Thank you for all your continued support this week. We are looking forward to all of Year 5 and Year 6 pupils and staff returning on Monday for our last few days. I am also excited about joining Year 3's remote session on Tuesday when we will be celebrating the memorable moments of the year. Please join us on Tuesday at 9.15 am for the End of Term Mass which will be live streamed via the Parish website http://www.stambrosekidderminster.org.uk/

'Friendships can last for a while but God's friendship lasts forever.'

Jensen - Y6

We are really proud of how hard ALL pupils have worked in school this week. On Monday morning, in our virtual celebration assembly (Year 3 will have a celebration with Miss Ballard), the following children will be receiving a certificate for their fantastic efforts:

Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. We are 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.

On Monday, we will be celebrating who our pupils and teacher's feel have demonstrated these virtues and the pupils nominated will receive special certificates.

Unfortunately the school Mass will not take place on Sunday now due to Covid restrictions. The 11 am Mass at Saint Ambrose Church will be the Parish Mass. 

Year 6 (September 2021) children will be leading the Family Mass on Sunday 19th September at 11 am to mark the start of their preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in December 2021.

Father Lamb extends a warm welcome to all families to continue to attend Mass over the summer. Please click on the link below which will take you to the Parish website where you can view newsletters and get information on Mass times.

On Monday, we will be busy filming our End of Year Play which our Year 6 pupils have worked so hard on. This will be shared with Year 6 parents as soon as it has been edited. Please ensure that children bring in their signed filming permission letters and any costumes they have at home on Monday morning.

At 5pm, on Monday evening, our Year 6 leavers Mass will be live-streamed from St Ambrose's Church and Father Lamb is looking forward to speaking to the children virtually. 

On Tuesday, Year 6 will have their fun afternoon with games, a cone of chips and an ice-cream.

We are so proud of our Year 6 pupils and hope their last two days at St Ambrose are memorable.

GRADUATION WILL NOW BE IN SEPTEMBER AND DETAILS FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU NEXT WEEK.

This morning, Year 6 baked along at home with Miss Noble and Miss Holtom to make some delicious Mexican inspired cinnamon tortilla treats to finish off their Hola Mexico topic. We are amazed at how well their creations turned out! Yummy!

Year 4 have enjoyed their Summer fun afternoon this week. It has been wonderful seeing all the children with smiles on their faces, playing different games and having fun with their friends and teachers.

I would like to thank the teapot time group and TAPP for helping to make this a fun event by organising and funding a cone of chips and an ice cream for all children along with summer activities set up in the playground.

Next week, Year 5 and 6  children will be able to come to school in their own summer suitable clothes e.g. shorts, t-shirt and trainers (not flip flops) for their fun afternoons.  If you have not returned the reply slip regarding dietary requirements, please return it as soon as possible. Thank you for your support, this will enable us to pre-order summer food for everyone.

We have been so lucky with the weather for all our sports days and the fun can clearly be seen in our photographs. You can see the photographs on the school website-Our school-Sports Day 2021.

Mrs Wallace would like to thank all of the parents who have attended the Teapot sessions this year and she hopes you all have a lovely summer. She looks forward to welcoming you back in September.

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

 Please bring both indoor and outdoor footwear, packed lunch, drinks and waterproof clothing. Due to the restrictions all courses will be outdoors, in the event of adverse weather conditions, we may have to cancel. 

To book a place email harrierscommunity@hotmail.co.uk or phone 01562 863821. Please leave the child’s name, age, school year, any medical conditions, an emergency contact and which course you want to attend. Payment details will be sent with confirmation of booking.

For ideas, vouchers and and inspiration on how to keep your children occupied and active over the summer please click on the link below.

Please see the flyers below that gives details of groups that will be run by starting, well in partnership with Barnardo's, over the summer.

Carol Vorderman’s website The Maths Factor is usually a paid for subscription website but she is opening it up for free for 6 weeks over the summer holidays. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to boost their maths confidence.

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.

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

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

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.

Please see the following covid documents from Public Health.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Brocklesby