Friday, 30 January 2015

Dear Parent/Carer,

INSET DAY ON MONDAY 2ND FEBRUARY

First Holy Communion

Application forms are available at the back of the Church.

Children’s Liturgy

We need volunteers to assist with the Children’s Liturgy during the 10.00am Holy Mass. Please inform Fr Paul if you are interested in helping with the Children’s Liturgy.

Bristol Schools Swimming Competition
On Tuesday 10th March Bristol Schools’ Swimming Association is holding a swimming competition for all primary schools across Bristol.  We would like to give children from St Joseph’s an opportunity to compete in this competition.  Children can compete individually in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle and also in a relay team event.  The guide times that have been sent from Bristol Schools’ Swimming Association for 25m vary from 28 secs-31 secs and from 55 secs-63secs for 50m.  If your children swim competitively outside of school or can swim these distances within a similar time to those times suggested above and would be interested in participating in the competition please ask them to come and speak to Mrs Darvill asap (year 3 class teacher).  Children must also be available on Saturday 25th April from 1-3.30pm as this is when the final is scheduled to take place.
Using the Internet at home and E-Safety Week
It is important that children’s use of the internet is monitored at home - in particular, children’s use of social networking sites. Soon we will have our E-Safety Week where the children will be learning more about how to use the internet safely.  There is a website available which advises parents/carers on internet use: www/saferinternet.org.uk
More information will be shared during E-Safety week.
Football Club

As parents know, the Football Club hope, as much as possible, to use the school field for football. This does mean that during the wetter and colder months, the children need to wrap up warm with a long sleeved top, joggers or leggings. 

If any parents in KS2 have any spare clothing (like joggers) they would be much appreciated as we could use them as spares.

Lateness

There are still children who are arriving late for school.   Children who arrive late often come to school unsettled and embarrassed. Can I please ask all parents to ensure their children are ready to line up for school at 8.55am. Where lateness is an ongoing concern, we will be asking parents to come into school and discuss matters further

Also may I remind parents that school finishes at 3.30pm.  We seem to have an increasing number of children being picked up late.

Attendance

Well done to Y2 and Year 6 with 98% attendance last week.   There will be a non-uniform day for Year Six on Friday 6th February for their 100% attendance two weeks ago.

Dates for Diaries

Thursday 5th February                                              M & M  Theatre Productions to perform Sleeping Beauty to KS1 and KS2
Monday 9th February                                  -           Year 6 camp week
Friday 13th February                                                 -           Reception Lent Assembly
Friday 13th February                                                 -           End of Term 3
Wednesday 18th February                          -           Ash Wednesday
Monday 23rd February                                -           Start of Term 4
Monday 23rd February                               -           E-Safety week 2015
Wednesday 25th February                          -           Y6 Lifeskills visit
Thursday 26th February                                -           Full Governing Body meeting  
Friday 27th February                                     -           Lent Mass in hall (Y5 readers)
Sunday 8th March                                        -           Mass for Parish’s 90th anniversary
Wednesday 11th March                              -           Year 6 visit to Leigh Woods
Friday 13th March                                         -           Year 2 Mother’s day assembly
Wednesday 18th March                              -           Year 6 topic presentation
Thursday 19th March                                                -           St Joseph’s Day Mass in hall (Y4 readers – tea/coffee/tours for parishioners afterwards)
Friday 20th March                                         -           Tennis competition – age TBC
Friday 27th March                                         -           Mass for Holy Week in church (Y3 readers)
Friday 27th March                                         -           Local cluster choir festival at St Joseph’s
Friday 27th March                                         -           End of Term 4
Sunday 29th March                                      -           Palm Sunday
Sunday 5th March                                        -           Easter Sunday
Monday 13th April                                        -           Start of Term 5 
Sunday 28th June                                         -           First Holy Communion in Church
Friday 17th July                                              -           End of school year

Yours sincerely,


Matt Condon,

Headteacher

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