St James’ RC Primary Newsletter Friday 29th March 2019 Twitter: @stjamesrc Issue 25 Headteacher’s Message During Lent KS1 and Year 3 have been attending 9:30 Mass. It has been a wonderful way for both Dear Parents, the children and the staff to start the day. Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 have been attending I hope everyone that went to the PTA Family Disco Reconciliation and Adoration at church and I on Saturday had a really enjoyable time. Thank you would like to thank Father David for giving our to everyone that made it such a great success. children these opportunities to reflect during their Thank you to Mrs Deasy and Mr Harrison for their Lentern journeys. Thank you also to Mrs Wilson work in the school garden on Saturday. They put for organising this. Next week the children will be up two bird boxes, a bee box, a ladybird tower and reflecting on The Stations of the Cross. They will a bird feeder. Mr Harrison and George repaired walk around the hall looking at the paintings that the KS1 raised bed, clad the bug hotel with wire we have displayed and thinking about each one mesh and laid the first gravel path. Wow! carefully. We started the week with builders in the school hall securing the ceiling tiles so I am grateful to the clubs that usually use the hall and who rearranged their times to accommodate this. This week we have been talking to KS2 about what bullying is. The children were able to explain that it is repeated behaviour which is intended to hurt someone either emotionally or physically. We talked about the difference between someone been mean occasionally or hurting us without meaning to as opposed to intentional repeated bullying behaviour. The children know that bullying can happen because of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation or any other aspect such as appearance or disability. Bullying can take many forms including physical assault, teasing, making threats, name calling and cyber bullying. This week KS2 have completed an Anti-Bullying Questionnaire. I will let you know the results of this when I have analysed the questionnaires fully. KS1 Student Council members and Head Gardeners took part in a Litter Pick with Mrs Deasy on Tuesday and were horrified at the amount of plastic they retrieved from the bushes around our field. They wore protective gloves and eye protectors. The rubbish that they picked up had obviously been there for many years because it was plastic and had not decomposed. The children want to remind everyone that we are trying to be as plastic free as possible. A representative from UCL met with KS1 staff on Tuesday to further discuss the interactive toy that the university is researching that will hopefully help children practise and improve their self- regulation skills. Thursday saw the second of Year 6’s sessions with The Crystal Palace Diving Team Talent Testers our mentors from The Bank of America Merrill visited the school this week to see if there were Lynch. This week they learned about income and any children that they felt would make potential different kinds of tax and where our taxes go that divers. The children will have a letter if they have been invited for further trials. we all pay! In the afternoon, we were lucky enough to have a I visited Bromley High this week to meet with their theatre group visit us to tell the story of Head of School, Mrs Dickerson, to talk about Charlotte’s Web. The children seemed to projects that we can work on collaboratively. We thoroughly enjoy it and were fully engrossed in the talked about possibilities around Computing, story. They all wanted to tell me about it Forest School and Jubilee Park Projects and we are afterwards. Thank you to Mrs Connolly for very excited about the plans that we have already arranging this. made. Thursday was a busy day! We started with a great walk around Jubilee Park where the children partnered up with different year groups and spent the walk talking about the things that they could see. Thank you to the parents that accompanied us and to the PTA that provided squash and biscuits afterwards. It really was a wonderful walk and we had lovely weather. Dates for your diary April Monday 1st Bike Ability Year 6 st Monday 1 Year 2 will be at 9:30 Mass at church Monday 1st Year 4 will be attending Adoration and Reconciliation at church Tuesday 2nd Bike Ability Year 6 Thank you to the PTA who organised a fantastic Wednesday 3rd Year 1 Parent Meeting about the Easter Egg Hunt on Friday morning for KS1. It looked like so much fun and thank you to the PTA Phonic Check at 2:45 for the chocolates at the end of the day! Thursday 4th Year 5 Passion Play for parents at 2:15 We ended the week with a great performance Friday 5th April Harlequin Dance and Drama Show from the Helen O’ Grady Drama Group. They have at 3:20 for parents obviously worked so hard and performed with th such confidence. Well done to all those that took Friday 5 End of term part. SAFEGUARDING When children are accessing games via Xbox LIVE please remember that privacy settings can be set up. https;//support.xbox.com/en-GB/browse/xbox- one/security Wednesday Word Please see the attached information about the This Week’s Word is FORGIVENESS. We explained Young Pea Chef of the Year 2019 Competition. to the children that if they acknowledge when they have gone wrong, God is always ready to Finally, can I remind parents about the use of forgive us and to help us to forgive others. The mobile phones in school. Please keep your mobile children spoke about times that they had asked for phone on silent while in the school and do not use and received forgiveness. They talked about how it phones when children are present. If you must use feels to forgive someone and make friends again. your phone please go to the office. Please also remember that you must not take photographs of the children. Have a good weekend. I wish all mums a very ‘Happy Mother’s Day.’ I hope you are all spoilt on Sunday! Best wishes for a lovely weekend Mrs Weeks Attendance Sports News Class Attendance Occasions Late A great 4-1 win this week for the Year 5 and 6 (%) footballers in their league match against St Rec 98.71 2 Joseph’s. Well done boys! This followed an earlier Y1 95.33 0 loss in the week against Clare House. Mrs Connolly Y2 96 0 Other messages… Y3 95 2 Forest school Y4 98.44 1 Year 3—Kindly note that the final session of Forest Y5 99.39 0 School for Year 3 will take place on the afternoon Y6 99.68 1 of Tuesday 2nd April. Do please ensure that your children are sent to school in their own clothes on Tuesday. Well done to Year 5 for 99% attendance and no lates. Reception class—children will be attending Forest School on Tuesday afternoon (1.20-3pm) Oakies Club commencing Tuesday 23rd April. As this is a five week term, an additional session has been This week at Oakies, the children have been busy making Mother's Day messages, enjoying the arranged for the afternoon of Thursday 16th May. sunshine and spending more time outside as the As your children already have wellingtons and a evenings are longer. waterproof suit in school, parents are encouraged to ensure that their child has a suitable selection of layers dependant on the prevailing weather conditions on the day. We are seeking volunteers with a valid DBS certificate to assist with the sessions therefore if you think you would be able to join us, please contact the school office giving details of your availability and a rota will be drawn up. Thank you. Mrs Deasy Film We wish all the Mums a restful day and we hope all your children spoil you. We will be showing Wreck it Ralph 2 (PG) on the last day of term. If there are any objections to Mrs Wallis your child watching this please let the school office know. Mass Readers St. James' Church seeks children to read at the monthly children’s Mass (9:15 am). If children are interested in proclaiming the Word of God and are either in Y4, Y5 or Y6, please contact Cheryl (A Ticket forms for our first PTA Comedy Night on Reception Class Mum) via Saturday 28th April were emailed to everyone and email [email protected]. put into school bags yesterday. This is the first weekend back after the Easter holidays so please Necessary training will be provided. submit ticket requests before we break for Easter. There will be a bar for the evening and, please note, the evening contains adult humour England Deaf Rugby and is aimed at audiences 18+. A parent has informed us of the England Deaf DIARY DATES Rugby Team playing Bromley RFC 1st XV at Barnet Wood Road on Saturday at 14:00 if you are Saturday 27 April Comedy Night, School Hall interested in going along. The entrance fee is £2 per adult and there is a bar, BBQ and refreshments Saturday 18 May Spring Ball, West Kent Golf operating throughout the afternoon. Club 6.30pm Contact us: [email protected] or Professional Basketball is back in South London! via our Facebook page.