Friday 16th March 2018 – Newsletter 23 Volume 24

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Headteacher’s update

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have all had a very exciting time celebrating National Science Week in style throughout the school.

We began on Monday and Tuesday by planning and carrying out a range of science investigations including

looking at the effects of sun on our bodies with UV beads, investigating the digestive system (using a pair of

tights!) and testing our different senses.

On Wednesday we were visited by the ‘Mad Science’ team who started off by showing us lots of amazing science

in a whole school assembly and then involved all of the children in hands-on science workshops including making

‘space slime’, creating fizzy explosions and trying out some crazy chemistry!

On Thursday all of the children were involved in a range of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths)

challenges. In KS2, the children explored ways to maximise air resistance as they competed to design the

most effective parachute for Spiderman! In KS1 and Reception, the children enjoyed a variety of interactive

challenges including building spaghetti towers, magic magnet painting, creating rocket balloons and testing

which cereal gets the soggiest!

Our action-packed week culminated in a science celebration assembly this morning in which children from each

year group shared some of the exciting things that they had done through the week.

Our Yr 2 children completed their ‘Transport’ topic with a visit to Coventry Transport Museum today. They had

great fun finding out all about the timeline of the bicycle through history and looking at the designs of Victorian

cycles.

Class 3R enjoyed an exhilarating fun family fitness session this afternoon as Mrs Johnson put them through their

paces in a range of activities involving a variety of ball skills and mini games. Great fun was had by all!

It was lovely to see so many of you at our parents’ evenings this week, we hope that you found the opportunity

to meet with your child’s teacher and look at your child’s work valuable. We will be holding our final session for

Reception and KS1 next Wednesday.

We look forward to seeing our Yr 3 children, who are preparing for their First Holy Communion, at Mass on

Sunday as we thank God for the gift of new life. Please remember to bring along a small gift (eg, a plant/

flowers/fruit), which the children can present to the parishioners after Mass, if you are able to.

We have lots of exciting things taking place in school next week including our special ‘Vocations Day’ on Monday

where we will be spending time, as a whole school, thinking about how God is calling us all to make the best

possible use of our own special gifts and talents.

Congratulations to our dedicated librarians who raised a fantastic £61.86 for library resources by selling their

homemade book marks! We are looking forward to working with them on how they would like to see the money

spent!

Best of luck to our yr 4 footballers who are competing in the Sports Stars Tournament this afternoon – we can’t

wait to hear all about it!

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Woods Head Teacher

Well done - Pupils of the week

Last week’s attendance

Congratulations to 2H for 100%

attendance (w/e 09.03.18)

RK 94.0% RS 95.7%

1M 98.7% 1W 98.3%

2LB 97.3% 2H 100%

3R 96.3% 3N 93.3%

4S 99.3% 4B 96.8%

PUPIL OF THE WEEK

RS Megan Rauer

RK Zuzanna Kmiecik

1W Noah Burke

1M George Taylor

2LB Blanka Galas

2H Oliwier Rzymski

3N Sophie Bury

3R Elijah Hemming

4B Olivia Mumford

4S Mia Gregg

ATTENDANCE 3R W/E 02/03/18

VIRTUES AND VALUES

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Dates for your diary Latest news

VOCATIONS DRESS UP DAY

As part of our study of Vocations and what God is calling us to be, we will be having a special Vocations Day on Monday 19th March. The children are invited to dress up as what they would like to be when they are older and we will be welcoming Fr Craig and Ann Christy John in to work with the children. The chaplaincy team will be leading workshops and prayer services across the school too.

IRISH DANCING

Irish Dancing will commence on Friday 23rd March for children in Years 2, 3 and 4. Application

forms can be obtained from the school office and Mount Carmel After School Club. If you have a

child in Year 1 who is interested, please email: mandymwoodcock@gmail.com as they will have to

undergo an assessment.

YEAR 1 PARENT INVITE

On Thursday 22nd March parents of children in Year 1 are invited to come in to school between

9am and 9.30am to see the children’s homework on The Great Fire of London.

