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  • Summer Term Letter 1

    Thu 25 Apr 2024

    31st March 2023

    Dear Parents/Guardians

    As you can see from the school calendar below, the summer term will be another busy one! More dates will be added. Summer term will hopefully continue to bring the sunshine. As the children are outdoors for some of their learning (as well as playtimes), please ensure your child has a bottle for water with them daily, and a sun hat and sun cream on sunny days.

     

    08/04/24 

    All return to school . Y6 three-week daily swimming block starts 

    All . Y6 

    09/04/24

    Y6 transition PM SJL

    Y6

    12/04/24

    Start of Term Mass 11am

    All

    12/04/24

    Y6 Walk Through Bible weekly sessions start

    Y6

    15/04/24

    Reception Health Screening with School Nurse Team

    Rec

    16/04/24

    Bronze Ambassador Day Y6 leads

    Y6

    22/04/24

    Outdoor Learning Week

    All

    24/04/24

    Hockey Festival at SJL

    Y4

    25/04/24

    Y6 Swimming Gala (parents can attend)

    Y6

    25/04/24

    Public Health Team MMR Vaccine session (invite only)

     

    26/04/24

    Own Clothes Day £1

    All

    30/04/24

    NSPCC Stay Safe Speak Out Assembly

    All

    01/05/23

    Junior Proms Practice 10-12 at Theatre Ffwrnes

    Y6

    02/05/24

    Charity Fun Run for Place 2 Be at school

    All

    06/05/24 

    Spring May Day Bank Holiday 

    All 

    15/05/24

    Junior Proms Practice 10-12 at Theatre Ffwrnes

    Y6

    17/05/24

    First Holy Communion Practice at OLQP

    Y4

    19/05/25

    First Holy Communion Day

    Y4

    20/05/24

    First Holy Communion Celebration at school

    Y4

    23/05/24

    May Procession

    All

    24/05/24

    Last day of half term . Own Clothes Day £1

    All

    WC 27/05/24 

    Whitsun Half Term 

    All 

    06/06/24

    TechnoCamps KS2 music session

    KS2

    12/06/24

    Sports Day * 9:30am start – further details to follow

    All

    17/06/24

    Junior Proms Concert at Theatre Ffwrnes

    Y6

    WC 17/06/24

    Personalised assessments will take place for Y2-Y6 over the next 2 weeks

    Y2-6

    24/06/24

    Inset Day – school closed to pupils

    All

    26/06/24

    Dogs Trust Assembly and Workshops

    Y2-Y6

    28/06/24

    Own Clothes Day £1

    All

    05/07/24

    School Reports out today

    All

    09/07/24

    Parents Evening Drop-in Session 4-5:30pm after reports

    All

    12/07/24

    Y6 Leavers Show . Own Clothes Day £1

    Y6 . All

    16/07/24

    Y6 Leavers Mass

    Y6

    18/07/24

    Y6 Leavers Celebration Assembly . Last Day of school for the year

    Y6

    19/07/24 

    Inset Day – school closed to pupils

    All

     

    Some further information regarding some upcoming dates:

     

    25th April : Public Health Immunisation Team will be at school to meet with parents and children who according to their available NHS records have not had their MMR vaccine (of full course of vaccines). It is a drop-in session (no appointments required) - you may have already had a call from the nurse team or Mrs Partridge about it. Please be assured that no child will be vaccinated unless a parent is present and has given consent directly to the Immunisation Team who are running sessions at every school in the Health Board area due to the number of Measles cases currently present in the country.

     

    2nd May:  The Place 2 Be Fun Run will be at school. We invite all pupils to wear orange or yellow on the day. We kindly ask for £1 on the day to take part, and if you have any spare change to donate, each class will have a fundraising jar in their class for the rest of this half term which will all go to Place2Be.

     

    23rd May: As part of our celebration of May as the month of Our Lady, the school will be holding a May Procession on the 23rd of May. Parents are invited to attend (time to be confirmed).  The children will sing Marian hymns, share in reflective prayer and process around the school to the statue of Our Lady, this will culminate in the crowning of Our Lady with flowers. Our First Holy Communion children are encouraged to wear their First Holy Communion outfits to lead this procession. It is advisable that children wear uniform to school and change into their First Holy Communion outfits at school. All pupils are welcome to bring a single flower (artificial or fresh) or a small posy of flowers to lay at the feet of Our Lady.

     

    From the 17th of June for two weeks, Personalised Assessments will take place for all pupils Years 2-6. The personalised assessments are based on the skills in the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) and will provide information on the reading and numeracy skills of individual learners and whole classes which teachers can use to plan next steps in teaching and learning.

     

    Further dates will be added as the term progresses. Please visit our school website and social

    media pages for information relating to school life (details below).

     

    A request regarding the Car Park: Over the last few months, the car park has become increasingly busy, particularly during the afternoon pick up times. There have been a couple of “near misses” with cars almost colliding with each other and the school gates. During one recent incident, we received reports of a parent becoming verbally abusive to another, loud enough for others to hear.

    I would like to remind you that the car park is school property and when on school property, we expect ALL parties to behave in a respectful and kind manner. This behaviour is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. If the car park is full, please use alternative surrounding areas to park and walk to collect your child. Do not park in front of the staff gates or the white lines as this is the access point for emergency services. Blocking this could delay help when needed. Please be sensible when using the car park and act appropriate to your surroundings.

     

    As always, my door is open if you have any queries.

     

    Yours faithfully

    Mrs Howells

    Headteacher

  • Summer 2024 Class Newsletters

    Wed 17 Apr 2024

    Please visit our Newsletters page under News & Events on the home page for your Summer Term 2024 Class Newsletters

  • RE NEWSLETTER SUMMER TERM 2024

    Mon 08 Apr 2024

    IMPORTANT DATES THIS TERM

     The month of May is dedicated to Our Lady

     

     

    The Ascension of the lord (9 May)

     

    Pentecost Sunday (19 May)

     

    The Most Holy Trinity (26 May)

     

    The Most Holy body and Blood of Christ (30 May)

     

    The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (7 June)

     

    Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles (29 June)

    This feast day will be celebrated at Mass on Sunday 30 June.

     

    SCHOOL MASS/SERVICES

     

    Start of New Term Mass:

    April 11th

     

    May Procession:

    May 23rd

     

    End of term Mass:

    July 17th

     

    FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME

     

    Final Group Mass at

    OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE (10:00am)

    April 19th

     

    FIRST CONFESSION (at school) – May 8th

     

    FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DAY

    OUR LADY QUEEN O PEACE (10:00am)

    May 19th 

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