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Newsletter – 19.10.18

Class Five This week, we held a historical debate. We were given a card which stated our character's opinion about child

labour laws. We had to adopt that position and we held a class debate about the merits of introducing laws to

protect children who work. The arguments were amazing but the most impressive element was the children’s ability to listen to each other and give counter

arguments.

ST . MA RY ’ S H EN L EY

Class One

This week we had an afternoon in the computer room. We used Splosh to create our own dinosaurs. It took a lot of concentration, control and perseverance to use the mouse effectively.

Class Two

We have been reading a story called ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. It is about a journey of a plastic bag in the ocean and how it puts the animals in danger. We have written a news report to inform the

rest of the school next week.

Class Three

This week in our English lesson we wrote a recount based on our trip to Cadbury World. We created a timeline of the day

to help us remember the key activities.

Class Four

We have been learning about addition using the column method. We had to play a game rolling two multi-digit numbers and adding them together to get near a target number. We had to use our knowledge of place-value and addition.

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 19.10.18

– School news

Upcoming Dates 21st Oct First Holy Communion enrolment

mass 10am at church (year 3) 24th Oct Ogden physics day selected pupils 25th Oct Nude lunch day 25th Oct End of half term – clubs and

wrap around on as normal 26th Oct Inset day – school closed 31st Oct Secondary school application

deadline (year 6 only) 5th Nov Back to school 5th Nov Yr 6 rowing comp Alcester 4pm 9th Nov School Disco. Memorial Hall 5pm 12th Nov Start of anti-bullying week 12th Nov Odd-socks day to raise awareness

for anti-bullying week 14th Nov Deadline for Christmas light switch

on entries 17th Nov Open day 2-4pm 19th Nov Flu immunization 23rd Nov Non-uniform day – bring in a box

of chocolate or biscuits for bingo 3rd Dec FOSM Bingo 7.30pm 5th Dec Class 1&2 matinee nativity 1.30pm 6th Dec Class 1&2 evening nativity 6pm 7th Dec Class 3 Carol service 3pm 11th Dec Class 5 ukulele assembly 2.45pm 12th Dec KS2 Christmas play 1.30pm 13th Dec KS2 Christmas play 6pm 14th Dec After school clubs end 17th Dec Panto – Dick Whittington L Spa 18th Dec Christmas mass 10.45am 19th Dec Christmas lunch 20th Dec Uncle Mick & Father Christmas 21st Dec Last day of term – no wrap

around care after school 7th Jan TED Day – school closed to pupils 8th Jan Term starts

Messages Menu Changes Next week there are two changes to the printed menus; on Wednesday 24th, it is roast chicken instead of gammon and on Thursday, it is fish and chips instead of lasagne. There are no changes to the vegetarian (green) choices.

Reminders

FHC pupils please bring your I Belong books into school on Monday.

Thursday 25th is nude lunch day. Please try and avoid plastic and non-recycleable items.

School is closed next Friday (TED).

Wrap around care is on as normal on Thursday 25th October

Class 5 residential deposit (£40) deadline is 31st October 2018.

Please pay September wrap around care invoices by 31st October 2018.

When we return after half term please can everyone switch to the winter uniform.

Birthday Corner Happy Birthday to

Joshua who is 8 on Saturday, Marijke 9 on Saturday,

Kieran 8 on Sunday & Jakub who is 7 on Tuesday

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 19.10.18

– School news Reception Stay and Play

On Friday (5th October) we had stay and play. I liked showing Mummy the rice, mud kitchen and all of my work on the walls. Mummy really liked looking at all of my work in my book. Mummy was so proud of how hard I am working. Mummy liked meeting the other parents. I had so much fun showing Mummy how much fun I have with all the toys in my classroom. Written by Betsy – age 4.


– School news Key Stage One Agility Competition

On Monday 8th October some of year two took part in an agility competition at St. Nicholas Primary School in Alcester. The morning was full of running, jumping and throwing with everyone trying their best to get the highest scores and fastest times. I jumped really far! St Mary’s did very well and we all returned to school proud of our efforts. Written by Eli – age 7.


