26 January 2018
26 January 2018 Bulletin Number: 18
ST. MATTHEW’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRUDHOE ST THOMAS MORE PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS (07900532) Together we… Pray, Play, Work, Learn and Grow
Next Week will be
WEEK 1
Tel: 01661 835484 / Email: [email protected] / Website: www.stmatthewsprudhoe.org Congratulations to Class’ 1 and 5 for having the highest % this week! This week our overall attendance was 98.62%! Please ensure you make every effort to ensure your child gets to school every day to help us achieve our target Class Reception Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Attendance 99.41% 100% 97.5% 96.8% 98% 100% Poor punctuality means your child misses valuable learning time and that lessons are disrupted for all other pupils. Please make sure that your children are in the yard by 8.45am every day.
Dear Parents, Grandparents & Parishioners, Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our uniform vote/survey, we had a reply from 89% of our families which is a fantastic response! I am delighted to announce that 85% voted YES to the proposed new uniform which will be introduced from September (if anyone would like to see a full breakdown of the feedback this can be requested from the office). What this means for you: Our uniform working group (made up of Governors, myself and our MAT School Business Manager) will work with SALTO to make the final arrangements for the new uniform, as we want to ensure that it is affordable, hardwearing and comfortable and is done in the easiest way for parents. I have really enjoyed discussing the fabrics and washing and ironing combinations that parents go through to present the perfect turned out child each week which is not easy. Every parental comment/request will be taken into account. All children will be expected to wear the new uniform from September 2018. The school is going to go through lots of changes in the coming years, but what will definitely not change is our focus on working relentlessly to provide an excellent education for every child. The new uniform will be available to order/buy from April (or hopefully sooner!). I am also delighted that SALTO will continue to be our supplier as this will best serve our school community not just from an online facility but a local store. In other news, it has been another good week to report at St. Matthew’s. Thankfully the weather has taken a turn for the better and we are back to some good building weather and the extensions are both once again making progress. The children thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Burns Day on Thursday with Scotch Broth, a traditional “haggis, neeps & tatties” lunch followed by Cranachan. They can’t wait for National Yorkshire Pudding Day next week!
NEWS Weekly Community Liturgy: Our ‘Statement to Live By’ for week commencing 22nd January 2018 will be ‘I Know We Are Happiest When We Are United’. Our Community Liturgy is held every Monday at 8.50am and all are welcome. Weekly Cake Raffle: Congratulations to Hannah E (Class 2) who won the cake raffle today. ‘Thank You’ for your continued support. Chinese New Year: On the Thursday 8 February we are celebrating the Chinese New Year and have invited Parents/Carers of Children in Class 4 to ‘Come Dine with Us’. Mini Vinnies Cake Sale: On Friday 2 February at 2.15pm our Mini Vinnies are holding a Tea & Coffee Afternoon in support of the Youth Ministry Team which is part of the Newcastle & Hexham Diocese. There will be a cake sale with funds also going to the Youth Ministry Team. Cake donations for the sale are to be brought into school on the Friday morning. ‘Thank You’ in advance for your support. Parents, Carers & Parishioners are ALL welcome. Who are the Mini Vinnies? See - Think - Do! The Society of St Vincent de Paul has been engaging with young people and education since its earliest days. ‘Mini Vinnies' are children aged between 7 to 11 who, with the permission of their parents and the support of their Schools, are encouraged to embark on their first steps as possible 'Vincentians for life'. As Mini Vinnies, the youngsters have their own 'treasured' Prayer, Pledge and Badge, a dedicated website and a range of bright and colourful documents which guide them in their formative steps - helping and enabling them to become in every sense, young Vincentians - or 'Mini Vinnies'.
