The weekly newsletter aimed at keeping you up to date with

life at St Oswald’s school.

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S T O S W A L D ’ S S C H O O L

N E W S L E T T E R

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Big Maths

Parent Consultation Meetings

Y6 Booster & Study Books

Awards Success

Young Voices

Stars of the Week

Diary Dates

Policy Reminders

Attendance

Community News

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Parent Consultation

Meetings

Parent Consultation

evenings will take

place on:

Mon 10th February

4.30-7.00pm

Tues 11th February

3.30-6.00pm.

PLEASE NOTE

SCHOOL CLOSES AT

3PM ON TUESDAY

11TH FEBRUARY.

A crèche will be

provided on the

evening at a charge

of £2.00 per child

which can be made

via Parentpay.

Children will not be

allowed in the school

hall with Parents.

Warrington Arts Mark and

School Games Bronze Award

We are delighted to learn that the school has recently been awarded with both the

Warrington Arts Mark 2019 and the School Games Bronze Award 2018/19.

Both awards celebrate the excellent work in our school in support of the Arts and

physical activity and sport.

We hope to build on the fantastic work already taking place in our school and

provide even more opportunities for the children to engage in the Arts and sport in

the future.

Thank you to Mrs Thomason and Mrs Gambles who led the work on the Arts Mark and to Mr Coppenhall who led on the

School Games Award.

Booster Sessions for Year 6

Early doors sessions offering Year 6 children some extra booster work take

place on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8.30am with Miss Lennon,

Mrs Orwin, Mrs Crook and Mrs McManus.

Mrs Crook also runs her Grammar Club on Monday afternoons

3.30-4.15pm and Mrs Roberts runs a Times Tables group on Wednesday

3.30-4.15pm.

All children in Year 6 are welcome to attend these sessions which help to boost their knowledge and skills in preparation for the SATs in May.

Year 6 Study Books

Study books for Year 6 children will be available to purchase at Parents’

Evening on 10th and 11th February. These books are really useful for the children to work through at home to practise their skills and knowledge.

Young Voices Choir Concert

Tonight our fantastic choir will

be singing their hearts out at the 2020 Young

Voices Concert at the Manchester Arena.

They have been practising hard with Mrs Neiland

for many weeks and tonight they will join other

school choirs to make one huge choir of 8,000

children!

We hope that the children enjoy the experience

and parents, family and friends who have bought

tickets also enjoy the show.

Thank you to Mrs Neiland for preparing the

children for the concert and to both Mrs Neiland

and Mr Coppenhall for accompanying them to the

Arena.

Big Maths

All children in Year 1 to Year 6 take part in

weekly ‘Big Maths’ sessions in school and

each child has a personal Big Maths folder

which contains all their weekly tests, work

sheets and tracker sheets.

It can really help your child’s learning if

you regularly look at their Big Maths folder

and help them work on areas they may be

finding more difficult.

For example, if you see that your child

regularly makes mistakes on questions

about time, help them to practise telling

the time and ask them quiz them about

time etc.

Any extra help you can give

at home will really help to

improve your child’s Maths

skills.

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N E W S L E T T E R

DIARY DATES

Monday 3 February

Rec, Y1 & Y2 Stage-Pro Dance Day

Wednesday 5 February

Y3 Class Rejoice assembly 9.00am

Thursday 6 February

CAFOD visit—KS2

Monday 10 February

CAFOD visit—KS1

Parents’ Evening 4:30—7:00pm

Tuesday 11 February

Parents’ Evening 3:30—6:00pm

***(school closes 3:00pm)***

Friday 14 February

School closes for half term at

3:30pm

Monday 24 February

School opens for Spring 2 at

8.45am

(Reading club from 8.00am)

CLASS PERCENTAGE

RECEPTION 96.6% OUTSTANDING

YEAR 1 96.6%

YEAR 2 96%.

YEAR 3 99.3% OUTSTANDING

YEAR 4 98% OUTSTANDING

YEAR 5 97%

YEAR 6 97%

Whole school attendance

98%+ Outstanding

96—97% Good

95% Satisfactory

91-94% Unsatisfactory

<90% Poor

Whole School attendance is 97%

CONGRATULATIONS TO YEAR 3 FOR THE BEST ATTENDANCE

THIS WEEK

STARS OF THE WEEK

Rec: Amber McErlaine-English & Max Bilbao

Year 1: Elyse Wright & Nathan Crenganis

Year 2: Harry Cullen & Myles Gallagher

Year 3: Oliver Williams-Fletcher & Poppy Sydney

Year 4: Ollie Horton & Imogen Clarke

Year 5: Daniel Lavado-Green & Jacob Wooding

Year 6 Anya White & Adam Pearson

Congratulations to all our stars!

Celebration Assembly takes place on Thursday

mornings at 9am.

Please come along if you can make it.

WRITTEN BY W BLUCK EDITED BY H LENNON

Policy Reminder

Car Park

Once again could we please remind car park users to take

extra care at the start and end of the school day when the car

park is exceptionally busy. Could we please ask that you:

Only park in designated spaces and be considerate to other

drivers by not blocking them in

Avoid stopping/parking on the driveway

Avoid walking up the driveway—use the footpaths

Thank you for your support.

Area Indoor Athletics Qualifier

On Monday 28 January, Year 6 took part in the

qualifying round of an indoor athletics competition

along with 7 other local primary schools at Beamont

Collegiate Academy.

The children took part in many different events and

did particularly well in the sprint relays, hop skip and

jump and the soft javelin.

Unfortunately on this occasion the children didn’t

qualify for the next round but they all thoroughly

enjoyed taking part.

Thank you to Mr Coppenhall and Mrs Brady for taking

the children along to this event.

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Community News

Warrington Park Run & Junior Park Run

Don’t forget the Warrington Parkrun takes place in Victoria Park every Saturday morning at 9am. The 5k Parkrun is for adults and families and is free to enter. Park-Runners can run, they can

run-walk or walk—you can even take the dog or run with a buggy! Park-Runners just need to register beforehand at www.parkrun.org and turn up on the day. On average there are over 600 runners

every Saturday—why not be one of them?

The Junior parkrun follows a 2km course and takes place at 9am on Sunday

mornings at Orford Hub. The Junior parkrun is for children aged 4-14 years old.

Yoga Classes

Adult Yoga classes take place in the school every Thursday evening. There are two classes:

6.15-7.30pm & 7.45– 9.00pm

Classes are led by Helen Fiddler—for more information contact Helen on 07525626709 Facebook page: Yoga Panacea

Twitter: @Yoga_Panacea

Cubs and Scouts

If your child is looking for fun activities to do with other young people their own age, they might be interested in joining Beavers, Cubs or Scouts. Cubs and Scouts is a great way to make new friends, try new things, have adventures and volunteer in the community. A local Cub/Scouts group meet in

St Oswald’s school hall and would love to welcome new members.

CUBS – TUESDAY NIGHT (age 8 to 10 / 10.5)– 6.45 to 8.15 pm

SCOUTS – FRIDAY NIGHT (age 10.5 to 14) – 7 to 9pm

For more information contact Craig on 07715 354331

Half-term Holiday Activities February half-term is fast approaching and if you are looking for ideas to help you keep your little ones busy, a list of local half-term activities can found on the My Life Warrington website under

the ‘Things to Do’ section

www.mylifewarrington.co.uk