St Andrew’s Church School Newsletter

6th May 2019

MESSAGE FROM MRS JAYNE I feel immensely proud and privileged to have been appointed substantive Headteacher. As Louise Leach said in her letter ‘Inclusion, creativity and helping each child to flourish to be the best that they can remains central to our ethos’. I intend to work with and build on the legacy created as we move the school forward on the next part of our journey together. St Andrew’s is a very special place and this is rooted in the strength of our community and the relationships we build together. Sue East, Tam Stephen and I had a very strong relationship and it was always a team approach. Tam and I know that Sue would be very proud of how everyone has grown and developed over the last few months through challenging times. We have a busy Term ahead with SATs for KS1 and 2 and we are currently planning the next School Without Walls events in Term 6. We also have STEAM day to look forward to and further information will follow soon. I have been very touched by the messages of congratulations, cards and gifts. Thankyou ! My Husband Phil and our children (young adults!) George, Lilli and Gavin are also very pleased. Thank you to the staff team and Governors for all your support and confidence. The fairy dust continues to be sprinkled! Warm wishes Mrs Jayne

TEAM JOSH AND RUBY

Ruby and Josh in year 2 recently completed a fundraising walk that lead them to the top of Pen Y Fan snowy peak in South Wales. They raised £105 for their class to partake in a Tropical Discovery workshop where they will learn about and interact with wildlife from around the world. SCHOOL COUNCIL SPRING FAIR A Spring Fair is being organised by the School Council and Friends on Thursday 23 May after school. There will be cakes and crafts for sale plus lots of activities organised by the children to raise funds for playground equipment. Please come along and support the event.

School Times Mornings: Breakfast Club opens at 8:00 am. All St Andrew’s school children are welcome to attend. Bookings must be made in advance via ParentPay. We are sorry but children may not be on the school premises before this time.

Foundation Stage day starts at 8:50 am. Entrance is via the Front School Gate. Years 1 - 6 School Playground opens at 8:45 am. We are sorry but children may not be on the school premises before this time. School OPENS at 8:50 am for Registration. Once thre school gates are locked children will need to come through the Front Door to our office area. Children or parents MUST SIGN the ARRIVALS book if they come to school via the Front Door.

Afternoons: School Playground OPENS at 3:05 pm. End of day for FoundationStage is 3:15 pm. Collection is via the Front School Gate End of day for Years 1 & 2 is 3:15 pm.

End of day for Years 3 – 6 is 3:20 pm. Children in Years 1 -6 should be collected from the playground UNLESS they are attending an After School Club or the Percy Club. If your child is going to arrive or leave at different times (e.g. a dentist appointment) PLEASE tell the class teacher and the Office. If your child is going to be collected by someone else please give the class teacher a note in the morning. We know plans can change during the day, so please phone the school office to tell us about any changes. Thank you for all your help

Goodbye to Anna On Thursday we said goodbye to Anna who has been our SMSA and TA for the last 5 years . She has assured us she will keep popping in to see us but after moving out of the area travelling to work is too far. Thank you Anna for all you have done for St Andrew’s. We wish her well in her next job.

Hobbycraft Bath Easter Bonnet Competition

We are very pleased to announce that the Easter bonnet, created by the children of St Andrew’s Art After School Club for the Hobbycraft Bath Easter Bonnet Competition, has won

the school an amazing 2nd place. The school has been given a beautiful hamper full of £50 worth of crafting material that all children will be able to use in their activities!

Well done Kitty, Evan, Lyle, Rupert, June, Camille, Agatha, Leela, Lena, Blythe, Joshua,

Blake and of course, Delia and Charlie.

Thanks everyone for voting!

A thank you to St James Wine Vaults

The owner and patrons of St James Wine Vaults have once again made a massive contribution to the school funds – this time the donation will support the Sue East Playground Appeal. Many thanks to all who have given so generously.

An IMPORTANT message from Virgin Care’s Immunisation Team Leader

Dear Parents,

You may be aware that there have been some cases of Mumps in the Bath area recently.

If your child has not received two MMR (measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)) vaccines they are at risk of contracting any of these diseases.

Therefore we are offering you the opportunity to bring your child to a community clinic to obtain this vital vaccine if they have not started or completed the course. To book into the clinic or if you are unsure and want to check your child's immunisation history please call 01225 838270 or 0333 234 1125.

Immunisation Team Virgin Care

St Andrew’s is joining the National Walking Month!

May is National Walking Month! The evenings are lighter for longer, and this makes it the perfect time to get outside, and get walking. Walking has a whole host of different health benefits: it is good for your heart, it gives you more energy (as it boosts your circulation and increases the oxygen supply around your body), it’s a full body workout as many muscles in your body are activated during walking ; it makes you happy (a brisk walk can be a great helping hand if you are suffering from depression, anxiety or feeling stressed). As part of our focus on Wellbeing, on the week

commencing the 20th May . St Andrew’s will

join the national campaign with an inter-classroom walking challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose ‘human power’ for their journey to school. Points will be awarded each day to everyone who has walked to school to see which class has earned the most points by the end of the week!

