NEXT WEEK: Monday SCHOOL CLOSED Bank Holiday   Tuesday Guitar Lessons Chelsea Football KS2 Lego Club   Wednesday Gymnastics Swimming – Y3 Rugby Tots KS1   Thursday Multisports Y3-Y5 Ascension Day Mass at 2.30pm (School Hall)   Friday Gymnastics Violin Basketball KS2

Dear Parent/Carer, The children have really enjoyed their visits to the Life Bus this week and have found out lots about the benefits of adopting a healthy lifestyle. Thank you to everybody who attended our HACs Coffee Morning today. Hopefully you found the information shared useful. Further information about the courses and workshops that they provide can be found on their website: http://www.hacs.org.uk/ On Monday, school will be closed due to the Early May Bank Holiday – we hope you enjoy the extended weekend!   Ascension Day Mass Next Thursday 10th May, we will be celebrating our Ascension Day Mass, in our school hall, at 2.30pm. All parents, carers and family members are most welcome to attend.   Year 6 SATs Tests In a couple of weeks, Year 6 will be completing their SATs tests according to the following timetable. During this week, we are inviting all Year 6 pupils to attend a Breakfast Club to help them prepare for the tests each day (further details to follow). Date SATs Test Paper Mon 14th May Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (GPS) Tues 15th May Reading Wed 16th May Maths Papers 1 & 2 Thur 17th May Maths Paper 3 Class Assemblies Thank you to all the parents who attended Year 4’s class assembly on Tuesday. The children sang and performed brilliantly teaching us lots of new things about the life of Mary. We have planned the following assemblies and productions for the remainder of this term. Date Class Time 15th May Year 5 3pm 22nd May Early Years 3pm 19th June Year 3 3pm 26th June Year 1 3pm 17th July Yr6 Leavers’ Production 5.30pm 20th July Yr6 Leavers’ Mass (Church) 9.30am

Lunch Box Policy

As a part of our Healthy School designation, our pupil School Council have developed the following Lunch Box Policy. Due to allergies, our school has also been designated as a ‘Nut Free Zone’.

Never allowed in school:

Fizzy drinks Sweets Any food items containing (or covered in) chocolate Chips or burgers Hot food and drinks Nuts (nut based products) Items of food on skewer sticks Fruit Winders

Allowed on Friday only – ‘Treat Day’:

Crisps Sweet biscuits Cakes

 

 

Reading Gladiators

On Wednesday our Year Four Reading Gladiators were fortunate to be visited by the founder of the programme, Nikki Gamble.  She was very impressed by their knowledge of the texts and their enthusiasm.

 

After school the staff were lucky enough to have a training session on Reading Comprehension provided by Nikki, who is the co-author of Guiding Readers (Winner of the UK Literacy Association 2017 Academic Book Award).

 

Sports Day

Our Sports Days for this year will take place as follows:

Thu 12^th July: Sports Day for Years 1 to 6, from 9.30am, on Rockingham Recreational Ground.

Fri 13^th July: Early Years Sports Day, from 9.30am, in school. Both Nursery classes should attend the morning session on this day.

 

HOUSE POINTS

House Point Winners (each class):

 

Year	Name	Number of House Points
1	Harrison	17
2	Keira	15
3	Lulyana	15
4	Uriel	16
5	Hallie	32
6	Grace	11

This week’s winning house is: St Thomas with 251 points!!

 

Year Two SAT's

Year Two will be sitting their SAT's the week beginning 21st May.  Please see the timetable below:

Date	SAT’s Paper
Monday 21st	Reading Paper 1
Tuesday 22nd	Reading Paper 2
Wednesday 23rd	Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Thursday 24th	Arithmetic and Reasoning papers
Friday 25th

(Please note that this timetable may be subject to change)

 

Fundraising for the School

We are arranging a clothing collection to raise funds for the school for after half term.  At the moment we have very little storage space and would ask that if you have any unwanted clothing you could store them for us. Clothing can be sent in any black sack or plastic bag. We ask if these can be brought into school on Monday 4^th June as these will be collected first thing on Tuesday. We thank you in anticipation of receiving lots of bags of unwanted clothing, linens, shoes, bags and belts to raise money. 

