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ST .MATTHIAS NEWSLETTER

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St Matthias Church of England Primary School Acting Headteacher: Mrs Virginia Beale Cromwell Road, Malvern Link, Worcestershire, WR14 1NA. Telephone or Facsimile 01684 574984 Email: admin@stmatthias.worcs.sch.uk Website: www.stmatthiasceprimary.co.uk

PARENTS - PUT THESE DATES IN YOUR PHONE OR ON YOUR CALENDAR

Tuesday 11th February - Parents Consultations. NO clubs this evening. Thursday 13th February - Parents Consultations. NO clubs this evening. Friday 14th February - St Valentine’s Discos - See poster sent last week. Friday 14th February - School closes at 4.15pm for the half term break. Monday 24th February - School opens for new half term at 8.45am Monday 24th February - Yr 3 Lower Smite Farm trip. Thursday 2nd April 2020 at 4.15pm - School Closes for Easter holiday Monday 20th April School opens at 8.45am for the summer term.

Newsletters are emailed home every Friday. A few spare newsletters are kept in the entrance, please help yourself.

Not coming to school ? Please report all absences before 10am! We need to know our

pupils are safe ! Tel: 01684 574984 OR email:- admin@stmatthias.worcs.sch.uk

Certificate in Celebration Worship —Every Friday, we hold a Celebration Worship at 9.00am to give out certificates to our children for hard work or exemplary behaviour. We also give an award to the CLASSES and find out who has been seen demonstrating our Value during the week. The children have told us they really like having their parents in school to watch the awards, so please come if you can. We are proud of all our children but this week we are especially proud of the following children who received certificates:

Brae, Poppy, Elizabeth, Charlie, Abigail.

Reading Award - The child who won a book for reading

five times this week is:- Tiffany

This term our Spotted award will be given to children who have been “Spotted” being resilient and persistent in their learning. This week

these children were spotted :- Peter, Camille, Gracie, Chloe, Harvey.

ATTENDANCE We will keep you informed of your child’s attendance percentage at the end of every half term. Our target for every child and every class is 96% or over. Please make sure your child is in every day unless they are genuinely ill. The attendance percentages after closure of registers today for this week are :-

Nursery 85.19%

Reception 88.50%

Year 1 95.33%

Year 2 91.25%

Year 3 96.79%

Year 4 97.50%

Year 5 95.0%

Year 6 91.85%

Well done to Year 4

As a church school, every half term we concentrate on an important value for life. Each half term we choose a special Value which we think about very carefully in our worship, our classrooms, in our playground and everywhere in school. We will focus on what they mean in our lives and in our relationships with each other.

Our Value this half term is DIGNITY “Dignity — to behave in a composed or serious manner.” Matthew 19:14 “Let the children come to me for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Peter 2:17 “Treat everyone you meet with dignity.” Dalai Lama “Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are: ultimately these are all we need. ” Gandhi “The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.” Teachers will be on the look out this half term for children who are really trying hard to show dignity in lessons and around school. This week the following children have been noticed practising the value:

Jamie, Rosie, Lily-May, Isabelle, Amelia, Jayden

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Dear Readers,

Year 6 have really impressed us this week with their writing skills. They have been working on their final edited version of a descrip-

tive piece of writing. Every time I have walked into their room someone has made their story even more descriptive and vivid from

their previous version. Here is an excerpt from Abigail’s writing…

‘The wind danced along the cobbled streets. The community celebrated in the old, wooden tavern. The boundless sea was manipu-

lated by the ferocious wind, which seemed to scream at the village. The lighthouse stood stoically on top of the jagged cliff,

searching wildly for dangers in the dark. The ocean gnawed at the rocks, like a dog. The lighthouse shone like the sun. Bright.

The majestic moon raised high above the village illuminating the darkness of the sea.’

I was also impressed with this piece of art homework from Leah Y6…

Parents Evening Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February- if you have not made an appointment please call in at the school office. A ap-pointment will automatically be made for you on Monday 10th February if you have not booked it yourself.

Appointments to see our Speech & Language therapist Nicky Gilbert -please book in for Thursday 13th February via the school office.

Appointment to see our SENCO, Mrs Lodge—please book in for Thursday 13th February via the office.

Valentine’s Disco– Friday 14th February

Your child is welcome to bring some disco clothes and sensible shoes for the special occasion (no high heels sorry). There will be a drink, a small snack and a glow stick available all for just 50p.

Nursery/ Reception disco from 1.30pm-2.15pm Years 1 & 2 disco from 2.15-3pm

Years 3 & 4 disco from 3.15-4.15pm (please collect your child at 4.15pm from the bottom playground)

Years 5 & 6 disco from 4.30pm-5.30pm (please drop and collect your child from the front door)

Thank you. Have a lovely weekend Mrs Beale.

Internet Safety Week: Safer Internet Day is on 11th February 2020. It will be celebrated globally with the theme: Together for a better internet.

St Matthias is very fortunate again this year to have the local police to join us during Internet Safety Week. They are go-ing to visit classes from Reception to Year 6 and talk about Internet Safety and ways that children can keep themselves safe online.

I would also like to highlight that the local Police have offered a ‘Drop In’ for parents on Thursday 13th February from 3.30pm. This is a super opportunity for you all to ask them any questions or advice around Internet Safety and ensur-ing your children are using the internet safely at home. The internet and online gaming are extremely popular amongst children in today’s society, however it is also a platform for children to become targeted by unknown people. Please take this opportunity to know that you are doing everything possible to keep your child safe and get up to date advice. These are the dates that the clas-ses will be visited.

Monday 10th February : Years 5 & 6 internet safety lessons and worship Tuesday 11th February: Years 1 & 4 internet safety lessons Wednesday 12th February: Years 2 & 3 internet safety lessons Thursday13th February: Nursery and Reception internet safety lessons Thursday 13th February: DROP IN for children 2.30pm Thursday 13th February: DROP IN for parents 3.30pm If you would like to discuss internet safety with you child or just find out more about being safe on the internet then please visit this website https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2020 There are quizzes, top tips, video clips and parent resources on the website.

School ID number 26764

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