Dear Parent/Carer,

School Council

Elections have taken place for School Council. The following children have been elected as School Councillors:

Year 3: Clara, Charlie and Nelson

Year 4: Jess and Jeremy

Year 5: Jerin and Lorenzo

Year 6: Allen and Areeba

House Captains 

Elections for House Captains and Vice Captains have taken place. The following children have been elected as House Captain and Vice-Captain:

St Matthew House:  Captain -  Kiara Savage              Vice Captain - Amber Walton

St Mark House:         Captain -  Josh Matthew             Vice Captain - Hannah Long

St Luke House:         Captain -  Wiktoria Pawlaszczyk  Vice Captain - Jaimie Vadhyanath

St John House:         Captain -  Dominic Sebastian       Vice Captain - Zahra Smallwood

Worship Leaders

The following Year 6 children will support me in setting up and leading prayer during assemblies:

Jackson Marley

Isabel Matthew

Cheyenne Duffy

Congratulations to all these children. The outcome of the elections will be officially announced during Celebration assembly on Monday, Parents are welcome to attend.

PE Kit

We are aware there have been some issues getting the pale blue PE T-shirt. It will be fine for children to wear white T-shirt and navy shorts this year. We will try to get some pale blue PE t-shirts in the school shop and will let you know if we are successful. Thank you for your patience with this.

PTFA

We have an active PTFA and they have some exciting plans for this year. The PTFA Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 30^th September at 3.30 in the main hall. Please come along and find out how you can become involved in this friendly and welcoming group.

Vacancy

There is a vacancy for a Receptionist/Administrative Assistant for the school office. The post is advertised on ‘eteach’. If you are interested in the post please visit the eteach website to find out more: https://www.eteach.com.

Clubs

We are pleased to have a wide range of clubs on offer this term. Clubs will run until Christmas, and in January some clubs may continue and some new clubs will be offered. The choice of clubs on offer and age group is determined, in part, by the competition calendar for Bristol. We will be preparing children to enter tournaments in Athletics, Rugby and Football this term.

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri
Lunchtime	Italian Club Mrs Serle KS2 children	Art Club Miss Coates KS2 Children		Gardening Club Mrs Petela KS2 children Cup Stacking Mr Conlon Y 5 and 6 children	Colouring Club Miss Garnier KS1 and 2
After school (3.30-4.30)	Athletics KS2 children Mad Science KS1 and 2 Children	Choir Mrs Marsh KS2 Children	Hockey KS1 children	Rugby KS2 children	Football KS2 children

Some clubs will be provided by professional coaches and will incur a charge of £2.50 per week. Details of payment and term dates for these clubs will be included in the club letter.

Celebration Assembly

There will be a celebration assembly on Monday 19^th September, where the following children will receive their head teacher’s award:  Eloisa (Y2), Fletcher (Y3), Joann (Y4), Jerin (Y5), Vanessa (Y6). Children in Year 6 that have been elected as School Councillors and House Captains and Vice Captains will also be announced during celebration assembly (See item above).

Dates for Diaries

Wednesday 21^st September          - Full Governing Body Meeting (FGB)
                                                             (5.30pm-7.00pm)

Thursday 22^nd September               - Y6 Chaplaincy Team to Downside Year of Mercy
                                                              Pilgrimage

Monday 26^th September                - Chaplaincy Induction day at St Brendan’s
                                                              College

Thursday 29^th September               - Open Morning for Reception Class 2017(9.30-10am)
                                                              Please book a place with the school office

Friday 30^th September                    - PTFA Annual General Meeting (3.30)

Thursday 13^th October                    - Open Afternoon for Reception Class 2017 (2-2.30pm)
                                                              Please book a place with the school office

Thursday 20^th October                    - PTFA Infant Disco

Thursday 10^th November                - Open Morning for Reception Class 2017(9.30-10am) 

                                                              Please book a place with the school office

Thursday 17^th November                - Open Afternoon for Reception Class 2017 (2-2.30pm)

                                                              Please book a place with the school office

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

We will inform parents of the dates of the remaining INSET days as soon as possible.

  

Mrs Jackie McCarthy
Headteacher