St Joseph's Catholic Primary School-CT3

i-ROCK CONCERT ON MONDAY 22ND JULY IS 9.30AM NOT 2.30PM
APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION

Please search at home for any school books that you may have and return them to school by Friday. There will not be any reading books sent home now until the new school year in September.

Learning logs will be sent home Friday for families to keep.

On Monday 15th July we will be leaving registers open until 10am.
The gates will be open from 8.35am as normal however children may come in later, if parents wish.
All children must be in school by 10am.

Parents/carers,

Reminder that tomorrow is our sports day races in school.
This will start at 10am, families and parents are invited to attend.
Families are able to support their child by coming to our sports day wearing clothing the colour of their child's house - this will add house points towards the event!

Please ensure your child is wearing the correct PE kit tomorrow, has their water bottle in school, loose hair should be tied back and all earrings are removed.

REMINDER:

Whole school mass on July 14th at 11.15am at St. Finbarr's

Look forward to seeing you all there

We have been made aware of an incident in which pupils have been approached by a stranger and offered sweets near Spinney Woods.

Another incident has also been reported involving a man loitering in a car in the village.

Please remind your children of 'Stranger Danger' and talk to your child about who their safe adults are and where there are safe places if help is needed.

FSM families - book your places with your HAF vouchers

Non-FSM families - book your places via the below website

Summer fair this afternoon

For safeguarding reasons please can parents/carers/family members arriving at our summer fair this afternoon wait in the playground for children to be released to them (the same as collecting at the end of the day)

Thank you

See attached information from NHS

Just a few gorgeous pictures of our Pentecost celebration today.

Children were encouraged to wear their own national costume that celebrates their own culture....and look how fabulous they all are 🤩🤩

Parents/carers,

Please head to your child's class Weduc/Reach More Parents page to view/purchase recent class photo's

Dear Families,

Pentecost celebrates the gift of God’s Holy Spirit given to God’s holy people.

In celebration of Pentecost, please can children come to school dressed in their own clothes on Friday 24th May. Children are encouraged to wear their own national costume that celebrates their own culture.

Children are also welcome to bring food or snacks to share with their class which celebrates their culture or a chosen culture. Food cannot be heated for this event and therefore will need to be eaten cold. Please note that we are a nut free school

CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF THE PENTECOST.
AT ST. FINBARR’S – 26TH MAY- AFTER THE 11:15AM MASS.

Pentecost is the birthday of the universal church and has special meaning for us as a Spiritan parish in Dover and Aylesham. The celebration will commence with Mass and be followed by a parish social celebrating the diversity of our parish family. Please join in and come dressed in your national costume, and bring some food to share, ideally reflecting your cultural heritage. Regardless of what you wear, or what you bring to eat, the most important thing is to bring yourself and your family and join in the celebration.

Some recent pictures of our talented rock stars performing at their i-Rock concert.

They were amazing 🤩🎤🎼🎸🥁

Dear Parents and Carers

Re Year 5 Taster Day at St Edmund’s Catholic School on Thursday 20th June 2024

St Edmund’s Catholic School is a Catholic Academy for students of all abilities and all faiths. Our Catholic Ethos encourages students to strive for the highest standards of learning and discipline and the school’s mission is to promote the development of all students so that they are able to achieve their full potential academically, spiritually and socially.

We have been organising the Year 5 Taster Days for a number of years now; these Taster Days are an excellent opportunity for the children to experience a day in a secondary school and engage in activities that complement their primary curriculum.

St Edmund’s will be providing a taster day for Year 5 students for our Catholic Primary schools on Thursday 20th June 2024. The day will give the students an opportunity to see what life is like at St Edmund’s with some sample lessons, activities, and a tour of the school. The day will also provide an insight into:

• The transition between primary and secondary school.
• What it is like to attend secondary school.
• Secondary school lessons.

The timings of the day will be as follows:
Timings Subject
9:15 - 9:30 Gathering and Welcome
9:30 – 10:00 English
10:00 -10:30 Drama
10:30 -10:45 BREAK
10:45 – 11:15 Art
11:15 -11:45 MFL
11:45-12:15 PE Sports
12:15-12:45 RE /Liturgy/reflection
12:45-1:10 LUNCH - Depart and return to primary school


On the day, students will first go to their primary school, where they will be escorted by primary staff members to our school, arriving at approx. 9.15am and will depart from St Edmund’s at 1:10 pm and return to their primary school. Students to bring their own packed lunch and plenty of water. If your son/daughter is eligible for a free school meal, please indicate this on the Microsoft Form and we will provide this.

If you would like your child to attend, please inform the primary school your child attends and complete the attached Microsoft Forms by clicking the following link by Friday 31st May 2024.
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“Therefore, learn as if to live forever; live as if to die tomorrow”
St Edmund of Abingdon



St Edmund’s Catholic School Year 5 Taster Day 2024

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Walmsley by email: [email protected] .

We look forward very much to meeting your son/daughter.