A message for ALL parents/carers, pupils and staff

FREE TICKETS FOR FAMILIES FOR ‘CONCERT FOR THE PEOPLE OF BATH’

We’d like to invite you, your pupils, staff and their families to attend our ‘Concert for the People of Bath’ on Thursday 23rd May 2018 at 7.30pm at The Bath Forum as our guests. Thanks to the generosity of the Roper Family Charitable Trust we are offering 50 FREE tickets to every school in Bath & North East Somerset to our concert that encourages future generations to develop their love of classical music. This wonderful evening of music making features two BBC Young Musician finalists. Isata Kanneh- Mason gives her second performance at The Bath Festival with Clara Schumann’s piano concerto, and BBC Proms star Jess Gillam, who took the Last Night of the Proms by storm, performs Escapades, a Saxophone Concerto by John Williams (title soundtrack to Steven Spielberg’s film Catch Me If You Can). This fizzing evening of music is brought to a close by Ravel’s blazing Bolero (remember Torvill & Dean in the 1984 Olympics?).

Tickets are offered on a first come, first served basis. There is a sign-up sheet in the school office and this will be available to you on TUESDAY May 8th

If successful you will be able to collect your tickets on the door of the concert by stating our school name and your name. Tickets will only be issued to names listed on the returned sign-up sheets. You will need to arrive at The Bath Forum before 7.15pm to allow time to collect your tickets. I hope to see you at the concert. Yours faithfully Simone Homes General Manager, Bath Philharmonia

NURSERY PLACES

We have Nursery places available for

children aged 3 and 4 for NOW and for

September 19.

We are also pleased to be able to offer a limited number of free 30-hour childcare

places, so please check your eligibility online at www.gov.uk/ childcare-calculator and reserve your place.

Please contact the School office for

further information or visit the Nursery page on the website.

FORTHCOMING dates Working Bee - Saturday 11th May10-4pm Friday 10th May -Year 3 to the Roman Baths Monday 13th May – Thurs 18th May: SATs week for Year 6 End of term 5 – Friday 24th May

Saturday 11 May – Working Bee

Working Bee Day and Curo Community Grant We are very pleased to announce that the Friends of St Andrew’s have been awarded with a ‘Growing Communities with a Curo Gardening Grant’ for our Working Bee, that this year includes a special project: bringing Phoenix House front gardens back into bloom!! With this community project we are also entering the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood competition, for which we will be judged on the same day as the Bath In Bloom Tour. Now all we need is your help - get you gardening gloves and tools ready and please join us on the 11th of May for some gardening, decorating, fixing and fun!

The event is kindly supported by the Friends of St Andrew’s, Bath in Bloom, Curo, and Davies of Bath and Stratton House

Please let us know on our Facebook page if you are coming so that we can provide sufficient refreshments.

Aren, Rupert, Ruby, Sasha, Haroule, Jeremiah, Raymond, Maurya,

Matilda, Eloise, Omar, Zac

Learning Leaves

Blake, Korey, Max, Matty, Vito, Lily, Victor, Ben, Juan, Jamim, Matthew, Ethan, Ella, Vienna, Cece, Daphne, Hope, Omar, Ellie, Aurelia, Santige,

Dominic, James, James, Sandra, Kane.

Golden Leaves

Maria, Rowan, Evelyn, Shawn,

Archie, Louis, Evie, Kevin, Zyrell, Ruby, Ollie, Oliver, Dalaa, Haroule.

FRIEND’S UPDATE BATH HALF MARATHON Thanks so much for donating to the St Andrew's BATHHALF team. Support on the day was amazing and really kept us all going. We raised £1335 and this has been added to Sue's playground project that has now reached £8,194

QUIZ NIGHT Thanks to all the quiz night attendees last Friday, we raised more than £250 profit for our School. It was a great night and special thanks go to Chris Sowton - quiz master extraordinaire.

Thankyou to The Friend’s for organising the event , it was such fun and a wonderful spread of food too !!

TERM 5 WEEK 2 ATTENDANCE

Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

94.67 96.67 94.78 92.67 92.59 96.33 100

Congratulations to Year 6 for the best class attendance this week of 100%.

This is a marvellous achievement.

Whole school attendance from term 5 is 95.36%;

Whole school attendance from September is 94.13%; our whole school attendance target is 96%

Curo Communities Grant – The Friends of St Andrew’s PTA Well done to Delia for the successful Curo grant application of £500 to support our Working Bee.

Thank you to Curo for the support and we look forward to renovating and making the flower beds along Julian road look beautiful as well as the school grounds.

Andrew Hodges from Curo visited St Andrew’s to present the cheque