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The Week Ahead March 2018

Monday 5th Tuesday 6th Wednesday 7th Thursday 8th Friday 9th

7p.m Dance Festival

(Arts Depot)

p.m. Year 2 visiting Mary

Immaculate and St Greg-

ory

9a.m. KS2 Reading work-

shop for parents

Reports to go home for

Year 1-6

9a.m. Class 3R Prayer

Service

Tennis club not running

tonight as per original

dates

7p.m. Dance Festival

(Arts Depot)

Playground collection

for Catholic Children’s

Society

Class RG Prayer Service

Thank you to Mrs Gill and Class RG for leading our prayer

service this week. This was their very first Prayer Service

and they were amazing! They gave us a very important

message. They told us all about St David and why he was

such a special man. Some of the children explained that

they were named after saints. They said that a ‘ Saint was

someone who listened to God and led a good life..” Finally

they gave us all the opportunity to reflect on our Lenten

journey. The children spoke so clearly and sang beautifully.

We are all extremely proud of them all.

World Book Day

Thank you to Miss Coy for organizing our World Book Day. It was wonderful to see the children and

some of the teaching staff really embracing this opportunity. World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a

celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact,

it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and

reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

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NEWSLETTER NO 22 MARCH 2018

Railway Network assemblies

On Monday the KS2 children learnt about the importance of safety on the railways when we were visited by Rail Enforce-

ment Officers from Great Northern Railway. They spoke to the children about how to safely travel on trains, what to do if

they need help and who to go to.

The children, as always, were a credit to St. Catherine’s: listening attentively, giving well thought out answers and asking

relevant questions. Our visitors commented on how well behaved our children were and how impressed they were with

the responses given to questions. The children were invited to colour/design a train for a competition where the first prize

is £30 worth of vouchers. The entries will be displayed at New Barnet station for a short while.

World Book Day Continued… Activities during the day!

Some of our children celebrated World Book Day by cuddling up with a

good book dressed in their pyjamas or onesies! They shared the books

they had chosen to bring in from home and produced a new front cover

for their favourite book.

Our Lenten Journey

At St Catherine’s we have set up spiritual stations around the

school to help us reflect on our journey through Lent. The chil-

dren have really enjoyed finding the stations and spending

some time in reflection looking at the reading, the painting and

the artefacts. Here are two more stations.

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Meditation

Thank you to Father John who comes every Monday and Wednesday to lead

‘Meditation’ . The year 6 children really look forward to this special time on Monday

and all parents are welcomed every Wednesday at 9am.

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Can you help?

We would be very grateful if any families could donate boxes of tissues for the classrooms during this cold spell of weather.

Thank you!

Reading Workshop

Thank you to Miss Coy and Mrs Cox for leading the KS1 ‘Reading at Home Workshop’ on Tuesday. We were delighted to

see so many of our parents were able to attend. It was extremely informative giving parents strategies to help their child

read at home and inspire a love of reading.

Miss Coy evaluated the success of the workshop through a questionnaire and she was delighted with the results.

Did the Workshop cover the objectives you expected to be covered? 95% Yes

Did you learn some new reading strategies? 94% many/ a few

How helpful was the workshop in developing your understanding on phonics and

how you can help at home? 100% very helpful/ helpful

How helpful did you find the workshop on the subject of Reading Comprehen-

sion? 100% very helpful/ helpful

Did you enjoy the workshop? 100% Yes

We were delighted with the very positive responses from the parents who attended.

Miss Coy is looking to welcoming the KS2 parents on Tuesday for another workshop. Please come along if you can.

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Please share the ‘Wednesday Word’ at home. In this coming Sunday’s Gospel we hear about Jesus. Gospel Mark 9:2-10 23 During his stay in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he did, 24 but Jesus knew all people and did not trust himself to them; 25 he never needed evidence about anyone; he could tell what someone had within. John 2

Science Week

The week beginning 12th March is Science Week and we are planning lots of exciting activities in school. A huge thank you

to the parents and extended family members who have volunteered their time to come and work with the classes to give

them an insight into scientific careers and to lead workshops.

Don’t forget that the children are invited to come to school on Monday 12th

March dressed in clothes of a scientific theme. Please see the leaflet that was

emailed to you and is also attached the to the newsletter email for more ideas.

Miss Reilly

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Global Learning

By engaging with the wider world, global learning helps us to develop our own thinking and to engage with a range of values such as toler-ance, mutual respect, liberty and responsibility. Next week our new displays will be up in the main areas of the school covering a wide range of themes– e.g. Fairtrade, Global Goal logos, Looking after the Environment Please look out for these as you walk around the school.

Safeguarding and Child Protection at St Catherine’s is EVERYONES responsibility and is taken extremely seriously. Leaflets

for parents and visitors outlining the school guidelines on Safeguarding are available outside the school office. We also

have a dedicated Safeguarding page on our website with a number of associated Policies and details of our designated

Safeguarding team. Please contact one of the team at any time if you have concerns.

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School Council

The School Council met on Monday and we spoke about the very important role they played in ensuring the voice of all the children at St Catherine’s is heard. Every class also has a concern and suggestion box in their class room . Before our school council meeting we can gather up the suggestions and discuss the ideas submitted that would be worth taking for-ward. We will share our findings on our School Council Web page.

Rights Respecting Schools

The Rights Respecting Steering Group met this week to discuss our

journey so far and our aim to be awarded Level 2 this academic year.

We also ensured all classrooms had their new Article of the Month

and Thought for the Month on display.

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SCHOOL OFFICE BULLETIN BOARD

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School Interviews – School Dinner Pattern Change Request Starting Summer Term 2018

The office no longer receives verbal or written change requests for school dinner pattern changes.