Yours sincerely


Mr J Walmsley
Head of RE and Humanities Department

Dear Year 5 students,

Here at The Canterbury Academy, we are delighted to welcome you to join us on Saturday, May 11th from 8.30 am - 1.00 pm for our 'Super SaturdayÈ event on campus.

Come and join our fun, exciting and creative workshops in performing arts, academic learning, sport and practical learning. Come and learn about everything our school has to offer you.
Come and meet our teachers and some of our year 7 students, who will tell you about the wonderful opportunities they have experienced since joining us. Enjoy a delicious lunch prepared for you on site by our Chef in School.

We look forward to meeting you soon !

Your parents/carers can book your place by emailing [email protected]

The Canterbury Academy, Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent CT2 8QA Telephone: 01227 463971

It was a pleasure to warmly welcome Canon Victor Darlington and Angela Cox to St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham, their first visit to the school. Accompanied by the local parish priest, Father Leo, they enjoyed a tour of the school, meeting staff and pupils who were keen to share their learning (and many high-fives with Father Leo!) Canon Victor spoke of the 'good vibes' in the school and recognised the close relationship between the school and parish and its feeling of community.

Both him and Angela thanked staff for all the wonderful work being done in the school.

Some truly wonderful Easter gardens and decorated eggs/hats have been brought in to school today

Big thank you to parents and children for such a wonderful effort

Giraffe class parents/carers,

Stations of the cross performance for parents at 2pm on Thursday.

Please help your child practice their readings or prayers. They have it on a white slip of paper.

Thank you
Mrs Hunt

The newsletter for this week is now uploaded to our website, as always, please have a look for key dates next week.

A couple of reminders;

Stations of the Cross
Giraffe Class will be performing Stations of the Cross on Thursday 28th March at 2pm. Parents of Giraffe class are invited into school at 2pm to watch.

Easter egg/garden competition entries are due in school on Wednesday 27th March. Very much looking forward to seeing them all.

Please can all parents/carers head over to our website to see this weeks newsletter

These are updated every Friday and hold lots of information for the following week, particularly as we have Easter/Lent events taking place between now and the end of term.

Next Tuesday (19th March) we will have the Easter egg hunt in school, if your child would like to take part please send them to school with £1 (in an envelope, clearly labelled with their name and class)

It is necessary for your child to bring their £1 contribution if they want to take part.

Red Nose Day tomorrow - Friday 15th March

If children would like to take part, they may come to school tomorrow in their normal school uniform with a red item/accessory.

Red Noses will be sold this afternoon in school - children will be advised to keep them in the boxes and put them straight into their school bags for safe keeping.

i-Rock concert Monday 18th March @ 2.30pm- CANCELLED

RESCHEDULED - Monday 22nd April @ 2.30pm

The pupil leadership will be selling Red Noses in school for £2 tomorrow (Thursday 14th)

All money previously sent in with children is labelled in the office ready for tomorrow.

Quite certain all children are exhausted now from too much bouncing!

So far the current total raised is just over £400 - all donations to be handed in directly to the school office over the next few days.

Thank you to all.

Reminders for next week

Easter Raffle

Raffle tickets will go on sale next week, 20p each or £1 strip.

Please send your child with any raffle ticket money in a clearly named envelope. The raffle will be drawn during the last week of term.

Sponsored Bounce
Don't forget we will be having our sponsored bounce in school on March 12th. Please return any forms and monies to the office after this date.

For reception;

Dear Sun Bear Families

You are invited to join us for some fun activities in the classroom with your child to celebrate Mother's Day on

Monday 11th March 2.00pm.

Mums, Dads, Nans, Aunts etc are welcome to join us but please only 1 adult per family. Younger siblings are welcome too.

We will have a range of fun activities that you can join in with your child and hopefully the weather will improve and we can play outside too.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Sun Bear Team

World Book Day 2024

Amazing effort parents/carers - they all look fab!

Dear parents and carers,

World Book Day takes place on Thursday 7 March and we hope you’ll join us to celebrate across the school.

We are celebrating World Book Day this year in school because we support the charity's mission to change lives through a love of books and reading. Dressing up or bringing books into school is a big part of World Book Day celebrations, and is something that children and families particularly enjoy. We are inviting children to dress up this World Book Day as it’s an exciting way for children to get book recommendations from each other.

The book choice is key – even if it’s just a prop or a clue make sure your child is recommending something to read with their costume.
We are aware that the cost of living crisis might make this difficult for some families, we encourage you to use things you already have at home to make a creative costume

Getting a free £1 book for your child is easy – simply take your £1 book token to your nearest bookseller and swap it for a World Book Day £1 book OR use it to get £1 off any ANY book or audiobook costing £2.99 or more.

You can find your nearest bookseller worldbookday.com/participating-retailers.
This is a chance for you to become familiar with the books in school too. Check out the World Book Day Family Hub for more things to do at home.

We’re very much looking forward to celebrating World Book Day, which could not happen without the support of parents and carers – thank you.

Reminder

Non uniform day tomorrow!

Donations of chocolate/Easter items towards the Lenten fair 🐣🐇🐰

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