Next week all children will find out who will be their class teacher will be in September. We will also begin the transition process and let you know how we are going to prepare your son or daughter for their new year group and let you know how you can be involved.

A huge congratulations to all the children who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday. It was wonderful to celebrate this special day with you and your families. Father Lamb was very impressed with the children's reverence and knowledge and I would like to say a huge thank you to staff and families for preparing the children.

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

At the school fete we will have a second hand uniform stall that you can either:

1. swap some second hand uniform

2 or make a donation for some uniform

If you have any uniform you are happy to donate in advance,please send it into the school office.

From Friday 1st July there will be a second hand uniform link on the school website detailing how you can request uniform.

Please see the flyer below with details of the toy swap that will be taking place at our school fete on Friday 8th July.

 Would you like to join the Parish flower  group?

Any help you can give will be much appreciated. Whether you already have flower arranging experience or are just a beginner. They are very short and helpers and any assistance would be very welcome.  Training and guidance will be given to any beginners. Please phone or text Elaine Yates on 07951 535843 if you are interested. Many thanks.

FOLK MASS  Saturday July 9^th

I have been informed about a Folk Mass at Saint Ambrose Church on Saturday 9th July. On Monday all children will receive an  invite to the Mass.

On Wednesday, Miss Ballard led an assembly about Racism and Discrimination for Key Stage 2.

The children learned all about the history of Racism around the world, and we discussed how important it is to treat everyone equally regardless of their skin colour, accent or cultural background.

'I learned that it wasn't that long ago when black people were treated so differently in countries like South Africa, and I found it shocking'

'I really enjoyed the assembly with Miss Ballard, I learnt a lot' 

After the assembly, we went back into class and thought about what we had learned...

This week, some of our Year 6 pupils took part in Bikeability training. Bikeability is the new cycle training for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation of children the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads. In order to complete this award, our pupils were instructed on how to ride their bikes to the Government-approved National Standard for Cycle Training. Well done, Year 6!

On Thursday afternoon, Ricky and Filip volunteered to come and talk to Year 1 all about their important vocations as altar servers. Year 1 were captivated by what they had to say. Well done!

On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 5 pupils had the opportunity to take part in the second Emmaus Mac Games. They had the opportunity to either take part in Netball, Athletics, Basketball or Football events against all the other primary schools in our MAC. Mr Pitt, Miss Holtom, Mrs Joyner and Miss Wright were extremely proud of how well every pupil represented St Ambrose and we had lots of winners! We topped the leader board and can't wait to see 'St Ambrose' engraved on the cup next week!

This Wednesday, Year 5 played in the Hagley sports day. They competed in basketball, football, netball, and athletics coming first place in all sports.

The captain of the basketball team was jovial when they won the first-place trophy, specifically praising Sam who was an amazing defender and shooter for the team. Despite finding St. Hubert’s players hard to defeat in the final, our Year 5’s came out victorious.

Danny, the captain of the football team, was happy when his team come 1st place. They played yet again against the formidable St. Hubert’s but came out on top with Charlie’s victorious goal. Danny also praised Woody who saved a shot that could’ve lost them the game. Though the last few games were harder, Year 5 persevered and accepted the challenge.

The Year 5 netball team ploughed through their matches scoring some amazing shots and once again came up against St. Hubert’s. Despite the team not having much experience, they worked together to come 1st place in the competition. The captain praised Umar for helping pass, shoot and defend their way to victory.

The Year 5’s athletics team came first place with amazing efforts in many of the athletic activities. Bertie on the 300m run zoomed past everyone to the finish line and Isla also took a brave leap to the win the long jump.

St Ambrose was the top school and this earnt us the victory trophy. We thank HCHS for giving us this opportunity and the memorable experiences of this competition.

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

Please see the flyer below with details on how to enter the Talent Show.  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.  We look forward to seeing your entries!

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

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 

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:

A member of staff at Holy trinity said:

"Your Year Two pupils are a credit to Saint Ambrose. They are all very well mannered."

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.

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby