Walk Against Hunger - Cafod Lent Appeal 2023

This Lent, Our Lady of the Assumption is looking to fundraise for both CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) in its campaign to ‘Walk Against Hunger’. We will make our own ‘Pilgrimage’ during Lent knowing that each little step we take will make a BIG difference. Each class will set its own Lenten walking target and in Reception we have chosen to do our walk around the school grounds. Reception will set out daily during the last two weeks of term to do a full circuit of the school grounds, thinking about those less fortunate then us with each step that we take. We will do this walk each day for the last two weeks of the school term. (Start date for Reception 27th March - 6th April).

As a school are asking parents/families to sponsor their child/children to undertake their special ‘Pilgrimage Walk’. Once we’ve completed our walk, we will add our kilometres to CAFOD’s ‘ Walk Against Hunger Totaliser’.  The aim nationally is 40,000 km! This is a massive challenge, but by joining together we can all help stamp out hunger one step at a time. The children will bring their sponsor forms home on MONDAY 6TH MARCH and we asking parents to send in the donations through PARENT PAY (by the end of this term, 6th April) and NOT send the money into school with your child. Please follow the PARENT PAY link you have been sent to set up your account - if you have any problems with this, please contact the school office. Please note you are sponsoring your child for the WHOLE challenge, not each individual, daily walk! Thank you for your support.

Sponsorship Form - in case your doesn’t make it home!

Parents Letter

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception has been Wales and Dragons:

Phonics - we have recapped our Phase 1 and Phase 2 sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. We hope you can see the progress they are making through their reading at home. Please continue to be patient and help your child to sound out the words as they work through the book.

Maths - this week the children have been measuring dragons.

Mark making - the children have been practicing their sentence writing. They have also been putting the broken dragon eggs back together by matching up the picture on one side and the word on the other.

Fine motor skills - the children have been threading beads on to the matching pipe cleaners.

Expressive Art & Design - the children have been creating dragons in our junk modelling area.

Understanding the world - the children learnt all about Wales and St David’s Day.

Our theme next week is reading.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Edie

Writing - Amelia M

Golden - Davern

Lenten Reflections

Throughout Lent we would like to invite all children and families to join us in the school hall for a short Lenten reflection led by Father Frank. 

This will be held once every week at 8:30am and will begin from  Tuesday 7th March, continuing until  Tuesday 28th March.

We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Lent.

World Book Day - 2nd March

THANK-YOU all so much for the amazing efforts you made to support World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March - the children all looked wonderful! We had a lovely time, celebrating books, talking about books, drawing about books and my favourite thing of all time……reading books!

British Science Week 2023 - 10th-19th March

KS 1 and Reception will be marking British Science Week in school with a whole host of exciting and engaging practical experiments to really bring Science alive! We will be kicking the week off on WEDNESDAY 8TH MARCH with a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group. We are really excited to start off our week with such a wonderful experience for the children. The teachers have then planned fabulous experiments for the children for the rest of the week - with each afternoon given over to Science!

To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £2 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your ParentPay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks. (The rest of the cost of the visit and the week will be met by school, with help from the PTFA - many thanks)

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

We hope you have had a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Lent - a time to love and give

Wednesday 22nd February was Ash Wednesday and marked the beginning of Lent. All the children received ashes on this day as we all went to Mass to celebrate this special day together. Reception were very excited about this and showed great maturity in the way in which they received their ashes. We have spoken about Lent a lot this week and about how, as Catholics, we honour this time. As a class, we have decided to give more this Lenten period to those less fortunate than ourselves.

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception has been love:

Phonics - we have recapped our Phase 1 and Phase 2 sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. We hope you can see the progress they are making through their reading at home. Please continue to be patient and help your child to sound out the words as they work through the book.

Maths - this week the children have been making 5. They have also been practicing their addition skills.

Mark making - the children wrote tricky words on to a heart. I have been so impressed with the children’s writing and at their use of finger spaces. The children were also creating patterns in glitter using paintbrushes.