– School news David Smith

On the afternoon of Monday 8th October, David Smith came into school to work with the children. David is a young Scottish high jumper who has represented Scotland in The Commonwealth Games. His proudest moment came when competing in front of friends and family in his hometown of Glasgow in 2014. He hopes to represent GB in the next Olympics. David and Mr Green, ably assisted by their runner Hattie (sports lead for the School Parliament), helped all of the children work on their fitness. They completed a series of sponsored challenges including star jumps, sit-ups, press-ups and bench presses. Afterwards, David gave a whole school assembly talking to the children about his lifestyle, daily routine and diet, hoping to inspire the next generation. Thank you everyone for your sponsorship donations, your generosity raised a fantastic £642 for Team GB athletes.


– School news Maths Mastery

On Friday 12th October Mr Wong gave a maths mastery presentation to parents. The session covered some of the changes we’ve made at St. Mary’s in our maths curriculum. We explored the use of resources and discussed ways in which parents can help their children with maths at home.


– School news Cadbury World

On Monday 15th October Class 3 went to Cadbury World. The day was fun and exciting, there was so much to do! We learnt about the history of chocolate and even got to have a go at making some ourselves. There was also chocolate tasting, chocolate writing and chocolate games. Our favourite part of the day was the amazing 4D experience – we felt like we were on a real roller coaster. Written by Ava age 6.


– School news Canopic Jars

At the end of September, Mr Walker set Class 4 a mini homework project. As part of their current topic on Ancient Egypt, the children were asked to research canopic jars. The deadline for the project was this week and the work that has been brought in is phenomenal. There were clay models, posters, videos, masks and power point presentations. Mr Walker loved the variety of the children’s interpretations and could see they have enjoyed and fully understood the topic. Mr Walker is unable to choose a winner from all of the fantastic entries and has declared the whole class a winner! Thank you for all of the time and effort that has gone into this homework.


– School news Christmas!

Christmas Lunch Christmas lunch is on Wednesday 19th December. The meal includes roast turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, carrots and peas – no sprouts! Pudding is a choice of Christmas ice-cream or a festive biscuit. The cost per lunch is £3.50. Children in key stage two (years 3 – 6) need to pay £3.50. Children in key stage one (years R, 1 & 2) only need to pay £1.25 as £2.25 is funded by the government. There are four options in ParentPay, please select and pay for only one of the following options by 30th November: Red 1 Turkey and Christmas ice-cream pot Red 2 Turkey and festive biscuit Green 1 Vegetable parcel and Christmas ice-cream pot Green 2 Vegetable parcel and festive biscuit Please note there will be no jacket potatoes on the day.

As always, the day we have our Christmas lunch will also be Christmas jumper day. Children are invited to wear non-school uniform on this day including a festive jumper or festive colours. In return, we ask each child to bring in £2. All of the money raised will be sent to St Michael’s Primary School in Nanka, Nigeria, which is the primary school Father

Damian attended as a child. This money helps them buy necessities such as blackboards, chalk, pens and paper which they are seriously lacking.

Christmas Lights

The Henley Christmas Lights working party is again running a competition for three local schoolchildren (one from each school in Henley) to turn on the Henley Christmas lights. Children are invited to draw an A5 picture of a Christmas scene (no computer generated designs please) and return to school by Thursday 15th November. The winning entry will become the cover of the Christmas carol sheet 2018. In addition, the child who designs the winning entry chosen by the Henley Lights committee will be asked to switch on the Christmas lights on Sat 1st Dec 2018 at 5pm. Please do not enter if you are not free on this day. We are asking children to draw their design at home (ideally over half-term) and to help them, each child will be given a piece of white card next week.


– Pupil Achievements

Artwork of the week STEM Award Artwork of the week goes to We have a new award Freddie who made this for our newsletter fantastic canopic jar as his this week. Whilst we homework project. The head might not have a comes off and it has been winner every week, decorated beautifully. We would like to Well done Freddie. recognise this canopic jar made by Evie on a 3D printer with a STEM award.

Well Done! STARS OF THE WEEK

Class 1: Felicity is star of the week for 100% effort in phonics. Class 2: Alvina for her fantastic writing. Class 3: Jakub for working so hard on his joined up handwriting. Class 4: Kieran for his outstanding, positive attitude and approach to

all challenges. Class 5: Benjamin for his excellent self-awareness in maths lessons Going for Gold: Class House points winner: St Nicholas HOMEWORK

Class 2: James Class 3: Oskar Class 5: Samuel

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