Dear Parent/Carer,

Sports Day – Tuesday 21^st June

 Weather permitting, sports day will take place on the field between 9.30am and 11:30pm and parents/guardians, friends and governors are all very welcome to come and support the children. 

During Sports Day the children will be competing as part of their school team - St John (Red), St Matthew (Yellow), St Mark (Green), St Luke (Blue).  Please remind your children to try and wear a t-shirt in their teams colour to help create a fun, competitive atmosphere and so it is easy to identify which team children are in when scoring.  If children are really struggling to find a coloured t-shirt we will supply some bibs on the day.  Please also make sure your child has a water bottle, hat and make sure your child has applied suncream before coming to school.

There will be the usual popular athletic events, as well as some more traditional races, such as the egg and spoon, sack race and obstacle race.  Sports day will start at 9.30am and will run through until 11.30am, with awards and certificates being announced and handed out in a special sports day assembly.  We would love parents to come and support the children as they compete. 

  

Sports day has been organised this year so that there is always something happening on the main running track.  It would be wonderful if parents could show their support and encouragement in an area marked out alongside the side of the running track closest to the fence and hedge.  As well as supporting your own child/ren, you can encourage the children in all of the other year groups too. If any parents have a gazebo that they would be able to lend the school for Sports Day it would be a great help and enable us to provide some shade on the field.  If you think you might be able to help please speak to Miss Finding or leave a message with the school office. Thank you.

Polli:Nation

We are pleased to announce that St. Joe's has entered the three years in-school Polli:Nation programme. This is a project developed in response to the decline in the UK's pollinating insects and the demand from schools to broaden children's understanding of the links between pollination and food security and learn about protecting insect pollinators and their habitats. We shall have a series of in-school interactive and experimental sessions in the school grounds and local walk-to-spaces and need some volunteers from our school community (parents, grandparents, governors) to participate at different levels throughout the project. If you wish to know more about this project, come along to the assembly on Monday 27th at 9:10 or contact Mrs Serle for more details. 

School Meals 2016/17

Bristol City Council and Eden Foodservice have agreed NOT to increase the school meal price for the academic year 2016/17. This means that the price for junior lunches will remain at £2.25.  Infant children are still entitled to a free school dinner daily. 

Celebration Assembly

There will be a celebration assembly on Monday 13^th June, where the following children will receive their headteacher’s award:  Jacob (Y1), Zuzanna (Y1), Eloisa (Y1), Darrell (Y3), Sophie (Y4), Tashrick (Y4), Oliver M (Y5), Samuel (Y5), Lachontay (Y6), Jeswin (Y6), Hannah (Y6)

Super Stars:  Lara, Angel (Rec), Juliana, Jan, Madeleine, William, Sophia (Y1), Blake, Shayne, Kieran (Y2), Szymon, Joanne (Y3), Kaira,   Cheyanne (Y5), Lachontay, Harvey (Y6)

Dates for Diaries

Tuesday 21^st June                 -           Sports Day 9.30-11.30 am

Wednesday 22^nd June        -           Year 6 Retreat – St Brendan’s

Thursday 23^rd June               -           Wet weather alternative sports day

Monday 27^th June                -           Polli:Nation project assembly

Tuesday 28^th June                -           Year 5 Aquinas sports day

Wednesday 29^th June         -           SS Peter and Paul Mass in church 9.30am

                                                            New Parents’ Evening 5.30pm

Friday 1^st July                       -           INSET (school closed)

Monday 4^th July                   -           INSET (school closed)

Thursday 7^th July                   -           Y4 Presentation and Parents’ open
                                                            morning                

Friday 8^th July                        -           Y1 Presentation and Parents’ open morning

Tuesday 12^th July                  -           Rec Presentation and Parents’ open morning

Wednesday 13^th July           -           Y5 Presentation and Parents’ open morning

Thursday 14^th July                 -           Y2 Presentation and Parents’ open morning

                                                -           Prize giving 5.30-6.30 

Friday 15^th July                      -           Columbus sports day – Air Balloon

                                                -           Columbus music concert

Wednesday 20^th July           -           Y3 Presentation and Parents’ open morning                                                 -           Year Six Performance to parents 7pm

Friday 22 July                         -           Leavers’ Mass 9.30am in church

                                                            END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

Thursday 1^st September      -            INSET (school closed)

Friday 2^nd September         -            INSET (school closed)

Monday 5^th September      -            First Day back after summer break                                                            for children in Years 1-6

                                                                                    

Mrs Jackie McCarthy
Headteacher