9th December 2016
Newsletter Issue 13
9th December 2016 St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EU http://www.stmaryscatholicprimaryipswich.com/
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Admission to Primary School September 2017 Suffolk County Council would like to remind all parents with a child born between 1st September 2012 and 31st August 2013 to complete an application form for full-time admission to primary school before the closing date of 15th January 2017. Pupils are not allocated a school place automatically. All parents/carers must apply for a place, even if your child is already attending a nursery class in an infant or primary school or pre-school next to a school site. It is recommended to apply online at www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissions If you are applying for a place at St Mary’s a SIF (supplementary information form) is required and should be sent direct to St Mary’s by 15th January 2017. The SIF can be found on the Suffolk County Council website or St Mary’s Catholic Primary School website.
Access to playground Our playground is also an outside classroom which is used for our sporting activities. If there is a club or lesson taking place when you arrive at school, could I please ask you to walk around the playing areas. Many thanks. Jill Sandvig
Reptiles visit to school On Monday Year 4 welcomed Mr Price from a local zoo into their class and had great fun learning all about his incredible animals. Children saw and held a royal python, a bearded dragon and a tarantula, as well as many other animals. There was even a (very cute!) meerkat for children to stroke.
Nativity/Christmas plays Well done to all our Nursery and Reception children who performed their nativity plays this week! KS1 Nativity will take place on Tuesday 13th December at 2pm KS2 Christmas Play will take place on Thursday 15th December at 9am and 2.15pm Tickets for these events have been sent home with your child today. Each family has been issued with 2 tickets (KS2 have been issued one ticket for the morning and one for the afternoon performances). No additional tickets will be issued. We would be grateful if you could return any unwanted tickets to the school office. Please feel free to swap tickets/pass tickets to someone if you do not wish to use both of your tickets.
Come and sing for Christmas in St Mary’s Church On Christmas Eve at 5pm in St Mary’s Church we have our Christmas Children’s Mass. A rehearsal for singing at this Mass will take place on Wednesday 14 December at 3.30pm in St Mary’s Church. All children are welcome to come and learn the songs for the Christmas Eve Mass. With thanks and God bless. Fr John
Year 2: Pirates work share celebration On Friday 16th December the Year 2 children will be holding a work share to celebrate all the fantastic work they have produced about pirates. It will start at 9.05am and last approximately 45 minutes. We hope you can join us. The children and adults if they wish can come in to school dressed in pirate costumes.
Sporting Excellence! St Mary’s netball team have been on fire this season! All Year 6 girls who attended have had the opportunity to play, with amazing results! We are very proud of their achievements but above all we are proud of their sportsmanship and friendliness. Netball League St Mary’s vs St Pancras Rose Hill vs St Mary’s St Mary’s vs St Mark’s St Mary’s vs The Willows
20 – 0 2 – 21 18 – 0 25 – 0
Netball Cup St Mary’s vs Broke Hall
32 – 2
Reminders: Christmas Lunch Wednesday 14th December: If you have not ordered a Christmas Lunch for your child/children please remember to send them in with a packed lunch on Wednesday 14th December. Joe Hurd’s Sports clubs: Clubs will recommence week beginning 9th January. Details to follow. Netball Club: Netball Club starts again on Wednesday 1st February Dinner money: School dinners must be paid for in advance either on line via Suffolk County Council or via cash or cheque to the school office. Many thanks
Lost Uniform We have had a few incidents of lost uniform recently. Please can we ask that you check your child’s bag and uniform to make sure they have brought the correct things home. Sometimes clothing does get muddled when they change for PE. Please ensure all items of uniform, including PE and sports kits, coats, hats, gloves, etc. are labelled.
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Dates for your diary Autumn Term key dates Dec 13th: KS1 Nativity 2pm th Dec 14 : Year 2 to Emily Bray th Dec 14 : Christmas lunch th Dec 15 : KS2 Christmas Play 9am and 2.15pm th Dec 16 : Flu vaccinations Years 1, 2, 3 (for those who have signed up) th Dec 16 : Year 2, 9.05am parents invited in to see Pirate work the children have produced th Dec 20 : Christmas ensemble, in church 2pm Spring Term key dates Jan 19th: Year 4 Parish Mass 9.15am Year 3 Class Mass 2.30pm th Jan 26 : Year 3 Parish Mass 9.15am Year 4 Class Mass 2.30pm st Jan 31 : Year 6 Parish Mass 9.15am nd Feb 2 : Year 5 Class Mass 2.30pm th Feb 9 : Year 5 Parish Mass 9.15am th Feb 9 : Year 6 Class Mass 2.30pm Feb 10th: Celebration assembly st Feb 21 : Year 3 Parish Mass 9.15am rd Feb 23 : Parents Evening 4.30pm-7.00pm th Feb 27 : Parents Evening 3.30pm-6.00pm st Mar 1 : Ash Wednesday nd Mar 2 : Year 5 visit to Chelmsford Water Treatment Centre th Mar 14 : Year 4 Parish Mass 9.15am st Mar 21 : Year 6 Parish Mass 9.15am rd Mar 23 : Year 5 Parish Mass 9.15am
TERM DATES 2016/2017 Autumn Term 2016 ends: Tuesday 20th December Spring Term 2017: Thursday 5th January - Friday 31st March Half Term: Monday 13th – Friday 17th February Staff Training Days: Wednesday 4th January; Tuesday 18th April Summer Term 2017: Wednesday 19th April - Friday 21st July Half Term: Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June
TERM DATES 2017/2018 Autumn Term 2017: Tuesday 5th September – Tuesday 19th December Half Term: 20th - 27th October Staff Training Days: Monday 4th September; Friday 20th October Spring Term 2018: Thursday 4th January – Thursday 29th March Half Term: 12th - 16th February Staff Training Days: Wednesday 3rd January Summer Term 2018: Monday 16th April - Friday 20th July Half Term: 28th May – 1st June Staff Training Days: Monday 23rd July; Tuesday 24th July
9th December 2016 St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EU http://www.stmaryscatholicprimaryipswich.com/
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. Admission to Primary School September 2017 Suffolk County Council would like to remind all parents with a child born between 1st September 2012 and 31st August 2013 to complete an application form for full-time admission to primary school before the closing date of 15th January 2017. Pupils are not allocated a school place automatically. All parents/carers must apply for a place, even if your child is already attending a nursery class in an infant or primary school or pre-school next to a school site. It is recommended to apply online at www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissions If you are applying for a place at St Mary’s a SIF (supplementary information form) is required and should be sent direct to St Mary’s by 15th January 2017. The SIF can be found on the Suffolk County Council website or St Mary’s Catholic Primary School website.
Access to playground Our playground is also an outside classroom which is used for our sporting activities. If there is a club or lesson taking place when you arrive at school, could I please ask you to walk around the playing areas. Many thanks. Jill Sandvig
Reptiles visit to school On Monday Year 4 welcomed Mr Price from a local zoo into their class and had great fun learning all about his incredible animals. Children saw and held a royal python, a bearded dragon and a tarantula, as well as many other animals. There was even a (very cute!) meerkat for children to stroke.
Nativity/Christmas plays Well done to all our Nursery and Reception children who performed their nativity plays this week! KS1 Nativity will take place on Tuesday 13th December at 2pm KS2 Christmas Play will take place on Thursday 15th December at 9am and 2.15pm Tickets for these events have been sent home with your child today. Each family has been issued with 2 tickets (KS2 have been issued one ticket for the morning and one for the afternoon performances). No additional tickets will be issued. We would be grateful if you could return any unwanted tickets to the school office. Please feel free to swap tickets/pass tickets to someone if you do not wish to use both of your tickets.
