All Souls' School Newsletter
All Souls’ School Newsletter “Christ is our Light” Y1 & 2 Class Mass Y1 & 2 Class Mass will be taking place on Tue 18th March, 9.15am. Parents are more than welcome to attend also.
W/e 14th March 2014
Good Shepherd Appeal 2014 Children can bring their boxes into school to empty them so that they can continue to save money during Lent. Thank you to the children who have already emptied their boxes this week. Please encourage your child to take part in this fantastic appeal.
Stations of the Cross
IMPORTANT
As part of their Lenten preparation, children will be visiting church during class time on Fri 21st March to follow the Stations of the Cross, led by Father Michael.
Food for Thought
Dinner Money After Easter, our catering is being taken over by AIP, a company who specialise in education catering. With this change, we ask if all dinners up to Easter could be paid for by 31st March. I understand that this is a big ask for some but it would be greatly appreciated. As of 1st April we will no longer be accepting cheques as payment for dinners, so please pay by cash from the above date. More information on our new caterers & payment systems, will be available to you shortly. Bracelet Sale On Weds, Joshua Y3 held another bracelet sale to raise money for Help Harry Help Others. He made the bracelets himself and then sold them after school, raising a fantastic £61.75p. We are very proud of Joshua for all his hard work and dedication to this charity.
The Food for Thought project has been running in school for three years now. With the help of the Big Lottery Fund, we achieved a fantastic amount in such a short space of time. We have built some gardens from scratch, and added to others with polytunnels, chickens and sheds. We have grown an abundance of vegetables and the children have had a lot of fun, with plenty of learning thrown in. Now, as the lottery funding comes to an end, we are entering a new stage of the project. We are talking to businesses in the local community, hoping to raise some additional funding in order to continue to run the gardening clubs and maintain the plots. If you know of any business that might be willing to help, please get in touch with [email protected] or click here for more information http://growcoventry.com/2013/12/13/when-the-moneyruns-out/ St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning On Mon 17th March, 9am – 11.30am, we will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day by holding our annual coffee morning. Entry is £2.50 which includes a coffee and a cake. Entertainment will be provided by Irish dancers, the choir and All Souls very own band. There will be a raffle so make sure you purchase a raffle ticket or two. We are looking for donations of raffle prizes and cakes so please bring any donations to the office. Children can come to school in non-uniform this day by wearing green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Think green t-shirts and football shirts, green socks, green ribbons. Instead of paying money to wear non – uniform, children are encouraged to donate cakes instead. Parents’ Evening Thank you all parents that attended this week’s Parents’ Evening. It is important that we work together to support your child.
Club Cancellation There will be no Netball Club on Thurs 20th March as some of the team will be playing a game.
Y4 Languages Day Y4 will be going to Bishop Ullathorne on Thurs 20th March to take part in Languages Day together with the other schools in our Unity Cluster (feeder schools to BU). Year 1 Class Assembly Year 1 will be holding their class assembly on Fri 28th March, 9.15am. The children will be celebrating Mother’s Day. Parents are very welcome to come and watch their children. Drinks in School A reminder that children should only be bringing bottles of water into school. Children should not have juice in their bottles.
PTA Family Quiz Night Family Quiz Night is taking place on Fri 21st March, 7pm in the school hall. There are 2 tickets left. For all of those families who have tickets for the Family Quiz Night, please complete your food and drink order form as soon as possible and return it to the school office. Please be aware you will not be able to bring your own food/drink to the quiz night. Sport Fixtures Football – On Wed, our footballers played against St Anne’s winning 3-2. Their next game is on Tue 25th March, 3.30pm away versus St Mary & St Benedict. Netball – A huge well done to our netball team for winning the High 5 tournament. They will be representing West Coventry in the next round of the competition. They played St Osburgs on Thurs and won 11-5 in a fantastic match. All played brilliantly especially Annie and Grace Y5 . Netballers have a cup game against St Osburgs at home on Tue 18th March, 3.30pm plus their final league game versus Christ The King at home on Thurs 20th March, 3.30pm. Cross Country – Our runners will be going to Keresley Grange for a cross country relay on Sat 22nd March, 10am. Netball & Football Rally – On Sat 29th March, 9.30am our Netballers and Footballers will taking part in a rally against other Catholic Primary schools. This is an important event so please make sure you come and support our teams. Please do your best to attend these games to support our teams.
Thank You Y5 Miss Prior would like to say a big thank you to Y5 parents for the lovely flowers and gifts they sent to her recently. They really cheered her up. Class Trips Y3 – Letters have now been sent home to Y3 pupils about their trip to West Midlands Safari Park on Tues 25th March. Please make sure you pay the £23.50 cost of the trip by Mon 24th March.
