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ENDEAVOUR

Summer 2015, Issue 14 21 April 2015

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Editor: Miss Jo Elliott

Congratulations to the cricket team who have surged on to become the indoor cricket champions for 2014

-2015. They have had a wonderful indoor season, with some stellar performances with ball, bat and in the

field. Not only are they champions, they also went through the whole season completely unbeaten, out-

performing 5 other schools with superb teamwork and attitude. Throughout, they have been a credit to

the school and we hope this success can continue into the summer season—hopefully we will see the

return of our summer title too!

Mr Donkin

Cricket Success!!!

Please accept our apologies for the overrun of the new fencing work on

Endeavour although we’re sure you will agree that it is looking very

smart already! For the next few days we are asking that you come in

through the car park and collect your children from the following places:

Year 3 parents/carers to wait in normal area

Year 4, 5 and 6 parents/carers to come through car park entrance and

wait on the school playground where the classes will be brought out and

handed over.

Year 4 parents/carers to wait on top playground

Year 5 parents/carers to wait on main playground near to the shelter

Year 6 parents/carers to wait by basketball posts

New Fencing on Endeavour

PAC FREE DISCOS

TUESDAY 12TH MAY

Inspire

EYFS—4:00—5:00

YR 1 5:15—6:15

YR 2 6:30—7:30

MONDAY 18TH MAY

Endeavour

YRS 3 & 4—5:00—6:30

YRS 5 & 6—7:00—8:30

Volunteers are needed to run events smoothly . Please contact us if you can

help: pac@stmonicaprimary.co.uk or leave your details in the office

Stars of the Week

Happy Bunnies has a vacancy for a pre-school

practitioner. The candidate needs to hold a rel-

evant level 3 childcare qualification and have

experience of working with pre-school children.

The pay is £6.70-£7.30.

For more information please contact Happy

Bunnies on 02380443404 or email:

25happybunnies@gmail.com.

Vacancy at Happy Bunnies

The children are thoroughly enjoying being ‘Star of the Week’. It is always wonderful to see the huge

effort that the children make with everything they do, knowing that at any point they could be the recipi-

ent of an award that recognises the time and great lengths that they go to to produce some truly fantastic

work.

Although we understand it is a great feeling to have a trophy on the mantelpiece, we are now having seri-

ous problems with them not being returned to school. Please ensure they are returned promptly - it

could be your child that misses out if we do not get them all back.

Returning Star of the Week Trophies

Our new Football coach, Mr Terry starts with us to-

morrow. Many of you will know him from Sholing Foot-

ball Club. Mr Terry is a qualified coach, has all the

required safeguarding checks and is looking forward

to working with the children.

We decided to change as our previous provider was

becoming unreliable and not providing the service

which we felt your children deserved.

Football Coaching on Inspire

The children on Inspire behaved impeccably over

lunchtime today when a fire alarm was set off unexpect-

edly in Happy Bunnies. The fire brigade arrived whilst

the children and staff waited patiently on the play-

ground. The fire brigade were very happy with the

school’s procedures and Happy Bunnies staff have very

quickly reacted to ensure the alarm cannot be accidently

set off again. You would all have been very proud of

your children. Unfortunately lunchtime was interrupted

and for Health and Safety reasons we cannot reheat

food which has been already served. Our cook, Mrs

Napier and her staff, ensured that cold choices were

available for the children whose lunch was interrupt-

ed. I hope you will all understand and appreciate that

staff did their very best in the circumstances

Fire Alarm on Inspire

Eva Campbell

Phoebe Patrick

Jacob Bonney

Emily Standing

Laila Reed

Olivia Taylor

Ruby Grove

Elliot Nagle

Mark Hulbert

Amy Melita

Claudia Gamza

Olivia Gunston

Abigail Morrison

Mizzella Wylie

Jay Nicholas

Dyllan Adams

Tayla Fenton

Thomas Wilson

Jake Vokes

Grace Bailey

Lily Lucas

Liam Ryan

Harry Evans

Maisie O'Neill

Amaya De La Cour

Scarlett Fenton

Charlie Herridge

Charlie Pothecary

Chloe Higgins

Keira Thorpe

Olivia Merconi

Ella Carr

Charlie Bartlett

Ethan Mazur

Courtney Barnes

Callum Roddie

“We sat on the Gold Table”

Well done to you all!

The Supervisory Team

Children are given the opportunity

to sit on the table to show our ap-

preciation for their efforts in and

around the school during the pre-

vious week

27/03/15

Lillian Brindley

Maisie O’Neill

Jack Norris

Noah Gates

Samuel Dine

Poppy Allanach

Jake Vokes

Lucie-Mai Shel-

don

Jack Colvin-

Whyte

We Sat on the Gold Table

St Mary’s Church, St Monica Road, Sholing S019 8ES

Indoor

Car Boot Sale

Saturday 25th April 2015

10am – 2pm

Helping to Raise Funds for Basics Bank

Hopefully you have all received

your new Summer Menu. Please

may we remind you that the cost

of a child’s meal is £2.00. As ev-

er, you are welcome to join your

child for lunch at a cost of £2.40.

