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St Thomas’ Church of England Primary School, Newton Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1NETel: 01254 54706 | Fax: 01254 694813 | Email: o�ce@stthomasce.blackburn.sch.uk | Head: Mrs C Morris

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CourageOur school value for his half term is 'Courage'. Our quote for this half term is …. “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” (David Viscott). It would really help if you could follow this up with your children at home and talk to them about what courage means.

Class AssemblyWell done to Miss Walker and Mrs Myhill’s class for a wonderful assembly.

Parents’ Evening Thank you for attending parents' evening. It was lovely to see so many of you. We hope you found the information useful and enjoyed seeing what your child has been busy doing. Also, a huge thank you to ‘Waterstones, Audley Centre, Mums the Word, Staying safe online’ for your time and resources shared with our families during the evening.

P.E. KitALL children must have outdoor kit (blue leggings / blue sweatshirt) which can be purchased from 'mum's the word’; the order form is on the school website. If you have bought black tracksuits already that is �ne for the moment. Other colours are not acceptable.

Year 1 Meeting A huge thank you to parents for attending the Year 1 MyMaths and Phonics meeting. It was lovely to see so many parents joining us. For any further questions and advice, feel free to speak to the class teachers.

Goodbye and Good Luck Today we have said our goodbyes to Miss Walker who has been extremely grateful for all the help and support from our St Thomas’ families. She has thoroughly enjoyed teaching the children. Miss Walker, we wish you well on your new adventure and can’t wait for you to come back and visit. From the St Thomas’ family. We will be welcoming Miss Higgins to Year 1 after the half term holiday.

E-Safety E-Safety day on Tuesday was a great success. Children took part in a variety of activities. To continue building on this work we are going to be adding ‘E-Safety Tip of the Week’ to the newsletter.

Today’s tip of the week:Be aware of children using an app called ‘House Party.’ This is a video social media app where people can communicate with each other via live video and texts. As there is no screening and the video is live, there's is the possibility of inappropriate content.

We hope you all have a lovely and safe half term holiday. We return to school on Monday 20th February.

Golden ChildrenReception Yaseen Solkar and Areefa Tariq

Year 1 Zenab Ditta and Maariyah Vachhiyat

Year 2 Kabir Dekla and Rumaysa Diwan

Year 3 Llessie-Leigh Southworth, Talhah Mohammed and Rehaan Aman

Year 4 Ryan Raza and Moazzam Hussain

Year 5 Muhammed Bukhat and Muznah Solkar

Year 6 Amina Patel and Tasmiya Saleem

Diary Dates10.2.17 Break up for half term.

20.02.17 Return to school.

24.02.17 Non-uniform for children in planet team Saturn.

26.02.17 Lego Competition

01.03.17 Parent Maths Workshop

02.03.17 4LM class trip

Winning TeamThe winning team is Mars this week.

The overall winning team of the term is Saturn who can wear non-uniform the �rst Friday after half term.

AttendanceWell done to Mrs Kelly’s class with 98.99%.

Time BeatersWell done to classes: 1AA and 4LM.

Sports StarWell done to Logan Prescott and Zayan Mirza in 1AA.

Science ChallengeWell done to Esa Chopdat and Raeesa Chopdat. .

Science question:How many bones are there in the human body?

Drama and Pineapple Stars Well done to Abu Huraira Younis and Alisha Farooq in 4MB. Well done to Mohammed Zain Patel, Ryan Raza and Bilal Qadir in 4LM.

Speaker of the Week Well done to Zakariyah Ahmed.

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