Fine motor skills - the children used tweezers to fill hearts with pom poms.

Expressive Art & Design - the children have been painting and colouring heart shapes.

The children also spent some quality time with their buddies this week. They read, played and practiced their letter and number formations. It was such a treat and the children loved every second.

Our theme next week is Wales and dragons.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Hugo

Writing - Luna

Golden - Eva

Lenten Reflections

Throughout Lent we would like to invite all children and families to join us in the school hall for a short Lenten reflection led by Father Frank. 

This will be held once every week at 8:30am and will begin from  Tuesday 7th March, continuing until  Tuesday 28th March.

We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Lent.

World Book Day - 2nd March

To celebrate World Book Day we will be asking children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character on this day. If you can, bring the book with you and be prepared to talk about why you love this character and the book. Parents, please don’t feel under pressure to buy expensive costumes - the best ones are always the home-made ones. We are excited to see what each of the children will be!

Life Education

On Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd March the Life Education Centre will visit school with Harold the Giraffe to deliver a session to each of the classes on staying healthy - in both body and mind. Reception will have their session on the 1st March.

There will be Parent Session on THURSDAY 2nd MARCH in the hall at 8.55-9.10am so if you have 15 mins once you drop your child off, feel free to pop in!

British Science Week 2023 - 10th-19th March

KS 1 and Reception will be marking British Science Week in school with a whole host of exciting and engaging practical experiments to really bring Science alive! We will be kicking the week off on WEDNESDAY 8TH MARCH with a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group. We are really excited to start off our week with such a wonderful experience for the children. The teachers have then planned fabulous experiments for the children for the rest of the week - with each afternoon given over to Science!

To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £2 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your ParentPay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks. (The rest of the cost of the visit and the week will be met by school, with help from the PTFA - many thanks)

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

The Year of the Rabbit

We had such an exciting week in Reception to celebrate Lunar New Year. We spent some time learning about the story of the Great Race - the way the Chinese Zodiac was created. We spoke about the animals and we also discussed which animal represented the year of our birth. The children absolutely loved dressing up in various Chinese clothing and they also enjoyed making spring rolls. I was so proud of the children as they ALL tried at least one bite once they were cooked! Some of the children ate every last drop!

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week!

Phonics - we have recapped our Phase 1 and Phase 2 sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. We hope you can see the progress they are making through their reading at home. Please continue to be patient and help your child to sound out the words as they work through the book.

Maths - this week the children have been ordering dragons by size. They also worked very hard on activities based on number bonds to 5.

Mark making - the children wrote the initial sounds for the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.

Fine motor skills - the children used chopsticks to put golden coins in lucky envelopes.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was Ruby’s Chinese New Year.

Expressive Art & Design - the children created their own Chinese Lanterns.

Understanding the world - we created a Chinese restaurant in our small world area.

Our theme next week is Transport.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Davern

Writing - Karson

Golden - Esmae W

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Reading at home

Thank you so much for the support you are giving to your children to develop their reading skills at home. It is glorious to see how often the children are reading and to read your comments. You are making such a big difference! There is a small amount of children who do not appear to be reading at home at all. Please try to read with your child for at least 5 minutes a day. Not only is it a lovely experience but it is also greatly helping their progress. Thank you.

Notices

• Teddy Bear Friday - I have told the children that if they wish to, they can bring in a small teddy bear on a Friday. This is due to the fact that some children were bringing in teddies from home on other days and I would rather limit this to just one day a week so that it doesn’t interfere with the children’s learning.

• Earrings - please ensure that if your child wears earrings, that they are removed on PE days.

• Please ensure your child’s uniform is labelled clearly with their name.

• Headlice - we have had some more cases of headlice in Reception. Please check your child’s hair regularly and treat them if necessary. A good preventative is combing your child’s hair with a nit comb each time it is washed. We have arranged for the school nurse to put on some sessions for parents around headlice and prevention. Date TBC.

• Phonics Information session - we are hoping to get a date to you this week as to when this will be. Hopefully within the first two weeks back after half term.