 

School Dinners for Thursday 17^th May

The Pantry would like to celebrate the Royal Wedding by hosting a themed lunch for all of their schools across the borough on Thursday 17^th May.

 

Please log on to your account to select/change your child’s meal using the following choices:

 

Your Majesty’s Vegetable Nuggets (Gluten & Soybean)

or The Palace Chicken Goujons (Gluten)

Served with

Prince Harry’s Enchanting Baked Beans (No Allergens)

or Golden Sweetcorn (No Allergens)

&

Meghan’s Magnificent Curly fries (Gluten)

A slice of Sponge Ice Cream Wedding Cake (Gluten,Eggs,Soybeans and Milk)

or Mouth Watering Fresh Fruit Wedges (No Allergen)

 

Please remember to order the themed lunch by Wednesday 9^th May ’18.

Latest school letters

Please note that the latest school letters (trips, clubs, class meetings, etc.) are now available on the school website: www.st-marys.hillingdon.sch.uk/

Under “Key Information/Parent Letters”.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Please see below for a list of upcoming dates. Our school calendar and term dates are available to view on our school website:

http://www.st-marys.hillingdon.sch.uk/

Date	Event
Mon 7th May	School closed (Bank Holiday)
Thu 10th May	Ascension Day Mass 2.30pm
Mon 14th May	Start of SATS week
Tue 15th May	Year 5 Class Assembly 3pm
Tue 22nd May	Early Years Class Assembly
Mon 28th May - Fri 1st Jun	HALF TERM
Mon 4th Jun	Pupils back to school
	Group photographs
	Clothing bags for donation
Wed 6th Jun	Year 5 Trip
Fri 8th Jun	Sweet cups  to be sent home
Mon 11th Jun	Start of Test Week
Wed 13th Jun – Fri 15th Jun	Year 6 PGL – Osmington Bay
Fri 15th Jun	Non-uniform Day (return sweet cups for summer fete)
Tue 19th Jun	Year 3 Class Assembly
Sat 23rd Jun	Summer Fete 12 pm – 3 pm
Mon 2nd Jul	Year 6 bike-ability
Tue 3rd Jul	Transition Day
Wed 4th Jul – Fri 6th Jul	Year 6 bike-ability
Mon 9th Jul	Start of Health & Wellbeing Week
Wed 11th Jul	Year 5 Trip to Go Ape
Thu 12th Jul	Year 1 – Year 6 Sports Day 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Fri 13th Jul	Early Year Sports Day 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Mon 16th Jul	Clothing bags to be brought for donation

 

School Fundraising Team (PTA) Newsletter 3^rd May 2018

UPDATE

This is now a BYO event

Bring your own drink (and glass)

No bar

Pay on the door

Just turn up

 

Our first ever

 Race Night

Saturday 5^th May

8pm

Church hall

 

Come and enjoy the fun!

Let’s get fundraising for the school Library Bus

Summer Raffle Prizes – we urgently need your help

We need to purchase the raffle tickets very soon for one of our major fund raisers of the year. Cooper’s Estate Agents have offered us £200 which is fab. but we need more prizes. Please all parents and grandparents, ask your boss or any business connections you have for a donation. Contact School office or Sarah 07855 998693 ASAP

Never been to a Race Night? You are in for a real treat!

No complicated betting odds, a simple way to have great fun

Here’s how it works:

1. We show 8 pre-recorded horse races throughout the evening, each with 8 numbered horses.
2. You can bet on which ever horse you think will win the race.
3. You bet on as many horses as you like (£1 per bet).
4. You are given a ticket for each bet you make.
5. When all bets are placed, the race begins and the winner displayed.
6. If your horse wins you collect your cash prize!

This is such a fun event and gets very competitive so be prepared to lose your voice as you shout for your horse to win!