MEMOS AND REMINDERS Impetigo: We have had a case of Impetigo in school this week. Impetigo is a skin infection that’s very contagious but not usually serious. It often gets better in 7 to 10 days if you get treatment. Anyone can get it, but it’s very common in young children. The infection starts with red sores or blisters. They quickly burst and leave crusty, golden-brown patches. These can: look a bit like cornflakes stuck to your skin; get bigger; spread to other parts of your body be itchy; sometimes be painful. It can spread to anyone who touches infected skin or items that have been touched by infected skin (such as clothing, towels, and bed linens). It can be itchy, so kids also can spread the infection when they scratch it and then touch other parts of their body. Please call the doctor if any of your children have signs of impetigo, especially if they’ve been around a family member or classmate with the infection. Any infected children must stay off school for 48 hours after starting antibiotics or, if you don’t get treatment, until the patches dry out and crust over. For more information go to: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/impetigo/ Wraparound Care Fees: Just a reminder that our fees have changed - from January 2018 parents will be charged the following prices for Breakfast Club and After School Club:
Breakfast Club - £4.00 (£3.00 for siblings when they attend on the same day) After School Club (1 Hour Session, 3 - 4pm) - £4.00 (£3.00 for each sibling when attending together) After School Club (Full Night, when the session goes past 4pm) - £8.00 (£6.50 for each sibling when attending together) Upcoming Bistro Events: All menus are available on our school website under : Parents > School Meals > Menu. If your child normally brings a packed lunch and would like to join us for a hot meal on any of the below dates, simply contact the school office. National Yorkshire Pudding Day – Monday 5 February 2018 - Children only. A celebration of National Yorkshire Pudding day. Come Dine with Class 4 – Thursday 8 February 2018. Parents/Carers are invited to join Class 4 for lunch to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Weekly Assembly Awards Reception : Cruz – for good listening, looking & sitting Class 1 : Robson – for never giving up Class 3 : Maddy – for working well and trying hard Class 4 : Louis – for excellent progress in English Class 5 : Zuzanna – for super Science
“Happy Birthday” : Many Happy Returns to – Stan – Class 2 : 23.1.2011
Matthew K – Class 2 : 25.1.2011
Erin – Class 3 : 28.1.2010 In our Prayers - Prayer booklet: If there is anyone you would like us to pray for in our school community please drop comments into the prayer box or email the school office and we will remember those intentions in our prayers. FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND KEY DATES 2nd February – 8.50am Class 4 Assembly 5th February - National Yorkshire Pudding Lunch. (See website for details.) 8th February – Chinese New Year lunch. (See ParentPay for further details) 9th February – 8.50am Class 3 Assembly 9th February - School closes 3pm for spring half term 19th February - School re-opens. 7.30am - Breakfast Club 8.40am – School 23rd February - 8.50am – Class 2 Assembly 26th February – Fairtrade Fortnight 1st March – World Book Day 6th March – Whole School B-Outdoors Day 9th March – 8.50am – Class 5 Assembly. Science Day in School 19th March - Assessment Week 19th March – Parents Evening 20th March – Parents Evening 22nd March - World Water Day 23rd March - Sports Relief Day 25th March – British Summertime begins
SCHOOL CLOSES ON THURSDAY 29 MARCH AT 3PM FOR EASTER AND REOPENS ON MONDAY 16 APRIL 2018. 7.30am - Breakfast Club and 8.40am – School
FRIDAY CAKE RAFFLE ROTA 2nd February Catherine (Connie) 9th February Rachel (Brandon) 23rd February Suzanne (Peter) 2nd March Claire (Phoebe & Matilda) 9th March Melanie (Millie) 16th March Pam (Maisie) 23rd March Claire (Lucy & Matthew) THURSDAY 29th March - Karen (Henry & William) 20th April John (Bobbie-Leigh) 27th April Rosslyn (Eva) 4th May Cristina (Joshua & Sam) 11th May Zhara (Montana) 18th May Michelle (Matthew, Oliver & Eve) THURSDAY 24th May - Alison (Freddie) 8th June Joanne (Matthew) 15th June Ahrozo (Mia) 22nd June Debbi (Rio) 29th June Steph (Ava & Isabelle) 6th July Izabela (Daniel & Zuzia)
God Bless. Father Michael, Mrs. Pye, all the Staff and Governors at St. Matthew’s Catholic Primary
ST. MATTHEW’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRUDHOE ST THOMAS MORE PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS (07900532) Together we… Pray, Play, Work, Learn and Grow
Next Week will be
WEEK 1
Tel: 01661 835484 / Email: [email protected] / Website: www.stmatthewsprudhoe.org Congratulations to Class’ 1 and 5 for having the highest % this week! This week our overall attendance was 98.62%! Please ensure you make every effort to ensure your child gets to school every day to help us achieve our target Class Reception Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Attendance 99.41% 100% 97.5% 96.8% 98% 100% Poor punctuality means your child misses valuable learning time and that lessons are disrupted for all other pupils. Please make sure that your children are in the yard by 8.45am every day.
