NEW SCHOOL GATES/SECURITY FENCING
Thank you for all the positive comments about our new security fencing. We are very pleased with the finished product and it will help to keep our school site secure during out of school hours. During the day all gates will be kept closed – to provide additional security for your children. Please DO NOT try to use the staff car park to drop off or collect children – unless you have a medical parking permit issued by the school office. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you – to walk from St Philip Howard car park, but this is a small price to pay for your child’s safety and security.
“THANK YOU ! THANK YOU!”
Our Summer Fayre on Saturday 7th June was really successful – thanks to the support you gave to our staff and our PFA committee. We took £3000 on the day and when all invoices and expenses have been paid we expect to have a profit in the order of £2500. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and the opportunity to watch the arena displays and browse the variety of stalls. Thank you for helping or buying on the day and a special thank you to those parents who brought their child along to dance or to run an activity. Thank you to Father Joe for celebrating Family Mass on Saturday evening at St Philip Howard Church – well done to all who took part and a special thank you to Mrs Slattery and Mrs Pickard for planning the liturgy. Those families who returned for the Family Social, danced into the night and enjoyed a ‘ploughman’s’ meal’ prepared by Mrs Williams and staff from our school. The Ministry Fayre had tables from many of our parish groups – unfortunately families were too busy enjoying the sunshine to spend much time in St Philip Howard Church Hall to view the exhibits.
A Further Opportunity
On Friday 13th June we will be giving you a further opportunity to support our school/Parish Summer Fayre. At 2.45pm we will be holding a 20p cake/sweet/book and toy sale from tables on the KS1 playground – weather permitting. If it is wet we will hold the sale in a classroom. Cakes will be 20p each, bags of sweets 20p, Books 20p and toys 20p. Please support this small scale event by providing your child with some money to spend at the end of the day. We would be grateful for any parental help on the day – for setting up, selling and clearing away – we expect to be ‘sold out’ by 3.30pm.
DATES FOR DIARIES
| INSET Day |
Friday 20 June 2008 |
| Family Mass at St Philip Howard |
Sunday 7 July 2008 |
| Leavers Mass and Concert |
Friday 18 July 2008 |
| Leavers Day for Year 6 at Park Place |
Tuesday 22 July 2008 |
| Last Day of Term |
Wednesday 23rd July 2008 |
| INSET Day |
Wednesday 3rd September 2008 |
| Return to school for Year 1 – 6 |
Thursday 4th September 2008 |
| NEW RECEPTION pupil start date |
Monday 8th September 2008 |
JUMPING JACKS NURSERY APPLICATION FORM
Please see here a copy of the application form for the new Nursery which some parents did not receive last week with the Nursery Provision Letter. Please accept our apologies for this. If you would like to register a place for September, please return this form as soon as possible, as we expect a high demand for places, particularly for 2 year olds and for extended day places. Our Nursery Information Board will be at Sacred Heart Church this week end – if you know anyone with 2 – 4 year old children, please encourage them to have a look at this information and take a registration form.
STAFFING NEWS
At the end of the term we will be saying a farewell to 2 of our teaching staff: Mrs Brander has decided to take early retirement to enjoy her new role as a grandmother and Miss Connolly will be finishing her first year of teaching and moving-on to a new school. We will miss both of these teachers very much and thank them for all their hard work with our children. Please watch out for further information concerning a “send off” for these teachers! Class organisation and staffing has not been finalised – please be patient and I will let you know ‘who is teaching where’ as soon as I am able to.
KOOL DUDES’ INFORMATION
If you require a place for your child at Kool Dudes for the coming INSET Day on Friday 20 June – please speak to a member of the team to book a place.
Arrangements for the Summer Holidays – Kool Dudes will be open for the summer break from Thursday 24th July to Friday 29th August with the exception of Monday 25th August which is Bank Holiday Monday. We will be open from 8.00am – 6.00pm every day. Kool Dudes will be closed on 1st, 2nd and 3rd September in preparation for the new school term. We will be open as usual on Thursday 4th September for Breakfast Club from 7.30am and for After School Club that evening until 6.00pm.
PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACES NOW FOR ANY SESSIONS THAT YOU MAY REQUIRE DURING THE SUMMER AND FOR THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL TERM IN SEPTEMBER.
SCHOOL MEALS PRICE
Good News! There will be no change to the price of school meals in September – regardless of food prices, the Hampshire school meal will remain at £1.90 until April 2009.
LUNCH BOXES
Can parents please NOT send in ice poles for the children to have at lunch time. Due to the hot weather the ice poles melt in the lunch boxes and in some cases have then leaked over the lunches inside. Thank you.
SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 – TIMETABLE
| June – August 2008 |
Make a list of things that are important to you and your child and put them in order of priority. Look out for secondary school open days/evenings held during the summer term. |
| September 2008 |
Primary and junior schools give out applications forms and admissions guide to Year 6 pupils. Look out for secondary school open days/evenings held during September and October. |
| 12 o’clock midday on FRIDAY 24th OCTOBER 2008 |
Make sure your completed application form is handed in or submitted on-line. Any applications received after this will be treated as late and will not be considered until all those received on time are processed. |
| November 2008 to February 2009 |
All on-time applications are considered using the criteria set down in the schools’ admission policies. |
| 2nd March 2009 |
Letters are posted to all Hampshire parents to tell them where their child has been offered a place. |
YEAR 5 GIRLS
St Anne’s Catholic School Admission Information Evening for entrance to Year 7 in September 2009 will be held on Tuesday 24th June 2008 from 6.30pm. Please contact our school office for any further information and a supplementary application form that will be required in addition to the application form which will come home from Hampshire County Council in September 2008.
HEAD LICE AND THREADWORM
Please be aware that we have had notification that Head Lice and Threadworm are on the rounds again in school. Please can you make sure that if you discover that your child is affected by either, that they are treated accordingly before being allowed back into school. Please find attached to the newsletter a fact sheet regarding both. Many thanks
ACHIEVEMENT SECTION
WORK
OF THE WEEK/KOOL KIDS
Year
R - Alexander Lamb for excellent progression in hand writing. Hannah Nixon, Seth Anderson and Rosie Fogwill for much improved listening skills, well done!
Year
3/4 - Mrs Robert’s class for all their help with the class Jambola stall at the Summer Fayre. Katie Finn, Ellen Cristofoli, Charlotte Smith, Juliette Salloum, Katie Black, Ashley Mathew for great work in the ‘Celebrations’ book.
Yours
sincerely
Christine
McGrew
Headteacher
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