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St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Where every child is special

Weekly News for the week beginning Monday 5th June 2017

What a beautiful week of weather! Here’s hoping it lasts through the Half term break! There is a

fair bit of work going on in school next week whilst we are away. We are having LED lighting fitted

throughout the school as part of a Government sponsored scheme to make schools and other public

buildings as energy efficient as possible. We have been able to so this as part of an interest free loan

scheme. At the same time the Key stage 1 playground is being re-tarmacked as the first stage in its

redevelopment. The new equipment and markings will be put in over the summer. Our thanks to all

of you who have helped to fund this important work through the PTA. We are also getting going

with our prayer garden which we hope will be ready to be opened and blessed by the Bishop when he

comes to celebrate our 50th Birthday on June 27th. I hope that you will also see the great work of

our incredibly enthusiastic gardeners who have been busy designing and now planting our Beach garden

entry into the schools’ competition for Guildford in Bloom. My thanks to the Wong family and their

great generosity in helping provide the plants for our work. So, the summer has arrived and life at

school is as busy as ever and that is just how it should be! Fun, challenge and achievement, everyone

striving to make S=P+A+C+E for their learning. Have a wonderful half term week whatever you are

doing. Neil Lewin

The Week Ahead… St Thomas’ Learner Perseverance –The Growth Mind-set

Clubs Week 6

Monday 5th June

INSET DAY! No school for the children

Tuesday 6th June

Year 2 trip to Brighton Sealife Shakespeare workshop for Year 5 and 6

Wednesday 7th June

Year 3 Stone Age Day (parents welcome from 3pm) New Reception 2018 induction 1

Thursday 8th June

Year 1 visit to Birdworld Father Alan in school with Year 6 Girls football tournament at Bushy Hill 2.30pm – 5pm

Friday 9th June

Bottle MUFTI for the Summer Fayre 9am Parent prayer group. Please join us for quiet prayer after drop off

Saturday 10th June

Yee Ha! Wild West Summer Fayre 1.30pm – 5pm

As part of our 50th

Celebrations, our Art week this year is themed around the dominant art of the decades since the

1960s. One of our art creations needs plastic coins/toy money – if you have any old toy money that you no longer need

we would love to have it to use in our art! Please just hand in the loot at the School Office! Thank you


Weekly News for the week beginning Monday 5th June 2017, page 2

Art Week

MONDAY 12th JUNE St Thomas Learner Focus – Perseverance, each mistake is a step forward

TUESDAY 13th June

WEDNESDAY 14th june

NO ATHLETICS CLUB Governors’ Maths Learning Walk 3pm – 4.30pm Years 3 and 4 cross country race at St. Josephs

Thursday 15th june Father Alan in school with Year 4 1pm 2pm Guildford in Bloom Judging taking place at school

Friday 16th june SPORTS DAY – full details after half term: EYFS and KS1 events in the morning and KS2 in the

afternoon with a picnic lunch at the sports field (Urnfield). NO CLUBS AFTER SCHOOL

SATURDAY 17th june PTA Summer Ball – Hollywood style!

Golden Anniversary Mass, Tuesday 27th June, 2017, celebrated

by Bishop Richard starts at 2.00pm followed by Family picnic on

the field – please do book the date!

All children who normally have a school lunch have been sent home with a Sports Day Lunch Request slip. Please ensure the slip is completed and handed back into the school off by TUESDAY 6th 2017. If the completed slip is not received by this date it will be assumed a lunch is not required from school on Sports Day and you will need to provide a packed lunch for your child. Please note the sandwich fillings listed on the slip cannot be changed or altered.



THE GOLDEN BOOT The Golden Boot challenge starts after the half term holiday and runs from 5th June to 30th June. Every

day during the challenge children will be logging how they travel to school into the following

categories:

Walking Park and stride Scooting Car share Cycling Car School bus, Taxi, Train Other

The greener the method of transport the higher the Green Score. If you drive to school why not consider the Park and Stride option once or twice a week? Can we win back the Golden Boot this year?

The cost of school dinners for the final half term this year is £72.60

Payment can be made online via Scopay (www.scopay.com) or at the school office by cash or cheque payable to Surrey County Council. This is a debt owed to Surrey County Council and should be paid in advance.

If your child serves at Mass at your Church then they are welcome to join Fr Alan for a practice for the

50th Anniversary Mass being celebrated by Bishop Richard on Tuesday 27th June. The practice will be

after school on Tuesday 20th June. If you would like your child to come please e mail:

[email protected].

The children will meet in the Junior Hall at the end of the school day and can be picked up at 4:15

from outside the doors by After School Club. We hope as many altar servers as possible can make it.

http://www.scopay.com/

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A St Thomas’ Learner makes

S=P+A+C+E for their learning

We believe that St Thomas’ Learners can achieve Success through

Perseverance together with a really positive Attitude, confidence and,

of course, effort.