Dear Parents, Grandparents & Parishioners, Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our uniform vote/survey, we had a reply from 89% of our families which is a fantastic response! I am delighted to announce that 85% voted YES to the proposed new uniform which will be introduced from September (if anyone would like to see a full breakdown of the feedback this can be requested from the office). What this means for you: Our uniform working group (made up of Governors, myself and our MAT School Business Manager) will work with SALTO to make the final arrangements for the new uniform, as we want to ensure that it is affordable, hardwearing and comfortable and is done in the easiest way for parents. I have really enjoyed discussing the fabrics and washing and ironing combinations that parents go through to present the perfect turned out child each week which is not easy. Every parental comment/request will be taken into account. All children will be expected to wear the new uniform from September 2018. The school is going to go through lots of changes in the coming years, but what will definitely not change is our focus on working relentlessly to provide an excellent education for every child. The new uniform will be available to order/buy from April (or hopefully sooner!). I am also delighted that SALTO will continue to be our supplier as this will best serve our school community not just from an online facility but a local store. In other news, it has been another good week to report at St. Matthew’s. Thankfully the weather has taken a turn for the better and we are back to some good building weather and the extensions are both once again making progress. The children thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Burns Day on Thursday with Scotch Broth, a traditional “haggis, neeps & tatties” lunch followed by Cranachan. They can’t wait for National Yorkshire Pudding Day next week!
NEWS Weekly Community Liturgy: Our ‘Statement to Live By’ for week commencing 22nd January 2018 will be ‘I Know We Are Happiest When We Are United’. Our Community Liturgy is held every Monday at 8.50am and all are welcome. Weekly Cake Raffle: Congratulations to Hannah E (Class 2) who won the cake raffle today. ‘Thank You’ for your continued support. Chinese New Year: On the Thursday 8 February we are celebrating the Chinese New Year and have invited Parents/Carers of Children in Class 4 to ‘Come Dine with Us’. Mini Vinnies Cake Sale: On Friday 2 February at 2.15pm our Mini Vinnies are holding a Tea & Coffee Afternoon in support of the Youth Ministry Team which is part of the Newcastle & Hexham Diocese. There will be a cake sale with funds also going to the Youth Ministry Team. Cake donations for the sale are to be brought into school on the Friday morning. ‘Thank You’ in advance for your support. Parents, Carers & Parishioners are ALL welcome. Who are the Mini Vinnies? See - Think - Do! The Society of St Vincent de Paul has been engaging with young people and education since its earliest days. ‘Mini Vinnies' are children aged between 7 to 11 who, with the permission of their parents and the support of their Schools, are encouraged to embark on their first steps as possible 'Vincentians for life'. As Mini Vinnies, the youngsters have their own 'treasured' Prayer, Pledge and Badge, a dedicated website and a range of bright and colourful documents which guide them in their formative steps - helping and enabling them to become in every sense, young Vincentians - or 'Mini Vinnies'.