Just call into the office to make

arrangements.

School Meals

Coffee on Tour

It has been good to see a few different faces at the coffee morn-

ings at Inspire and Endeavour. Remember we are one school now so you are always

welcome at both sites.

The coffee groups are an informal way of getting together with other parents of the

school to talk about everyday issues.

Some of the things we have been talking about:

Book Week - Getting tips about costumes and the successful book swap.

SumDog and BugClub - We were able to address some issues parents raised with re-

gards to access. Have you tried the new website yet? www.activelearnprimary.co.uk

The 6C’s – Parents answered questions to help the school and community develop them further. Thanks to all those that took part, your comments have been passed

onto the PSHE team.

As well as many other discussions and sharing tips along the way.

Come and join in. I look forward to seeing you on Monday mornings after dropping

your child into school.

Monday 20th April – Inspire – Topic: Easter Activities – What did you and your family

do over Easter.

Monday 27th April – Inspire – Topic – Farewell Mrs Barrow – Please come along to say

goodbye. I will miss you all

Monday 4th May – Bank Holiday

Mrs Susie Barrow - Family Inclusion Support Officer

FREE PRIZE DRAW The more times you come to a coffee group

the more times you can enter

Congratulations to Mrs Jolley, Mrs Bayliss, Mrs Shawyer and Mrs Robinson the prize

draw winners last Half Term.

Coffee Morning on Tour!

Please join us in welcoming a new staff member. Mr Wickins has joined the year 5 team and has the

enormous task of filling Mr Adam’s shoes! He is already making a great impression and we look for-

ward to working with him.

Welcome Mr Wickins!

PAC have organised a BAG2SCHOOL collection on FRIDAY 8TH MAY.

If you are sorting out your/your child's wardrobe for Summer, we'd appreciate your donations. ITEMS CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON 8TH MAY AND CAN NOT BE STORED AT SCHOOL.

They accept the following ‘good quality’ items: •Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing •Paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around) •Handbags •Hats •Bags •Scarves and ties •Jewellery •Lingerie •Belts •Soft toys

BUT, they do not accept: •Duvets, bedding, blankets and household linen •Pillows and cushions •Carpets, rugs and mats (including bath, shower and toilet mats) •Curtains •Towels •Soiled, painted, ripped or wet clothing* •School uniforms •Corporate clothing and workwear •Textile off cuts, yarns or threaded material

All donations will be weighed and PAC will be paid by Bag2School accordingly.

St Monica PAC

Over 68% of our parents have now registered with our new communication system which is fantastic

news. We are aiming for 100% if possible but do appreciate that not everyone has access to email.

We will be moving over to parent mail from call parents this half term and will soon start issuing all our

letters and permissions forms through Parent Mail. This will enable you to complete forms online.

With Parent Mail we will also be introducing an online booking system for parents evenings once we

are fully up and running.

Please be reassured that if you do not have access to our online system you will be sent paper copies

of permissions forms and as now can call into either office for a copy of any other letters as you do

now.

Parent Mail

What a beautiful couple of weeks of weather we have just had. I hope that everyone had a good break.

The children came back with a real sense of determination and as I have walked around each class today

I have seen so many pupils focused, extending themselves and grappling with the challenges that they

are being given. A fantastic start!

Although there is still work being done on the site at Endeavour we know that when it is finished we will be

safer and smarter! Thank you for your cooperation.

We have recently carried out a pupil survey and are now in the process of analysing the results. The Pupil

Leadership Team will draw up an action plan to address issues that have been raised and will share this

with you in the next newsletter.

The Weather Forecast for St Monica this Summer 1

Bright sunshine will beam across Endeavour and Inspire as all classes will be making sure that the 6C's

are at the heart of all we do.

In Year 6 the weather is set fair and will be hotting up as the pupils head towards May 11th when they will

be sitting their SATs tests. We know they will all do their best and wish them well.

Year 5 will have clear blue skies heralding the arrival of Mr Wickins in Gladstone Class - we welcome him

to the St Monica Team!

For Year 4 the outlook is good, with temperatures rising as the pace of learning increases to produce

stunning outcomes.

Meanwhile in the Year 3 warm days, with wall to wall sunshine, will ensue as they prepare for their visits

to Swanwick.

A heat wave will be experienced in Year 2 as they do all they can to close gaps and meet their targets for

learning in reading, writing and maths.

Year 1 may experience some stormy weather if the Giant gets upset about his beanstalk being scaled or

his golden eggs being stolen!

Finally, the weather in Year R will be some showers with sunny spells (for the farmer) as they wend their

way down to Longdown Farm.

Heads Blog

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