DATE: Friday 11th June

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

The world may be round but the way to heaven is straight!

Aston Y6

RAINBOWS

Next week we will be launching our rainbows project. The project will be shared with children, families and parishioners and the aim will be to remember, how together we have all grown stronger.

Mrs Holder starting next week will be organising every child in school to draw a picture that will be used to produce a teatowel of hope for parents to order. Mr. Maffei will also be asking for help to plant flowers within a rainbow to signify the support and strength we have offered each other. Further details of both projects will be shared with you next week.

FRATELLI TUTTI

This week, we all joined CAFOD's National Assembly and found out about a letter Pope Francis has written to everyone, 'Fratelli Tutti', asking us to reach out to our sisters and brothers in need, whoever they are, wherever they may come from. We are all challenged to turn outwards and think of ourselves as one global family, becoming neighbours to all.  

We have been thinking about how we can put Fratelli Tutti into action by being a global neighbour.

 

STARS OF THE WEEK

We are really proud of how hard ALL pupils have worked in school this week. On Monday morning, in our whole school virtual celebration assembly, the following children will be receiving a certificate for their fantastic efforts:

Year Group Star Learners
Reception Andre and Freddie
Year 1 Daniel P and Lucy
Year 2 Sophia and Szymon
Year 3 Isaac and Sandra
Year 4 Ethan and Amelia C
Year 5 Charlie and Oscar C
Year 6 Isla P and Anayah

PUMPKINS

I would like to thank Mrs Farmer for giving each class a pumpkin plant to grow. Miss Crumpler, Miss Wright  and Mrs Bishop have worked with children from every class to plant the pumpkins. We are so excited and can't wait to see which class grows the biggest pumpkin for our next culture cafe in October. Next week I will share details of the next event.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Today it has been wonderful to welcome Reception parents into the school playground to celebrate their children's achievements. Miss Brewer was very proud of how the children talked about their activities and shared their learning journey books so confidently-Well done Reception. 

Bookings are now open for Years 1-6 and event details have been shared by letter this week.

Year Group Date
Year 1 Friday 18th June
Year 2 Friday 25th June
Year 3 Friday 2nd July
Year 4 Thursday 8th July
Year 5 Friday 16th July
Year 6 Monday 19th July

PLEASE NOTE DETAILS FOR SPORTS DAYS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS FURTHER GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE IS RELEASED OVER THE COMING WEEKS

THE LATEST COVID ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Please see the letter from the director of children's services and the director of public health.

GO READ!!

We are very lucky that we are trialling the GO read App in Reception, Year Three and Year Four for the next few weeks. This is an exciting opportunity to move our reading on and track the reading effectively across year groups. In a few weeks time a feedback form will be sent out to fill in. Any problems with accessing the app please speak to your child's class teacher.

YEAR 1 SCIENCE WORKSHOP

Year 1 have throughly enjoyed their science workshop this week. below are some of their comments and some photo's.
 
Alex: I learned that sugar dissolves when we put water on it.
Alicia: I liked it when the blue sugar dissolved.
Joseph: I found out there are 9 planets. I liked it when the sugar disappeared.
 

CULTURE CAFE

As a Catholic commmunity, one of the most important lessons we will ever teach is about diversity. Teaching about the Importance of Celebrating Different Cultures and Diversity will help grow children of Saint Ambrose to have the best start in life . Did you know that being culturally aware can have a significant affect on success? "Diverse classrooms promote creativity, high level thinking, and collaboration." All classrooms represent different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicity, language, religion, and physical ability. Being diverse is defined as all the ways we are alike and different. For this reason every half term we will be celebrating a different culture with members of our school and parish communities. On Friday 9th July from 2pm - 5pm at the Parish Centre we will be celebrating the Filipino culture with members of our school community and parish. Please keep the date free and if you would like to be involved in organising the event please contact Mrs Brocklesby via email ebrocklesby@st-ambrose.worcs.sch.uk

SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY 9TH JULY - 2pm

TAPP: SMARTIES CHALLENGE FUNDRAISING

The TAPP volunteers have counted the smarties tubes over the half term, each class raised the following amount; Y  £40.22 Y 1 £66.53 Y 2 £6.60 Y 3 £78.27 Y 4 £51.88 Y 5 £37.45 Y 6 £5.77

A total of £286.72 has been raised by all of the classes.


The parish have also added some tubes and their amount was £39.05 So the

The total raised so far through the event is an amazing = £325.77

We have still been receiving smarties tubes from the parish and will add this to our total and update you next week.

