enjoy the results?
Thank you for helping us to improve the standard of writing at St Francis Catholic Primary School.
PLEASE SEE OVER
STARS OF THE WEEK As you know, the two best pupils in every class from
Reception to Year 6 are rewarded in assemblies every Friday.
This week’s ‘Stars of the Week’ are:
Reception - Jodi Clarke and Leo Millard
Year One - Candice Andrews and Ellis Bradburn
Year Two - Lilly-Mae Lester and Annrose Joseph
Year Three - Harry Mills and Isabella Lyttle
Year Four - Aaron Moseley and Fabian Skripko
Year Five - Emily Simms and Amy Peakman
Year Six - Jacob Locke and Aoife Carr
Congratulations to them and their families!
Junior Leadership Team Nine members of the JLT and two Year 3
pupils visited the Mayor of Walsall’s Parlour
and the Council Chamber on Tuesday 18th
November.
The focus of the visit was on democracy and
leadership.
The pupils were a credit to their families and
to the school. They took care to ask
intelligent and thought-provoking questions,
always showing exemplary standards of
respect and politeness.
The Mayor was really kind to us. He spoke in
ways that educated, amused and entertained
the pupils. Everyone learnt a lot about local
government, the role of the Mayor,
democracy, and leadership.
The mayor’s team treated the pupils to
biscuits and squash at the end of the visit
and gave each child a pack of writing
materials labelled, “Presented by the Mayor
of Walsall”.
You may like to look out for newspaper
articles about this visit that may appear in
the local press this weekend.
PiXL update
Improvements continue to be made by the children in the groups. In Maths, they have focused on calculating the angles in a triangle, as well as using a protractor accurately. In English, the children have been focusing on sentence structure. They have paid particular attention to the use of connectives, as well as the different types of connectives, e.g. time, addition, causal. The PiXL core group will attend a meeting on 26th November. This will be an opportunity for staff to develop their ideas on how to use PiXL even more creatively in order to impact further on the children’s learning.
For more information, please see
www.pixl.org.uk
Christmas Nativity Plays
We are happy to announce that the school’s
Christmas Nativity Plays will take place as follows:
Nursery & Reception:
Monday 15th December, 2.15pm
& Wednesday 17th December, 9.15am
Year 1 & Year 2:
Tuesday 16th December, 2.15pm
& Thursday 18th December, 9.15am
As usual, you would need to pre-book tickets for
these events and we warmly encourage you to book
early.
MUFTI DAY There will be an ‘own clothes’ (non-uniform) day on
Friday 28th November in aid of the Church Christmas
Fayre. If they can, children should dress up as a
character from a Roald Dahl book for the day. Big
Friendly Giants, Giant Peaches, Oompa-loompas, and
Charlies (for example) are all welcome. There will be a
minimum charge of £1 per child, payable on the day.
VISIT SANTA
Santa will be visiting the Christmas Fayre. Anyone
wishing to see him and receive a present should fill in
the form and return with correct money to school in an
envelope by Friday 28th November.
MY MATHS
Please note the password for access to My Maths will be
changing this weekend to ‘Blue’.