Coventry ½ Marathon Congratulations to all children and staff who have completed their 12 miles towards the Coventry ½ Marathon. A letter will be sent home shortly with details of where the children will need to meet on the day of the Coventry ½ Marathon. A reminder that the race takes place on Sun 23rd March. World Book Day Author and illustrator Alex T Smith visited All Souls on Wed as part of the World Book Day tour. He launched his latest books this week – Hector and The Big Bad Knight (inspired by Hector Y4) and Foxy Tales. These are available to buy in Waterstones. A reporter from the Coventry Evening Telegraph also popped in to All Souls to interview Alex and Hector and took photos of the pair so keep a look out in the schools section of the Coventry Evening Telegraph for this report.
Bonus Ball
Journey in Faith Course For all who are interested in learning about the Faith, this course takes place every Wednesday 7.30pm in the Parish Room. Please come along on 19th March when the focus will be “God’s greatest gift.”
Nikki Potter is the Bonus Ball winner this week.
Attendance Year group attendance for the week beginning Mon 3rd March. Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
95.33%
95.33%
94%
91.03%
94.67%
95.33%
95.67%
Whole school attendance: 94.50%
Overall school attendance since Sep 2013: 96.35%
Next week… th
All Y4 – 6 Y2 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y3 & 4
9.00 – 11.30am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.25 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.15pm 3.15 – 4.15pm
St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning Basketball Club Gardening Club Recorder Club Street Dance Club Football Club
th
Y1 & 2 Y2 – 4 Y1 & 2 Y4 Netballers
9.15 – 10.15am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.15 – 12.45pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.30 – 4.30pm
Class Mass Basketball Club Art Play Club Knitting Club Cup Game vs St Osburgs
th
YR & 1 YR – 6 Y 3- 6 Y2 – 6 Y3 – 6
12.00 – 12.30pm 12.10 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.15pm
Dance Club Homework Club Cards Club Dance Club Tennis Club
Y4 Y2 – 6 5&6 Y3 & 4 Y5 & 6 Netball Team
9.30 – 2.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.30pm 3.15 – 4.30pm 3.15 – 4.45pm 3.30 – 4.30pm
Languages Day at BU Choir Cookery Club Computer Club Art Club League Games vs Christ The King
Y1 - 6 Y1 – 6 Y2 – 6 Y3 & 4 All
9.30 – 10.30am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.25 – 1.00pm 3.30 – 4.30pm 7.00 – 9.00pm
Stations of the Cross Multisport Gardening Club All Sports Club PTA Family Quiz Night
Sat 22 March
nd
CC Runners
10.00 – 11.00am
Cross Country Race
rd
M Runners
8.30 – 10.00am
Coventry ½ Marathon
Mon 17 March
Tues 18 March
Wed 19 March
th
Thurs 20 March
st
Fri 21 March
Sun 23 March
Thank you for your continuing support.
Caroline Quinn, Headteacher
W/e 14th March 2014
Good Shepherd Appeal 2014 Children can bring their boxes into school to empty them so that they can continue to save money during Lent. Thank you to the children who have already emptied their boxes this week. Please encourage your child to take part in this fantastic appeal.
Stations of the Cross
IMPORTANT
As part of their Lenten preparation, children will be visiting church during class time on Fri 21st March to follow the Stations of the Cross, led by Father Michael.
Food for Thought
Dinner Money After Easter, our catering is being taken over by AIP, a company who specialise in education catering. With this change, we ask if all dinners up to Easter could be paid for by 31st March. I understand that this is a big ask for some but it would be greatly appreciated. As of 1st April we will no longer be accepting cheques as payment for dinners, so please pay by cash from the above date. More information on our new caterers & payment systems, will be available to you shortly. Bracelet Sale On Weds, Joshua Y3 held another bracelet sale to raise money for Help Harry Help Others. He made the bracelets himself and then sold them after school, raising a fantastic £61.75p. We are very proud of Joshua for all his hard work and dedication to this charity.
The Food for Thought project has been running in school for three years now. With the help of the Big Lottery Fund, we achieved a fantastic amount in such a short space of time. We have built some gardens from scratch, and added to others with polytunnels, chickens and sheds. We have grown an abundance of vegetables and the children have had a lot of fun, with plenty of learning thrown in. Now, as the lottery funding comes to an end, we are entering a new stage of the project. We are talking to businesses in the local community, hoping to raise some additional funding in order to continue to run the gardening clubs and maintain the plots. If you know of any business that might be willing to help, please get in touch with [email protected] or click here for more information http://growcoventry.com/2013/12/13/when-the-moneyruns-out/ St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning On Mon 17th March, 9am – 11.30am, we will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day by holding our annual coffee morning. Entry is £2.50 which includes a coffee and a cake. Entertainment will be provided by Irish dancers, the choir and All Souls very own band. There will be a raffle so make sure you purchase a raffle ticket or two. We are looking for donations of raffle prizes and cakes so please bring any donations to the office. Children can come to school in non-uniform this day by wearing green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Think green t-shirts and football shirts, green socks, green ribbons. Instead of paying money to wear non – uniform, children are encouraged to donate cakes instead. Parents’ Evening Thank you all parents that attended this week’s Parents’ Evening. It is important that we work together to support your child.
Club Cancellation There will be no Netball Club on Thurs 20th March as some of the team will be playing a game.