Thank you,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

We continue to grow and learn...

The children are growing and learning so quickly now and I have been reflecting on their first 6 months in Reception. They have come so far and I continue to be in awe of them daily. They are becoming confident, mindful and thoughtful learners and I really couldn’t ask for more! I have really been enjoying watching them embark on their reading journeys and to see them put into practice everything they have learnt so far. Well done Reception!

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception was Scotland through the book Nessie:

Phonics - we have recapped our Phase 1 and Phase 2 sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. We hope you can see the progress they are making through their reading at home. Please continue to be patient and help your child to sound out the words as they work through the book.

Maths - this week the children have been grouping and practicing their subitising skills. They have also been sorting shapes.

R.E. - the children learnt about Jesus’ visit to the Temple as a young boy.

Mark making - the children drew their own Nessie and wrote a matching caption.

Fine motor skills - the children used their fine motor skills to decorate Nessie with Pom Poms.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was Nessie.

Communication and Language - we discussed our opinions as to whether we think the Loch Ness monster is real or fake.

Expressive Art & Design - the children created their own Loch Ness monsters.

Our theme next week is Lunar New Year - the year of the rabbit.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Bea

Writing - Carter

Golden - Myah

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Reading at home

Thank you so much for the support you are giving to your children to develop their reading skills at home. It is glorious to see how often the children are reading and to read your comments. You are making such a big difference! There is a small amount of children who do not appear to be reading at home at all. Please try to read with your child for at least 5 minutes a day. Not only is it a lovely experience but it is also greatly helping their progress. Thank you.

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Our learning journey continues!

We have had a very exciting week in Reception! The highlight was on Monday when James came in to teach us how to use balance bikes. The children loved having a go and it was a joy to see them learning a new skill. James is going to be coming in again for the next two weeks to help us to develop our skills even further which the children are looking forward to. I have also ordered us 10 of our very own balance bikes for our class so that the children have weekly sessions on the bikes. Balance bikes offer a lot of developmental benefits. They improve children’s fine and gross motor skills, help to develop their core strength and they also help them to understand perception and spatial awareness.

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception was Antarctica through the book Lost and Found:

Phonics - we have recapped our sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. We hope you can see the progress they are making through their reading at home. Please continue to be patient and help your child to sound out the words as they work through the book.

Drawing Club - this week, we have started drawing club. For the children, the club is an opportunity for their imagination to run wild and it allows them to draw to their hearts content! However, drawing club is about much more than that. Not only does it develop the children’s imagination and storytelling skills, but it also opens them up to a wide range of stories, tales and animations. It also helps to develop their fine motor and mathematical skills. The club was created by a man called Greg Botterill who is passionate about the power of play and developing children’s imaginations.

Maths - the children created penguins out of 2D shapes. The children also learnt how important the stopping number is when we are counting.

Mark making - the children created a ‘Lost’ poster for the penguin from the book.

Fine motor skills - this week the children created towers out of cubes of ‘ice’ using tweezers.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was Lost and Found.

PSHE - this week we spoke about right and wrong choices.

Communication and Language - the children learnt the song ‘Row row row your boat’.

Our theme next week is Scotland.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Olivia

Writing - Esme

Golden - Mabel

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Please take a look at these Ten Ten resources to support prayer and worship at home.

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Reading at home

Thank you so much for the support you are giving to your children to develop their reading skills at home. It is glorious to see how often the children are reading and to read your comments. You are making such a big difference! There is a small amount of children who do not appear to be reading at home at all. Please try to read with your child for at least 5 minutes a day. Not only is it a lovely experience but it is also greatly helping their progress. Thank you.

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Another week in Reception...

This week, the theme in Reception was birds. The children enjoyed learning about different birds and their eggs through the book Ruby’s Birds, and they also enjoyed drawing and labelling their own birds. They have started to create their own bird art through finger painting and these are coming on beautifully. I continue to be so impressed with how hard the children are working each day and we are all so proud of them.

We also introduced a post office in to our provision this week which has been very popular!

