DATE: Friday 10th June 2022

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

SVP BINGO

On Wednesday afternoon our Year 5 children hosted a bingo afternoon for parents and parishioners as part of their Mini-Vinnies project, raising money for charity.

The children did everything, from waitressing and making drinks, to bingo calling and even explaining a false call.  Watching the children descend on tables in the breaks to offer drinks, biscuits, cakes and raffle tickets was similar to watching a swarm of bees land on a daffodil, so thank you to all those who were so patient and joined in with good grace and humour!

A final thank you to everyone who donated prizes and refreshments to allow us to donate all profits to charity.  You helped to raise an amazing £316.10!!!  The children have decided to donate half the money to SVP charity, and half to St Ambrose Parish.

DRAGONS' DEN AT SAINT AMBROSE

This week every class has planned a stall at the summer fete on July 8th at 3.15pm. The children have put together a business case for resources to create the products they are going to sell. The business cases were presented to our dragons aka our lovely Teapot Time group. We can't wait to find out on Tuesday if we will be funded by TAPP.

YEAR 6 YOUNG CITIZEN'S CHALLENGE

Today, Year 6 have taken part in a Young Citizen's Challenge event organised by West Mercia Police at Wyre Forest Fire Station. Miss Holtom was very impressed with how well our pupils represented our school and tackled each challenge. 

 

 

ACCESS ALL ARTS WEEK

This week in school we have celebrated 'Access all Arts Week'. We challenged each class to do at least three art sessions from the topics: 2D Mark-making, Drama and Story Telling.
It was a great opportunity to explore different areas of the arts and discover new hobbies that hadn't been explored before.
The children have had a great time.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Clubs, Trips and Sports Events

Date Year Group Event
Mondays Y5 and Y6 Board Game Club - Sign up required
Tuesdays Y4, Y5 and Y6 Photography club - Sign up required
Wednesday 8th June Y2 Art Club - Sign up required
Wednesday 22nd June Y5 Emmaus MAC Sports Afternoon

Library Events

Library Events this year

Our library will be open to parents and children after school.

•     The children can change their library books

•     You can listen to your child read.

•     You can spend quality time with your child by sharing books together.

•     Storytime

Date Time Year Group
Wednesday 15th June 3.15-3.45pm Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6

Class Assemblies

Date Year Group
Friday 15th July Year 2
Monday 18th July - 6pm in school hall Year 6 Leavers' Play
Tuesday 19th July - 1.45pm in church Year 6 Leavers' Mass & Graduation

WHOLE SCHOOL MASSES

All school Masses will be in Church this term and we hope you will be able to join us.

Wednesday 29th June at 9.30am St Peter and St Paul
Thursday 21st July End of Term

CLASS MASSES

Date Time Year Group
15th June Y4 11am
6th July YR, Y1 and Y2 9.15am
13th July Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 9.15am

School Saint's Feast Days

St Richard 16th June

STARS OF THE WEEK

Year Group Curriculum Discipleship
Reception Alwen Isla-May
Year 1 William Analisia
Year 2 Jack Parisa
Year 3 Isabella Maksymilian
Year 4 Cian James B
Year 5 Darius Charlie
Year 6 4 names to be announced next week as children attending HSBC workshop

PSHE

In our PSHE lessons this term, we will be discussing the NSPCC’s PANTS rules. These are designed to teach pupils how to stay safe from sexual abuse, without giving explicit information or telling scary stories or even using the term “sexual abuse”. In the lesson, children will learn about the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which stands for:
• Privates are private.
• Always remember your body belongs to you.
• No means no
• Talk about secrets that upset you
• Speak up, someone can help.
The lesson will be fully age-appropriate.
More information about talking PANTS, including a short film and a parent guide can be found at nspcc.org.uk/pants

Next week all children will bring home a letter explaining the PANTS lesson and resource.

TALENT SHOW

This half term, Miss Ballard will be organising a Talent Show for all pupils. The money raised will be donated to Saint Ambrose Church maintenance fund.

