World Book Day

We will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 16th March

Children will be coming to school in their pyjamas,

it would be great if each child could bring a donation of £1!

The deadline for the sponsored listen/read has already passed, so please bring in any

forms and contributions as soon as you can!

Children have each been given a £1 World Book Day token!

Reading Books Sale

Each of our classes has been collecting second hand books, they will be available to buy

this week, weather permitting! The money raised from the sale of books will be used to

buy new reading books for classroom. This is the number of books that has been collected

in each class:

Nursery 25

F2ES Miss Sefton 20 F2AW Mrs Wood & Mrs Atkinson 18

Y1RW Miss Webb 42 Y1WM Miss Marsden & Miss Waller 68

Y2LD Miss Duggleby 94 Y2LA Miss Andrew 77

Y3GP Mrs Pirie 25 Y3IF Miss Frost 23

Y4RH Miss Handy 57 Y4IK Miss Kirk 61

Y5RC Miss Conway 111 Y5ES Miss Sweeney 84

Y6MT Mrs Tipping 42 Y6JW Miss Weir 210

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

Meal Week 1 View the meal menu and pay online.

Attendance and Punctuality View our attendance graph at

stcatherines.academy/attendance

The highest class attendance in school last week

was 99.7%. Well done to Miss Duggleby’s class, Mr

Hawksworth’s class and Miss Kirk’s class! You’ll be

getting a little treat this week

Late attendance last week affected children’s

learning on 29 occasions, which is an average of

95.8 per day.

Overall school attendance for last week was:

97.5%

Class Lates Attendance

F2ES Miss Sefton 1 91.0

F2AW Mrs Wood & Mrs Atkinson 0 98.7

Y1RW Miss Webb 2 94.3

Y1WM Miss Marsden & Miss Waller 0 96.8

Y2LD Miss Duggleby 3 99.7

Y2LA Miss Andrew 0 95.3

Y3GP Mrs Pirie 1 99.3

Y3IF Miss Frost 2 96.5

Y4RH Miss Handy & Mr Hawksworth 4 99.7

Y4IK Miss Kirk 5 99.7

Y5RC Miss Conway 4 99.3

Y5ES Miss Sweeney 3 97.4

Y6MT Mrs Tipping 2 97.5

Y6JW Miss Weir 2 99.3

Dates for your Diary

Monday 12th March

* Engineering Week to 16th March

* Y4 Residential to 14th March

Wednesday 14th March

* Parent Forum ‘World in our Playground’

Thursday 15th March

* Breakfast Club is in the KS2 Dining Room!

Friday 16th March

* Year 6 Bun Day

* World Book Day – no uniform!

Monday 19th March

* Sports Relief bands on sale

Thursday 22nd March

* Nursery Parents Evening

Friday 23rd March

* Sports Relief

Monday 26th March

* 9:15 Y3IF Palm Sunday assembly

Tuesday 27th March

* 9:15 Y3GP Last Supper assembly

Wednesday 28th March

* 9:15 Y6JW Garden of Gethsemane assembly

* 3:00 Y6MT Stations of the Cross assembly

* Swimming lessons start for Y2LD

Thursday 29th March

* Mass in school

Sunday 15th April

* Father Albert’s 40th Anniversary Mass

Monday 14th May

* Year 6 SATs

Wednesday 16th May

* Swimming lessons start for Y1RW

Wednesday 20th June

* Swimming lessons start for Y1WM

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St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

BUNS – Year 6

This Friday it is the turn of Year 6 to provide the

buns. Thank you for your continued support!

Get a colour copy of the newsletter by email,

let the office team have your address!

Makaton Sign of the Week

World Book Day Children will be coming in pyjamas to celebrate

World Book Day on Friday 16th March! It would be

great if each child could bring a donation of £1!

The children will have a visit to class from a mystery

reader, and hot chocolate

Children have already taken home their World

Book Day voucher!

There will also be a book sale every day, depending

on the weather!

Sports Relief On Friday 23rd March we will be celebrating Sports

Relief! There will be various sporting activities

taking place in the afternoon, and it will cost 20p

to have a go to beat the teacher!

All children will either walk or run a mile with their

class, in the morning.

Sports Relief wrist bands will be on sale at the

school office from Monday 19th March, they cost

£1 each.

Children can also pay £1 to wear sporty clothes

that day (the brighter the better), instead of school

uniform – football shirts are allowed!

Nursery and Reception Don’t forget, you can add observations of your

child’s amazing learning, at home, on 2simple.

Simply reply to the email from ‘2build a profile’ and

attach pictures and notes!

Parent Forum News

The World in Our Playground There will be a coffee morning this Wednesday

starting at 9:00am, and this week the workshop will

be led by parents.

Please join the Parent Forum for a cup of tea and a

chat on Wednesday, and find out more from one

of the members of our culturally diverse school

community!

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School Council News

Fruit is sold every playtime in the dining room and

it costs 20p per item. Children can choose from

apples, pears, bananas and oranges. Children in

KS2 can also bring in their own fruit or veg as a

snack.

Why fruit and veg are great:

Fresh fruit and vegetables are always the best snack

choice for your children – they contain vitamins and

minerals, are a good source of fibre and count

towards their 5 A Day. Plus, they're easy to eat on

the go!

The School Council are currently working with

Parent Forum to create a new packed lunch policy.

As we’re part of ‘Healthy Schools’ we want to make

sure everyone is bringing in healthy and nutritional

packed lunches and snacks.

Watch this space for more information from the

School Council team.

