ST MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Cheltenham Road East
Churchdown
Gloucester
GL3 1HU
Tel 01452 714053 / 855305
E-mail Address: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web Site: http://st-marys-churchdown.gloucs.sch.uk/
SUMMER Term 6 Week 4
Friday 30th June 2017
Dear Parent,
If you have any concerns or matters that you wish to discuss please email me at [email protected] or catch me on
the playground,
Liam Jordan (Head Teacher)
Day of Many Colours - Monday 3rd July 2017
On Monday, 3rd July, the School is hosting a ‘Day of Many Colours’ to support the work of the Catholic
children’s charity, Mission Together. All funds raised will support a feeding programme in Kenya to allow
children to go to school and have a meal each day.
Father Gary Brassington, the Diocesan representative for the charity, has led an assembly this week in
school to present the project to pupils.
For a £1 donation pupils can wear brightly coloured clothing instead of school uniform. Each class
will also be organising their own fun fund-raising activity if pupils wish to bring another 50p to £1.
Free Festival and Garden Party
Wotton House
Horton Road
Gloucester GL1 3PR
Sports Day: The Junior sports day produced some really excellent athletic performances and examples of amazing determination and character. This year
we reverted to a more traditional, track based event and this proved to be very popular with the pupils. The children participated in individual sprints, bean
bag races, distance runs and relays - it was great to see everyone putting such effort in to their performances but not at the expense of enjoyment and
good sportsmanship. Thank you for the excellent support throughout the afternoon and to those brave souls who (reluctantly!) participated in the mums’ and
dads’ races.
Building Fund: Please send in your contributions as soon as possible, we are hoping to purchase Interactive screens for the junior classrooms – thank you
After-School Clubs: Next week is the final session for all clubs (apart from Friday Multi-Sports which finishes on 14th July).
First Holy Communion 2017
Congratulations to the children in Year 3 who made their First Holy
Communion at Our Lady’s last Sunday.
Well done to Allegra, Heidi, Kacper, Sofia, Dylan, Olivia, Maksiu, Alfie,
Jacob and Jakub.
This Sunday at 10:30 mass (Our Lady’s) children will receive their certificates
and there will be a celebration party on the school field.
The children nominated for excellent manners and courtesy this week (as nominated by the teachers ) are:
EYFS – Evie Smith
Year 1 – Sylvie Kibble
Year 2 – Aimee Palmer
Year 3 – Caleb Lane
Year 4 – Mia Hadzihajdic
Year 5 – Matthew King
Year 3 had a wonderful, albeit a very hot day, at Robinswood Nature Park.
Within our science topic we had the great opportunity to do some pond dipping. The children all scooped nets and were beyond excited about some of
their finds! Seth was a king pond dipper and found creatures every time from tadpoles to pond snails, from pond beetles to fish.
We also compared the pond habitat to a woodland habitat and scurried around, lifting logs to find creatures low and high... a super spider found and
caught high up on a branch by Heidi and Martim.
After a much needed lunch, and a blow out in the park, we started our journey up the hill. We talked about various leaves, habitats, insects and the
excitement of different animal mess! Taking in lots of drinks, wearing hats and wearing copious amounts of suncream we walked higher and higher. Those
that struggled at the beginning soon were desperate to be the first to the top. (Parents...don't ever let them moan on a big walk again, they certainly can
do it!)
At the top were breathtaking views of Gloucestershire on such a clear day. The children should be very proud of themselves and their great sense of
achievement. It was a wonderful trip- a big thank you to the mums of Martim, Alfie and Pearl who braved the heat with us!
Let's look forward to more trips next year! Mrs Crowley.
Cake Raffle: This week’s School Council weekly cake raffle was won by Ola Sledzik (Y4) thanks to Mrs Stevens (mum of Alfie Y3 & Corina Y4) for the
wonderful cake. The raffle raised over £35. The total rasied so far stands at over £270.00.`
Stars of the Week (Term 6 Week 4)
Reception Adedayo Fayemiwo – for his fantastic adventure story writing about Pirates.
Y1 Noah Lane – for producing a brilliant description of ‘The Giant’ in story writing this week.
Y2 Erin Wallace– for working hard this week and her lovely factfile about Florence Nightingale.
Y3 Jacob Solis – for his fantastic manners, and hard work to make a skeleton in science.
Y4 Isabella Dickinson– for always having a fantastic attitude to learning and confidence in maths.
Y5 Charley Keveren – for her super descriptive writing based on lines from a Thomas Hardy poem.
Events for the Remainder of the Term
Monday 3rd – Friday 7th July
Thursday 6th July
Tuesday 4th July
Weds 5th July
Friday 7th July
Mon 10th – Friday 14th July
Thursday 13th July
Monday 17th July
Tuesday 18th July
Wednesday 19th July
Thursday 20th July
*parents are invited to attend these events.
-Last week of after-school clubs for the term.
-Reception 2017/18 Taster Day sessions*-Class swaps afternoon (Reception – Y5). -Year 6 secondary taster day.
-Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 trip to Weston-Super-Mare
-9:15 YEAR 3 Class Mass*
-14:15 RECEPTION Class liturgy.*
-St Mary’s Safety, Arts & Culture week.
-Annual Pupil Reports sent out to parents.
-09:15 Leavers’ Mass at Our Lady’s Church (Led by Y6).*
-19:00 Y6 Joseph performance 1*
-19:00 Y6 Joseph performance 2*
-Last day of term. School Closes 15:15