Our Catholic Mission: 'We do our best by following Jesus.'

Executive Head: Mrs E Brocklesby

Head of School: Mrs S Laskey

email: enquiry_amb@emmasumac.com

Contact number: 01562 823568

Our Catholic Mission: 'We do our best by following Jesus.'

Friday 12th April 2024

CAN WE PLEASE REMIND YOU AGAIN NOT TO OBSTRUCT OR USE THE DRIVEWAYS OF RESIDENTS. THEY REQUIRE ACCESS TO AND FROM THEIR PROPERTIES AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY.

It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back to the summer term this week.

I hope you all enjoyed celebrating Easter Sunday and remembering the risen Christ.

We have an exciting term ahead of us, packed full of great experiences to enhance the children's learning and understanding of the world.

Please see any new dates and events added to the calendar.

Dear Parents and Carers 

Happy Easter! I hope you all had a joyful Easter break with your family and friends. It was lovely to welcome everyone back to school on Monday for the busy Summer Term ahead. Let's hope that the weather starts to change so that we get some of the beautiful sunshine that helps us all enjoy the long days.  

The week started with all the children and staff gathered together for an Easter Liturgy.  During the liturgy we remembered the key events of Jesus' resurrection and recalled how in John’s Gospel account Mary Magdalene says to Jesus' disciples  'I have seen the Lord'. We all thought for a moment about that first meeting of Jesus and how we are to celebrate that Christ is alive and speaks to each of us by name. Over the coming weeks we will hear about the other sightings of Jesus that shows he truly is the Risen Lord.  

During Lent we could not say the word Alleluia and so now that it is Eastertide, we use it as a word of great celebration.  During the liturgy, we shared the acrostic verses of positive attitudes and activities that we can do through the Season of Easter.  

A - Always be thankful for what God gives you  

L - Love one another as Jesus has loved you 

L - Let other people know you are a follower of Jesus by your actions 

E - Everyday during Easter remember to pray to the Risen Lord 

L - Listen to Jesus speaking in your heart 

U - Understand that God is interested in everyone 

I - I am a child of God and God loves me 

A - Always make some time for God 

During the liturgy we presented our Liturgical Leaders with their golden cross badges which they all wore very proudly. This is to make it clear to us all who they are in school and to celebrate the important role they have in the schools Catholic life. They have since met and are creating the new prayer areas for the children around school and are planning for the month of Mary during May and considering how we should, as a school, should learn about the important prayer that Jesus gave us, the Our Father.  I look forward to meeting again with them next week.  

On Wednesday we celebrated a whole school Mass together.  Thank you to all the readers and servers who helped Canon Lamb. Thank you also to Canon Lamb and the parish for their very kind gift of a Paschal candle so that we can have it displayed in school. The Reception children led us beautifully out of church as we processed with the candle while singing ‘Alleluia, Alleluia’.  

What a lovely start to the Summer Term! Have a lovely weekend and fingers crossed that the sun decides to shine brightly for us all. 

Mrs Laskey  

Regular attendance at school means that your child will make the most of their education and improve their chances later on in life. At St Ambrose, good attendance is of high importance and we strive to have at least 96% attendance. Please help us with this target. If you need any support, then school is here to help so that your child can get the very best out of the education we provide. 

We will continue sending out regular push notifications about attendance so that you are aware if you child falls below our 96% target and we are working with Louise Howles, our Education Welfare Officer to support us with improvements.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Laskey and Mrs Brocklesby