Thursday, 2 October 2014

Dear Parents/Carers,

A reminder that the school is closed tomorrow (3rd October) for another staff training day.

Text to Parents

Please let the office know if you would like text messages sent to additional mobile phone numbers.

Sponsored Bike Rides

On behalf of myself and Angus Wallace a big thank you for the £250 raised for St. Peter's Hospice. St Peters Hospice is a Bristol charity caring for adults with life-limiting illnesses. They aim to improve the quality of their living and dying while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.

End of Term Cake Sale and Free Tea, Coffee and cakes (for parents and carers)

We will be having our termly fundraising cake sale in a few weeks. These are an easy and popular way of bringing parents together, raising some funds for the school and buying some delicious cakes.

We would welcome any parents who are willing to come in for half an hour to help run the sale. Last year's sales were a real success so please let the office know if you can help. We plan on holding our next cake sale on Friday 24th October at 3.30pm in the school hall. This is the same day as our free tea/coffee and cake afternoon at 2.45pm, so parents could come in for a chat and a drink first.

School Harvest Festival Collection for Foodbank

We will be supporting Foodbank again this year. More details coming soon.

69th Scout Group (St Josephs)

The Cubs and Scouts sections have places available.

·         Cubs is for children aged 8-10.5 years.
·         Scouts is for children aged 10.5-14 years.

We meet on Tuesdays in the Parish Hall.  Cubs 6.00pm-7.30pm. Scouts 7.30pm-9.00pm. If your children would like to join please contact Wendy or Marek Petela on 0117 9606378.

Attendance Requesting Leave of Absence

This was a big problem for us last year with too many parents requesting leave out of term time.

This has improved already this year and I would like to thank parents for supporting us by not choosing to take your children out of school. It makes a big difference to their learning.

Attendance

Apologies for the non-uniform mix up this week and thank you to the parent that pointed it out. Non-uniform for classes mentioned in last weeks newsletter will have a non-uniform this Monday.

This week well done to Years 1 and Year 4 with an amazing 100% attendance last week.  Reception, Year 5 and Year 6 had a great 99% attendance. These classes will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 10th October.

Prospective Parents Tours

There will be tours for prospective parents for September 2015. The dates are:

       Wednesday 8th October at 10am
     Thursday 16th October at 2pm

Celebration Assembly

There will be a celebration assembly this Monday, where the following children will receive their Headteacher's Award:  Nile (Y6) Emily (Y4), Hector (Y2), Jessica (Y2), Franek (Y1), Michal O (Y5) and Keanna (Y3).

Dates for Diaries

Friday 3rd October                                                   -           Staff training day (school closed)
Wednesday 8th October                                       -           Prospective parents visit at 10am
Wednesday 8th October                                        -           Y4  Cabot Circus and Museum
Thursday 16th October                                           -           Prospective parents visit at 2pm
Thursday 16th October                                            -           Y2 Westonbirt visit
Thursday 16th October                                            -           Choir Colston Hall   
Wednesday 22nd October                                     -           Parents Evening
Thursday 23rd October                                            -           Parents Evening
Friday 24th October                                             -           Cake Sale and Tea and Coffee
Friday 24th October                                             -           End of Term 1
Monday 3rd November                                          -           Start of Term 2
Thursday 6th November                                          -           Y1 Playspace visit
Thursday 13th November                                        -           Y2 Playspace visit
Friday 19th December                                             -           End of Term 2
Monday 5th January                                                -           Start of Term 3
Monday 2nd February                                             -           Staff training day (school closed)
Friday 17th July                                                          -           End of school year
Monday 20th July                                                     -           Staff training day (school closed)

Best wishes


Matt Condon

Headteacher

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