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WORDS OF THE WEEK

‘Word of the week’ sentences should be handed in by Thursday each week.

This week’s winners are:

Thomas Hateley (Key Stage 1); and Jake Wright (Key Stage 2 winner)

Winning sentence (KS1): Thomas: “My nan feeds lots of animals including a

squirrel called Bobby”.

Winning sentence (KS2): Jake: “You must understand that this conversation is

strictly confidential.”

Here is the target word for Key Stage 1 pupils to use before Thursday 4th December:

energy

The Key Stage 2 target word to use is: independence

Good luck, everyone!

Holiday Dates 2014

Term Dates 2014/15

Fri 19th

Dec 2014 – Fri 2nd

Jan 2015 Christmas Holiday Fri 13

th Feb – Fri 20th Feb 2015 Half Term

Fri 27th

Mar –Fri 10th

Apr 2015 Easter Holiday Mon 4

th May 2015 Bank Holiday

Fri 23rd

May – Fri 29th

May 2015 Half Term

School closes for Summer Holiday - Mon 20 Jul 2015.

28th November 2014

Diary Dates

Tues 2nd

Dec – Carol Concert 5.30 pm

Mass – Thursday 4th Dec Year 6, Rec, Nursery

Fri 5th December School/Parish Christmas Fayre 5.30 pm

CLJ WEEK – 8th

December

THEATRE VISITS

KS2 Monday 15th Dec

KS1 Wednesday 17th Dec

Nursery Visit to Cadbury World Thursday 18th Dec

Message from the Acting Head Teacher

Church and School Christmas Fayre: Friday 5

th December 2014 (5.30-7.30pm) - please see overleaf.

Christmas Nativity Plays

The school’s Christmas Nativity Plays will take place

as follows:

Nursery & Reception:

Monday 15th

December, 2.15pm

& Wednesday 17th

December, 9.15am

Year 1 & Year 2:

Tuesday 16th

December, 2.15pm

& Thursday 18th

December, 9.15am

We warmly encourage you to book early.

Catholic Schools’ Carol Service

The St Francis school choir will sing at this event on Tuesday

2nd December from 5.30pm at St Mary of the Mount Catholic

Primary School. All welcome.

High Heath Park Carols The annual High Heath Park event will take place on Saturday 13

th

December, at which there will be prizes for the best Christmas card

designs, and opportunities for families to enjoy carols and seasonal cheer.

WRITING TASK (7)

Here is Point 7 of our weekly writing tasks series*:

“Respond first to the content and ideas and process of the writing. [e.g. "I liked the way you described … What were you

trying to do? At the beginning, I felt …. What did you want the reader to feel? Tell me a bit more about … What came easily and where did you stop and refine? What might you

work on next in your writing?"].

*These points are taken from Wrigley, S: National Writing Project (NWP), National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE):

http://www.nwp.org.uk/1/category/national%20curriculum/1.html

This weekend, can you set up an opportunity for your

child/ren to sit and talk to you about what they have

written (as above), and then enjoy the results?

Thank you for helping us to improve the standard of writing at St Francis Catholic Primary School.

PLEASE SEE OVER

STARS OF THE WEEK As you know, the two best pupils in every class from

Reception to Year 6 are rewarded in assemblies every Friday.

This week’s ‘Stars of the Week’ are:

Reception - Shannon Aston and Lola Wallace

Year One - Skye Henworth and Brendan Weir

Year Two - Charlotte Mills and Thomas Stanley

Year Three - Junior Carolan and Nicole Muvaki

Year Four - Gypsy Dymond and Sophie Jones

Year Five - Anita Madej and Susaan George

Year Six - Lydia Hutchison and Mia Friend

Congratulations to them and their families!

Junior Leadership Team Walsall Advertiser

The JLT’s educational visit to the Mayor’s

Parlour last week was reported in the

Mayor’s column in last night’s Walsall

Advertiser. Congratulations to all

concerned.

JLT interviews

This week, following a successful

interview, Sam Whittern was appointed

to the post of Junior Deputy Head

Teacher. The plan is that, next year,

when he is in Year 6, he will become the

next Junior Head Teacher.

Many congratulations to Sam.

Next week, we will let you know which

pupil candidates are successful in being

appointed to the new ‘Art’ and

‘Computing & ICT’ roles in the JLT.

Interviews for the school’s new (adult) Head

Next Tuesday, members of the Junior Leadership Team will help to interview for the school’s new substantive (adult)

Head Teacher. They will have a timetabled slot in which to ask all of the

candidates’ questions about their suitability for this crucially important

post.

We will let you know the outcome of these two-day interviews, next week.

PiXL update On Wednesday 26th November the PiXL core group attended a conference in Leeds. The meeting focussed on reviewing how the PiXL sessions are being run and how future developments could be incorporated to ensure maximum impact and progress for our children. The group have come away with new ideas and renewed enthusiasm as to how to make this happen. Following the second round of assessments, we hope to be able to see what progress has been made. This will then be shared with the PiXL children through their PLC’s (personal learning checklist).

For more information, please see

www.pixl.org.uk

MUFTI DAY Thank you to everyone who dressed up as a Roald Dahl

character in aid of the Church Christmas Fayre today.

Children – and their parents – had taken great care to

plan and make their costumes. We had impressive Giant

Peaches, Oompa-loompas, and Charlies at school today.

Mrs Charles’s costume was amazing, too!

We will let you know next week how much the MUFTI

Day raised for the fund.

CHURCH & SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAYRE You are all very welcome to come along to the annual

Christmas Fayre on Friday 5th December between

5.30pm and 7.30 pm at the school.

There will be stalls, raffles, Christmas crafts and bric-a-

brac, all in a festive atmosphere.

A big thank you to Mrs Moseley and the school and

church team for making the arrangements.

MY MATHS Unfortunately the password for access to My

Maths has had to be changed again. The new password will

now be Times.