Welcome and thank you to Dori Calik, mum of a daughter in Year 3, who has been appointed the new Chair of FOSH at the recent AGM earlier this month. Frankie Chilton has been chosen as the Vice Chair and it looks like we have a good group of people supporting them, as well, on the committee. After the great efforts by all in our rearranged 'Summer Fayre', we can, hopefully, be optimistic and confident about the future of our community events.

The next event will be our Christmas Fayre which will be taking place on Sunday December 7th between 12 and 3. You will find more information about the event and an invitation to support it further down this newsletter.

You will also see below an appeal for our Harvest collection which we will be promoting next week. In regard to Catholic Social Teaching, which I wrote about last week, we are encouraging you put love in action by sending in items including dry foods, toiletries and pet food to help those in need.

Thank you in anticipation of your generosity and I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend.

Mr Beazeley

Please follow the link to the Ten Ten collective Worship Newsletter this month www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/  

Here are our stars of the week who have represented our core values well through their actions of responsibility, achievement, compassion, equality, faith and respect.

We will be holding a few sessions for families to take a look around our wonderful school and see school life. Please contact the office on 01702 414200 to book a place. The sessions are:

• Tuesday 11th November 2025 at 9.30am

• Wednesday 12th November 2025 at 2.00pm

• Wednesday 12th November 2025 at 5.30pm

• 22/10 – Year 2 Trip to Sealife Centre – 9.00am to 3.00pm

• 22/10 – Year 3 trip to beach from 1.00pm to 3.00pm

• 23/10 – Class Assembly – St Joseph at 2.30pm

• 23/10 – Year 1 trip to beach from 1.00pm to 3.00pm

• 27/10 – 31/10 Half term holidays – no children in school 

• 03/11 – Children return to school

• 04/11 – Year 1 to Southchurch Library

• 04/11 – Year 6 Parent Consultations with Headteacher 9.00am to 3.00pm

• 04/11 – Nursery to Year 5 Parent Consultations 3.30pm to 6.00pm

• 06/11 - Year 6 Parent Consultations with Headteacher 9.00am to 3.00pm

• 06/11 - Nursery to Year 5 Parent Consultations 5.00pm to 7.30pm

• 07/11 – Boys football – Year 5 & 6 selected team

• 11/11 – Open Day for Reception Families - 9:30am

• 12/11 – Open Day for Reception Families - 2:00pm and 5:30pm

Here is our new dinner menu, which is now in effect.  

Please note that Lunches MUST be pre-booked. Children who have not had lunches booked will have to wait until the end of service to get their food. This is to ensure that those children that have booked, get the lunch of their choice. The remaining children will be served with whatever food options are leftover.

This will be our next menu, starting after the half-term on 3rd November.

Dear Parents and Carers,

My name is Dori Calik, and I would like to introduce myself as the new Chair of Friends of Sacred Heart (FOSH), parent-run charity supporting SHS. Alongside me is Frankie Chilton, our new Vice Chair, and a small group of dedicated committee members. 

Following the recent resignation of the previous committee, the new FOSH team was formally appointed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 2nd October. Our shared goal is to continue the valuable work of supporting and enriching our school community - be it events, fundraising, and working alongside school staff and families.

Our first project together will be the School Christmas Fayre, a much-loved event that brings our community together to celebrate the festive season. 

To make the fayre a success, we are looking for volunteers to help in a variety of ways — from planning and organising to setting up, running stalls, or tidying away afterwards.

We completely understand that time is precious, so our aim is to divide tasks into small, manageable roles to make it easy for everyone to get involved. Every bit of help, no matter how small, makes a real difference.

If you are interested in helping with the Christmas Fayre or getting involved with FOSH in general, please leave your name and contact details at the school reception, and one of us will be in touch soon. Or if you have a business and would like a stall at the fayre, again please leave contact details. 

Thank you for your continued support. We are very excited to get started and look forward to working together to make this year’s events enjoyable and successful for the whole school community.

Kind regards,

Dori Calik Chair, Friends of Sacred Heart (FOSH) and Frankie Chilton, Vice Chair

Dear Parents and Carers,

We wanted to send a reminder to all our families of the uniform requirements from September 2025. We would like to draw special attention to:

• Hair styles - must not be extreme

• Earrings - no earrings of any kind. If you wish to get your child's ears pierced, the must be done at the beginning of the holidays to allow sufficient time to heal before returning to school. 

• Shoes - must be sensible and sturdy - no trainers

• Boots - only to be worn to and from school - need to change to shoes in school

 Please read the attached document for full information on all uniform requirements. 

 There will be a PRE-LOVED UNIFORM EVENT at the beginning of September, so please look out for this. 

 We would also like to remind everyone that all items in school must be clearly labelled, and the school will not accept responsibility for lost items. 

 Please help us to be 'The smartest school in town' and support us in ensuring the children are wearing the correct uniform, are fully prepared and ready to learn.

Kind regards,

School Office.

In line with other schools we will be introducing a new policy where by any children not collected from school by 3.30pm will be placed in our after school tea club and a £6 fee will be applied to your School Money account.

We have seen an increase in the number of children not collected on time and we hope the new charges will ensure children are collected promptly.

Our Amazon Wishlist is live!! The idea is that friends and family of the school can donate directly to the school library. We’ll still accept preloved copies from home that you may also wish to donate. The selection of books are chosen by the staff as texts that may benefit the pupil's reading comprehension, engagement with the curriculum and foster an interest in reading. The current list is reflective of this and will update as and when donations come through.  The link to our Wishlist is here.

A big thank you to those that have bought books for the school, we truly appreciate it.

LOST PROPERTY

Please can all parents check their child’s clothes -  All items should be clearly labelled and your child needs to ensure they can identify their own property.  Lost Property with no name is regualry sorted and either given to the pre-loved sale or taken to a local charity shop.

Thank you for your co-operation.

We would like to remind all our families using breakfast club of the importance of booking in advance.  We have noticed an increase of children not booking in advance and this effects our staffing ratio.

All bookings must be made at the beginning of each week so we can ensure we have enough staff available.  Priority will be given to children who have booked in advance and those who have not booked may not be able to stay.

If you need assistance making a booking please email annemariedriscoll@sacredheart.southend.sch.uk

We are pleased to advise you that your school is participating in the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme.  PINS stands for ‘Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools’.

It is a project which aims to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for all neurodiverse children within mainstream schools. PINS is a national initiative led by the Department for Education and NHS England.

You can read more about the PINS project including some FAQs on our website here: https://www.southendsendindependentforum.co.uk/PINSPROJECT

To support the PINS project, Southend SEND Independent Forum (SSIF) would like to gather parent and carer views on the school as a whole. We would encourage all parents and carers to complete the survey as this will inform the project team how best to support your child’s school. You can provide your views by clicking the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QMQ8WYR

The closing date for the survey is Monday 20th October 2025.

As part of the PINS project, Southend SEND Independent Forum (SSIF) will be visiting school to speak to parents and carers and will forward more details in due course.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Southend SEND Independent Forum (SSIF)

Parent Carer Forum

  https://www.southendsendindependentforum.co.uk

   southendsendindependentforum@gmail.com

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