The children have had lots of fun this week taking part in various activities as a part of our annual Health Week. This has included learning new games, emergency first aid training, a Sponsored Run and healthy eating sessions. The week will end tomorrow with Mindfulness workshops exploring techniques pupils can use to help combat any worries that they may have and to promote mental wellbeing. The trainer has asked if all pupils (Nursery to Year 6) can bring a cushion into school on this day. For more information about the benefits of Mindfulness, please visit the following NHS website:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/mindfulness.aspx

Summer Fete – Thankyou

A big thank you to everybody who attended our Summer Fete on Saturday. The afternoon had a fantastic community feel and we hope you enjoyed all the attractions on offer. A special thank you to our PTA and everybody who helped to make this event such a success. An incredible amount of effort went into planning the day and we are really grateful for all the support.

Lunch Box Policy – Poster Competition

As a part of our Health Week the children have been asked to design a poster to show what items of food are allowed in lunch boxes:

There will be a prize for the best design from each class.

Excellent Attendance

Thanks to the information given by some parents we have managed to get some passes for the Silver Blades ice rink in Slough.

As a token of our recognition to the children and their parents’ support for their 100% and the class with the best year attendance without unauthorised absences (i.e. holidays) in the academic year, children will be given two passes for them to enjoy a free ice skating session with a friend during the summer holidays.

We hope we can continue rewarding excellent attendance and if you or your company have a scheme that can support this, please let us know at the school office.

Sun Hats and Sun Cream

We are lucky enough to have seen some lovely weather over the last week or two. Please remind your child to apply sun cream before school and to bring in a sun hat and water bottle. We have sun hats available to buy from the school office for £3 each:

·Green baseball caps

·White beanie caps

·Legionaries hats

Please collect a form from the magazine boxes at school entrance and send it via your child’s book bag.

St Peter and St Paul Mass on 29^th June

Father Nicholas visited school yesterday to lead our Mass with pupils and parents – thank you to all the family members who were able to attend.

Bishophalt Maths Primary Challenge

Well done to the three children from year 6 and one child from year 4 who represented us in the borough’s maths challenge.

Reception Meetings and Induction Day

All Nursery children (those moving to Reception class in September) have been invited to attend an Induction Day and to stay for lunch on Tuesday 4^th July.

Children moving to Reception class in September will arrive to school at 8:45 a.m. and will be collected at 1:00 p.m. when parents who have pre-booked a school dinners taster will be taken to the hall for the taster session.

Please note that the children who are not moving to Reception in September will be coming to the morning session from 8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

There will be no afternoon session on Tuesday 4^th July.

Please note that on Monday and the rest of the week, children need to attend their usual Nursery sessions.

Reading Gladiators Challenge Day

Well done to the Year Four Reading Gladiators who took part in the final challenge day in Reading on Monday. They were wonderful ambassadors for our school. They won the quiz round, Nikki Gamble commented their knowledge of the books was "exceptional" and they came second in the art competition which Nikki later "tweeted" about. They should all be very proud of their hard work and achievements this year.

Sports Days

Our main Sports Day for pupils in Years 1 to 6 will take place on Monday 10^th July, from 9am. The planned Sports Day for all Early Years pupils will take place on the following day - Tuesday 11^th July (from 9am also). In the event of poor weather conditions we may have to reschedule (please see diary dates for back-up dates).

Nursery combined session on 11^th July

All nursery children will be required to attend a combined nursery session in the morning (8:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.) on Tuesday 11^th July in order to participate in the Sports Day, weather permitting.

Please note that if the planned sports day gets cancelled due to bad weather, there will be another combined session for the reserve sports day on Thursday 13^th July.

No Nursery sessions on 19^th July

Please note that there will be no Nursery sessions on 19^th July as they have already come an extra session for their school trip.

House Points

This week’s winning house is: St Bernadette’s with 202 house points.

Class House Points winners this week

Fundraising for the School

We are arranging a clothing collection to raise funds for the school towards the end of the 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. The clothes collection bags will be sent out week beginning 10^th July and we ask if these can be brought into school on Monday 17^th July as these will be collected on the Tuesday. We thank you in anticipation of receiving lots of bags of unwanted clothing, linens, shoes, bags and belts to raise money. 

Staff Allocation for the next Academic Year

Next Tuesday 4^th July, all pupils will meet their new class teacher for the next academic year. The following teachers will teach the following classes next year:

This has been planned for the same day as the Year 6’s Transition Day when the majority of pupils will visit their allocated secondary school.

School Uniform Order Deadline

Friday 11th August 2017

Dates for your diary

July 2017

                     Mon 3^rd – Year 6 Bikeability

                     Tue 4^th – All school induction day

                      School dinners taster session for Nursery parents (1:00 p.m.) (pre-booked only)

                      Wed 5^th – Y1 & Y2 BT Workshops

                      Mon 10^th – KS1 and KS2 Sports Day (9:00-12:00)

                                            Y3 & Y4 BT Workshops

                       Tue 11^th – EYs Sports Day (9:00 – 12:00)

                       Wed 12^th – Fri 14^th - Year 6 PGL

                       Thu 13^th – EYs Sports Day Back Up (9:00 -12:00)

                       Fri 14^th - Year 5 Trip to Go Ape

                                          Y1 & Y2 Trip to Gulliver’s Fun Park

                       Mon 17^th – KS1 and KS2 Sport Day Backup (9:00-12:00)

                       Tue 18^th – Y5 & Y6 BT Workshops

                                             Open Afternoon (3:45 – 5:30 pm)

                       Tue 18^th - Year 6 production (6:00- 7:00 pm)

                        Wed 19^th – Year 6/End of Year Mass (9:30 – 10:30 am)

                                               Last Day of Term, school finishes 1:30 pm

 September 2017

                         Tue 5^th – Pupils back to school

At St Mary’s we do not authorise any holiday booked in term time as since September 2013 Government instruction has stated that no holidays in term time can be authorised.