LENTEN FUNDRAISERS

Reception children will be having a cake sale on Thurs 22nd March and Friday 23rd March for their chosen charity, ‘Snap’ - Special Needs And Parents. Cake donations (home made or bought) on these two days would be very welcome. Don’t forget to give your child 20p/30p for a cake please. For their Lenten Charity, KS1 children have chosen to raise money for Dogs Trust, as they have

provided free workshops for year 1 & 2. For 20p a go children can guess how many doggie treats

are in the jar. Children from any year group can have as many goes as they wish. The prize will be a

big Easter egg! KS2 will host a quiz afternoon on Thursday 29th March to raise money for their

chosen charity - Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

TESCO BLUE TOKENS Voting time is here! Please remember to request your Tesco blue token when shopping at Tesco and vote for the Mount Carmel Outdoor Classroom Project. Voting will take place from Thursday 1st March until Monday April 30th at the following stores: 2504 BARNT GREEN B’HAM EXPRESS B45 8NE

2773 KINWARTON RD ALCESTER EXPRESS B49 6AA

3262 LODGE PARK EXPRESS B98 7LB

5000 MARLBROOK BROMSGROVE EXPRESS B60 1DL

3084 REDDITCH B98 7RU EXTRA

6447 REDDITCH BROCKHIL EXPRESS B97 6PH

3258 STUDLEY EXPRESS B80 7LL

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS IMPORTANT: Please check page 3 weekly for information regarding after school clubs.

SUNDAY 18th MARCH

11.15am FHC Mass ‘New Life’ at Mount Carmel Church

MONDAY 19th MARCH

Vocations Day— Dress up Day

TUESDAY 20th MARCH

Year 1 Fire of London Workshop

WEDNESDAY 21st MARCH

KS2 Praise Reward

Reception & KS1 Parent Evening

THURSDAY 22nd MARCH

Try Something New Day

Year 1 Parent Invite 9.00—9.30am

Lenten Cake Sale

FRIDAY 23rd MARCH

Year 4 Trip to The Botanical Gardens

Lenten Cake Sale

MONDAY 26th MARCH

Year 3 Science Family Learning Night for Invited Parents

TUESDAY 27th MARCH

9.20am Palm Sunday Mass Reception—Year 4

‘Stations of the Cross’

WEDNESDAY 28th MARCH

The Little Big Bang Project

THURSDAY 29th MARCH

KS2 Lenten Quiz Afternoon

Catch up violin lesson (from 1st March)

3.10pm School Closes for Half-Term

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After school clubs week commencing 19th March 2018

DATE EVENT VENUE / ROOM YEAR TIME

MONDAY FOOTBALL CLUB

DANCE CLUB

FIELD

HALL

1 + 2

All years

3.15pm—4.10 pm

3.15pm—4.10 pm

TUESDAY FOOTBALL CLUB

GYMNASTICS CLUB

FIELD

HALL

3 + 4

1 & 2

3.15pm—4.10 pm

3.10pm—4.10pm

WEDNESDAY

NO GYMNASTICS CLUB

NO GARDENING CLUB

HALL

FIELD

3 - 4

4

3.15pm—4.15 pm

3.15pm—4.00 pm

THURSDAY NO GAMES / SPORTS CLUB

UNTIL AFTER EASTER

HALL 4 3.10pm—4.15 pm

FRIDAY IRISH DANCING HALL 2 - 4 3.10pm—4.00pm

RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DATES—MARCH 2018

FIFTH WEEK IN LENT

The theme of our prayer this week is:

GOD WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF US

BUDDHIST

CHRISTIAN

HINDU

JEWISH

SIKH

NOTABLE DATES

1st

18th

25th

29th

30th

31st

2nd

25th

31st

1st

31st—7th April

2/3

1st

17th

Magha Puja

Passion Sunday

Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

Holi

Rama Navami

Hanuman Jayanti

Purim

Passover / Pesach

Hola Mohola

St. David’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day

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