As some of you may know, I was sadly off for most of this week but I did manage to come back in to school on Friday to see the children and catch up with what they had been up to. They had worked so hard while I had been off! In particular, I was very impressed with the work they had been doing in Maths on Numberblock 4.

Next week, our theme in Reception is Antarctica.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Amelia M

Writing - Amelia S

Golden - Amelia S - this award was extra special this week as the children voted for who they would like to win this award.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend and I look forward to the week ahead,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Feast of the Epiphany

Welcome back to the Spring Term and the start of a brand new year - Happy New Year to you all! We have welcomed in 2023 in class with a super start to the new term. The children have settled back into class and they are already working hard. This week has been all about the Three Wise Men and the gifts that they brought for Jesus. We went to church on Friday for this feast day and the children were beautifully behaved. They were so respectful and faith filled! We spent some time on Friday afternoon thinking about the three kings and the gifts they brought to the baby Jesus.

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception was the book Room on the Broom:

Phonics - we have recapped our sounds and tricky words. The children now work in groups daily with myself or Mrs Debowksa to progress their reading skills. They have also, for the first time, brought home reading books this week. I hope you have enjoyed sharing these books with your children. The books will be changed on a Monday and a Thursday.

Maths - the children created witches out of 2D shapes. They were also practicing their counting skills up to 20.

Mark making - the children created potions and wrote down the ingredients they used.

Fine motor skills - this week the children decorated a witch hat with pompoms using tweezers and chopsticks.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was Room on the Broom.

PSHE - we thought about our 2023 goals this week. The children then wrote their own. We also read the book The squirrels who squabbled and discussed how two people can have a different perspective on an event.

R.E. - the children thought about the three kings and recognised how many gifts they brought to the baby Jesus.

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - Esmae P

Writing - Layla

Golden - Carter

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s newsletter gives helpful advice about…

• the online game Minecraft, a game that remains popular amongst children,

• how to set up parental controls on your WIFI/broadband - most providers include these for free as part of your broadband package.

• WhatsApp, a free messaging app that allows you to send messages, voice notes, photos and videos. You must be at least 16 years old to register for and use WhatsApp; however, we are aware in school that many of our older children use this app and so the guide will give helpful advice about its features.

• and links to further information regarding online safety.

We hope you find this Newsletter informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Online Safety Newsletter January 2023

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

Thank you

Once again we would like to take this opportunity to say a very big thank-you for the many cards and gifts received by the Reception team at the end of last term- we are extremely grateful and touched by your generosity. Many thanks.

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Merry Christmas!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy and Holy Christmas. Thank-your for your continued support this term and we look forward to welcoming you all back on 3rd January fully refreshed.

Our award winners from last week were…

Golden: Edie

Writing: Hugo

Maths: Hallie

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Fourth Sunday of Advent...Love

In this Fourth Week of Advent, our final days of preparation before Christmas, we ask Christ to forgive us for our sins and, through His grace, to create us anew when He comes. This week is also a time to recollect, to reflect on our Advent journey.

We hope that this last week of Advent is filled with the Love of the Season and you feel the Love of Lord within your homes and families.

Thank you!

I would like to take this opportunity to say a very big WELL DONE to Reception for all their hard work in our nativity. You were all super stars and I couldn’t be prouder of you all! Thank-you so much for all the support you have provided with learning the songs and lines at home and then joining us in the hall on Tuesday. I hope you enjoyed watching it and that you had a little boogie woogie! It was such a special day and it certainly got us all in the mood for Christmas.

I would also like to thank you for the support you showed our PTA after the performance by donating money for hot drinks and sweet treats as well as buying raffle tickets. The raffle will be drawn this coming Monday so please keep your tickets somewhere handy!

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception was Christmas:

Phonics - we have recapped our sounds this week and the children have also been practicing our tricky words that we have learnt so far.

Literacy - the children wrote a letter to Santa.

Maths - the children created Christmas trees and ordered the branches by size. They also created snowmen out of different shapes.

Mark making - the children wrote gift tags.