 

 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT TOOK PART IN THE SMARTIES CHALLENGE TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL!

THE EUROS

In order to raise the profile of geography in our school we would like to get involved with the Euros 2020 football tournament.

The children have been involved in randomly selecting a country to follow during the tournament which they can then research and share with their classmates.

The children can either complete a simple country fact sheet available in school, or if they prefer, design a poster or do a mini project for their Euro 2020 country. They could include information such as capital city, population, languages, national flower or emblem, famous people and landmarks.

Thank you for your continued support and … COME ON ENGLAND!!!!

YEAR 5 LETTER TO WBA

A few weeks ago, Charlie from Year 5 sent a letter to his favourite football team, WBA. This week they have been in touch to say thank you for Charlie's letter and also that they have a little parcel on the way to him in the post.

We would like to say thank you to Charlie too as he had asked for WBA to come into school and they have offered to come and do a FREE training session with Year 5. How exciting!

TEAPOT TIME

Mrs Wallace will be holding teapot time on Tuesday morning. Everyone is welcome to attend.

WEDNESDAY WORD

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

THIS TERM'S VIRTUES: FAITH-FILLED AND HOPEFUL

Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. We growing to be faith-filled in our beliefs and are hopeful for the future.

We help our pupils to grow by passing on the living and faith-filled tradition of Jesus Christ and by encouraging them to have faith and hope in others.

Y3 FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: JUNE 2021

We are very much looking forward to celebrating your son or daughter’s First Holy Communion on Saturday 26th June at 12.00 pm. Please see the letter below that has gone out to the children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion, detailing the plans for the day.

We are very much looking forward to helping support your child with this important moment in their lives.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS

Club Year Groups Date/Time
Football Y2 and Y3 17th June - 15th July 3.10 - 4.15pm
Mr Garvey Multi-Sports Y4, Y5, Y6 8th June - 13th July 3.10 - 4.15pm

The Harriers afterschool club is bookable and payable via parentpay.

Mr Garvey's multi-sports club is bookable and payable via the sporstars website which you can access using the following link. Spaces are limited.

RARING 2 GO SUNFLOWER COMPETITION

Raring 2 Go are holding a Sunflower Growing Competition that they would like our children to participate in. It was very popular last summer and they had some fabulous entries.
 
Children could have a go at growing sunflowers at home, in the garden, or on a windowsill.
All they need to do to enter is email a photo (s) of their sunflowers to:
kidderminster@raring2go.co.uk by 30th June 2021.
 
The winning child will win a lovely bundle of gardening goodies from Webbs Garden Centres.

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE IN RECEPTION 2021-2022

Do you know of any prospective parents who may be interested in their child joining us in September? If so, please do encourage them to call school for more information and encourage them to follow us on social media. 

We are also looking to promote our school further. Please review us on google if you have a google account and we would be very grateful if you could send us a testimonial which we can add to our promotions work and website. If you are happy for us to share your testimonials please follow the link provided on the news section of our website.

Each Wednesday at 2.45pm, Miss Brewer will be sharing a story with Reception children and we are inviting you to join this at home on Zoom too. If you have young children at home or know of any other families who would like to join us for this please share the following details:

Meeting ID:4974976598 Password: ambrose123

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS ON REGULAR RAPID TESTING AND COVID-19 VACCINATION

Please see the following documents from NHS Test and Trace and NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group 

GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS

Latest update on testing and isolation periods.

  • If a child or member of staff tests positive, they now have to self-isolate for at least 10 days, even if they feel well.
  • If they are NOT a known contact of a confirmed case they can return to school if the result is negative, providing they feel well and they have not had a fever for 48 hours.
  • If they are a contact of a confirmed case, they must stay off school for 14 days isolation period, even if they test negative. This is because they can develop the infection at any point up to 14 days after being in contact a confirmed case. This would apply to pupils and staff who have been in a bubble with a positive testing child.  School Leadership will decide which members of staff have come into close proximity with the bubble and therefore also need to self-isolate for 14 days.
  • Please be aware that anyone admitted to hospital is likely to receive a test for Covid, whether they are showing symptoms or not.  
  • Covid symptoms are now being classed as: a persistent cough, high temperature, and/or loss of taste and smell.
  • No action needs to be taken as a school until a test result is shared with us.

Please also note that we cannot request test results, parents have to approach us with results.

LATERAL FLOW TESTING KITS AND SELF ISOLATING GUIDES

Please see the following covid documents from Public Health.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby

Emmaus CMAC
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School Ofsted
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