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NewsletterIssue 18 Friday 31st January 2020

ST MARY’S & ST PETER’S SCHOOL

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Young Voices 02 concert - updateY4 Homework Second hand uniform sale Last day tomorrow to buy Richmond Singing festival ticketsClass 6DHeadlice in Cedar ClassSayers Croft information The Richmond Primary School Gala 2020Bingo Games Y1 One ticket for 02 Young Voices available to buy

FEBRUARY ‘20 3 Senior Choir perfoming at the O25 Reception & Y1 Perform Workshop 6 Perform Workshop Y2 &Y3 Reception library visit 7 Number Day Sycamore Class assembly School of Rock 11 Parents evening 13 Reception library visit Parents evening End of half term24 INSET DAY 25 Y1 Look Out Centre trip 28 4P Assembly Y6 Cake sale

NSPCC NUMBER DAY FRIDAY 7TH FEBRUARY

INSET DAY Please remember there is an inset day

on Monday 24th February

It is the NSPCC's 20th anniversary of Number day on Friday 7th February and we are once again taking part. On this day, the children will take part in lots of fun maths based activities which in the past have included: making and sharing maths games, a number disco, making digit biscuits and playing 'Who wants to be a mathionaire?'.The NSPCC funds Childline which is a really valuable resource available to all children (nation-ally) when they might need free and confidential advice from a trained adult/ therapist.To help raise funds for this fantastic charity and have fun with maths, we are inviting children to 'Dress up for Digits' on this day (football shirt, cap, netball shirt, onesie, tutu); we are asking for a suggested donation of £2. Mrs Castell

This Sunday there is a big farewell service for Rev Azariah France-Williams at St Peter and St Paul church at the 9.45am service - please do come along, everyone is very welcome. Rev Azariah will soon be moving on to lead a pioneering church initiative in the diocese of Manches-ter. We are hugely thankful for his commitment and contributions to our school and wish him all the very best.Justine Bateman

REV AZARIAH’S LEAVING SERVICE

100 BOOK LISTS The children have been loving finding books from their 100 book lists in the library this term! We are delighted to hear children talking about the books they are reading and making recommendations to each other. We have asked the children to take good care of their book lists as they will be asked to bring them in to school from time to time. They are also expensive for the school to replace. If you need to see the list/print a new copy, they are now available on the school website under the English section. Can we also remind you that this is not a challenge! The children do not have to work their way through all the titles. It is simply a fun guide for finding new titles to enjoy and to broaden their reading habits. Happy reading!Ms Winter

BBC RADIO 2 500 WORD COMPETITION The BBC Radio 2 500 words competition is back again! 500 Words is an open invitation to the

wide world of imagination, so it's time to get those creative cogs turning!500 Words is one of the most successful story-writing competi-tions for kids in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have written a story for the competition; that’s over 277 MILLION words! The 2020 competition is now open for entries!There are two age groups in the 500 Words competition - one for children aged 10-13, and another for children aged 5 -9.

There are Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes up for grabs in each age group!1st Prize - Chris Evans' height in books!The Gold winners in each age group will win a pile of books as tall as Chris - that's 1.88 metres! - and 500 books for their school library.2nd Prize - HRH's height in books!The Silver winners will be awarded a stack of books as tall as our Honorary Judge, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall!3rd Prize - Your own height in books!There is also a BRAND NEW Prize for 2020 and it doesn’t matter how good your story is just that you enter one. One entrant will be selected at random to receive a fabulous book bundle and an invite to the final (for child plus a parent or guardian). They will also win 500 books for their school – so the more pupils a school has that have entered, the more chances they have of winning a brand new library.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE A reminder to parents the second-hand uniform sale is from Monday to Thursday next week during school office hours. Anyone still wanting to donate uniform please do so at the beginning of the week.

HEADLICE Please can parents kindly check their children’s hair on a regular basis for headlice. Thank you for your co-operation.

FOOD ALLERGIES Parents are requested NOT to allow their child to bring in foods containing nuts and/or sesame into school as we have children and staff with severe allergies to these foods, some as severe as airbourne sensitivity. Foods to watch out for are: cookies, sweets, pastries, pies, crusts, chocolate especially: kinder, nougat and marzipan, cereals, granola, grain breads, energy bars, honey, mortadella, sauces, salads and salad dressing.

Friday 31st January 2020Issue 18

If there is anything you would like to see in our newsletters please contact : sgadsby@smsp.richmond.sch.uk

School Meals week beginning 31st January

Follow WEEK 3 of the Spring/Summer menu

Best Class Punctuality week ending 31st January

Oak, Hawthorn

Best Class Attendance week ending 31st January

Hawthorn, Oak, Maple, 6B

Whole School Attendance week ending 31st January

92.79%

Details on how to enter can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/59TwKqqLp3LTpRVfPlsKtx9/submit-a-story All entries must be received by Thursday 27th February at 8pm. This year’s 500 Words Final will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 from Buckingham Palace, on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, on Friday 12th June. We are looking forward to hearing all about your stories!Ms Winter

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KS1 ACHIEVERS

KS2 ACHIEVERS

“On Thursday SMSP played football against Sacred Heart. I really enjoyed the game mainly because we won 10-1! We are now top of our league with 10 points.”Aidan 6B