Well done to all of the children and adults for making it to the end of a long, 8-week half term, made more challenging after a long Summer break and with the nights closing in. Thank you all for your hard work and I hope that you can enjoy a relative time of rest next week. Enjoy the free time and make the most of shared experiences as we move towards the end of 2025!

Apologies to parents for the postponement of consultation meetings after half term. Hopefully, you will have seen the message explaining this and we can look forward to rearranging later in November.

Thank you all for your kind donations towards our Harvest collection. This morning, a group of our Mini Vinnies' pupil body were on hand to help the SVP take away the items to help those in need. The Mini Vinnies are the junior part of the SVP family who actively practice Catholic Social Teaching by 'Turning Concern Into Action', Thank you again for playing your part in showing love and care for others. Next term, we will continue to work with the children to 'See-Think-Do', looking for more ways that we can act to support others.

Wishing you a safe and enjoyable half term.

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.

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

• 03/11 – Children return to school

• 03/11 – Year 5 to visit Harry Potter World

• 04/11 – Year 1 to Southchurch Library

• 04/11 – Year 6 - St John Bosco 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 - St Joseph 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

• 10/11 – Girls football – At Our Lady of Lourdes selected team

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

• 11/11 – Remembrance day

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

• 13/11 – Class Assembly – Year 5 St Peter - 2:30pm

• 18/11 – Flu Immunisation Day

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

Year 2 visited the Sealife Centre to look at a variety of habitats and the animals that live in them.

Year 3 visited the beach and celebrating God's creation through meditation and art.

Year 5 participated in road safety workshops. Learning about expectations and how to keep themselves safe when in cars and crossing roads.

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

Click on the image below to read a workshop for parents of children who are anxious or worried about coming to school

AUTUMN HALF TERM ACTIVITIES

lease go to www.visitsouthend.co.uk/whatson/ for lots of information about great things to see and do in the half term holidays.