St John Bosco R. C. Primary
SchoolParent Updates
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are having a lovely, busy term so far!
The choir kicked off our term by performing beautifully at the Young Voices concert, all children put their heart and soul into it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
We all enjoyed welcoming the Jubilee Anchor from Our Lady’s RC and then spending time in school with it. Our Jubilee Prayer trail was made up of 8 stations designed and created by each of our classes. Each class had time visiting each station and it was wonderful reflective day. Thank you to the parents who joined us for Stay and Pray after school that day, it was so lovely to see you there, praying with your families.
Three of our pupils helped the anchor continue its pilgrim to Mount Carmel RC Primary School and we were privileged to join Mount Carmel at the end of their Ash Wednesday Mass to pass the anchor on.
Thank you to the many Year 1 and Year 2 parents who joined us for the Ash Wednesday Mass with Father Clement, the most we have seen in a school mass! Thank you also to the Governors and members of our Parish that attended, a truly community event.
World Book Day was a huge success. The children looked fantastic in all their bedtime clothes and they all enjoyed pairing up with another class and given a reading buddy to share a book with. Sharing a story at home with your children is crucial, it is a time to enjoy and savour and get them settled down ready for a good night’s sleep. Reading bedtime stories to children fosters a strong bond, boosts imagination, expands vocabulary, and helps build empathy, contributing to their overall development and emotional well-being.
The story jars were a huge success. We were so impressed with them and they are now on display around school so we can enjoy them for longer.
The Fire Brigade came to talk to KS2 classes about fire safety and led a very informative assembly full of facts and good advice.
We have had a visit from Emily who works at the Laudato Si Centre, and who better to show her round, but the Laudato Si team! Our children spoke to her about how we look after God’s world and our plans for the future for environmental issues for our school. Emily was very impressed with how eloquent the children were and what we plan to do.
Biffa Waste Collection Team came in last week to talk to Year 1 and Year 2 about recycling and how we reduce, reuse and recycle. It got our children all excited about how we can continue to help look after our planet.
Our volunteer, Margaret, Miss Hayton and the Gardening club have been busy developing our prayer garden. There is still some work to do but we now have a peaceful space outside for us to reflect, pray and take some time out when we need a little time to do so. If you have any plants, seeds or bulbs you would like to donate to school we would be really grateful.
Some time ago we won a bid from the Diocese to have a new library created in school, which we are really excited about. We had some work done in the last holidays and we are hoping it will be finished in the Easter holidays. We cannot wait to have a new area dedicated to reading and it will be a beautiful central area in school. We will be inviting you in when it is all completed.
We have a lot of events still coming up in the lead up to Easter, which we are looking forward to...
Monday 17th March- Neurodiversity celebration week- we will be sending home information though out the week about different neuro-diversities.
Wednesday 19th March- Reconciliation with Father Clement
Wednesday 19th March- PTA meeting- 3.15pm
Thursday 20th March- 3.15pm-Yr 4 Parents Multiplication meetin
Friday 21st March- Laudato Si team and Mental Health Ambassadors – Boggart Hole Clough community litter pick
Wednesday 26th March- Mother’s Day stall open
Thursday 27th March- Ashley Thorpe, an author is speaking to KS2 classes.
Thursday 27th March- Yr 5 basketball competition
Friday 28th March- Non uniform day- to raise money for SVP, our local charity that donates and supports many of the families of our school.
Friday 28th March- Coffee morning- school nurse in- advice available- come along!
Thursday 10th April- Parents Evening- 3.45-5.45pm
Friday 11th April- Non uniform day- bring an Easter Egg
Tuesday 15th April- 9.05am- Year 3 and 4 Easter performance
Thursday 17th April- 1.30pm -Break up for Easter
Monday 28th April- Back to school
Reminders-
Uniform- I have noticed that some children are not following our uniform, PE wear and jewellery policy. Please ensure you read the policy that has been emailed to you this week and that your child is adhering to it. Staff will be speaking to parents of children who are not. Thank you.
Attendance- If your child is poorly please call or email the office before 8.45am to let us know. Please provide appointment letters if you are taking your child out of school for medical appointments.
Punctuality- Our school day begins at 8.45am with the register at this time. If you bring your child and they are not in the classroom by 8.45am, they are late and will receive a late mark. Please sign your children in late as quickly as possible and then they can get to class and get learning. Many children are missing the beginnings of lessons every single day and are missing crucial learning. Your child arriving after teaching has started is disruptive to the whole class and means your child will find it difficult to catch up with that lesson. We will be sending letters out to parents who are persistently arriving late with your children so you can see how much learning time your child has missed. Please support your child’s learning with getting them here on time.
Parental behaviour
All our school staff are here to teach and support you and your children. Please remember to speak kindly and appropriately to staff, we are not here to be spoken to aggressively, rudely, shouted at or sworn at. Please treat all members of staff with respect at all times.
Parents who behave aggressively or in an intimidating manner towards staff members will be banned from the school premises.
Easy Fundraising
Did you know that St John Bosco Primary are registered with Easyfundraising? This is an organisation that raises money for good causes. Easyfundraising partners with over 7,500 brands who will donate part of what you spend to a cause of your choice. This means you can raise money for us every time you get clothes, groceries, takeaways, insurance, school supplies or anything else you might be buying online anyway. It won’t cost you any extra! The cost is covered by the brand you are buying from. Please scan the QR code below and get raising money for us! Thank you.
School Milk – If you wish your child to have school milk, please register at www.coolmilk.com
Parent Payments- Please can I remind you to keep up to date with paying your children’s school dinners, Breakfast club and After School club money. Please ensure you pay any money you owe by Friday 21st March please. If you are not sure if you owe money please call the office.
Year 6 parents of children going to Robinwood, please ensure you are up to date with your payments.
Financial worries
If you are worried about your finances and struggling to make ends meet, please amke an appointment to see Mrs Webster who will be able to signpost you to various charities or ways of supporting you.
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Thank you for your continuing support!
Love and prayers,
Mrs Pearson
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