Friday 23rd October 2020
St Mary’s RC Primary School Newsletter ‘Growing, loving and
learning in the arms of Mary’
Meadowside, Sunderland, SR2 7QN
Telephone 0191 5228787 Headteacher Mr M Clephane
Twitter:@StMarysSchoolRC Website: www.smrc.school
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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October half –term
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October half –term
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October half –term
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October half –term
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October half –term
2nd November
Y6 Keen Bean— 8am
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Y6 Keen Bean— 8am
Y6 Street Dance 3.30-4.30
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Y6 Keen Bean— 8am
Y3 Fun Club 3.15—4.15
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Y6 Keen Bean— 8am
Y5 Chess Club 3.30-4.30
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Y6 Keen Bean— 8am
Y2 Fun Club 3.10-4.10
BREAKFAST CLUB
REMINDER: Breakfast Club will re-start fully
with breakfast after the October half term.
Cost is £3 or £2 if Pupil Premium. If you have
special circumstances regarding payment, please
contact Mr Clephane.
Please pay online at www.sunderland.gov.uk
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
School will close at 1.15pm on Friday 18th
December 2020.
School will reopen on Tuesday 5th January
2021 (Monday 4th is an Inset day)
OCTOBER HALF-TERM
School will re-open as normal on Monday 2nd
November 2020
NO TAG RUGBY
Please note there will be NO Tag Rugby after the
October half-term due to being too dark after
school. Sorry for any inconvenience
DINNER MONIES
School meals are £2.20 per day i.e. £11.00 per
week. Advanced payments of £77.00 can be
made for the next half-term. Payments can be
made by cash, cheque or e-payment. Cheques
need to be made payable to ‘City of Sunderland’.
All school meal payments must be made on a
Monday morning clearly marked ‘Dinner Money’
with your ‘Child’s Name’ and ‘Class’. Please re-
member to make payments online at
www.sunderland.gov.uk
SCHOOL MEALS
Just a reminder that we are returning to the full
hot meal menu after the October half term week
i.e. from 2nd November (week 1).
If your child/ren currently bring a packed and
want to return to a school meal, please email Mrs
Lloyd - [email protected]
Please see our schools app for a copy our
school winter menu.
LINGUASCOPE
Linguascope is the ultimate
platform to experience
language and learning.
All children can now access hundreds of
language games and activities either in
school or at home by visiting
www.Linguascope.com and enter the
following login details:
Student Username: stmarys123
Student Password: italia21
PUPIL PREMIUM
TO ALL PARENTS/CARERS RECEPTION TO
YEAR 6 - HELP US TO HELP YOUR CHILD.
If you are entitled to Free School meals for your child, your
child is automatically entitled to PUPIL PREMIUM of £1345 per child
per year. This amount is paid to the school every year from
Reception to Year 6, for each child entitled, even if you are no
longer entitled to Free School Meals because of a change in
circumstances.
In addition to the benefit of a Free School meal, the Pupil
Premium amount of £1345 for every child entitled enables school to
provide additional support and reduced charges for example; Music
tuition, Breakfast Clubs, After-school clubs.
Further information can be found on www.sunderland.gov.uk
Free school meal/ pupil premium claims should be made by
parent/carer using the Family Portal
athttps://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk/families/free-school-meals.
Parents/carers who have diffi-culties using or accessing this
service should contact the FSM team on 0191 5611417 or 0191 5613126
for additional support.
PLEASE APPLY NOW - IT REALLY DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE!
POPPY APPEAL
After the half-term we will be selling poppies in
school on behalf of the British Legion and any
donations are welcome. We also have
remembrance gifts up to £1 each
We have, ‘In November we remember’ displayed in
all classrooms and around School. November is
the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in
memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us
during wars.
All monies will go to the Poppy
Appeal.
Thank you
CHILDREN IN NEED
Children in Need Friday 13th November
The rainbow this year has become for us a sign of
hope and commitment. The school council has
decided that for Children in Need Day this year we
should remember the happy times that come from
hope and commitment – both receiving it and giving
it. On this day children are asked to bring in £1
for Children in Need and to dress in any rainbow
colour so that we can make our own rainbow of
hope in school.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Thank you to all who contributed to the MacMillan
Coffee Morning. We raised £327.69 for this worthy
cause.
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