Come and sing for Christmas in St Mary’s Church On Christmas Eve at 5pm in St Mary’s Church we have our Christmas Children’s Mass. A rehearsal for singing at this Mass will take place on Wednesday 14 December at 3.30pm in St Mary’s Church. All children are welcome to come and learn the songs for the Christmas Eve Mass. With thanks and God bless. Fr John
Year 2: Pirates work share celebration On Friday 16th December the Year 2 children will be holding a work share to celebrate all the fantastic work they have produced about pirates. It will start at 9.05am and last approximately 45 minutes. We hope you can join us. The children and adults if they wish can come in to school dressed in pirate costumes.
Sporting Excellence! St Mary’s netball team have been on fire this season! All Year 6 girls who attended have had the opportunity to play, with amazing results! We are very proud of their achievements but above all we are proud of their sportsmanship and friendliness. Netball League St Mary’s vs St Pancras Rose Hill vs St Mary’s St Mary’s vs St Mark’s St Mary’s vs The Willows
20 – 0 2 – 21 18 – 0 25 – 0
Netball Cup St Mary’s vs Broke Hall
32 – 2
Reminders: Christmas Lunch Wednesday 14th December: If you have not ordered a Christmas Lunch for your child/children please remember to send them in with a packed lunch on Wednesday 14th December. Joe Hurd’s Sports clubs: Clubs will recommence week beginning 9th January. Details to follow. Netball Club: Netball Club starts again on Wednesday 1st February Dinner money: School dinners must be paid for in advance either on line via Suffolk County Council or via cash or cheque to the school office. Many thanks
Lost Uniform We have had a few incidents of lost uniform recently. Please can we ask that you check your child’s bag and uniform to make sure they have brought the correct things home. Sometimes clothing does get muddled when they change for PE. Please ensure all items of uniform, including PE and sports kits, coats, hats, gloves, etc. are labelled.
Thank you for reading our newsletter
Dates for your diary Autumn Term key dates Dec 13th: KS1 Nativity 2pm th Dec 14 : Year 2 to Emily Bray th Dec 14 : Christmas lunch th Dec 15 : KS2 Christmas Play 9am and 2.15pm th Dec 16 : Flu vaccinations Years 1, 2, 3 (for those who have signed up) th Dec 16 : Year 2, 9.05am parents invited in to see Pirate work the children have produced th Dec 20 : Christmas ensemble, in church 2pm Spring Term key dates Jan 19th: Year 4 Parish Mass 9.15am Year 3 Class Mass 2.30pm th Jan 26 : Year 3 Parish Mass 9.15am Year 4 Class Mass 2.30pm st Jan 31 : Year 6 Parish Mass 9.15am nd Feb 2 : Year 5 Class Mass 2.30pm th Feb 9 : Year 5 Parish Mass 9.15am th Feb 9 : Year 6 Class Mass 2.30pm Feb 10th: Celebration assembly st Feb 21 : Year 3 Parish Mass 9.15am rd Feb 23 : Parents Evening 4.30pm-7.00pm th Feb 27 : Parents Evening 3.30pm-6.00pm st Mar 1 : Ash Wednesday nd Mar 2 : Year 5 visit to Chelmsford Water Treatment Centre th Mar 14 : Year 4 Parish Mass 9.15am st Mar 21 : Year 6 Parish Mass 9.15am rd Mar 23 : Year 5 Parish Mass 9.15am
TERM DATES 2016/2017 Autumn Term 2016 ends: Tuesday 20th December Spring Term 2017: Thursday 5th January - Friday 31st March Half Term: Monday 13th – Friday 17th February Staff Training Days: Wednesday 4th January; Tuesday 18th April Summer Term 2017: Wednesday 19th April - Friday 21st July Half Term: Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June
TERM DATES 2017/2018 Autumn Term 2017: Tuesday 5th September – Tuesday 19th December Half Term: 20th - 27th October Staff Training Days: Monday 4th September; Friday 20th October Spring Term 2018: Thursday 4th January – Thursday 29th March Half Term: 12th - 16th February Staff Training Days: Wednesday 3rd January Summer Term 2018: Monday 16th April - Friday 20th July Half Term: 28th May – 1st June Staff Training Days: Monday 23rd July; Tuesday 24th July
