Friday 23rd March 2018 – Newsletter 24 Volume 24

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Headteacher’s update

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Monday we celebrated our special ‘Vocations Day’ where we all had lots of fun thinking about how we are called by God to use our gifts and talents to serve others. We were so impressed by the thought and creativity that had gone into the children’s costumes as they arrived as their possible future selves!

We started the day with a whole school assembly led by our Yr 4 leaders who described how they

use their gifts and talents to carry out important roles in school (including School Council, Eco-

Warrior, Librarian and Technical Crew, to name a few!). The children were then involved in a wide

range of activities including a visit from Fr Craig and Ann-Christy Jon (Diocesan Vocations Officer),

a wonderful prayer service led by our KS2 Chaplaincy Team in which the children created aspi-

ration trees and an opportunity to create a future ‘me’! We are really looking forward to dis-

playing all of these in the hall – watch this space!

Our Yr 1 children have had a very exciting time this week as they have welcomed a number of

visitors into school as part of their ‘Fire of London’ topic. On Tuesday they were joined by Zoe from

Freshwater Theatre Company who shared the story of the Fire of London with them through dra-

ma, role play, music and dance. On Thursday they thoroughly enjoyed their visit from Mr Hanra-

han who talked to them about his role as a fire fighter and the importance of fire safety. The

chance to see a real fire engine was a big hit! They also enjoyed exhibiting their superb Fire of

London homework projects for everyone to see – well done Yr 1!

Our KS2 children have also been very busy with their Praise Reward afternoon on Wednesday in

which this half term’s winners, Nazareth, enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt around the school using

clues to decipher an anagram! On Thursday we held our fourth Try Something New Day of the

year where the children had a brilliant time learning a wide range of new skills including cooking

Easter inspired treats, creating mathematical origami, learning all about German culture, trying

their hand at cross stitch, creating high intensity workouts and practising survival techniques in

the ‘Wild Woods’!

Our Yr 4 children are off to the Botanical Gardens today as part of their topic on ‘Rainforests’- we

look forward to hearing all about it on their return.

We enjoyed welcoming parents for our final parents’ evening sessions this week – we hope that

you found the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher and discuss their progress useful.

We were delighted to receive the news this week that we have been accredited with ‘ArtsMark

Silver’ status at school in recognition of the high quality arts and culture provision across the

school. We are very proud of the wide variety of opportunities the children get to participate in

art, music and dance both within school and through our many partnerships.

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Woods - Head Teacher

Well done - Pupils of the week

Last week’s attendance

Congratulations to 2LB for 98.7%

attendance (w/e 16.03.18)

RK 98.3% RS 97.1%

1M 88.7% 1W 96.3%

2LB 98.7% 2H 96.7%

3R 98.0% 3N 94.7%

4S 97.9% 4B 96.0%

PUPIL OF THE WEEK

RS Katelyn Evans

RK Aleksander Mitoraj

1W Libby Allen

1M Jessica Allmont

2LB Ruby French

2H Manuel Kajdanski

3N Oliwia Goska

3R Olivia Morgan

4B Mikolaj Kwiecien

4S Millie Flynn

ATTENDANCE 2H W/E 09/03/18

VIRTUES AND VALUES

Timea Meszaros 3R

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Dates for your diary Latest news

CHILDREN’S STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Weather permitting, Children’s Stations of the Cross will take place in Mount Carmel Church garden, otherwise in the church, at 10.30am on Good Friday. If your child/children would like to do a reading and drawing for a Station, please contact Melanie at: melaniebullivant@hotmail.com using the subject ’Children’s Stations of the Cross’ and Melanie will get back to you.

Please note it is not an alternative to the 3 o’clock Stations of the Cross.

MESSY CHURCH

You are invited to a Messy Easter at St Stephen’s in the town centre, on Friday 30th

March from 10am. This is a FREE event, and all ages are welcome to come and have a

go at the different activities on offer. For more information search for Messy Church

Redditch on Facebook.

TESCO BLUE TOKENS

Voting time is here! Please remember to request your Tesco blue token when shopping at Tesco and vote for the Mount Carmel Outdoor Classroom Project. Voting will take place from Thursday 1st March until Monday April 30th at the following stores: 2504 BARNT GREEN B’HAM EXPRESS B45 8NE

2773 KINWARTON RD ALCESTER EXPRESS B49 6AA

3262 LODGE PARK EXPRESS B98 7LB

5000 MARLBROOK BROMSGROVE EXPRESS B60 1DL

3084 REDDITCH B98 7RU EXTRA

6447 REDDITCH BROCKHILL EXPRESS B97 6PH

3258 STUDLEY EXPRESS B80 7LL

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS

IMPORTANT: Please check page 3 weekly for information regarding after school clubs.

DECKING

The decking is currently out of use in order for routine maintenance to take place. Can this area please be avoided before and after school until further notice.

MONDAY 26th MARCH

Year 3 & 4 Science Family Learning Night

TUESDAY 27th MARCH(

9.20am Whole School Mass (Reception—Year 4)

‘Stations of the Cross’

WEDNESDAY 28th MARCH

The Little Big Bang Project

RS Parent Evening (rescheduled from 21st March)

THURSDAY 29th MARCH

KS2 Lenten Quiz Afternoon

Catch up violin lesson (from 1st March)

3.10pm School Closes for Easter

MONDAY 16th APRIL

School Re-opens 8.55am

FRIDAY 20th APRIL

Year 4 Parliament Trip

MONDAY APRIL 23rd

Height & Weight Measurement for Reception

Class 4S Final Swim

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After school clubs week commencing 26th March 2018

DATE EVENT VENUE / ROOM YEAR TIME

MONDAY FOOTBALL CLUB

DANCE CLUB

FIELD

HALL

1 + 2

All years

3.15pm—4.10 pm

3.15pm—4.10 pm

TUESDAY FOOTBALL CLUB

GYMNASTICS CLUB

FIELD

HALL

3 + 4

1 & 2

3.15pm—4.10 pm

3.10pm—4.10pm

WEDNESDAY

DOUBLE SESSION OF

GYMNASTICS CLUB

NO GARDENING CLUB

HALL

FIELD

3 - 4

4

3.15pm—5.10 pm

3.15pm—4.00 pm

THURSDAY NO GAMES / SPORTS CLUB

UNTIL AFTER EASTER

HALL 4 3.10pm—4.15 pm

FRIDAY NO IRISH DANCING HALL 2 - 4 3.10pm—4.00pm

RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DATES—MARCH 2018

SIXTH WEEK IN LENT

The theme of our prayer this week is:

Dear Lord Jesus, as Holy Week approaches, we

thank and praise you for giving your life for us, so

that one day we too may know the joys of

heaven.

BUDDHIST

CHRISTIAN

HINDU

JEWISH

SIKH

NOTABLE DATES

1st

18th

25th

29th

30th

31st

2nd

25th

31st

1st

31st—7th April

2/3

1st

17th

Magha Puja

Passion Sunday

Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

Holi

Rama Navami

Hanuman Jayanti

Purim

Passover / Pesach

Hola Mohola

St. David’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day

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