St Leonard’s RC Primary School Newsletter

We shine in the light of Jesus.

In Pursuit of Excellence!

14.10.2016

Class of the Week

A�endance

Rec 97.89% Yr3 95.17%

Yr1 91% Yr4 91.61%

Yr2 99.17% Yr5 99.33%

Yr 6 92.90%

Whole school a�endance for the week

95% (our target is 97%+)

Statement of the Week

I can be a good friend

Golden Rule Focus

We are kind—We are gentle

Skill Focus

Listening

Building Learning Power

Reflec3ve

October is the Month of the Rosary

The Rosary is a

prayer to remind us

that Jesus loved us

so much that he

died on the cross

for us.

The rosary tells the

story of Jesus’ life in

four parts:

The Joyful Mysteries, The Sorrowful

Mysteries , The Glorious Mysteries and

The Luminous Mysteries.

Each night two children from each class

will be able to take home a Rosary bag.

We ask that you spend some &me

looking at the Rosary Book which is in

each bag and then return it to school the

following day.

When we say the rosary we can pray for

world peace.

Spor3ng Achievements

We are very proud of the Year 3 & 4 children who

took part in this week’s Hockey tournament. Year

3 came 5th in their tournament with Year 4 bring-

ing home the Silver medal. Well done !!

We celebrate the work of our publisher

writers

Please visit our class blogs via the school

website to see some of the fabulous work

our children have done.

Year 1—Lyla G & Abi C

Year 3—Emma H, Alex M, Isaac W, Millie

S, Hayden M & Charlotte P

Year 5—Lucy C, Ellie C, Charlotte M,

Nathan T & Kristian S

Packed Lunches

We have a school Packed lunch policy

which is on our website. Packed lunches

should not include any of the following:-

Fizzy/sugary drinks in cartons, bo�les or

cans (including diet or energy drinks

which can contain high levels of caffeine

and other addi3ves which are not suita-

ble for children)

Confec3onary such as chocolate bars

and sweets

Chocolate spread as sandwich filling

Peanuts and peanut products

Our policy is based on guidance from the

NHS and the government.

h�p://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/childhealth

6-15/Pages/Lighterlunchboxes.aspx

Golden Assembly

Congratula3ons to all the children who

received an award this week.

Year 1 Ma�hew Redman & Phoebe

Gough

Year 2 Joyce Mokoko & Jacob Kennedy

Year 3 Charlo�e Pilmore & Jack Booth

Year 4 Joseph Lumsdon & Amelia Ash-

bridge

Year 5 Nathan Thompson & Emma

Hutchinson

Year 6 Ka3e Redman & Ma�hew Cassap

Liturgies Autumn Term

2016

20.10.16 Yr6 and

Recep3on

3.11.16 Yr1

17.11.16 Yr4

24.11.16 Yr3

28.11.16 Mass at

10.00 for

St Leonard’s Feast Day

Smilies—

Chloe Gibb and Suzanne Hanson

received their second bronze

Smiley and are on their way to

receiving their Ruby Cer3ficate.

Callum Kendray, Ma�hew

Thoburn and James Chaffe

received their Silver Smiley.

Hannah Ritchie, Frankie Murray,

Cameron Riley all received their

Gold Smiley.

Bullying is….. ‘A persistent, deliberate

a�empt to hurt or humiliate’

Punctuality

Please ensure your child is in

school and ready to begin

learning by 8.50am.

Late arrivals this week

Recep3on - 4

Yr1 -5

Yr2 - 4

Yr3 -7

Yr4 -12

Yr5 - 4

Yr6 -5

This week’s Total: 43

Last week’s Total: 28

Reducing the number of lates is one of our post

OFSTED Targets. Punctuality must improve this year.

Do ensure the children are in school before 8.55am. If

parents would like to offer any sugges3ons how we

can eradicate poor punctuality please let me know.

There is a sugges3on box in the

recep3on area. I am hoping this

year we will only have the

occasional late. We cannot begin

our journey to outstanding if we

do not have be�er punctuality and

a�endance which is consistently

reaching 97%. Mrs D

We have the Learning Buzz at St Leonard's

This week we learnt about Cri3que and Feedback.

When we are learning we generate

success criteria to help us achieve

the learning objec3ve. We can help

each other to become be�er

learners when we cri3que the work

and give feedback. We are always

kind, specific and helpful when we

comment on someone else's work.

During our Monday assembly we

watched Aus3n’s Bu�erfly. (It is on

YouTube) This film is about a young

boy who was helped to improve his

work through the cri3que and

feedback from his class mates. The

video can also be accessed via the Yr3 Blog. Ask your child about Aus3n’s

Bu�erfly and watch the short film together.

Miss McViQe and Yr3 met an author at the local library. Sunderland AFC

fan Simon Bartram excited the children

when he talked about mul3ple draRs and

the process he goes through to write a

book. His words really inspired the

children.

Simon drew and then signed an amazing

cartoon for us to keep. We hope to invite

Simon in to school at a later date to speak

to other classes about the wri3ng

process.

Thoughts for the week!