Parents with children in Years 3-6 can go on School Interviews at https://www.schoolinterviews.co.uk/ and enter the event code 6hcut to register for a dinner pattern change, which will start in the Summer Term.

Online change requests will close on Monday, 26th March at 12 noon.

The new dinner patterns will take effect on Monday 16th April 2018 (start of the Summer Term). If you miss this opportuni-ty to change your child’s dinner pattern the next window will be for Summer second Half Term 2018.

***If you do not wish to change your pattern then you don’t need to do anything***

Nursery Admissions

St Catherine’s is currently taking Nursery applications for September 2018 for all children who turn 3 before 31st August

2018. We have both 15 hour and 30 hour places available. We also offer wrap-around care including breakfast club and

after school club. For further details or an application form please visit our website or contact our EYFS Leader Lisa Aldridge

on: office@stcatherines.barnetmail.net.

The deadline for submission of nursery applications for September 2018 to St Catherine’s Nursery is the 29th March.

Years 3-6 Peripatetic Lessons for children – Summer Term 2018

Last chance to sign up for summer term music lessons!

Registration will be open until Monday, 5th March 12 noon. During this period only you will be able to view, change or can-

cel your online booking yourself - the office will not be able to do this for you. Please see last weeks newsletter for addition-

al details.

If you wish to book your child for instrumental lessons please register on www.schoolinterviews.co.uk and then enter the

event code listed below for the instrumental lesson you wish to book.

Please note existing brass, piano, string and woodwind students will be given priority for places available upon booking.

To book for BRASS enter event code: jjyb3 (e.g Trumpet, trombone, tuba)

To book for PIANO enter event code: mqbnt

To book for STRING enter event code: qf6qk (violin)

To book for WOODWIND enter event code: c7wxc (recorder, clarinet, flute, saxophone)

Students registering for string, woodwind or brass lessons will need to bring their own instrument (buy or hire).

Please note by completing and submitting your online booking you are entering into an agreement with the school to

provide termly music lessons, which cannot be cancelled once confirmed. Confirmation is made by a charge being ap-

plied to your ParentPay account.

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Summer Term 2018 Afterschool Clubs - Online Registration—LAST CHANCE

Extended Day After School Club Registration for Summer Term 2018 are open until Monday, 5th March at 12 noon.

Clubs administered by the school will run for 12 weeks with the exception of Tennis Yr1&2 which will run for 10 weeks only

for which you will be charged – no club on 26/4 and 10/5.

Week Commencing 18th June

Please note Yr6 will be on their school Journey. Year 6 pupils who have signed up for any clubs below will not be charged

for the w/c 18th June when payments are applied to ParentPay. It may also be necessary to cancel clubs with Yr6 pupils for

the w/c 18th June only if online registration is low. You will be notified if this is the case and any payment applied to

ParentPay adjusted accordingly (i.e. charged for 11 weeks instead of 12 weeks).

Monday

Stretch Activities with Core Stability Reception, Yr 1&2 NOW UNAVAILABLE—BOOKING LIMIT REACHED

Tennis Yr 3&4

Chess Yr 5&6

Tuesday

Tag Rugby Yr 3 to 6

Cricket 5&6

Wednesday

Cricket Yr 3&4

Lunchtime Coding Club Yr 5&6

Thursday

Tennis Yr 1&2 (no club 26/4, 10/5) NOW UNAVAILABLE—BOOKING LIMIT REACHED

Friday

Chess Yr3&4

If you wish your child to be considered for a place on the school administered sports clubs you will need to register your

interest online using ‘School Interviews’ at www.schoolinterviews.co.uk and then enter the event code nr7sv to login and

register your interest. During this period only you will be able to view, change or cancel your online booking yourself - the

office will not be able to do this for you.

After registration closes there will be a 10 day ‘cooling off’ period until Thursday, 15th March, 3pm.

Please note that places are NOT allocated on a first come first

served basis. We allocate places to all children if there is space, but

where clubs are oversubscribed we may not allocate a place if they

have been in the same club last term. We are trying to encourage

maximum participation in sport as part of our Gold Sports Award

and so need to allow new children to try new sports.

SCHOOL OFFICE BULLETIN BOARD

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Extended Day After school clubs administered directly through the provider are: Monday

Football Yr 2-4 (Non Stop Action) Friday

Dance Yr 1&2 (Non Stop Action) Football Reception & Yr1 (Elite Feet)

Parents will need to contact the provider directly for registration and payment. Details are available on our website.

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Congratulations! Stars of the week:

Mikolaj and Harry S, 1K

Bailey and Daniel, 1G

Jog and Brielle, 2W

Afie and Freddie, 2R

Jhy Vyk and William, 3C

Byron and Indie, 3R

Bohdan and Max C, 4D

Rosie and Kevin, 4H

Congratulations! Playground Awards

Erin and Eva, 1G

Georgia 2R

Christian and Betty, 2W

Dijani 3R

William 3C

Jessica D 4D

Niamh and Isabella, 4H

Weekly House Stars

419

Gabriel

501

Uriel

508

Raphael

413

Michael 1K

3C

How is your Class

Attendance?

Attendance return from 26th Feb to

3rd Mar 2018.

Our weekly target is

96%

This weeks target

achieved is 93.64%

Class % Attendance

1G 96.13

1K 96.67

2R 92.00

2W 93.67

3C 97.24

3R 96.33

4D 95.67

4H 92.67

5B 87.93

5S 93.23

5M 94.00

6C 92.58

6V 88.97

12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate. Joel 2