ST BENEDICT’S

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BENEDICT’S

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Headteacher Message,Dear parents, carers and children,Well done everyone! Children, mums, dads, grandparents, aunties and uncles, support bubbles, teachers and teaching assistants; all of you have worked incredibly hard and now we can enjoy a well deserved half term. Won’t it be lovely just to spend each day with our families and having time away from the screen! We have been overwhelmed by the support from all of you - our St Benedict’s family, in the way you have emailed, telephoned simply to say thank you to the staff, for what they have achieved in such a short time. We know it is not ideal and the best thing is to have each and every child in school. Let’s hope that we hear some news about this soon and we can start to plan a safe transition back into school for your children.Our Facebook page is full of children’s wonderful achievements. Please watch out for our golden envelopes arriving in the post over the next few weeks. These are a reward for the hard work and commitment of those who have engaged so well in remote education. We really miss you all.

We have been reaching out to our friends in Ghana this week and Mr Sturdy and Mr Todd have taken on the Ghananian Dance Challenge - give them your vote by liking the post and comment who you think should be the winner this week!

We hope you and the all the families in our NPCAT schools, including our neighbour St Bede’s have a relaxing, fun filled half term. Be creative, be active and be kind! Remember #wearestbenedictsschool

Stay safe, stay at home and have a lovely weekend. Mrs Sill

Date: 12th February 2021

Issue 20

Star of the week:

Nursery: In school - Charlie L & Charly J Nursery: Home learning - Imogen & Poppy

Reception: Evie & Zachary

Year 1: Oscar & Ava-Rose

Year 2: Archie & Dakota, Isabel & Nathan

Year 3: Thea, Summer & Mia C

Year 4: Oskar & Cydney

Year 5: Evie, Erin & Calab

Year 6: Georgia, Ajay & Olivia

Headteacher awards:

EYFS: Harper - for always being amazing every day on Google Classroom. A super star!

KS1: Artie - excellent home learning, what a superstar!!

KS2: William K - he has been a joy; he's been in everyday and is full of humour and is a great ICT help when things go wrong!!

Golden envelope award:

Watch out for a golden envelope in the post!!!

#wearestbenedictsschool


Year of St Joseph

On the 8th December 2020, Pope Francis asked us to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church.

This year - 8th December 2020 to 8th December 2021- will be dedicated to St Joseph. In school, we will get to know St Joseph as our guardian and helper and the man chosen by God the Father to care for Jesus.

St Joseph’s Feast Day - 19th March 2021

A prayer for our parish

Blessed Nicholas Postgate

As we begin the season of Lent in the Church's year, let us think about all of our parish community.

May our prayers and actions this Lent support them during these strange and difficult times.

May we be moved by God's love to reach out to them in our turn, especially to those who are alone, so that no one may feel abandoned or forgotten.

You are always in our thoughts, prayers and actions.

Amen

Message from Fr Derek,Dear Children, Parents and Carers

On Thursday we welcomed Children in Year 6 and their families as they shared our parish Mass for the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes on YouTube. The Thursday before we had welcomed the whole school. Children in their classrooms shared in the Mass on their whiteboards and children homeschooling shared in the Mass on their televisions, tablets, computers, or mobile phones with their parents and carers. Thank you to everyone who joined in and I look forward to sharing Mass this way with other classes soon.To remind us of the Feast Day you might like to pray this prayer:

Holy Mary, mother fair,Filled with love for God,

Pray for us in all our needs.Pray for us today.

You can join in our Parish Mass on Sundays at 9.30 am via our YouTube channel: ‘Blessed Nicholas Postgate, Redcar and Marske’ and you might like to know that we broadcast Mass every weekday at the same time except on Wednesdays when we have Mass at 7.00 pm in the evening.

With all good wishes, Father Derek


Reader of the week

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Join CAFOD’s Big Walk for Water

Join Catholics all over England and Wales taking part in CAFOD’s Big Walk for Water

on Saturday 20th February.