NEVER GIVES UP

S=P+A+C+E in action…

The Times Tables Challenge is here…

Hopefully your child came home (Year 2 and above) with a Times

Table Challenge this afternoon. The expectations for the children in

knowing their tables inside and out is a high one – all the tables to 12x

by the end of Year 4. We know the importance of having these facts at

our fingertips – it makes so many elements of maths so much easier –

and so we are introducing the half term Challenge. Each Friday there will

be challenges in class to see how well we are getting on, with awards for

progress across the School. I hope that you find the little Challenge

booklets useful and please encourage your children by learning with

them and making it as much fun as possible!

B for Busenya Readathon

I hope everyone is able to enjoy a book or two over half term, reading

and raising sponsorship for the children of Busenya Catholic Primary

School! Maybe over half term you could write a review of your favourite

book that we could publish in the Newsletter to encourage others to

share the fun!

Year 6, yesterday at the D-Day beaches… S=P+A+C+E in action…



Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayOrganic Cumberland

pork sausages with

mashed potatoes, gravy

& cabbage

Roast British chicken

served with sage and

onion stuffing, roast

potatoes, sliced carrots

and gravy

Organic beef cottage

pie served with

cauliflower florets

Jumbo cod fish finger

served with country style

potatoes & baked beans

v Cilli non carne with

rice & garden peas

v Quorn fillet served

with sage and onion

stuffing, roast potatoes,

broccoli florets and

gravy

v Vegetarian sausage

cassoulet served with

mashed potato &

green beans

v Cheese & tomato whirl

with country style

potatoes & crushed peas

Baked potato with

cheese or tuna

Baked potato with

cheese or tuna

Baked potato with

cheese or tuna

Baked potato with cheese

or tuna

Salad selection and

freshly baked bread

Salad selection and

freshly baked bread

Salad selection and

freshly baked bread

Salad selection and freshly

baked bread

v Fresh fruit salad &

vanilla crème fraiche

v Fruit yoghurt

selection

v Cheddar cheese &

crackers with grapes

v Chocolate brownie &

vanilla crème fraiche

Sausage pastry twists Hot chicken mayo and

stuffing baguette

Organic beef burger

in a brioche roll

Jumbo fish finger wrap

with tomato sauce with

crudités

Veggie chilli burrito v Quorn fillet, mayo

and stuffing wrap

v BBQ quorn

sausage hotdog

v Margherita pizza whirl

Crudités Crudités Crudités Crudités

v Fruity flapjack v Fruit yoghurt

selection

v Cheddar cheese &

crackers with

sultanas

v Chocolate brownie

muffin

N.B. the moving up menu is not suitable for children with special dietary needs



Hope to see you all at the summer Fayre – it’s going to be great

fun!

GUNGE the teacher (NOT the Headteacher…!!) money jars will be

around every class again after Half term and you can also fund

the gunge through the School Office and on the day right up to

almost the end of the fayre…

NB Mr Kitcatt, Miss Botham and Miss Davies all really, really, really want to

be gunged – don’t let them down!



The St Thomas of Canterbury ROLL OF HONOUR

Congratulations to all the children who received an award this week

Successful and Confident Learners who made

S=P+A+C+E for their learning

Shalton Marques Freya Parker Emily Collins

Luisa Niland Santi Dominiguez Jack Nelson

Adam Trawczynski Jake Potgieter

Gabriel Santos Kuba Swidniewicz

Rebecca Gallagher Evie Wilcock Emily Onions

Responsible Role Models in their behaviour, attitude and

learning

Kian Dunham Ernie Ward Pui Pui Yin

Showing Kindness to others and keeping our Golden

Rule

Matti Dominguez Solarte Daniel Herrera de la Rosa

Freya Collins Evan Ryu Joshua Bernal-Soria

Nicole Silva Clara Dunleavy Thomas Freire-Norman

All of St Bruno class

Making a positive contribution to the School

Qai Nsanzumuco Maria McAuliffe

Being Safe and Healthy

Giulia Pachetti

And congratulations to everyone across the

school who worked so hard to be their very

best this week



Remember to visit Bourne Estate Agents if you’re thinking about selling your house! Our

school receives a donation from Bourne of up to 10% of their fee if you sell with them!



Contacting the School

Absences – please call the office number BEFORE 9.30am 01483 888388

For general enquiries, medical issues

– please contact Mrs Simpson or Mrs Read on 01483 888388 or by email:

[email protected]

For our Business Manager and Office Manager

– please contact Mrs Clay on 01483 888388 or by email:

[email protected]

For Admission enquiries and to arrange school tours

- please contact Mrs Tahouri our Admissions Officer on 01483 888388 or by email:

[email protected]

To change meal requests and for school meal payments

- please contact Mrs Simpson on 01483 888388 or by email:

[email protected]

For After school clubs and ScoPay/Parentmail enquiries

- please contact Mrs Foster on 01483 888388 or by email:

[email protected]

For information about Tommy’s Breakfast and After School clubs

- please contact Mrs Maguire by email: [email protected]

For our Home school link worker, Kate Shaw

- please email: [email protected] or phone on 07725 250 435

For SEN information or advice

- please email our SENCos, Mrs McNiff and Mrs Terry: [email protected]

For Mr Lewin

- please ring the Office on 01483 888388 or email: [email protected]

School website: www.st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Parish website: http://www.guildfordcatholicchurches.co.uk/










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