Autumn No 3, Friday 23rd September 2022
Gospel of the Week
The Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Jesus said, “There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes. He lived in luxury every day. There was also a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores. Lazarus was often placed at the rich man’s gate. He wanted to eat only the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man’s table. And the dogs would come and lick his sores! Later, Lazarus died. The angels took Lazarus and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried. But he was sent to where the dead are and had much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms. He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!’ But Abraham said, ‘My child, remember when you lived? You had all the good things in life, but all the bad things happened to Lazarus. Now Lazarus is comforted here, and you are suffering. Also, there is a big pit between you and us. No one can cross over to help you. And no one can leave there and come here.’ The rich man said, ‘Then please send Lazarus to my father’s house on earth! I have five brothers. Lazarus could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets to read; let them learn from them!’ The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! If someone came to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.’ But Abraham said to him, ‘No! If your brothers won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, then they won’t listen to someone who comes back from death.’”
Luke 16:19-31
A message from Mrs Brosnan
Last weekend myself and three of our children, with their parents, visited central London to lay flowers and a condolence messages for Queen Elizabeth from the St Winefride's community. The children left their tribute in Green Park and I left one on behalf of the school in Hyde Park.
We have a book of condolence in the school, which all are welcome to sign, this will be left in our Front Office until next Friday. It will then be placed in our archive along with condolence messages from the children of each class.
Parent/Carer Information Slides
Please click the buttons below to see the slide presentations from the recent Parent/Carer Information Evenings.
Secondary School Admissions
The meeting to provide parents/carers with information about the admissions process to secondary school will take place on Thursday 6th October at 5.00pm. We will send out reminders via School Ping and also as a hard copy nearer the time.
Please note we have had a few parents/carers advise us that the Zoom invite has been showing the time at one hour later than scheduled. This meeting will begin at 5.00pm
If you are applying for a place in a Catholic secondary school, Fr John is happy to meet with you after mass to discuss when he will be able to sign the necessary forms.
Black History Month
Newham is hosting a series of events to celebrate Black History Month starting with Plaistow-born, award-winning British Grime MC, rapper and songwriter, Ghetts, talking about his career at Old Stratford town Hall on 1st October 2022. Please click this link to see the full schedule of events and here for the opportunity to book a place to see Ghetts.
As always, we welcome any parents/carers who would like to come into the school to share their culture with the children. Please contact either the school office or your child's class teacher if you would like to take part.
School Ping - New Messaging Service
We are up to an impressive 91% coverage of pupils already, so thank you very much for joining up and downloading the app so promptly.
We realise that some parent/carers are having difficulty gaining access. If this is the case please email us on info@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk with School Ping in the subject bar and we will do all we can to give you access as quickly as possible!
MarvellousMe will be available until the end of the month and we would encourage you to download the Memory Book as soon as possible, if you would like to do so.
Going forward, however, all school messages will be sent via School Ping, as well as booking Parent/Carer information meetings.
The most common messages will be alerting you to the Newsletter, the following week's menu, Gold Letters, Red Letters, first aid and homework.
If you have not received an invite please contact the school and we will get you added asap!
Extra Curricular Clubs
Mr Brown has set up the Extracurricular Clubs, which will begin next week with Fencing (Y1&2), Tennis (all year groups, £5 per session), Mindfulness (Y1&2) and Cricket (Y5&6).
Please click this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F1TwJTnDzONnrgrIhKEAnE5WGjaZCKZn/edit
for an overview of the clubs
Please fill in the form on the link below to book clubs for both this half term and next half term.
Next week at Coffee Morning Class 6 will be singing their song from this week's assembly.
It is also the annual Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning, so we would welcome any donations of cakes and biscuits to sell at the coffee morning to raise money for this wonderful charity. If you are able to donate anything please drop it in to the front office before Friday.
Assembly Timetable
23/09/2022: Class 6
30/09/2022: Class 4
07/10/2022: Class 1/2
14/10/2022: Class 5/6
21/10/2022: Black History Month
04/11/2022: Class 3/4
11/11/2022 Class 1
18/11/2022: Class 5
25/11/2022: Class 3
02/12/2022: Reception
09/12/2022: Nursery
16/12/2022: Christmas Concert
20/12/2022: Governor Assembly
Coffee
Morning
23/09/2022: No presentation
30/09/2022: Class 6
07/10/2022: Class 4
14/10/2022: Class 1/2
21/10/2022: Class 5/6
04/11/2022: TBC
11/11/2022: Class 3/4
18/11/2022: Class 1
25/11/2022: Class 5
02/12/2022: Class 3
09/12/2022: Reception
16/12/2022: Nursery
Picture News
Please click the picture to see a PowerPoint of all the Picture News resources including the assembly that the children see each week.
This week the question is: "How can we help those in need who are far away?"
Picture News - Extra
Please click the picture to see a PowerPoint of the Picture News Special edition.
This week the question is: "Who is our new king?"
Nursery Applications
We are still accepting applications for places in our Nursery. If you would like a place for your child, or know anyone who would like a place please visit our admissions page:
You may also call 020 8478 0510 or email info@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk or pop in to our School Office for more details.
Sickness
Please remember to call our School Office if your child is unwell and leave a message.
It is also important to remember that if you child is vomiting or has an upset stomach they should remain off school until 48 hours have passed since their last episode of illness.
Autumn School Dinner Menu
The Autumn menus are here. Please click the buttons below to see a preview of next terms menus. Next week is Autumn Menu Week 1.
School Uniform
We are looking to hold a Pre-owned Uniform sale before the Half Term Break. If you have any items of uniform that your children may have outgrown please and is still wearable, please donate it to the school. You may drop them off at the Font Office or at Coffee Morning so that the Parent Carer Forum may arrange the sale, thank you.
For you information our updated Uniform Policies are below
National Online Safety
What Parents & Carers need to know about
Reddit
Over the last ten years, Reddit’s monthly user count has grown from 70 million to an estimated 430 million. Around two-thirds of that total are in the 18–29 age bracket, which adds up to a lot of fairly young people discussing … well, pretty much whatever they want. It’s easy to see how that environment might not always be suitable for younger users.
Unsurprisingly, age-inappropriate content is therefore a common risk on Reddit, and – as this week’s guide explains – it’s not in isolation. Constant distracting notifications, online harassment and uninvited contact from strangers are also among the threats that young people might encounter through using Reddit.
This Week's Prayer
Our Father,
We do not trust in the riches that this world has to offer, but in the provision of your hand. In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
God Bless You,
Mrs Brosnan
Head Teacher
New Class Email Addresses
The class email addresses for this academic year 2022/2023 are:
nursery@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
classR@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class1@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class1-2@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class3@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class3-4@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class4@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class5@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class5-6@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
class6@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk
We will endeavour to answer any questions or queries by the end of the same day.
Parent View
Parent View is the ideal way to tell everyone how great you think St Winefride's is. Follow this link to the Ofsted Website and let them know just how outstanding the school is!