St ThomasCE AcademyNewsletter: Friday 14 October

WORKSHOP

GOD’S LOVE IN ACTION

Tuesday 18 October - Lower Key Stage 2

Wednesday 19 October - Key Stage 1

Thursday 20 October - Upper Key Stage 2

Come along from 9am until 10am, join in the fun and participate with your child/children!

Sports NewsWell done to our UKS2 students who competed in a Basketball competition against 18 other schools on Monday! All of the children thoroughly enjoyed their day and showed fantastic sportsmanship and technique.Reminder to all, there are plenty more competitions coming up so keep your kit in school ready!

EYFSNext week we will be continuing our Black History Topic. We are going to make some Jamaican soup and taste some tropical fruits. We will also be listening to different Jamaican sounds and music.Thank you to all the parents who came to our Inspire Workshop. We hope you enjoyed it and found it helpful to support your children at home.On Friday the reception children will bring home their homework. Please work with your child to complete it and return it on Thursday.Please remember to return the shared library book on Monday so that your child can choose a new book.

“ Mr Walton, Miss Caines, Miss Blake, Miss Chapman and myself have had a great week building on the partnership with McIntosh Memorial Primary School in Jamaica. The children have enjoyed answering and sending questions to each other across the schools to find out more about the countries they live in. We look forward to sharing our stories and photos with the children”

Mr D Lassetter - Executive Headteacher

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHSThe school Photographer will be in school on

Monday 17 October

Bible Verse of the Week

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God”

2 Cor 5:21

KS1This week, Spicy Fingers visited our school to teach us some Jamaican songs and to tell us stories. We even got the opportunity to play the drum!

Next week, we will be continuing our Black History Topic, making instruments to accompany our

performance in the end of term assembly.

LKS2We have been studying key people during our Black History topic – Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.

Next week, we will look at Mary Seacole and her wonderful contribution to health care.

Mr Bianco will be taking 6 children to a football tournament on Monday - good luck team!

UKS2Next week we have our first Inspire Workshop of the year on Thursday 13 October at 9am. It will be based around reading and we would love you to attend to take part in some useful activities for your children’s learning.

We will also be completing our bobsleigh models for our Black History project.

Information from the office

Celebration AssemblyThere will be a Celebration Assembly at 9am on Friday 21 October, all are welcome.

E-SafetyIt has been brought to our attention that some of the children have Musical.ly and Instagram apps, on their phones and tablets, which are not using private settings. Please be aware to check your child’s settings for their saftey.

School PhotoPlease can all parents/carers return their childs data collection form for the school photos on Monday 17 October.

Year 6We would like to remind all our Year 6 parents that the deadline for secondary school applications is the 31st October 2016.

St Lukes Church CentreHere at St Lukes Church Centre, we love to welcome you, our doors are always open.

Coffee and cake after drop-off!! – Last year I now and again offered coffee and cake to parents and carers after ‘drop off’ around 8.45am and this was much appreciated and lots of fun. This year we are

going to offer this once a month and the dates are as follows:

Thursday 3 NovemberThursday 8 December

Year 3: SanchayanYear 4: CortezYear 5: AnnaYear 6: Dearno

Nursery: Aniyah’raeReception: KaiYear 1: Nadir Year 2: Austin

1st:UKS2 - 98.6%

Year 3: OliverYear 4: KienanYear 5: JaishaYear 6: Nevaeh

Nursery: AvaaniReception: MaryamYear 1: KenieshaYear 2: Ridwaan

Year 3: OliveYear 4: RenaeYear 5: KatherineYear 6: Aarun

Year 3: SarinaYear 4: DemiYear 5: FabianYear 6: Reyarno

Nursery: TanayaReception: KheirraYear 1: TashingaYear 2: Hyerin

2nd: LKS2 - 98.05%

This week’s house winners:

3rd: KS1 - 96.8%SE

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Nursery: Eehan Reception: Kheirra Year 1: Miral Year 2: Arvin

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