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Saint John Fisher Catholic Primary School Kineton Road, Wyken, Coventry, CV2 3NR Telephone: 02476 443333 Fax: 02476650236

Website: www.st-johnfisher.coventry.sch.uk

Saint John Fisher Catholic Primary School

Autumn Term: 21st September 2018 ‘To live, love and learn in our caring community.’

Dear Parents, Pupils, Staff and Parishioners, It has been an extremely busy week at SJF and the children are settling in well to their new classes and routines. Our Year 6 children joined together with the Parish on Sunday to celebrate their commitment to the promises they have made as they journey towards their Sacrament of Confirmation in November. Please keep our Year 6 children in your prayers.

On Wednesday Dan Callow and Emily Jordan led our whole school in a beautiful Retreat Day. We reflected

upon Jesus as The Good Shepherd: Remembering His love and goodness never fails us.

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On Thursday, Year 5 and 6 joined the rest of our Romero Family in a special Thanksgiving Mass to mark the beginning of a new academic year at St. Patrick’s Church. We were very proud of our children as they sang our Romero Song.

‘We plant the seeds, that one day will grow.

Nurturing the talent of tomorrow. We are a loving family,

in the Romero Academy.’

Forest School Begins:

Some of our Reception children started Forest School sessions this week and were really sensible exploring a new area. Our main activity was using leaves in our artwork. Children's different interests were really clear, with some going on bug hunts and others working on some great balancing! All of our Reception children will have an opportunity to take part during the year. Don't forget Forest School after school club is available for KS2 to sign up to as well!




Science Wow Morning – Year 5

Year 5 took part in their first science 'Wow' morning of this year by investigating one of the oldest machines used by humans; levers. Although the machines were simple, we made good use of modern technology during our experiment, mirroring images onto our new high tech screens so all children in the class could see how to get the best results and making use of a spreadsheet to record data. It was great for the children to see how real scientists would use programs to simplify the production of tables, calculate averages and draw appropriate graphs.

Roald Dahl: To celebrate Roald Dahl day on the 13th of September, some children from Class 5 investigated both their senses of smell and taste with Mrs Caldwell on Monday. As the witches (in Dahl's book of the same name) hunted children by sniffing them out, we decided to find out how good our sense of smell was when we couldn't see the objects being tested.

It turned out that identifying smells without our other senses to help was much trickier than we at first thought. Cinnamon was confused with pepper, vinegar with lemon juice and vanilla with chocolate! Taste without smelling was even more difficult, most children couldn't taste anything when trying cinnamon and holding their nose at the same time.

Aspirations Week:

To kick off our aspirations week on Monday we will be having a visit from an author who will inspire all our children from year 1 to year 6 to develop their own love of writing and reading. Her books have also been made into a TV series and she will be sharing her own experiences of the writing, publishing and script development processes with energy, humour and great communication skills. Janet will be available to meet, sign and sell her books at the end of the school day, so the children will have the opportunity to have their very own book signed by the author. These items will be for sale in the school hall straight after school, so please come along and have a look: Story books £6.99, Colouring Books £3.99

Pencils, erasers, badges and key rings 50p, Finger puppets and Soft toy Chicos from £2.99 to £11.99

DVD’s from series 1 at £5.99




Forest School Club: Years 3-6: Forest School Club is now available for signing up on Parent Mail! This club involves all kinds of outdoor activities, including tool use, nature art, den building and maybe even some fire lighting!

The club will run on Wednesdays and children will need to wear warm, waterproof clothing and wellies. It starts on Wednesday 26th September and will run for 8 sessions (no session on 10th October or 7th November). The cost is £16 per child.

CAFOD FUNDRAISER: Non-uniform Day Friday 5th October – Wear something bright, pay £1.00.

Cake Sale KS2 - At playtime there will be a cake sale for KS2 children only. Please can children in years 5 and 6 provide some cakes to sell.

SJF – Family Fun Quiz Night: Everyone is invited to our SJF - Family Fun Quiz Night on Friday, 9th November 2018 @ 6.30pm in the KS2 Hall. £5.00 per team (max 6 per team) Please pay and give your team name to the school office. All money raised will go to School Funds.

PTA: We are looking for new members to join our PTA. The PTA help to arrange events to raise funds, have meetings on a termly basis and share ideas for new initiatives for fund raising. You are invited to attend a meeting to find out more and meet our current members on Thursday 27th September at 3.15pm. If you are unable to attend, but want to find out a bit more, then please email [email protected]

Fundraising – Year 6 Production: Year 6 will be performing in The Albany Theatre during the summer term. To raise funds to support this, they will be organising various events during the year. The first fund raising event is:

BOOKTOBER – Please bring in your old books (in good condition) by the end of September, in exchange for a house point from your teacher.

The BOOKTOBER BOOKSALE will be held on Friday 5th October 2018 at 3.00pm.


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Book Fair The book fair run after school. Starts Monday 1st October until Thursday 4th October in KS2 hall.

Panto We have organised a trip to Bedworth Civic Hall for the whole school to attend a performance of Aladdin on Friday 7th December 2018. The total cost of the visit, which includes coach travel, admission to the theatre, drink and a snack is £13.75 per child. Payments for the trip are be made via ParentMail.

Attendance for week beginning 10/09/18:

SJF – Wraparound: We have increased the number of spaces we have at SJF Wraparound. If you are interested in further information and prices, please contact the school office.

Dropping off and collecting your Child: Please may we for ask you to be considerate to our local residents as to where you park your vehicle when dropping off and collecting your child. We are very fortunate to have use of the church car park.

Year Class Teacher Attendance Class Teacher Attendance Reception

1

Mrs Mills/Mrs Smith

100%

2

Miss Mullen

99.1%

Year 1

3

Miss Malik

97.2%

4

Mrs Corry

96.7%

Year 2

5

Miss Cunningham

97.7%

6

Miss Burton

94.7%

Year 3

7

Ms Stephens

96.9%

8

Miss Watson

96.6%

Year 4

9

Mrs Taylor/Mrs Smith

98.7%

10

Miss Jarvis

Year 5

11

Mr Morris

99.0%

12

Mrs Davies

100%

Year 6

13

Miss Edge

98.7%

14

Mrs Bishton

98.0%




Stars of the Week beginning 17.07.18:

House Points: Who will be the winners this term?

Class Class

YR: Mrs Mills/Mrs Smith

Jack Costello Mia Stokes

Y3: Miss Watson

Abigail Kabue Emily Bench

YR: Miss Mullen Geno Kearns

Miyla Maddax Y4: Mrs Smith/

Mrs Taylor Luke Wilson

Jessica Corcoran Y1: Miss Malik Joseph Abbott

Luccin Anderson Y4: Miss Jarvis Ricci Schlein

Daniel Velychko

Y1: Mrs Corry Aingeal-Rose Greenan Amelia Payyappilly

Y5: Mr Morris Jonjo Boyle Deborah Forson

Y2: Miss Cunningham

Lucrece Ebale Damon Whittaker

Y5: Mrs Davies Valerie Odei-Wontumi Maddison Parsons

Y2: Miss Burton Lola Ord Maisie Cullinan

Y6: Miss Edge Peyton Donnelly Yasmin Goddard

Y3: Ms Stephens Lexi Thomas Michal Wojcik

Y6: Mrs Bishton

Daniela Olanrewaju Alfin Varughese

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Dates for week beginning 24th

September

Wednesday 26th

September: Year 5 Leave for Alton Castle

Friday 28th

September: Year 5 Return from Alton Castle (approx.

4pm)

Enjoy the weekend! See you bright and early on Monday.

D Williams

Principal


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