It is difficult to believe this is the final newsletter of the term. We’ve had a great Term One with so many people contributing so generously with time and support to Saint Ambrose School. The most important feast in the church’s year, Easter, will be celebrated during the school holidays. It is a time when we rejoice in the new life Christ gave us through His death and resurrection. We wish every family a very peace-filled Easter and restful holiday.

This week we have seen each class perform an event of Holy Week  and I can truly say on behalf of all the staff what a joy it was to see the children perform with such reverence and tranquillity. We began each Service with a prayer and then the scenes from Holy Week.
As mentioned it is sad for many reasons within our faith but also a joyous occasion to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made. 

Catholic Easter Prayer
Lord, the resurrection of Your Son
has given us new life and renewed hope.
Help us to live as new people
in pursuit of the Christian ideal.
Grant us wisdom to know what we must do,
the will to want to do it,
the courage to undertake it,
the perseverance to continue to do it,
and the strength to complete it.

We would like to warmly invite you to join some of our wonderful Year 6 pupils, at midday on Good Friday, as they lead a Stations of the Cross service in St Ambrose's church.

Thank you to everyone who has helped to raise money for Ukraine. The money has been paid into the government disaster fund and the total raised was an amazing £360.62.

Next term I am looking forward to welcoming parents into school to take part in a workshop with your son or daughter. Remember to book a place via school life. The workshops are listed below.

Before COVID our Summer Fete was a huge success and not only was it lots of fun but we raised a fantastic amount of money for the school! We are already planning ahead, have set the date and are looking forward to organising this year’s fete to be just as much fun, if not better!

Well done to all of the children who entered the TAPP Easter colouring competition. All of the entries were absolutely superb.

Please see the pictures of the winners above. 

This half term, pupils have been focussing on becoming Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others. In each class, our pupils have voted for who they have been demonstrating these virtues and their class teachers have nominated pupils as well. They will receive a certificate in our Virtues assembly after the Easter holiday, where our next virtues will be introduced by Miss Holtom.

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. 

On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April.

Updated guidance STATES:

To support our children with the growing importance of internet safety will be organising a second Internet Safety Week from Monday May 23rd.

Our children have grown up surrounded by technology and the internet. For them there isn't a difference between 'online' and 'offline', going online is just part of their everyday life.  

Talking to your child regularly about what they're doing online is a good way to open up the conversation around how you can help to keep them safe. It also reminds them that you're there to support them if anything goes wrong. But we also know it can be hard to know where to start!  

For our charitable work this Lent, our House Captains have decided they would like to run a Readathon and would like all pupils to take part. They would like to raise money for the charity Read for Good which provides new books for children who are in hospital.

Please support your child’s sponsored readathon by helping them record all they have read on the Go Read app.

Should you wish to sponsor your child, you can do so by visiting the following website: https://readathon.secure.force.com/sponsor  and family and friends can use it too.

 Please ensure all sponsorship money is donated by Monday 2nd May.

For more information, check out your child’s sponsorship card and visit www.readforgood.org.

Thank you for your support.

Please click on the link below to take you to the Hansel and Gretel website. This a support group that offers friendship and activities to families. The groups run 2 Saturdays every month and have an activities day on Saturday 9th April

Please see the information flyer below from the Starting Well Partnership about a 'Fussy Eating Webinar.

Please see the term dates below for 2022/23. We have yet to confirm our staff training days.

Please see the assembly dates for other year groups below:

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