The Rosary Catholic Primary School

21st December 2018

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus,

that we may share in the song of the angels,

the gladness of the shepherds,

and worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.

Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.

Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings,

and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children,

and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts,

forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

Telephone: 020 8570 4942

email:

office@rosary.hounslow.sch.uk

www.rosary.hounslow.sch.uk

Aspire, Believe,

Achieve:

Together in

Christ

Dear All,

Have I really been here 15 years? That sounds like a long time ... but like all good things, the

time has flown by.

I remember coming here when we were two separate schools and I took up the post of

Deputy Head teacher at the Infant school.

I strived to give the children my energy, enthusiasm, honesty, respect and love, but as I

leave, I can clearly see that this has been given back to me ten-fold.

I have been privileged to have worked with so many wonderful children and families. 15

years ago some of them began to teach me and still today I am mindful of the clarity in

which the children teach – their ability to see things simply.

From them I am reminded that true teaching is a special partnership. It only really works

when the teacher reaches beyond the outer image, looks into the heart, understands and

respects what they see. The children's role is to allow themselves to be seen, not just for

who they are, or have been, but also for who they could be.

Over the years, fashion has had skirts short, and long and

short again. Under wear has become over wear. Hairstyles

have come and gone – they have been big, cropped,

technicoloured, bleached, curled, straightened, extended

and dreadlocked. Names have not been exempt. They too

reflect changing times; charting the rise of new influences

whether they be pop, TV, film or sport stars, or perhaps an

inspirational leader capturing hearts and minds.

Despite the altering of outward appearance and what people are called, there has always

been and always will be a constant. That is the inner need to strive for what is true and

right guided by our faith in God.

I look back with gratitude. I entered a profession dedicated

to assisting children to achieve their potential, to revealing

or finding their best selves. As I leave it, I am taking many of

you with me. You will live on in my memories. I'll always

remember the things we achieved together: the many

successful plays we put on, your enthusiasm for learning and your ability to strive for

excellence.

I've been asked what I'm going to do now. I'm going to do a lot of things, but in short, I plan

to LIVE.

I want to pay tribute to the teachers for their support, friendship and

exemplars of what it is to serve faithfully and with humility.

I will always remember our shared laughter, our joys as well as our

struggles. Thank you for the never-ending supply of tea and coffee in

the staff-room to keep me going. Thank you too for the notes of

appreciation, words of encouragement, sharing of resources, and time

but mostly for your sincerity and trust.

And lastly, I leave you with this thought.

There is only ever one of each of us: one Jane Smith or one Mrs Paczek. We are unique. We

are neither better nor less than anybody else but rather the best or least of ourselves. I am

still working on finding the best of me. It is an exciting on-going journey. Thank you for

being my traveling companions along a large and important part of my way. I am forever

grateful for your stimulating company and the enormous collection of shared experiences

indelibly printed on my mind.

Thank you.

I wish you all a very Blessed Christmas and a Happy 2019.

Tressa Paczek

MBABAZI PRIMARY SCHOOL- MALAWI

We are pleased to report that we will be sending £336 to Mbabazi Primary School in Malawi. The money was raised from the KS2 Nativity Collection. The money raised

from the Infant & Nursery collections will go towards school funds. Thank you for your generosity.

Well done to all the children who took part in the Nativity productions this year. As

always, they remind us of the true meaning of Christmas and that what really

matters, 2,000 years ago and toda, is the spirit of love that is Christmas - God’s love

for us and our love for each other.

Gold Award for the School Games Mark

We are extremely pleased and proud to announce that our

school achieved the Gold award for the School Games

Mark accreditation for the academic year 2017-2018. This

is an amazing achievement which is the culmination of a

tremendous amount of work by our PE Subject Leaders and

associate members of staff who are dedicated in their efforts to

develop PE, school sport and physical activity in our school.

Only 20 primary schools in Hounslow achieved this award with only one additional

school reaching the Platinum standard.

Important End of Term Dates

Friday 21st December - School finishes at 2pm

Monday 7th January – Back to School.

Achievement Awards

All of Dolphin & Penguin Classes for their awesome performances in the Nativity Play!

Raynell – Koala Class, Sut – Tiger Class

Toby - Giraffe, Antony – Panda

Sophia – 3A, Whitney – 3B

Eden – 4A, Marcel – 4B,

Tyra – 5A, Rafael – 5B.

Attendance and Punctuality

The attendance figures have taken a dramatic drop this past week with only 2 classes achieving our school target attendance.

The staff of the school would like to take this opportunity to wish you a peaceful and Holy Christmas. We look forward to the new year when we will continue working with you in helping your child

to aspire, believe and achieve their potential in Christ. Miss Bass

12th – 18th December % Lates

Class 5B 98.47 9

Class 6A 98.06 5

Class 3B 95.52 4

Class 5A 95.04 11

Class Tiger 94.58 4

Class 4A 94.52 14

Class 3A 93.21 4

Class Giraffe 93.10 8

Class 6B 92.58 13

Class Penguin 91.85 7

Class Dolphin 91.25 10

Class Koalas 91.03 6

Class 4B 90.67 9

Class Panda 89.67 2

Class Hedgehogs 80.98 0

Totals 93.00 106

Applications for places in Reception – September 2019 If your child was born between 01/09/14 and 31/08/15 applications are now being taken for Reception places in September 2019. The closing date for applications is 15

th January 2019.

The Giving Machine

Would you like to donate money to the school without it costing you a penny?!

Then go to www.thegivingmachine.co.uk and register. The sign up code for our school is 62656. It is linked to over 2000 retailers like Amazon, Go Compare, John Lewis, Tesco, etc. Every time you shop, a donation will be given to the school! You can also download the Shop and Give Reminder app on to your phone or computer and then just click on the heart before you shop. Thank you for helping us to raise much needed funds for our school

We would like to thank all the parents who have downloaded the app on their phones. If you still

haven’t done it can you please do so as soon as possible. This is now the only way that we can

communicate with parents. Messages, newsletters, letters and reminders are now sent via the

app.