Dear Parent/Carer,

Prize giving

Thank you for making prize giving such a wonderful celebration of our year at St Joseph's. Well done to all those who were awarded prizes, and all the rest of the children who were so supportive and happy to congratulate their friends.

Non uniform day
Next Tuesday, 19th July will be a non-uniform day for all children to raise money for the PTFA. Please send in a donation of £1 per child.

PTFA Tea Party
The PTFA would like to invite all parents, teachers and friends of St Joseph's school to join them for tea and cake after school on Tuesday, 19th July, to celebrate the end of the school year, say thank you to the staff for their continued hard work and as a chance for a get together before the summer break. There will be no charge for refreshments as the committee will be donning their pinnies to provide the cakes.

New School Uniform

The governors have agreed that we will provide each child with one set of the new school uniform free of charge. Children will receive their uniform next week ready for September.

The school uniform shop will be open this week on 19^th/20^th/21^st July 9.00-9.30 am & 3.00-3.30 pm for uniform supplies for September and then once a week from September on Friday Mornings 9-9.30am.   If you've received this newsletter by email you will also have received a uniform order form, other copies can be obtained from the school office.  Cash or cheque payments will be accepted.  Orders can be placed directly with our uniform supplier Initially Yours: http://www.initiallyyours.co.uk/schools/st_josephs_rc_primary_school/uniform_and_sports_kit.htm.

School term dates 2016-17

Term 1                        1/9/16 – 21/10/16

Term 2                        31/10/16 – 16/12/16

Term 3                        3/1/17 - 10/2/17

Term 4                        20/2/17 – 7/4/17

Term 5                        24/4/17 – 26/5/17

Term 6                        5/6/17 – 21/7/17

There will be 5 staff training days during the year.  The first 2 will be on Thursday 1^st and Friday 2^nd September.  School will therefore open for pupils in years 1 to 6 after the summer holidays on Monday 5^th September.  We will inform you of the dates for the other 3 staff training days as soon as they are known.

Extended School Club (ESC)

Bookings for Term1 (September 2016) will open next week to all parents of children registered and up to date with payments.  If you are thinking of using ESC and haven’t already registered please contact the school office for a registration form.  We are continuing with morning sessions (starting at 8am) for £2.50 a session and the short (until 5pm) for £3.50 and long (until 5.30) for £5 options for after school. Please make sure you book your child on as soon as possible as this allows us to ensure we have adequate supervision for the children wanting to use Extended School Club.  We will do our best to ensure there are places for all children booked on using School Gateway before 25^th August. As demand for the long sessions is currently low Mrs Martin only runs the club until 5.30pm on days when children are pre-booked onto the long sessions.  So it is especially important that you book your child onto these longer sessions in advance if you can’t pick them up before 5pm.

Celebration  Assembly

There will be a celebration assembly on Monday 18^th July, where the following children will receive their headteacher’s award:  Amelia, Daisha, Isher (R), Alena (Y1), Rian (Y3), Tihanna, Cerys, Nati, Haris (Y4), Oliver D (Y5).

Super Stars:  Alison, Mati (R), Jacks, Leona, Maeya (Y2).

Dates for Diaries

Wednesday 20^th July           -           Y3 Presentation and Parents’ open
                                                             morning 9.10-9.40                                        
                                                 -           Year Six Performance to parents 7pm

Thursday 21^st July                  -           Briarwood Singing Festival

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