GOD IS LOVE
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school for the second half of spring term and the sun is finally shining
more! The flowers are starting to bloom and if we look just outside our school gates and
along Liverpool Grove we will see that the new flowerbeds have had plants put in! It really
does brighten up our street and we encourage our children to look after them and let them
continue to grow.
We are preparing ourselves for the season of Lent, which starts next week.
Parents Evening – 18th &
20th March 2014
This term you will get to hear
more about your child’s personal
progress as we have our Parents’
evening on Tuesday 18th and
Thursday 20th March so please
make sure you come. More
details to follow.
Kitchen
After the Easter Holidays we will be
have a Food Week to launch the new
kitchen with a blessing from Father
Andrew and another very important
person! During Food Week we will be
inviting you in to eat lunch with
pupils, staff and governors and
sample the menus that we have on
offer! Please wait for a separate
letter of invitation.
Our three weekly menus are soon to
be on our website and are currently
on our notice board outside so please
have a look. Very rarely do we have
to change our menu for the day but if
we do you will receive a text from the
school to let you know.
If you have any queries about school
lunches please come and see me.
FREDS
This reading with Dads
Party has been postponed
again until March 12th after
school at St Peter’s Church.
See you all there.
Coding Week
From Monday 3rd March
to Friday 9th March, we
will be celebrating our
one week of code!
Teachers will be working
with the children to
learn about coding and
programme in readiness
for our new National
Computing Curriculum
which starts in
September 2014.
http://uk.code.org/learn
for more information.
Children’s Christian Party
with Animals, fun worship
and music!
Children’s worship leader Duggie
Dug Dug is coming to a church
near us! It will be an amazing
evening for Under 11s and
includes the chance for children
to interact with some “petting
zoo” type animals. You can find
out more about these events at
www.duggiedugdug.org
Date: Friday 7th March 2014
from 6.30 to 8.00pm Venue:
Brandon Baptist Church, Redcar
Street, Camberwell, London, SE5
0NA. Cost: Tickets will be £2 per
child (but a maximum of £5 per
family) with adults free. (Please
note, all children must be
accompanied by a parent or
carer). Tickets will need to be
paid for in advance.
Drop Everything and Read – Nursery
A big thank you to Parents and Carers who stop for Drop
Everything and Read! A reminder to all parents of a Nursery
pupil that they are welcome to stay every Friday at the
following times:
AM Parents – 8.30am to 9am
PM Parents – 12.45pm to 1pm
Punctuality and attendance improvements!
We are pleased to see so many more pupils and families are now in the playground even before the bell rings
at 8.55am. This makes for a fantastic start to the day. Thank you for working so hard to ensure that your
children are in school on time every day. Some families still need to work hard to get our percentage down to
zero! You are always welcome to come and see me if you have concerns or need further support.
Did you know that…
Being late for school reduces your child’s learning time!
If your child is 5 minutes late every day they are missing 3 days of learning each year!
If your child is 15 minutes late everyday they will miss 2 weeks of learning each year!
We are pleased to announce that our persistent absence data for the autumn term has come down from 5.1%
at the end of last year to 3.9% (There are still a few children across year 1 to year 6 whose attendance is still
below 85%). The National average is 3.6% and Southwark’s Average is 3.3% so we are closing the gap.
Maintenance Fund
For the up keep of a church school building, parents are asked to pay £30 a year. For every £10 you contribute,
the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education gives us £90 so it is really worth it. This year we have had a brand
new kitchen after 20 years and we are also having brand new KS2 girl’s toilets after 20 years too.
Don’t forget to give towards the upkeep of your child’s school as they will see the benefits! Please see the
office staff at any time to do this.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday begins the Season of Lent and our preparation for the Easter celebration of
Jesus resurrection. The children will receive the Cross of Ashes, an ancient symbol of both
repentance and renewal. The mark of the Cross on our foreheads is an outward sign that we
all make mistakes in our lives and that we need to recognise our weaknesses and turn back
to God for help to become more like Jesus.
If you do not wish for your children to receive the cross of ashes, please complete the form
below and return it to your child’s teacher before Wednesday morning.
Permission Slip – Cross of Ashes
I parent or carer of __________________________________ in Year ____________ DO NOT
give permission for my child to receive the Cross of Ashes on Wednesday 5th March 2014.
Signed:___________________________________________ Date: __________________
Dates for the Diary
Monday 3rd March to Friday 7th March – Coding week
Monday 3rd March – Yr 1 and 2 have the Blue Elephant Theatre Group coming to work on a music project
Tuesday 4th March – Yr 3 and 5 will be visited by three French Teacher Students from Paris!
Wednesday 5th March – Ash Wednesday. Service at church at 10.25am. (Please see slip on page 2)
Wednesday 5th March – Years 3 to 6 visit from Theatre in Education – promoting sustainable travel and road
safety
Thursday 6th March – Book Day! Children are to donate £1 to come to school dressed as a BOOK character.
Prize for the best dressed from each class
Tuesday 11th March – Year 6 trip to War Rooms
Wednesday 12th March – FRED will be going ahead in St Peter’s Church
Wednesday 19th March – 10 selected children from Year 4 will be going on an enterprise trip, 10am to 2pm.
Details to follow
18th & 20th March - Parents Evening
Wednesday 26th March – Possible strike. More information to follow.
Thursday 3rd April – Class photos
Friday 4th April – Last day of Term, 12pm collection
Wednesday 23rd April – Children return to school.
Enjoy the weekend
Peace and Love.
Josephine Copeland