For more information and recipe ideas you can

make with your children, visit:

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

Year 6

Sex and Relationship Education As you know we only have a few weeks left before

SATs week which begins Monday 14th May. Our

children are working really hard on all aspects of

school life but our main focus over the next 7

weeks will be on English and maths.

With this in mind we have decided to move Year 6

SRE (Sex and Relationship Education) from this half

term, to after the SATs week. We are aware of how

important our SRE education is, particularly in

today’s climate, and we want to make sure that we

cover this learning well with our children. We just

want make you aware of this change in timing.

We have organised a live link that teachers can use

to show you the amazing STEM work that is

happening in the classrooms.

All you have to do is go onto Twitter and you can

see a live video of the experiments or work that

they are doing - some engineers are coming in too

to look at the work in class and give them some

critique on their projects.

This is the plan so far:

Class Day Time

Y1RW Friday 16th March 11:00am

Y1WM Tuesday 13th March 11:30am

Y2LD Friday 16th March 1:45pm

Y2LA Friday 16th March 1:30pm

Y3GP

Y3IF Tuesday 13th March 11:20am

Y4RH Friday 16th March 11:00am

Y4IK

Y5RC Friday 23rd March 1:40pm

Y5ES Friday 23rd March 1:40pm

Y6MT Friday 23rd March 2:00pm

Y6JW

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Stranger Danger We have been alerted by a local school about some

suspicious behaviour; a person approached a

secondary aged child and attempted to persuade

them to get into their car.

Please remind your children how to stay safe,

especially if they are secondary school age. The

advice is:

* Never accept gifts or sweets, accept a lift or go

anywhere with a stranger;

* Never go off on your own without telling a parent

or a trusted adult;

* Keep away from any car that approaches you, so

that no one can get hold of you, and you can run

away;

* Always tell a trusted adult if you have been

approached by a stranger;

* Remember the YELL, RUN, TELL rule, it is fine to

run and scream if you find yourself in danger;

* Avoid playing in dark or lonely places;

* Stay with friends and never wander off on your

own;

* Make sure that parents know where you are

going, and what time you will be back home.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/keeping-

young-children-and-teens-safe-while-out-and-

about

Celebration Father Albert is celebrating his fortieth year in the

priesthood, there will be a special Mass to

celebrate! The date and time of the Mass is 1:00pm

on Sunday 15th April, it will be at St Catherine’s

Church on Melrose Road.

Father Albert would like the school to play a part

in the celebration, and has asked if some of our

children could lead one of the hymns? There will

not be a lot of space in Church that day, so Father

has requested that only 30 children attend.

If you would like to join Father Albert to celebrate

his 40th Anniversary, please complete and return

the reply slip below!

Celebration - 40 For the attention of Mrs Gillott

I would like to attend Father Albert’s special Mass

at 1pm on Sunday 15th April.

Name: ________________________________________

Class: _________________________________________

Signed by parent: ____________________________

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F2ES Larron For blowing off Miss Sefton’s socks with his talking, listening and thinking, well done!

Annam For always making the right choices on the carpet, in choosing time and around school,

well done!

F2WA Daisy For her amazing writing! We can really tell that Daisy has been practising her writing; she

is doing great, and is remembering her capital letters, finger spaces and a full stop!

Jabber For his great writing, remembering to use his Fred fingers to write words, well done!

Y1WM Kyei For excellent choices in his independent learning, well done!

Danyal For being a fantastic role model to others, well done!

Y1RW Julia For an incredible Big Write, well done!

Hamda For an incredible Big Write, well done!

Y2LD Sarah For always trying her best across all subjects, well done!

Ethan C For persevering with tricky learning this week, well done!

Y2LA Rayan For starting his work quickly and trying really hard to focus, well done!

Kienna For working really hard in literacy with her Mickey the Monkey story, well done!

Y3GP

Y3IF

Y4RH George For having a fantastic week, well done!

Madison For showing great enthusiasm during our STEM project, well done!

Y4IK Daniyal For giving great contributions in class and showing enthusiasm during carpet time, well

done!

Ann Maria For working really hard at following the rubric in her writing, and improving her spelling,

well done!

Y5ES Zeah For her brilliant teamwork in producing a prototype for our STEM project, well done!

Jason For standing up and reading out his performance poem with great expression, well done!

Y5RC Abubakr For performing his poem using intonation and emotion, well done!

Amelia For independently completing maths challenges and then teaching her friends, well done!

Y6JW

Y6MT Imogen For showing determination and enthusiasm in all that we do, well done!

Lydia For showing determination and enthusiasm in all that we do, well done!

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Lunchtime Awards

WOW

KS1

Abu-Zar – for always being pleasant and polite!

KS2

Rohan – for a noticeable difference on the yard at lunchtime, making every effort to

join in the games, and playing lovely!

Norrel – for kindness and friendship shown to other children!

BEAT IT

MUGA Year 1

LT Challenge Year 1 and Year 5

Reader of the Week F2ES Awet For getting his Bronze award!

F2WA

Y1WM Izabella For working hard towards her Platinum award!

Y1RW

Y2LD Jeriah For always trying his best to read at home and bring his Reading Record into school!

Y2LA Brhane For always reading at home and reading with excellent expression in RWI!

Y3GP

Y3IF

Y4RH Rhema For always bringing in her Reading Record!

Y4IK Ethan For giving good comments on his reading that he brings in every day!

Y5ES Jack For his great world book day homework!

Y5RC Eldana For great comments in her Reading Record every day!

Y6JW

Y6MT Jessica For bringing in her Reading Record and putting lots of effort into reading practice!

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