St. Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School
Weekly Newsletter
Autumn Term
Issue 8
Dates for November
Wednesday 14th National Roast Dinner Day.
Second Hand Uniform Sale
Thursday 15th Y1M Assembly 9:05 a.m.
Friday 16th Tag Rugby Festival
Y5 Cake Sale
P.T.A. Quiz Night
Mufti Day- Bottles
Wednesday 21st Y3 Trip to John Soane
Museum
Thursday 22nd Y1P Assembly 9:05 a.m.
Literacy Workshops for Y5 & Y6
Friday 23rd Mufti Day- Home Produce
Class Reps Meeting 9 a.m. Staffroom
Saturday 24th Christmas Fair
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday 29th
Reception Assembly 9:05 a.m.
Friday 30th INSET Day- School closed
December
Tuesday 4th Reconciliation Services
Thursday 6th Y5 Assembly 9:05 a.m.
Friday 7th Y6 cake Sale
Wednesday 12th Infant Nativity
Dress Rehearsal 10 a.m.
Thursday 13th Infant Nativity 10 a.m.
Friday 14th Infant Nativity 10 a.m.
Reception Cake Sale
Thursday 20th “This is the Star”Junior Carols 6:00 p.m. in the Church
Friday 21st School Closes for
Christmas Holidays
Dear Parents
Thank you to Mrs Shields, Mrs Brennan and
Year 6 for a very moving assembly
yesterday.
Quiz Night
Class reps are selling tickets for the P.T.A
Quiz Night on Friday 16th November 2012.
Tickets cost £12 each and include fish and
chips from Fish Kitchen. Doors open at 7pm
and the quiz and food will start at 8pm.
Friday 9th November 2012
Uniform Amnesty
A second hand uniform sale will be held next
Wednesday 14th November 2012 from 2:30
p.m. to 4.30 p.m. in the School Hall.
Come along to re-stock your children’s
wardrobes and kit for 1/3rd of the price of
new. Thank you very much for all donated
pre-loved uniform so far. Please keep
donating; anything your children have
outgrown:
St Mary Mags uniform (Summer and Winter):
jumpers, cardigans, dresses, polo shirts, P.E.
shirts, sweatshirts, tracksuit bottoms, coats,
winter and summer hats and ties.
Other uniform bits: white shirts, grey skirts
and trousers etc.
Shoes: school shoes for boys and girls,
trainers, football boots, plimsols etc
Bags: school rucksacks, reading books,
other school bags
Kit: tennis rackets, goggles, judo uniform,
Really, anything outgrown and not needed
any more.
There are some big laundry bags in the
under-cover area by the playground doors
and in the visitors’ bathroom for leaving your
donations.
Better to donate back to St Mary Mags than
throwing them away! Cash or cheques will be
taken for pre-loved uniform, with all funds
taken going to the PTA. Please contact
Kristin Jones (07818094079) or Lavinia
Buhagiar (07713400071) if you have any
questions. Many thanks.
Well done to the children listed below for
Going for Gold this week:
Rec- Maja Paliga
Tomasz Maciejewski
Y1M- Millie Munns
Y1P- Lucy Holland-Barden
Y2- Daniel Keeling
Y3- Nancy Gray
Y4- Szymon Paliga
Y5- Elliot Powell
Y6- Roshan Jeykumar
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Christmas Fair Raffle
Please remember to return your raffle ticket
stubs and payment to Mrs Cunningham (in
the school office) as soon as possible. If you
require any more tickets they are available
from the school office or Geraldine Barker
(Y1M). We already have some fantastic
prizes (including a Kindle Fire and an iPod
Touch) but if you can obtain any more prize
donations please contact Geraldine Barker
(07785 990 365 or
geraldineandemily@googlemail.com).
