DATE: Friday 11th March 2022

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

ATTENDANCE

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 93.8% 92.9%
Reception 91.9% 90.4%
Year 1 89.6% 92.5%
Year 2 91.7% 93.5%
Year 3 96.8% 95.0%
Year 4 97.2% 94.8%
Year 5 92.3% 91.5%
Year 6 96.7% 92.1%

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.

WEEK BEGINNING: March 14th

Everyone who arrives by 9.00am Monday to Friday will receive a Saint Ambrose bee rubber on Friday 18th March.

UKRAINE APPEAL

Mrs Wallace, Mrs O'Hara, Natalia, another student in Year 6, Katie and Charlie have been busy making and selling Yellow and Blue Ribbons to help the people of the Ukraine. 
So far we have raised an amazing £167.
 
Thank you to everyone who donated clothing, bedding, towels, medical supplies, personal hygiene products etc to school. and an extra special thank you to Mr Horemski who has collected donations and this morning started his journey over to Poland to deliver the items for the people of Ukraine.

ST PATRICK'S DAY

On Thursday 17th March (St Patrick's Day) we would like to invite all children to wear something green along with their school uniform. We are asking for a donation that will go to the Ukrainian Appeal. A collection bucket will be at the school gate when you drop your children off in the morning.

PARISH SERVICES

Solidarity Rosary for Ukraine

On Tuesday afternoon at 3pm Father Lamb will be saying the Rosary for Ukraine as a sign of solidarity. If any families would like to go along with their children you can collect them from school at 2.50pm to go to the service. Please can you advise school prior to collecting your child so that we can have them ready to leave when you arrive.

Service of Healing

PARENTS EVENING

Appointments are now available book via School Life.

Parent's evening appointments are on either Monday 28th March 3.30pm-6pm or Monday 4th April 4pm-6.30pm and you need only book for one of these dates. (If either date is difficult please speak to a member of staff and we will arrange a meeting on a day and time to suit). I am delighted to say we will be holding the meetings in school but a virtual or telephone appointment can be requested by adding a comment/note when you book.

END OF THE DAY

To ensure we look after each other and keep everyone safe, please remind your children to stand with you at the end of the day. This ensures all children are safe and no accidents can occur. Thank you for remembering not to use the car park at the beginning or end of the day unless you have permission to drive in after 9:10 am or 3:20 pm. Thank you

STARS OF THE WEEK

On Monday morning, we will be celebrating children from each class who have followed our Catholic Mission: 'we do our best by following Jesus' in our Celebration assembly. The children receiving a certificate are:

Year Group Curriculum Award Discipleship Award
Reception Natan Emilia
Year 1 Lily-Rose Amara
Year 2 Oliver W Amelia H
Year 3 Ruby Lauren
Year 4 Isla P Louie
Year 5 Umar Nicola
Year 6 Ted Honey

On Monday 21st March we will again be inviting parents to attend the celebration assembly at 9:10 am. If your son or daughter is receiving an award, notifications will be sent out via a push notification and email from the school office on Thursday 17th March.

OUR STARS FROM LAST WEEK

YEAR 1 ASSEMBLY

Thank you to our wonderful Year one pupils who were all fantastic today. I thoroughly enjoyed the assembly and was wowed by all the  facts they knew about London. It was fantastic to hear how they have so much knowledge now in their long term memories. Well done, Year One, I was very proud of you.

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

Next week we look forward to welcoming Year 3 parents into school at 9.10 am. Please see the assembly dates for other year groups below:

Date Year Group
18th March 2022 Year 3
25th March 2022 Year 4
20th May 2022 Year 5
23rd May 2022 Reception
Friday 15th July Year 2
W/C 18th July - Date TBC Year 6 Leavers Play
W/C 18th JulyTBC Year 6 Graduation

YEAR 6 LIFE SKILLS AND THEATRE TRIP

Year 6 planned a trip to Hagley High School to watch a special performance of 'Born For This'. They researched timings of the trains to Hagley from Kidderminster and their return journey and had great fun experiencing getting the train. All pupils also really enjoyed watching the unique representation of the Stations of the Cross and this has provided them inspiration for their prayer service which they will deliver in a few weeks time.

PUPIL NEWSLETTER

Thank you Oscar and Alex for creating this week's 'Pupil Newsletter'. Every child will have been given one to bring home. Please make sure that your child enters the competition!

MASSES

This half term Father Lamb will be celebrating Mass in the school hall to enable him to discuss the parts of the Mass. Parents are welcome to join us.

Date and Time Year Group
16th March 2pm Y2 and Y3
23rd March 2pm Reception and Y1
30th March 2pm Y6

WHOLE SCHOOL MASSES

Date and Time
Wednesday 6th April at 9.30am
Wednesday 27th April at 9.30am
Thursday 26th May at 9.30 am
Wednesday 29th June at 9.30am
Friday 22nd July at 9.30am

SCHOOL SAINT'S FEAST DAYS

St Nicholas Owen 22nd March
St Richard 16th June

HOME START

PARISH AUCTION

The Parish are holding a fundraising auction and have kindly asked if any parents could make any donations. i.e do you have a business that could offer vouchers, meals, discounts? Also if you have any unwanted/new gifts that could also be donated the Parish would be very grateful to receive them. 

BARNARDO'S NEWS AND EVENTS

Please click on the PDF document below to view the parenting and community booklet from Barnardo's.

BARNARDO'S EASTER EVENTS

CRICKET ACTIVITIES

Please see the flyer below with details about All Stars and Dynamos programmes which are taking place at Kidderminster Cricket Club from May 20th to July 8th, which I’m sure will be of interest to some of our pupils.
 
The programmes help enhance skills in catching, throwing and batting as well as developing confidence, concentration, team work, self-discipline and friendships - as well as, hopefully, a love of cricket, and for the girls, especially, an understanding that they can play what was traditionally a male-dominated sport, they can enjoy it and play well.
 
If you require any more details about the programmes or Kidderminster Cricket Club, please call me, or visit kidderminster.play-cricket.com

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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