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

Friday 3rd March 2023

As Holy Week falls in the Easter break, we will be marking it in school the week before. Key Stage Two will be leading services marking the important events across the week, which you are very welcome to join us in the school hall for.

Upon request, we have been able to secure Holy Trinity field for 2 mornings for this year's sports day on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th July. This will account for any hot weather that we may encounter. KS2 will take place on Tuesday (9:30-12:00) and KS1 on Wednesday (9:30-12:00).

It was lovely beginning this half term celebrating the children who had demonstrated last half term's virtues - eloquent and truthful in our special virtues assembly. This half term, we are growing to be Learned and Wise.

Learned: learning how God wants us to live our lives Whether we are young or old, we should never stop learning about what God wants of us. We learn many new things each day. By reading the Bible, listening to our teachers and listening to our hearts, we learn more of what God wants.

Wise: knowing how God wants us to live our lives and putting it into practice. God is always with us and hoping that we will live our lives in the right way, following the teachings of Jesus.

If you spot your child being learned and wise at home, please let Miss Holtom know so they can receive a special certificate in our Virtues Assembly - year6@emmausmac.com

Here are last term's eloquent and truthful certificate winners:

On Thursday 2nd March, we celebrated the feast day of yellow house's patron saint by all coming to school wearing something yellow. We are hoping that pupils in KS2 in St Chad's house will be able to go to St Chad's Cathedral in the near future to learn more about him - watch this space!

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Starting Well to offer our parents and carers a course 'Understanding Your Child.' Please see the flyer below and register your interest by calling the school office. In order for this course to be viable we require a minimum of 8 parents to join the programme.

This week on 1^st March 2023, National Offer Day, all parents and carers who have applied for a Secondary School place for their child using the school admission application process of the local authority in which they live should have received notification of the outcome of their application either electronically or by post. If a family has named Hagley Catholic High School on their application and has been offered a place at the school, parents/carers must confirm their acceptance of this offer through the process their local authority indicates as soon as possible. 

In addition, it would also be helpful if parents and carers of students who have been offered a Year 7 place for September 2023 at Hagley Catholic High School through their local authority, also confirm acceptance of their place directly with the school by completing the attached MS Form: 

https://forms.office.com/e/TUBJNx57wP. 

This will support us in communicating with all new parents and carers as early as possible using the Arbor Parent Portal.

Parents and carers who applied to Hagley Catholic High School and who have not been offered a Year 7 place for their child at the school for September 2023 can request that their child is placed on our Year 7 Intake Wait List by completing the attached MS Form: https://forms.office.com/e/Tst8Jiu2yr.

Any queries regarding admissions following the 1^st March 2023 can be addressed to our Admissions Co-ordinator, Mrs. O’Brien, either via email: admissions_hchs@emmausmac.com or on 01562 883193 choosing option 3 at the main menu.

Today we were very proud of our year 4 and year 6 football teams who took part in the tournament. I am delighted to inform you our year six team came second in the Under 11's and our year 4 team came first in the Under 9's. Next week we will share match reviews written by our pupils. 

Well done, everyone and thank you to the staff and parents who organised and attended the event.

We have been very lucky to have Petula in school this week from CAFOD who has run Catholic Social Teaching workshops across the school. We have learnt more about how we can put these principles into action!

It has been fantastic celebrating our love of reading in school today and seeing how much children enjoy different books!
As a school, we have focussed on the wonderful book 'The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse' - and after our special World Book Day Assembly, everyone has participated in activities related this book. Take a look at photos of us enjoying the day!

During Lent, we will be supporting The Good Shepherd appeal. Before half term, your child should have come home with a special envelope; if you can over the next few weeks please spare any coins you may have and pop into the envelope. All monies raised go toward supporting a wonderful charity: Father Hudsons, who help support children, families and adults in need. Thank you.

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.

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

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

Children are to come to school wearing their P.E. kit on the day(s) listed above. Thank you.

Please read the following tips to share with your son or daughter about staying safe online:

• Never give out personal information. This includes online people you know as well. Keep them private!
• Never send pictures of yourself because once it’s online, it’s there forever, and it could get into the wrong hands.
• Don’t make friends with people you don’t know. People are not always who they say they are.
• Tell your parents/carers what you’re doing online so they can act fast if there are any issues and can vet whether the website is safe for use
• Leave the website and tell a trusted adult immediately if you see something that concerns you or makes you feel unsafe
• Never show your real name, age or where you live in your username
• Use strong passwords which have a mix of numbers, letters and symbols
• Do not share passwords with others
• Don’t open an attachment unless you’re 100% sure it’s safe
• Don’t let strangers into your video calls. Blur your background so you don’t give away any information about where you are.
• Be careful who you webcam with
• Don’t meet up with someone you’ve only met online
• Be nice online
• Think before your post! This applies to when you send or forward content.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby