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13th December 2019

EVA NEWSLETTER

S SERVICE EXCELLENCE VIRTUES ASPIRATION

Our attendance is improving and we are proud

to share the class in each year group with the

best weekly attendance below. Our target is

97%

VAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA VAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

Seva School Link House Eden Road Coventry West Midlands CV2 2TB

Tel: 02477 987619

Year Class Attendance (%)

RS Reception 95.83%

Y1 1S 98.00%

Y2 2S 94.76%

Y3 3S 97.17%

Y4 4S 98.18%

Y5 5A 97.37%

Y6 6S 89.50%

Y7 7S 96.80%

Y8 8A 95.71%

Y9 9A 97.31%

Y10 10S 97.41%

Y11 11A 97.86%

School Tours for Parents & Pupils

wishing to join SEVA school

Reception, Primary, Secondary or all-

through school tours are on offer to par-

ents and students wishing to join the

school. These will be taking place every

Friday starting from 9.15 to 10:15. To

make your booking please contact Seva

School Office on: 02477 987619 or email

[email protected]

Please confirm the full name(s) of the

people attending. If you would prefer an-

other date or time please stipulate this in

your communication.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 13th and Saturday 14th December - Seva

School Akhand Paath Sahib Ji. Parents, staff and pu-

pils are invited to attend at 10:30am on Saturday 14th.

Saturday 14th December - Coventry Christmas

Lantern Parade at 10.30am

Tuesday 17th December - EYFS Nativity Play

starting at 2:45pm for parents of pupils in EYFS

Friday 20th December - Christmas Jumper Day

and Primary Toy Day . Early finish Secondary: 1.15pm

and Primary: 1.30pm

Tuesday 7th January - Teacher Training Day .

All pupils back at school on Wednesday 8th January

2020

Friday 10th January 2020 - Sikh Toy Appeal do-

nations to be collected at school.

Attendance

This week at

SEVA School

This week, we are proud to announce the opening of

the Akhand Paath Sahib Ji and look forward to wel-

coming you to join us on Saturday 14th at 10:30am.

Selected students have been making their Christmas

Lanterns which will then be exhibited in the Coventry

Christmas Lantern Parade in the town centre this Sat-

urday also at 10.30am.

We saw the final week of the Year 11 mock exams—

well done to all for being so committed.

SERVICE EXCELLENCE VIRTUES ASPIRATION

Seva School Link House Eden Road Coventry West Midlands CV2 2TB Tel: 02477 987619

OUR LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENTS

KS2 Christmas Lanterns

KS2 students have been making their Christmas Lanterns and will be representing Seva School when they exhibit them in the Coventry Christmas Lantern Parade on Saturday 14th December. The Parade will start at 11am in the Lower Precinct by New Look and TJ Hughes on the ground floor. This is where the pupils will get their own Glowsticks to add to their Christmas Lanterns. Par-ents will parade with their child/children. We will walk up to Smithford Way where we will walk down towards West Orchards and loop back. We will then proceed down towards Sports Direct and Superdrug and again loop back. Finally we will proceed through Upper Precinct to Broadgate where we will meet the judges. The finalists will be announced around 1pm and asked to return on Sunday 15th December at 11.30am for the final. Winners will be announced at 2pm. Both days will be filled with fun and music for the whole family to enjoy.

Yr 10 Art Collage

This beautiful piece of work has been produced by stu-

dents in Yr 10S. It represents the Golden Temple in

Amritsar which is a city in the north western Indian

state of Punjab, India. It was originally designed to

celebrate Guru Ram Das Ji’s birthday as he was the

founder of the sacred site. The water that surrounds

the Golden Temple is a sacred pool known as Amristar

Sarovar meaning “Pool of Nectar”. Sikhs across the

world come to this sacred site to take a dip in the wa-

ter. The Ik Onkar is a symbol which appears at the be-

ginning of the Sikh scripture and means “One With

Everything”.

The Golden Temple is the holiest Gurdwara of the Sikh

religion.



OUR LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENTS

EYFS Parent Workshop

On Wednesday 11th December we held a Parent Workshop for parents of pupils in Early Years to come into school and work with their child.

A huge thank you to all the parents who attended the family Christmas workshop. It was a great success, the children enjoyed working with you. It was a great opportunity for them to spend some time in EYFS and get a snap shot of their child’s working environment.

Remembering the Chaar Sahibzade

On Wednesday 4th December and 11th December some staff and Primary pupils have been doing some kirtan in remembrance of the Chaar Sahibzade during their lunchtime. The children pre-formed the ‘Satguru Nanak Paragateya’ shabad and recited the Anand Sahib.



CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY SCHOOL

Sikh Toy Appeal

Sadly there are lots of children and families across the world who will not be receiving any gifts this season. We would like to offer support to those families in need by collecting dona-tions of books and/or toys through the Sikh Toy Appeal. This charity will deliver your dona-tions to these families in January. To support this appeal, if you have any unwanted gifts, new or in very good condition that you wish to donate, please send them into school with your child on Friday 10th January ready for the representatives to collect at the end of the day. Charity registered ref no: 1182084

Les Amis de Gambie

The children at the orphanage were very grateful for the school’s kind donations. Ms Grif-fiths will be visiting them in January and sharing Seva Schools good will with them.



OUR LEARNING

‘Puss In Boots’ Pantomime Trip @ Belgrade Theatre

Friday 6th December 2019

Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 visited Belgrade Theatre to watch the Pantomime ‘Puss in Boots’. The performance was comical, entertaining and kept the audience en-gaged throughout.

The humorous actions of the characters had many of us in fits of giggles dur-ing the play and the dancing, singing and rapping seemed to be a popular choice for pupils’ favourite part of the performance.

Here a few comments from our pupils:

‘Fabulous!’

‘Very enjoyable.’

‘It was funny when the actors kept falling over.’

‘The audience interaction was great – we loved being involved.’

‘All the mystical parts were my favourite since they made the pantomime seem alive.’

‘Costumes were good.’

‘I loved the way actors made the children scream.’

‘It was all good.’

The rap was fun.’

‘It was perfect.’

‘Very entertaining – it was great being part of the audience.’

‘Baggy Bee was funny!’

‘The phone part was cool!’

‘There was nothing really bad about it.’

“All of it was my favourite because it was fast, funny and joyful.’

‘The banter on stage was good.’



UPCOMING EVENTS…

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ke

Fateh

Akhand Paath Sahib

12th,13th & 14th December 2019 at SEVA

School

We are delighted to announce that we will

be welcoming the Sikh Holy Scriptures,

eternal Guru of the Sikh Faith, Sri Guru

Granth Sahib Ji, into school. This will be in

recognition of the 550th anniversary of the

founder of the Sikh faith, Sri Guru Nanak

Dev Ji, and the courage of the sons of Guru

Gobind Singh Ji. Each class will be listening

to parts of the Akhand Paath (continuous

reading of the Holy Scriptures over consec-

utive days.) Guru Ka Langar (vegetarian

food blessed by the Guru) will be served in

the dining hall each day to complete the cel-

ebrations. Staff and parents of pupils at the

school and their extended families

are invited to join us for the bhog on

Saturday 14th December starting at

10:30am. On Thursday 12th and Fri-

day 13th pupils are expected in school wear-

ing full uniform and with a blue or black

sensible head covering.

Children with Special Educational & Disability Needs

Parent/Carers Drop in Sessions

Monday 16th December 2019

4.30pm - 5.30pm

Please email or contact school office FAO:

Mrs Miller to book your appointment.

Early finish for End of Term

In line with the other schools in Coventry, we

will finish earlier on Friday 20th December

2019. We will dismiss pupils for the buses after

lunchtime in line with daily routines as follow-

ing:

Secondary: 1.15pm

Primary: 1.30pm

Please ensure that you make the necessary ar-

rangements to collect your children from

school, no later than 1.30pm as the early finish

is for all staff as well as for pupils.

Primary Assemblies 2020

Class Date

RS: Nativity 17/12/19

4S: Topic 21/01/20

4A: Topic 28/01/20

2S: Topic 04/02/20

2A: Topic 11/02/20

3S: Topic 18/02/20

3A: Topic 10/03/20

1S: Vaisakhi 07/04/20

5S: Topic 19/05/20

5A: Topic 26/05/20

6S & 6A: Production 16/07/20

You will receive letters nearer the time con-firming the topics that will be covered and the time of the assembly. We look forward to sharing our learning with you .



NOTICES

Early Eagle Service & Healthy Snacks

The Early Eagle Service was successfully launched for pupils who ar-

rived into school before 8.15am

Also on Monday the “Healthy Snacks” was launched for children to but

a slice of toast at break time.

If you wish your child to participate with either or both of these services

please ensure that your child has sufficient funds available on your Par-

ent Pay account. Should you have any queries relating to Parent Pay

please email [email protected]

PARENT/SCHOOL COMMUNICATION

If you wish to discuss a matter with the Head of Secondary or the Head of Primary then

please email [email protected] with a brief outline of the reason for

your visit and an appointment will be allocated to you.

Head of Secondary: Mr. J. Madahar/Head of Primary: Mrs. S. Sanghera will be available

for 15 minute slots each during the hour.

PE Tournaments

On Tuesday 17th December, selected students

will be representing the school in a Football

Tournament to be held at Alan Higgs, Coventry.

Message from West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has been made aware of an App called “UNICO LIVE”. The app is publicised as age restricted 12+ and designed for young peo-ple to upload videos of them performing, singing and dancing etc.; it has come to our attention that there is inappropriate content on the platform involving young people which is being investigated.

The content does not appear to be moni-tored and we urge you to raise aware-ness widely to in-crease vigilance and reduce the likelihood of any child being sexually exploited.



REMINDERS TO PARENTS

MOBILE PHONES

Please do not allow your child to bring

their mobile phone into school. If

there are exceptional circumstances ,

we require written consent from you.

Students bringing phones unauthor-

ised will have them confiscated for one

week as per the school policy.

BALLS

Only soft balls are allowed in school as hard

balls can cause injury to others and damage

to property.

Thank you.

DEODORANT

Please ensure that

your child does not

bring aerosol deo-

dorant for PE and

that they bring a roll

on deodorant.

Thank you.

UNIFORM REMINDER

Just a gentle reminder, with the colder weather approaching,

please do not send your daughter into school wearing

“JEGGINGS, LEGGINGS or BLACK JEANS , they are

not part of the school uniform. In the event that we find

your child wearing these they will be sent home to get

changed.

MEDICAL REMINDER

If your child has a medical condition, a

healthcare plan must be completed and sent

into school with the child’s medication

clearly labelled. It is your responsibility to

update us with inhalers and epi pens.

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