Reminder - Mufti Days for the Christmas
Fair
Friday 16th November - Bottles/Unwrapped
adult gifts for Gift Emporium/Nearly New
Friday 23rd November - Home
produce/Unwrapped adult gifts for Gift
Emporium/Nearly New
STOP PRESS
We have some brilliant gifts for the Secret
Santa Emporium and all will help to make
the new stand a great success, so thank
you to all for the great effort today.
The nearly new stall is looking a bit sparse at
the moment so just a reminder that any
nearly new toys and games etc in mint
condition can be brought in all both the next
two mufti days as well.
Christmas Fair Volunteers
Calling all dads - We need some dads to help
with children's games (e.g. penalty shoot out,
basketball etc) at the Christmas Fair on 24th
November. If you can help please contact
Josh De Souza
joshuadesouza333@yahoo.co.uk
Face painting - We need some volunteers for
face painting at the Christmas Fair. If you can
spare an hour or more to help with face
painting then please contact Ruth Mulholland:
ruth@ruthmulholland.com
Christmas Puddings
To order your St Mary Magdalen's Plum
Pudding please use the order form attached
to the newsletter before half term or contact
Geraldine Barker:
geraldineandemily@googlemail.com
The puddings will also be available to buy in
the playground on Fridays. A 1lb pudding
costs £6 and a 2lb pudding costs £10. They
are made by a small Cumbrian manufacturer
called The Ultimate Plum Pudding Company
and are distinctively lighter than most other
puddings.
Parent Workshops
Booking has opened for the next series of
parent workshops led by Gill Hines. These
free workshops are open to any parents who
wish to attend. Places are strictly limited and
will be allocated on a first come first served
basis. To book places please contact the
school hosting the workshop. Schools hosting
the workshop have priority booking. Any
parents’ wishing to book a place on the
workshop we are hosting on Positive
Behaviour Management should contact the
office. After 23rd November 2012, booking will
open for parents’ from other schools. Thank
you. For more information on Gill and the
workshops please visit
www.gillhines.co.uk/page8/Freeworkshops/in
dex.html
All workshops are from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday 26th February 2013 – Queens
The Bright and Challenging Child
Tuesday 5th March 2013 - St Mary
Magdalen's
Positive Behaviour Management
Tuesday 12th March 2013 – St Osmund's
Bullying
Tuesday 19th March 2013 – St Osmund's
Positive Behaviour Management Tuesday 26th March or Tuesday 30th April
- St Osmund's
Self-Esteem
Tuesday 23rd April 2013- East
Sheen Preparing your Child for Transition to
Secondary School
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SANDs Charity
Thank you to all who have brought in milk
bottle tops for the SANDs Charity collection
(especially our star collector Caitlin Manley).
We have now finished collecting due to a
SANDs space issue.
Head Teacher’s
Awards
All the children in our
school are stars but those
listed below shone a little
brighter over the last week:
Year 1P
Georgia Gowland
Vittoria Jordao
Joseph Murray
Tom Taylor
Elsie Whelan
Sam Winstanley
Be More Health and Beauty
Be More Health and Beauty, who are situated
in Mortlake Business Centre, Mortlake High
Street, are offering 3 events to improve
fitness.
12 Week Weight Loss Challenge!
The sessions, which are held on Thursday
evenings at 7:30 p.m., are designed to help
weight loss, feeling healthier and
understanding nutrition.
£48 or £4 per session.
Fit Club on the Green
Held on Saturdays, fun, motivating and
inspirational sessions for all levels of fitness.
Meet outside Mortlake Business Centre.
£1 per session.
Running and Buggy Club
This club meets on Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
outside the Mortlake Business Centre and is
aimed at beginners and parents with children
unable to find the time to exercise.
£1 per session.
Spanish Aupair Offer
Honest and kind Spanish girl, 20 years old,
with A Level English & basic spoken English,
seeks work as a live-in aupair & home help,
for up to a year. She currently studies at
University and wishes to take a year out &
improve her English. No previous
experience, but hard working and good with
Children. Please request information or a CV
from Jenny on 07526 111 851
Have a lovely weekend with your children.
Mrs. Frostick
Headteacher