Could you walk 5 miles (approx 10,000 steps) to raise awareness and funds?

You could do this as a family (following social distancing rules) and raise funds to help us bring clean, safe drinking water to

the 1in 3 people around the world who don’t have it.

Make a donation to:

https://www.justgiving.com/St-Benedict-s-Primary-Redcar-NPCAT

Children’s Birthdays

Happy birthday to all our lovely children & staff celebrating their

birthdays this week;

Olly P Miss Bareham & Mrs Atkinson

Happy birthday to all those children celebrating their birthday over half

term;

Matilda S, Archie, Olivia M, Paisley & Harry M

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Assembly for the feast of our Lady of Lourdes.

Today we celebrated the feast of our Lady of Lourdes. Our Year 4 children led a virtual assembly for the whole school to watch. It was lovely to gather and pray together as a school family⛪

Act of Kindness

Yesterday, one of our pupils knocked on his neighbours door and asked if hecould clear his path of snow, so that he didn't slip on the path. Such a wonderful thing to do; we are so proud of you!


Good News

Last week, one of our pupils went with her dad to help deliver laptops to a school for children who are struggling to access their online learning at home. It’s so lovely to see members of the community pulling together to help those who need it. Thank you 😊


Year 3 Artwork

We’ve been exploring the human skeleton in science this week and used art straws to create our own skeletons before labelling the names of some of the bones.

Making Soup

Year 3 were sharing after reading the story 'Stone Soup' as the first lesson of our new RE topic. Some children made soup, some made shortbread, some shared other types of food to see how good it feels for us to share with each other.

Nursery home learning

The children have been having lots of fun making pancakes, playing in the snow and making Lenten Promises


Stay at home

Please ensure you are following the government advice below to stay at home. As a community if we all follow this advice to stay at home and protect each other then collectively, we are playing a vital part in reducing the transmission of COVID-19.

Online SafetyIn the week of #SaferInternetDay , we bring a special guide from @natonlinesafety partnered with @YH_CyberProtect. Get top tips on how to protect your family from cyber crime! 🔒

Government Advice - Coronavirus SymptomsPlease do not enter the school site or send your children to school if you have any of the following three main symptoms of coronavirus;● Loss of taste and smell● New continuous cough● High temperature

Outstanding payments

Please ensure that you are up to date with any outstanding payments for breakfast club or school meals

Thank you


97% achievedGreat news that 97% of families

have signed up to Arbor! Let’s make it 100% by next week!

We have launched a new communication system called ‘Arbor’ which can be downloaded as an app on your phone. This app, allows you to access information for your child, give permission for consents and update personal information.

You should have received an email about how to access the Arbor parental portal.

Please follow the instructions provided as this will gradually become the main way we communicate with you. Please continue to use ParentPay alongside Arbor until further notice.

If you have any problems please contact the admin staff or email [email protected]


Friends of St Benedict's

We’ve registered Friend's Of St Benedict's Primary School with #easyfundraising, which means over 4,100 retailers will donate to our school for FREE every time you use easyfundraising to shop with them. It’s easy to use - all you have to do is sign up and do your usual online shopping via easyfundraising to raise free donations for the school. There are over 4,100 retailers to choose from including Just Eat, eBay, John Lewis & Partners, Amazon and many more. Please sign up today:

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/friendsofstbenedictsprimaryschool/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_content=s-f2 Thank you to all those who have already registered, your support is greatly appreciated

Breakfast Club

Breakfast club will remain open to those children of critical workers and vulnerable children only.

Please continue to use the link provided to book your children in to avoid disappointment!

Breakfast club opens at 7.45, with breakfast served until 8.15am.

Booking school places.As you are aware, school is open to children of critical workers and vulnerable children. Each Monday, a booking form link will be available and this will close at 5pm each Thursday . Please only book a place if you are a critical worker and following DfE advice please keep your child at home if you possibly can. You must book a place and not just turn up


https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/friendsofstbenedictsprimaryschool/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_content=s-f2



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