Newsletter 34 25/05/23

This week at Sacred Heart…

Another very busy week at Sacred Heart!  

On Monday, pupils from our Year 5 classes took part in their SEESMA rehearsal in preparation for the Junior Music Festival at the Cliffs Pavilion in June.  We cannot wait to see you all perform at this fantastic event in June!  Our Year 3 classes also enjoyed their visit to Southchurch Library on Monday.  This visit was to stimulate pupils’ imagination and a love of reading for pleasure, help develop their confidence in using books and other information sources, whilst also helping them to become independent library users.  

On Monday, we also held another of our first pre-loved uniform sales.  Thank you to all parents/carers who have brought donations into school over time to support this event.  Thank you to Mrs Driscoll and Mrs Horton for laundering / preparing the uniform items prior to sale.  Thank you also to Mrs Avis for helping out on sale day.  We will continue to gratefully receive further donations of used uniform for future sales – thank you.

On Wednesday morning, children from our Infant school represented Sacred Heart School at the annual Pentecost Dash (cross country run) at St Teresa’s School.  I would like to thank all the children who took part in the event: they should all feel really proud of their achievements as they were competing against many other children from Assisi Trust schools.  My thanks also to Mr Jarvis and Mrs Crabb for organising the event and Mrs Banks, Mrs Spivey and Miss Keane, and also parents/carers who helped and supported this event on the day.

On Wednesday afternoon, we had the great pleasure and privilege of welcoming Bishop Alan (accompanied by Father Graham) to the school, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.  We enjoyed a special assembly together during which pupils had the opportunity to ask some questions about the role of the bishop.  Bishop Alan also gave a special blessing to our Early Years outdoor area.  Some of our Year 6 Ambassadors took on the responsibility of giving Bishop Alan a tour of the school – a big ‘thank you’ to Jesse, Iris and Sophia for representing us so well.  We were incredibly proud of how well all the pupils engaged and behaved impeccably throughout this important visit.

Please be reminded that tomorrow, Friday 26th May, the school is closed to pupils – as it is a non-pupil INSET Day.

Wishing you and your families a restful half-term break.  We look forward to seeing the pupils on their return on Monday 5th June.

God bless,  

Mrs. Mullally

• 26th May - Nursery Application closing date for September 2023 start

• 26th May - INSET DAY - No Children in School

• 29th May - 2nd June - HALF TERM

• 5th June - CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL

• 5th June - Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (2-week testing period - no holidays taken during at this time)

• 9th June - Year 1 Trip to Belfairs Wood Centre

• 9th June - Water Safety Assemblies

• 10th June - First Holy Communion – at 2:00pm at Sacred Heart Church

• 11th June - First Holy Communion – at 2:00pm at Sacred Heart Church

• 12th June - Year 1/2 Phonics Screening Week (no holidays taken during at this time)

• 13th June - Borough Athletics SPSSA KS2 Competition 9:00-12:00

• 14th June - SEESMA Junior Music Festival (at Cliffs Pavilion) – incl. evening performance at 7pm

• 15th June - St Felicity Class Assembly at 9.00am in school hall – parents/carers welcome

• 16th June - Sacred Heart Feast Day

• 25th June - Sacred Heart Summer Fayre 12-3pm

Year 3 have been studying illustrators and looking at characters in the 3 Little Pigs.  They have started creating 3D characters of either 'the wolf' or 'one of the pigs' using Modroc.

Year 3 also visited Southchurch Library to look at a variety of illustrators in picture books and look at new releases in the book world.

Year 2 have been busy in their music lessons,  learning how to play a recorder.  It was a delight to listen to them all play together in unison.

Year 2 have been learning about life cycles and, this week, they were visited by some chicks.  They enjoyed stroking them and listen to their chirps whilst they kept warm under their heat lamp.

Please ensure that all bookings for school dinners and breakfast club are made in advance.  Many children's lunches are not being booked, on a daily basis, and this makes catering for the school very difficult.  We are very conscious of food wastage being bad for the environment so we really do require all families to take the time to book their child’s lunches in advance.  If booked on the day, we will not be able to guarantee their meal choice.

Also, Breakfast Club bookings must be made in advance to ensure sufficient staffing.  Some children are arriving without bookings and this can be a strain on our staffing first thing in the morning.

All bookings must be made via School Money in advance and payment made where applicable.

Thank you

A polite reminder that pupils should not be bringing in their phones to school or wearing smart watches. This is to keep children safe in our school environment and in line with school policy. 

A reminder for the expectations of hair styles at school.

Regular attendance at school is vital for children to thrive.  Missing school can have a significant effect on education with children missing key learning and having gaps in their knowledge and understanding.  Wherever possible, please ensure your child is attending school every day!  We like to reward positive attendance and currently have weekly and termly attendance rewards.