April 4th, 2014

Dear Parents,

I have just spent an amazing two days at The Holy Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham with Year Four. Miss Daly, Mrs. Spence and I enjoyed their company enormously and they were outstanding ambassadors for our school.

We are keen to become more involved with this wonderful and spiritual place and will have more news for you on this subject shortly.

Wonderful RE News!

I am delighted to announce that St. Saviour’s School is now the proud holder of a Gold RE Quality Mark! We are so proud. The Assessor was amazed at how marvellous our school was and praised in particular Miss McCombe’s organisation and RE leadership (she is fantastic!) as well as the fantastic work/displays in the classrooms and the extensive RE and Faith knowledge of all the children but especially the RE Ambassadors (Year 1: Alice Johnston and Jones Antley, Year 2: Nikhil Williams and Ruby Agar, Year 3: Samara Benjamin, Dylan Ireland and Mia McGee, Year 4: Oliver Agar and Ariadne Aroukatos, Year 5: Aaryan Pickering Kumar, Pippin Allright and Jason Man, Year 6: Marquel Weekes-Felix and Imogen Lee).

iPads in School

The 16 iPads that the PTA purchased for the children have been extremely well used in the very short time that we have had them. The children adore using them and have learned many new skills. So much so that we have had to purchase iPad Airs for all staff to use (and learn with the children!) which are also proving to be very successful. We are all very hi-tech with lots of happy children and staff!

PTA News

The 2014 Auction – Friday 9th May: Donations are coming in steadily now and I would like to thank all those Class Reps who have been working so hard on their allocated streets and business’ – well done! Please don’t forget that we would like one item from each family so that we can maximise the money we raise – so please give generously. Don’t forget that you can donate lots using our on-line facility at http://bit.ly/stsavsauctionform

Here is the Leader Board for Lots received so far…… The PTA Committee have decided that the class that donates the most items, will win a special day as a reward!

Sports Relief Non-Uniform Day – Total Sum Raised = £175.84 Thank you to everyone who contributed!

Spring Term Parent Teacher Meetings – Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th April

We are all looking forward to discussing your child’s progress next week and celebrating the achievements they have made so far this year. I am afraid, however, that I have sent out the wrong message regarding the Progress Reports to you over recent weeks. You will recall that the Teachers’ Union, The NUT, are in dispute with the Government and have been taking long term industrial action.

At St. Saviour’s, this means that the progress reports are not sent out before the Parent Teacher meetings. This is regrettable but, as these meetings are held in the afternoon, we are at least pleased that these can go ahead. Some schools that still hold such meetings in the evenings, have not been able to hold these for many months. A Progress Report will be given to you at the start of your meeting and a copy of the minutes from the Autumn term will be on hand to compare “then and now”. Apologies for any confusion caused.

Easter Service at St. Saviour’s – Next Friday 11th April at 1:15 p.m.

We will be celebrating our Easter Service next Friday at St. Saviour’s Church starting at 1:15 p.m. All children will be taking part (including Nursery) and children need to be picked up from church at 2:00 p.m. This is also the beginning of the Easter holidays so school will be closed until the beginning of the Summer term on Monday 28th April.

Charity Coffee Morning on Tuesday 29th April

We will be holding our next Charity Coffee morning on the first Tuesday after the Easter holidays – the 29th April. The charity that we will be supporting will be Children with Cancer. I am also delighted to announce that the City Council’s School Travel Plan Officer, Carla Lowe, will also be coming along to answer any queries you may have about travelling to and from school.

This will also be the second opportunity for you to meet our hard working Governors. This time, they will be wearing badges to differentiate them from other adults present so please do not hesitate to ask any questions you may have.

There will be a Normal Non-Uniform Day next Thursday 10th April - £1 for PTA funds.

Buster (Seeing Clearly)

Congratulations to Milo Choudhury for showing seeing so clearly seeing the Right Path to Take. He is such a great role model to everyone in his class and around the school. He is so well behaved and a pleasure to teach!

Stars of the Week

Nursery: Ellie- Mai Noone for being so helpful in class, tidying-up and doing wonderful listening. Well done! Reception: Rachele Cespa for working really hard on her Numeracy this week. Well done! Year One: Sara Dragusha for always trying her best in every subject! You are a great role model. Year Two: Leo Newberry for his amazing Big Writing and always trying his best, Year Three: Justin Vaisnoras for working so hard this term and for impressing us with his superb art work this week! Year Four: Milo Morgan for having an amazing attitude towards his writing this term. We are highly impressed, keep it up! Year Five: Valentina Sholaya for always doing the right thing and working extremely hard, Year Six: Christopher Eveleigh for continuing to work hard and make valuable and informative comments during classroom discussion times. Great! Scientist: David Moore in Year One: for being really keen during the class trip to the Science Museum – so enthusiastic, well done! Musician: Luke Morris for excellent listening and enthusiastic singing today – well done!

Please remember that there are no teacher run clubs next week. All Sports, Choir, Football will be on as usual. Individual after school Music lessons will also run as usual.

Advanced Notice of School Closure: Please note that the school will be closed for the Polling Day on May 22nd.

Dates for your Diary

April

7th – 8th Parent Teacher Meetings 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. No teacher run clubs this week

10th Non Uniform Day Children can come to school in their own clothes with £1 for PTA funds

11th Easter Service at St. Saviour’s Church starting at 1:15 p.m.

Term ends at 2:00 p.m. Please collect your child from church at this time.

14th – 25th Easter Holiday

28th Term starts!

29th Coffee Morning in aid of Children with Cancer. Donations of cakes most appreciated.

May

5th Bank Holiday – school will be closed

9th School Auction

12th – 15th Year Six SATs plus Assessment Week

20th Sport Science Day – more information coming home soon.

21st Sponsored Run – more information coming home soon.

22nd Polling Day – school closed

23rd End of Term

26th – 30th Half term holiday

With all best wishes,

Miss L. Woodford