Fine motor skills - this week the children decorated a Christmas tree with pompoms using tweezers and chopsticks.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was The Jolly Christmas Postman.

Expressive Art & Design - the children created Christmas cards.

The children have also thoroughly enjoyed spending time in our igloo this week.

Award winners

Our awards will be handed out on Monday as the children watched the Year 1 and 2 children sing their Nativity songs during assembly time.

Advent Liturgies

Throughout Advent we would like to invite all children and families to join us in the school hall for a short Advent liturgy led by Father Frank. This will be held every Tuesday morning at 8:20am and will begin from Tuesday 29th November, continuing until Tuesday 20th December 2022. We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Advent.

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

With Christmas nearly here and perhaps with presents including new technology or related games being received, we thought we’d share some helpful advice in setting up appropriate parental controls. Parental controls can help to protect your child from seeing something that they shouldn’t – although it is important to emphasise that no system is effective all of the time so it is important to engage with your child and talk to them about their online life regularly.

We hope you find this Newsletter informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Online Safety Newsletter December 2022

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray

Third Sunday of Advent...Joy

As Christmas draws near, the Church emphasizes the joy which should be in our hearts over all that the birth of our Saviour means for us. The great joy of Christians is to see the day drawing nigh when the Lord will come again in His glory to lead them into His kingdom. The oft-repeated Veni ("Come") of Advent is an echo not only of the prophets but also of the conclusion of the Apocalypse of St. John: "Come, Lord Jesus," the last words of the New Testament.

This Sunday is known as Gaudete Sunday. The term Gaudete refers to the first word of the Entrance Antiphon, "Rejoice". Rose vestments are worn to emphasize our joy that Christmas is near, and we also light the rose candle on our Advent wreath.

Our Learning

Look at what we have been learning this week! Our theme in Reception was Winter:

Phonics - we have recapped our sounds this week and the children have also taken a Phonics assessment to see how much progress they have made since the start of the year. They have all done brilliantly!

Literacy - the children have learnt some tricky words this week - no, go, into, the and I. They then created a tricky word snowflake to help them to remember how to spell these words.

Maths - the children did some winter themed number activities this week - ‘I spy number 5’ and measuring snowmen using blocks.

Fine motor skills - this week the children built igloos using sugar cubes and tweezers.

Super six - our guided reading book this week was One Snowy Night.

Outside area - we created some ‘snow’ in the water tray which the children loved playing in!

Expressive Art & Design - the children created a Winter themed picture based on Stickman.

The children have also thoroughly enjoyed spending time in our igloo this week.

Our theme in Reception next week is…CHRISTMAS!!

Award winners

Each week during our school celebration assembly I will be handing out three certificates - Maths, Writing and a Golden award. Here are our winners for this week:

Maths - George

Writing - Arlo

Golden - Luna

Boogie Woogie Nativity

The children have been working so hard on our nativity. It is going to be a wonderful show and we can’t wait to perform it for you all. The nativity will be on the 13th December at 2pm - each child has now brought home 4 tickets for the performance. Please note, our PTA will be in attendance on the day selling raffle tickets as well as mulled wine and mince pies after the show. Please remember to bring some money for this! Thank you.

Advent Liturgies

Throughout Advent we would like to invite all children and families to join us in the school hall for a short Advent liturgy led by Father Frank. This will be held every Tuesday morning at 8:20am and will begin from Tuesday 29th November, continuing until Tuesday 20th December 2022. We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Advent.

Wednesday Word

We are delighted to be able to share with you the Good News Gospel readings for families. Please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

With Christmas nearly here and perhaps with presents including new technology or related games being received, we thought we’d share some helpful advice in setting up appropriate parental controls. Parental controls can help to protect your child from seeing something that they shouldn’t – although it is important to emphasise that no system is effective all of the time so it is important to engage with your child and talk to them about their online life regularly.

We hope you find this Newsletter informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Online Safety Newsletter December 2022

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Heim-Sarac, Mrs Debowska and Miss Murray