MEMOS AND REMINDERS Impetigo: We have had a case of Impetigo in school this week. Impetigo is a skin infection that’s very contagious but not usually serious. It often gets better in 7 to 10 days if you get treatment. Anyone can get it, but it’s very common in young children. The infection starts with red sores or blisters. They quickly burst and leave crusty, golden-brown patches. These can: look a bit like cornflakes stuck to your skin; get bigger; spread to other parts of your body be itchy; sometimes be painful. It can spread to anyone who touches infected skin or items that have been touched by infected skin (such as clothing, towels, and bed linens). It can be itchy, so kids also can spread the infection when they scratch it and then touch other parts of their body. Please call the doctor if any of your children have signs of impetigo, especially if they’ve been around a family member or classmate with the infection. Any infected children must stay off school for 48 hours after starting antibiotics or, if you don’t get treatment, until the patches dry out and crust over. For more information go to: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/impetigo/ Wraparound Care Fees: Just a reminder that our fees have changed - from January 2018 parents will be charged the following prices for Breakfast Club and After School Club:
Breakfast Club - £4.00 (£3.00 for siblings when they attend on the same day) After School Club (1 Hour Session, 3 - 4pm) - £4.00 (£3.00 for each sibling when attending together) After School Club (Full Night, when the session goes past 4pm) - £8.00 (£6.50 for each sibling when attending together) Upcoming Bistro Events: All menus are available on our school website under : Parents > School Meals > Menu. If your child normally brings a packed lunch and would like to join us for a hot meal on any of the below dates, simply contact the school office. National Yorkshire Pudding Day – Monday 5 February 2018 - Children only. A celebration of National Yorkshire Pudding day. Come Dine with Class 4 – Thursday 8 February 2018. Parents/Carers are invited to join Class 4 for lunch to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Weekly Assembly Awards Reception : Cruz – for good listening, looking & sitting Class 1 : Robson – for never giving up Class 3 : Maddy – for working well and trying hard Class 4 : Louis – for excellent progress in English Class 5 : Zuzanna – for super Science
“Happy Birthday” : Many Happy Returns to – Stan – Class 2 : 23.1.2011
Matthew K – Class 2 : 25.1.2011
Erin – Class 3 : 28.1.2010 In our Prayers - Prayer booklet: If there is anyone you would like us to pray for in our school community please drop comments into the prayer box or email the school office and we will remember those intentions in our prayers. FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND KEY DATES 2nd February – 8.50am Class 4 Assembly 5th February - National Yorkshire Pudding Lunch. (See website for details.) 8th February – Chinese New Year lunch. (See ParentPay for further details) 9th February – 8.50am Class 3 Assembly 9th February - School closes 3pm for spring half term 19th February - School re-opens. 7.30am - Breakfast Club 8.40am – School 23rd February - 8.50am – Class 2 Assembly 26th February – Fairtrade Fortnight 1st March – World Book Day 6th March – Whole School B-Outdoors Day 9th March – 8.50am – Class 5 Assembly. Science Day in School 19th March - Assessment Week 19th March – Parents Evening 20th March – Parents Evening 22nd March - World Water Day 23rd March - Sports Relief Day 25th March – British Summertime begins
SCHOOL CLOSES ON THURSDAY 29 MARCH AT 3PM FOR EASTER AND REOPENS ON MONDAY 16 APRIL 2018. 7.30am - Breakfast Club and 8.40am – School
FRIDAY CAKE RAFFLE ROTA 2nd February Catherine (Connie) 9th February Rachel (Brandon) 23rd February Suzanne (Peter) 2nd March Claire (Phoebe & Matilda) 9th March Melanie (Millie) 16th March Pam (Maisie) 23rd March Claire (Lucy & Matthew) THURSDAY 29th March - Karen (Henry & William) 20th April John (Bobbie-Leigh) 27th April Rosslyn (Eva) 4th May Cristina (Joshua & Sam) 11th May Zhara (Montana) 18th May Michelle (Matthew, Oliver & Eve) THURSDAY 24th May - Alison (Freddie) 8th June Joanne (Matthew) 15th June Ahrozo (Mia) 22nd June Debbi (Rio) 29th June Steph (Ava & Isabelle) 6th July Izabela (Daniel & Zuzia)
God Bless. Father Michael, Mrs. Pye, all the Staff and Governors at St. Matthew’s Catholic Primary
