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 28th November 2025

The Jubilee Prayer

Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.

Amen

THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Thank you for all of the wonderful entries received for the competition that is being held by Chapman and Myers Opticians to design a pair of 'Santa Glasses'.

All of the entries have now been uploaded and voting is open on their Facebook page.

Please follow the link to vote!

Good luck everyone!!

KIND HEARTS

The Parish would like extend another huge thank you to all of the families who have kindly donated chocolate today for the Parish Christmas Bazaar.

Next Friday will be own clothes for children again for donations of non perishable cakes.

Thank you for your continued support.

Knowledge Organisers - a thirst for knowledge

Today your child will have brought home their Knowledge Organisers for this term’s learning. These organisers set out the essential facts, vocabulary and key

concepts that the children have been learning in class over the last term. Their purpose is simple: to help children build strong, secure knowledge that they can

recall confidently and apply in their learning. By revisiting this information regularly, pupils strengthen their long-term memory and deepen their understanding

of each subject.

Knowledge Organisers are designed to be clear, concise and easy to use at school and home. Please take a moment to look through them with your child. One

of the most effective ways you can support their learning is through short, frequent quizzes. This could be as simple as reading out key vocabulary and asking

your child to explain it, checking if they can remember important facts, or encouraging them to recall information without looking. Little and often is best—just

five minutes a few times a week can make a big difference.

Thank you for your continued support in helping us promote strong learning habits. Working together, we can ensure that every child feels confident, prepared

and excited about the knowledge they are gaining this term.

The Liturgical Season of Advent - kind hearts, questioning minds and a hunger for justice.

This Sunday marks the First Sunday of Advent, and we are delighted to share a lovely school–parish initiative that has been taking place this week. Every class

from Nursery through Year Six has created a beautiful Advent wreath today, each one crafted with care and reflection. These wreaths will be displayed in St

Ambrose Church throughout the Advent season.

Christmas Cards - kind hearts

As the festive month of December approaches Santa's School Post Box is Coming! 📬🎅

Our Catholic School Mission

You may have noticed this beautiful sentence appearing in our communications:

“Forming Christ-centred pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice.”

This is the shared mission for all our Catholic schools, and over the coming weeks and months we will be using this mission to guide our learning, our relationships, and the way we grow together as a community. It reminds us of the kind of people we aim to help our children become curious, compassionate, hopeful, and committed to making the world a fairer place.

We look forward to sharing with you how this mission comes to life in our classrooms and throughout our school in our newsletter every week.

KIND HEARTS

We have targeted a few families to help with distributing leaflets in the local area to promote our upcoming open days.

If any other parents/families would be happy to help, please could you come to the school office to collect some leaflets.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

HUNGER FOR JUSTICE

Can we please remind that you should not be parking in the car park at drop off and pick up times unless you have requested and been given a parking pass. Please can you pass this onto any other family members or friends who may also drop off or collect your child.

As you can appreciate, drop off and pick up times are always busy and so to ensure our children's safety we kindly request that you find parking outside of the car park.

KIND HEARTS

Please see below the update of changes from the Parish regarding the donations and mufti days for the Church bazaar that will take place on Sunday 7th December.

• Extreme hairstyles are unacceptable, no tramlines, undercuts or patterns shaved into pupil’s head are not permitted.  
• School requests that hair is cut no shorter than grade 3.  
• Pupils’ hair must not be dyed, bleached or highlighted. 
• Pupils with long hair must ensure that it does not impede their vision, cover their face or provide a health and safety risk.  
• School will ask pupils to tie longer hair back - a plain hairband or bobble may be used. 
• Bandana style hairbands and flowers/bows or excessive hair accessories are not to be worn; however, hair clips or bands in school colours are acceptable.  
• Final decisions about suitability will be made by the Executive Principal or Head of School. 

On your child's PE day they should be wearing the correct uniform as shown above. Shorts should be of a reasonable length preferably to the knee.

Please see the Autumn menus below. Can we kindly ask that you are ordering your child's meals in advance to allow School Food United to provide your child with the meal of their choice.

THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Like and Follow our page on Facebook to keep up to date with all the comings and goings at St Ambrose!

Please ensure you have given social media consent on Arbor if you would like your child to be featured!

THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Please see the leaflet regarding our Nursery. If you or anyone you may know has a child of nursery age please can we ask that you pass on the information regarding the St Ambrose Nursery.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby and Mrs Laskey