All Souls' School Newsletter
All Souls’ School Newsletter “Christ is our Light” w/e Friday 13th March 2015 Easter Play
Class Mass
Y3 & 4 have been busy rehearsing for their Easter Play and are very excited to perform the play to parents, family and the staff and children of All Souls. There will be a dress rehearsal on Tue 24th March which will be watched by staff and children. Parents, family and friends are invited to come and watch the performances on Thurs 26th March, 1.30pm or the evening performance on the same day at 6.30pm. Children should arrive at school at 6pm. Please make sure your child attends both performances.
Y1, 2 & 3 classes will be going to church for their class mass on Wed 25th March, 9.15am. Parents are welcome to attend the mass also.
A letter is being sent home today. Y6 Debating Team A huge congratulations to our Y6 debating team, made up of Jordan Chatland, Ben Jones & Michael Zita for coming 2nd in the Coventry Primary School Debating Competition. It was a very close call and the children should be very proud of themselves. We must also thank Ben Shaw for acting as a reserve for the team, Ciaran Allsopp, Orla O’Shea & Roisin Gaffney for acting as the ‘opposition’ in practice for the final, and Mrs Elkins for supporting the team throughout the competition. Clubs There will be no Drama Club on Monday as staff will be setting up the hall for St Patrick’s Day.
Good Shepherd Appeal To support Father Hudson’s Society, All Souls are taking part in the Good Shepherd Appeal 2015. This is our way of helping those in need in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Good Shepherd Appeal boxes were sent home last week. The children should save any money during Lent they would usually spend on sweets and other treats, by putting the money in their box. This money will go towards social care services such as Fostering and Adoption Support Services and Schools Family Support Projects among others. Children can bring their boxes into school to empty them so that they can continue to save money during Lent. Please encourage your child to take part in this fantastic appeal. St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning All parents, family and friends are invited to All Souls St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning on Tue 17th March. You will be treated to performances by the Delaney’s Angels; our house band, our school choir, Malcom Evans & Y6 Ukulele players & Mary McHugh’s Irish dancers. Teas, coffees, Irish coffees and cakes are all avaliable, plus there will be an auction and raffle. Entrance fee is £2.50 which includes a tea/coffee & a cake. Doors open at 9:30am. Children can come to school in green non-uniform (t-shirts, hairbands, socks etc) on this day with a donation of £1. All money raised on St Patrick’s Day will go to School Fund. Donations We are looking for lots of donations of bottles and unwanted gifts for the raffle, cakes to sell and auction prizes such as tickets for events, free beauty treatments etc. All donations would be hugely appreciated. Please bring donations to the school office. Y1 Class Assembly Well done to Y1 children who gave a fabulous performance this morning. Their assembly focussed on Mother’s Day, where the children showcased portraits of their mums, a poem dedicated to their mums and explained why they love their mums so much!
Fire Brigade Visit White Watch firefighters from West Midlands Fire Service will be visiting Y4 to discuss fire safety on Wed 18th March. MFL Day Y4 children will be heading to Bishop Ullathorne on Thurs 19th March for a Modern Foreign Languages Day. A letter has been sent home to parents today; please complete the slip & consent forms as soon as possible. Uniform Order The next uniform order will be made on Fri 27th March. Parents may want to start to order summer uniform (polo shirts) ready for the summer term. Winter Night Shelter Thank you for your generosity so far. The Winter Night Shelter for the homeless is coming to an end this month. We would like to give one last substantial donation of packets of food, biscuits, tea and coffee to supply for the last couple of weeks. Any donations are to be brought to the office. Bonus Ball No winners this week. Payment is now owed for the next 10 weeks. Please send £10.00 to the school office.
Sports Fixtures Results – Our netballers have had a very successful week. The team won 9-0 vs Corpus Christi in a cup game, with Grace Brennan chosen as Player of the Match. They then took part in the finals of the High 5 tournament where they played 3 games, winning 12-0, 12-0 and drawing 3-3. In the final, All Souls and Christ the King played a brilliant game with All Souls winning 5-3; Ciaran Allsopp was picked as Player of the Match. All Souls are now Coventry West Champions and will play in the County Finals. Tue 17th March – We are very excited that our netball team will play in the County Finals of High 5 at the Xcel Centre, 9am. Sat 21st March – A team will be picked to take part in a cross country event at 9am at Keresley Grange. Easter Camp Mr Youson is running Easter Camp from Tue 7th April – Friday 17th April. From 9.30am – 3.30pm, children will be able to take part in sports activities, arts & crafts, ICT and more plus there is the option of Breakfast Club from 8.30am. Leaflets are avaliable in the office. Please secure your child’s place with payment as soon as possible as Mr Youson will be advertising the camp to other schools very soon. PTA Our next meeting will take place on Tues 24th March, 6.30pm in the Holyhead Pub. Mothering Sunday Gifts Children have been wrapping their Mother’s Day gifts today, ready to surprise their Mums on Sunday! Easter Bonnet Parade Please join us in celebrating the end of term on Thurs 2nd April from 9am – 10.30am in the school hall. Children can enter the Easter Bonnet Competition and there will be Easter Egg prizes for the winners. Tea, coffee and cakes will be available and there will also be an Easter Raffle and Tombola. Hope to see you there! Thank you to Premier Boarding Kennels for kindly donating the Easter Bonnet Competition prizes. Dates for Diary Fri 15th May – PTA Race Night
Attendance Year group attendance for the week beginning Monday 2nd March. Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
97.33%
100%
100%
96.90%
95.86%
96%
96.67%
Whole school attendance: 97.56%
Overall school attendance since Sep 2014: 96.15%
Next Week… th
12pm – 12:45pm 12:30pm – 1pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:15pm – 4:30pm 3:15pm – 4:30pm
Y2 – 6 Y3 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y2 Y3 & 4
Basketball Club Gardening Club Recorder Club Football Club Cookery Club Art Club
th
8am – 8:45am 9am – 12pm 9:30am – 11:30am 1pm – 1:30pm 3:15pm – 4.15pm
YR – 6 Netballers All Y4 Y5 & 6
Running Club High 5 County Finals St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning Swimming Lesson Street Dance Club
th
12pm – 12:30pm 12:30pm – 1pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm
Y1 & 2 Y3 – 6 Y3 – 6 Y3 – 6
Disco Dance Club Ballroom & Latin Cards Club Tennis Club
8am – 8:45am 9am – 3pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Y5 & 6 Y4 Y2 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y3 & 4
Badminton Club MFL at Bishop Ullathorne Choir 3D Design Club Netball Club CCFC Football Club
12pm – 12:45pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 3:45pm
Y1 – 6 School Council Street Dancers
Multisport Meeting Extra Rehearsal
9am – 10:30am
CC Team
Relay Cross Country
Mon 16 March
Tues 17 March
Wed 18 March
th
Thu 19 March
th
Fri 20 March
st
Sat 21 March
Thank you for your continuing support.
Caroline Quinn, Headteacher
Class Mass
Y3 & 4 have been busy rehearsing for their Easter Play and are very excited to perform the play to parents, family and the staff and children of All Souls. There will be a dress rehearsal on Tue 24th March which will be watched by staff and children. Parents, family and friends are invited to come and watch the performances on Thurs 26th March, 1.30pm or the evening performance on the same day at 6.30pm. Children should arrive at school at 6pm. Please make sure your child attends both performances.
Y1, 2 & 3 classes will be going to church for their class mass on Wed 25th March, 9.15am. Parents are welcome to attend the mass also.
A letter is being sent home today. Y6 Debating Team A huge congratulations to our Y6 debating team, made up of Jordan Chatland, Ben Jones & Michael Zita for coming 2nd in the Coventry Primary School Debating Competition. It was a very close call and the children should be very proud of themselves. We must also thank Ben Shaw for acting as a reserve for the team, Ciaran Allsopp, Orla O’Shea & Roisin Gaffney for acting as the ‘opposition’ in practice for the final, and Mrs Elkins for supporting the team throughout the competition. Clubs There will be no Drama Club on Monday as staff will be setting up the hall for St Patrick’s Day.
Good Shepherd Appeal To support Father Hudson’s Society, All Souls are taking part in the Good Shepherd Appeal 2015. This is our way of helping those in need in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Good Shepherd Appeal boxes were sent home last week. The children should save any money during Lent they would usually spend on sweets and other treats, by putting the money in their box. This money will go towards social care services such as Fostering and Adoption Support Services and Schools Family Support Projects among others. Children can bring their boxes into school to empty them so that they can continue to save money during Lent. Please encourage your child to take part in this fantastic appeal. St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning All parents, family and friends are invited to All Souls St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning on Tue 17th March. You will be treated to performances by the Delaney’s Angels; our house band, our school choir, Malcom Evans & Y6 Ukulele players & Mary McHugh’s Irish dancers. Teas, coffees, Irish coffees and cakes are all avaliable, plus there will be an auction and raffle. Entrance fee is £2.50 which includes a tea/coffee & a cake. Doors open at 9:30am. Children can come to school in green non-uniform (t-shirts, hairbands, socks etc) on this day with a donation of £1. All money raised on St Patrick’s Day will go to School Fund. Donations We are looking for lots of donations of bottles and unwanted gifts for the raffle, cakes to sell and auction prizes such as tickets for events, free beauty treatments etc. All donations would be hugely appreciated. Please bring donations to the school office. Y1 Class Assembly Well done to Y1 children who gave a fabulous performance this morning. Their assembly focussed on Mother’s Day, where the children showcased portraits of their mums, a poem dedicated to their mums and explained why they love their mums so much!