The competition is open to all year groups - you can enter in a group or as a solo.  Any talent will be accepted - dancing, singing, acting, musicians, comedy acts etc.  Get practising over half term so that you're ready to audition after the holiday!

The talent show will be held just before the end of the school year - keep your eyes peeled for further details!

QUEEN'S JUBILEE GARDEN PARTY

Thank you to TAPP for organising a wonderful Jubilee party, as promised see the photos below.

LIVE STREAM

Can we please remind you to complete and return the live stream consent form that came home with your child last half term.

PRAYER MINISTRY

Mathew Morgan who leads the intercessory prayer network at Saint Ambrose has provided parishioners the opportunity to leave prayer intentions for the network to pray for throughout the week. Matthew would like to extend this opportunity to our school community and invites anyone to email prayer intentions to stambroseintercessors@gmail.com 

SHOUT OUT

The things that are achieved by the children at our school are incredible.  Members of our school represent numerous sports teams and clubs outside of school, as well as representing the school with great pride at various competitions.

This week I have heard:

Bobby in YR, has been playing football for over a year now and he was asked on Friday before half term, if he would like to step up and play for the older age group in a tournament at Winterfold. Bobby went and enjoyed the tournament his team reaching the final only to lose, these were the first sets of competitive games Bobby has played and he did really well.

 

ATTENDANCE

Before COVID our Summer Fete was a huge success and not only was it lots of fun but we raised a fantastic amount of money for the school! We are already planning ahead, have set the date and are looking forward to organising this year’s fete to be just as much fun, if not better!

At Saint Ambrose everyone recognises regular school attendance is an important part of giving children the best possible start in life. To ensure all our children get the best start in life, we will contact you and support you if we feel your son or daughter's attendance is below an acceptable level.

Year Group Weekly Attendance Termly Attendance
Whole School 94.9% 92.8%
Reception 92.5% 90.8%
Year 1 95.2% 90.5%
Year 2 93.6% 94.2%
Year 3 93.3% 94.4%
Year 4 98.6% 91.8%
Year 5 94.0% 93.6%
Year 6 96.3% 90.9%

Attendance will be celebrated weekly in our Gospel Assembly on a Friday and the winning class will be able to select a treat from a list devised by the school Ambassadors. 

Thank you to everyone for remembering the school gates open at 8.45 am and close at 9.00 am as we now no longer have a staggered start. If anyone arrives after 9.00 am they will need to come into school via the main office. Arriving before 9.00 am ensures no learning time is lost-thank you for your support. 

TERM DATES 2022/23

Please see the confirmed term dates below for 2022/23. 

PARISH SURVEY

The Church is currently following a directive from Pope Francis to focus on reflection and sharing of the whole church. Pope Francis states,

"By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be
able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live
communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission."

At Saint Ambrose we aim to enable families to experience the wide parish Community and for us to reflect and learn please complete the survey, see link below. The results will be shared with the parish to enable us to grow and learn together.

 

PLEASE EMAIL ebrocklesby@st-ambrose.worcs.sch.uk if your son (years 4-6) would like to train as an altar server or your son or daughter (years 3-6) would like to read at Parish Masses.

ST AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Father Lamb extends a warm welcome to all families to continue to attend Mass. Please click on the link below which will take you to the Parish website where you can view historical newsletters and get information on Mass times.

Please also click on the PDF to view the most recent Parish newsletter.

P.E. DAYS

Year Group P.E. Days - Wear P.E. Kit
Reception Wednesday
Year 1 Tuesday
Year 2 Tuesday and Friday
Year 3 Tuesday
Year 4 Monday and Thursday
Year 5 Monday and Tuesday
Year 6 Tuesday

Please ensure that your child comes to school in their correct P.E. kit. The P.E. uniform is as follows:

  • Black shorts, black leggings, black track suit bottoms (unbranded if possible)
  • Maroon round neck T-shirt with embroidered badge
  • P.E pumps or black trainer

PLEASE NOTE: P.E. HOODIES CAN ONLY BE WORN ON P.E. DAYS.

WEDNESDAY WORD

Please follow the link below to access this week's Wednesday Word.

GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby

Emmaus CMAC
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School Ofsted
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