Y4 Languages Day Y4 will be going to Bishop Ullathorne on Thurs 20th March to take part in Languages Day together with the other schools in our Unity Cluster (feeder schools to BU). Year 1 Class Assembly Year 1 will be holding their class assembly on Fri 28th March, 9.15am. The children will be celebrating Mother’s Day. Parents are very welcome to come and watch their children. Drinks in School A reminder that children should only be bringing bottles of water into school. Children should not have juice in their bottles.
PTA Family Quiz Night Family Quiz Night is taking place on Fri 21st March, 7pm in the school hall. There are 2 tickets left. For all of those families who have tickets for the Family Quiz Night, please complete your food and drink order form as soon as possible and return it to the school office. Please be aware you will not be able to bring your own food/drink to the quiz night. Sport Fixtures Football – On Wed, our footballers played against St Anne’s winning 3-2. Their next game is on Tue 25th March, 3.30pm away versus St Mary & St Benedict. Netball – A huge well done to our netball team for winning the High 5 tournament. They will be representing West Coventry in the next round of the competition. They played St Osburgs on Thurs and won 11-5 in a fantastic match. All played brilliantly especially Annie and Grace Y5 . Netballers have a cup game against St Osburgs at home on Tue 18th March, 3.30pm plus their final league game versus Christ The King at home on Thurs 20th March, 3.30pm. Cross Country – Our runners will be going to Keresley Grange for a cross country relay on Sat 22nd March, 10am. Netball & Football Rally – On Sat 29th March, 9.30am our Netballers and Footballers will taking part in a rally against other Catholic Primary schools. This is an important event so please make sure you come and support our teams. Please do your best to attend these games to support our teams.
Thank You Y5 Miss Prior would like to say a big thank you to Y5 parents for the lovely flowers and gifts they sent to her recently. They really cheered her up. Class Trips Y3 – Letters have now been sent home to Y3 pupils about their trip to West Midlands Safari Park on Tues 25th March. Please make sure you pay the £23.50 cost of the trip by Mon 24th March.
Coventry ½ Marathon Congratulations to all children and staff who have completed their 12 miles towards the Coventry ½ Marathon. A letter will be sent home shortly with details of where the children will need to meet on the day of the Coventry ½ Marathon. A reminder that the race takes place on Sun 23rd March. World Book Day Author and illustrator Alex T Smith visited All Souls on Wed as part of the World Book Day tour. He launched his latest books this week – Hector and The Big Bad Knight (inspired by Hector Y4) and Foxy Tales. These are available to buy in Waterstones. A reporter from the Coventry Evening Telegraph also popped in to All Souls to interview Alex and Hector and took photos of the pair so keep a look out in the schools section of the Coventry Evening Telegraph for this report.
Bonus Ball
Journey in Faith Course For all who are interested in learning about the Faith, this course takes place every Wednesday 7.30pm in the Parish Room. Please come along on 19th March when the focus will be “God’s greatest gift.”
Nikki Potter is the Bonus Ball winner this week.
Attendance Year group attendance for the week beginning Mon 3rd March. Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
95.33%
95.33%
94%
91.03%
94.67%
95.33%
95.67%
Whole school attendance: 94.50%
Overall school attendance since Sep 2013: 96.35%
Next week… th
All Y4 – 6 Y2 – 6 Y4 – 6 Y5 & 6 Y3 & 4
9.00 – 11.30am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.25 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.15pm 3.15 – 4.15pm
St Patrick’s Day Coffee Morning Basketball Club Gardening Club Recorder Club Street Dance Club Football Club
th
Y1 & 2 Y2 – 4 Y1 & 2 Y4 Netballers
9.15 – 10.15am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.15 – 12.45pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.30 – 4.30pm
Class Mass Basketball Club Art Play Club Knitting Club Cup Game vs St Osburgs
th
YR & 1 YR – 6 Y 3- 6 Y2 – 6 Y3 – 6
12.00 – 12.30pm 12.10 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.15pm
Dance Club Homework Club Cards Club Dance Club Tennis Club
Y4 Y2 – 6 5&6 Y3 & 4 Y5 & 6 Netball Team
9.30 – 2.00pm 12.30 – 1.00pm 3.15 – 4.30pm 3.15 – 4.30pm 3.15 – 4.45pm 3.30 – 4.30pm
Languages Day at BU Choir Cookery Club Computer Club Art Club League Games vs Christ The King
Y1 - 6 Y1 – 6 Y2 – 6 Y3 & 4 All
9.30 – 10.30am 12.00 – 12.45pm 12.25 – 1.00pm 3.30 – 4.30pm 7.00 – 9.00pm
Stations of the Cross Multisport Gardening Club All Sports Club PTA Family Quiz Night
Sat 22 March
nd
CC Runners
10.00 – 11.00am
Cross Country Race
rd
M Runners
8.30 – 10.00am
Coventry ½ Marathon
Mon 17 March
Tues 18 March
Wed 19 March
th
Thurs 20 March
st
Fri 21 March
Sun 23 March
Thank you for your continuing support.
Caroline Quinn, Headteacher
