Friday, 8 May 2015

Dear Parents/Carers,

Key Stage One and Two SATs
There is no celebration assembly this coming Monday due to KS2 and KS1 SATs taking place.  The children in Year Two and Year Six have been working very hard and we wish them all the best.  Please keep them in your prayers.

Marie Curie
A fantastic well done to Year 1 and Year 2 who raised a total of £453.73 for the Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Parish May Procession
The procession will take place at the end of 10.00am Holy Mass on Sunday 17th May. We will need help to carry the statue of our Blessed Lady Mary. If you are interested please see Matthew Martin after Mass on Sunday (or contact  0117 9566101) and give him your details.

St Joseph’s Pre-School 40TH Birthday Celebrations!
To celebrate its 40th Birthday, the Pre-school are having a Fabulous Family Funday on Saturday 9th May from 2pm to 5pm. Featuring bouncy castles, face painting, a shopping hall, games and raffle and including visits from Elsa and Spiderman!! Plus Tae Kwando and Dancing displays! Entry 50p adults, children free. See posters/fliers at the back of church for more info. This will be followed by a Reunion for all past and present staff, volunteers and committee members from 6pm till 8.30pm to include Cream Tea and cakes! Please pass the message around anyone you may know who has been involved with the Pre-school over the last 40 years!!

Staff changes
It is with sadness that I report that Mrs Gilvear, our sports coach, will be leaving us at the end of this term to take up a new position elsewhere.  We wish her all the best for the future.  Our new sports coach, Mr Tom Dawes, will be taking over from 1st June.

Lateness
There seems to be an increasing number of pupils who are coming to school late. If lateness becomes persistent your child will miss a significant amount of teaching time. Continued lateness causes disruption to the class teacher and the other pupils who are already engaged in the first lesson of the day. Similarly, there are many pupils who are being collected late at the end of the day.  The school day finishes at 3.30pm. 

Security
For security reasons, when children arrive late, we are unable to allow parents to escort their children to their classrooms. Children are perfectly capable of walking to classrooms by themselves.


Dates for Diaries

Monday 11th May                            -           Start of Key Stage 2 SATS Week
Friday 22nd May                               -           Pentecost Mass in School Hall
Thursday 4th June                            -           Y1 Outdoor Experience
Wednesday 10th June                     -          Y6 Moving On Day at Bristol Cathedral
Thursday 11th June                          -           Y2 Outdoor experience Savernake Forest                    
Thursday 18th June                          -           Year 6 Leavers’ Mass in Clifton Cathedral (PM)
Friday 19th June                               -           SCHOOL CLOSED – In-service training
Wednesday 24th June                    -           Y5 – St Brendan’s Sports Day
Thursday 25th June                          -           Y3 Outdoor experience Mendips
Sunday 28th June                             -           First Holy Communion in Church
Tuesday 30th June                           -           Y6 retreat – St Brendan’s
Wednesday 1st July                          -           meeting for Year 5 parents (going into Year
                                                                        6)3.30pm
      -           New Parents’ Evening 6pm
Thursday 2nd July                             -           Y4 Outdoor experience Kenfig
      -           Education mass at Clifton Cathedral 7pm
Friday 3rd July                                    -           Celebration for Feast of St Thomas
      -           Choir concert (eve) – rehearsal in afternoon
Wednesday 8th July                        -           SPORTS DAY
Thursday 9th July                              -           Y5 Outdoor experience Malverns
Friday 10th July                                  -           Y6 Elite sports event with local cluster
Tuesday 14th July                              -           Y6 performance to parents 7pm
Friday 17th July                                 -           End of school year


Yours sincerely,


Mrs C Joseph
Joint Acting Head Teacher


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