Newsletter 1 10 September 2020

VIRTUE TO LIVE BY: RESPECT AND COURTESY

WELCOME: A very warm welcome to our new children, families and staff: Miss Dylak, Mrs Graves, Miss Andrews and Mrs Swales We hope you will all be very happy at St Matthew’s.

ATTENDANCE

HOLIDAYS: Holidays will not be authorised during term time and you will be fined unless there are exceptional circumstances.

PARKING: With the staggered start and pick up times, there is plenty of space in the car park opposite school. Please do not park on the pavement.

Our new Virtue to live by:

I am respectful and I treat others as I would like to be treated

The children listed to a reading from St Matthew: ‘So in

everything, do to others what you would have them do to you’.

In these challenging times, let us all think about how we treat

others.

St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School

Saffron Drive, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7NE01274 541737

admin.office@stmatthews.ngfl.ac.ukwww.stmatthewscatholic.co.uk

@stmatthewsbrad

TARGET 97%

Attendance to date this year

Class 1 90.8 %Class 2 95.3 %Class 3 94.1 %Class 4 98.3 %Class 5 97.5 %Class 6 99.7 %Average 95.6 %

97%+ Wow! You have beaten the target! Well done!97% Well done! You have achieved the target.95%+ Nearly there – try harder next week!

WEDNESDAY WORD: You will find the Wednesday Word on our school website. Go into Learning and RE. It is a wonderful resource to share as a family, especially as you may not be able to attend Mass at the moment due to the limit on numbers.

TWITTER: Follow us on Twitter through our website or @stmatthewsbrad

GRUB FROM THE HUB: At Lower Grange Community Centre now on Fridays 10.30am – 12.00pm. For further information take a look at their facebook page www.facebook.com/LGCC19

SCHOOL MILK

If your child would like to drink milk and are in Yr1 – Yr6 then please call at the office to pick up a form to register with the milk company we use unless you have already done so.

Children who receive a free school meal will also receive a free carton of milk.

If your child is under 5 they will receive a free carton of milk, unless they turn 5 within theAutumn Term i.e. before we break up for the Christmas holidays at which point you will need to pay.

Thank you for your support since we came back to school. We fully appreciate that some of you are having to wait around between different classes but this is necessary for the safety of all.

Please remember that Bradford is still under restrictions.

You must not:

meet people you do not live with inside a private home or garden, except where you have formed a support bubble (or for other limited exemptions to be specified in law)

visit someone else’s home or garden even if they live outside of the affected areas

If someone in your household has symptoms, they must get a test and your child must not come to school until the results are known. If it is a positive test, your child must stay at home for 14 days.