Fire Brigade Visit White Watch firefighters from West Midlands Fire Service will be visiting Y4 to discuss fire safety on Wed 18th March. MFL Day Y4 children will be heading to Bishop Ullathorne on Thurs 19th March for a Modern Foreign Languages Day. A letter has been sent home to parents today; please complete the slip & consent forms as soon as possible. Uniform Order The next uniform order will be made on Fri 27th March. Parents may want to start to order summer uniform (polo shirts) ready for the summer term. Winter Night Shelter Thank you for your generosity so far. The Winter Night Shelter for the homeless is coming to an end this month. We would like to give one last substantial donation of packets of food, biscuits, tea and coffee to supply for the last couple of weeks. Any donations are to be brought to the office. Bonus Ball No winners this week. Payment is now owed for the next 10 weeks. Please send £10.00 to the school office.
Sports Fixtures Results – Our netballers have had a very successful week. The team won 9-0 vs Corpus Christi in a cup game, with Grace Brennan chosen as Player of the Match. They then took part in the finals of the High 5 tournament where they played 3 games, winning 12-0, 12-0 and drawing 3-3. In the final, All Souls and Christ the King played a brilliant game with All Souls winning 5-3; Ciaran Allsopp was picked as Player of the Match. All Souls are now Coventry West Champions and will play in the County Finals. Tue 17th March – We are very excited that our netball team will play in the County Finals of High 5 at the Xcel Centre, 9am. Sat 21st March – A team will be picked to take part in a cross country event at 9am at Keresley Grange. Easter Camp Mr Youson is running Easter Camp from Tue 7th April – Friday 17th April. From 9.30am – 3.30pm, children will be able to take part in sports activities, arts & crafts, ICT and more plus there is the option of Breakfast Club from 8.30am. Leaflets are avaliable in the office. Please secure your child’s place with payment as soon as possible as Mr Youson will be advertising the camp to other schools very soon. PTA Our next meeting will take place on Tues 24th March, 6.30pm in the Holyhead Pub. Mothering Sunday Gifts Children have been wrapping their Mother’s Day gifts today, ready to surprise their Mums on Sunday! Easter Bonnet Parade Please join us in celebrating the end of term on Thurs 2nd April from 9am – 10.30am in the school hall. Children can enter the Easter Bonnet Competition and there will be Easter Egg prizes for the winners. Tea, coffee and cakes will be available and there will also be an Easter Raffle and Tombola. Hope to see you there! Thank you to Premier Boarding Kennels for kindly donating the Easter Bonnet Competition prizes. Dates for Diary Fri 15th May – PTA Race Night
Attendance Year group attendance for the week beginning Monday 2nd March. Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
97.33%
100%
100%
96.90%
95.86%
96%
96.67%
Whole school attendance: 97.56%
Overall school attendance since Sep 2014: 96.15%
Next Week… th
12pm – 12:45pm 12:30pm – 1pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:15pm – 4:30pm 3:15pm – 4:30pm
Y2 – 6 Y3 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y2 Y3 & 4
Basketball Club Gardening Club Recorder Club Football Club Cookery Club Art Club
th
8am – 8:45am 9am – 12pm 9:30am – 11:30am 1pm – 1:30pm 3:15pm – 4.15pm
YR – 6 Netballers All Y4 Y5 & 6
Running Club High 5 County Finals St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning Swimming Lesson Street Dance Club
th
12pm – 12:30pm 12:30pm – 1pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm
Y1 & 2 Y3 – 6 Y3 – 6 Y3 – 6
Disco Dance Club Ballroom & Latin Cards Club Tennis Club
8am – 8:45am 9am – 3pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:15pm – 4:15pm 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Y5 & 6 Y4 Y2 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y3 & 4
Badminton Club MFL at Bishop Ullathorne Choir 3D Design Club Netball Club CCFC Football Club
12pm – 12:45pm 12:30pm – 1pm 3:15pm – 3:45pm
Y1 – 6 School Council Street Dancers
Multisport Meeting Extra Rehearsal
9am – 10:30am
CC Team
Relay Cross Country
Mon 16 March
Tues 17 March
Wed 18 March
th
Thu 19 March
th
Fri 20 March
st
Sat 21 March
Thank you for your continuing support.
Caroline Quinn, Headteacher
