Summer No. 5, Friday 14th May 2021

Gospel of the Week

(The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year B)

Now I am coming to you. I will not stay in the world now. But these men are still in the world. Holy Father, keep them safe. Keep them safe by the power of your name (the name you gave me), so that they will be one, the same as you and I are one. While I was with them, I kept them safe. I kept them safe by the power of your name - the name you gave me. I protected them. And only one of them, the one who is going to hell, was lost. He was lost so that what was said in the Scripture would happen.

“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say these things so that these men can have my joy. I want them to have all of my joy. I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them. The world hated these men, because they don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world. I am not asking you to take them out of the world. But I am asking that you keep them safe from the Evil One. They don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world. Make them ready for your service through your truth. Your teaching is truth. I have sent them into the world, the same as you sent me into the world. I am making myself ready to serve. I do this for them so that they can truly be ready for your service.

John 17: 11-19

6H's Assembly Performance

If you would like to see 6H's wonderful assembly performance please click this link or the picture below or go to our website.

Nursery Applications

Applications for our nursery will closed last Friday 7th May 2021. All applications received so far are guaranteed a place in the nursery. Please return your acceptance form as soon as possible if you have not done so already.

We are offering both 15 and 30 hours provision. If you believe you are eligible for a 30 hours free full time place please apply here to check. Once you have proof of your eligibility please inform the school.

If you would like your child to attend the nursery and have missed the deadline, please contact us on 020 8478 0510 and we will advise you on how to proceed with your application.

Parent Carer Forum

Ice Lollies!

A big thank you to everyone who sent in money for ice lollies and to the Parent Carer Forum for selling them to the children last Friday. It raised the amazing sum of £141.17p which will go towards the purchase of our new scooter park.

Look out for more fundraising events coming soon!

Parent/Carer Evenings

The Parent/Carer Evenings will be on 25th and 26th May. THey will be conducted via Zoom as last time. You are able to book your time through the link sent to you by text last week.

Parents' Webinars

The London Borough of Newham are running a series of webinars aimed directly at parents.

Please click this link or the picture to see the leaflet.

The upcoming webinars are:

Dealing with loss and bereavement 20th May 2021

The importance of fathers and significant males in a child’s life

3rd June 2021

Raising black children in today’s society 10th June 2021

Supporting your child with their gender and sexual identity 17th June 2021

Understanding anxiety and self-harming behaviour 24th June 2021

Youth Empowerment Programme 1st July 2021

Employment and benefits support 8th July 2021

Holistic support to address overrepresentation of BAME children and young people in the justice system 15th July 2021

Supporting children and young people with health conditions 22nd July 2021

The link to join the webinars is:

https://bit.ly/3sKR7vq

Street Tag

Street Tag is coming to Newham!

It is launching on Monday 10th May to coincide with Mental Health Week. You can walk, run or cycle around your local area and collect tags which will be added to a local leader board and can lead to prizes for your family and school.

Download the app from the App Store or Play store and be ready to go first thing on Monday!

For more information go to www.streettag.co.uk

We will be providing more information next week, but please join up as soon as possible!

Fire Brigade Home Safety Visits Information

Please click the button below for information about Free Home Fire Safety Visits

Breakfast Club

We have some vacancies in our Breakfast Club, if you would like your child to attend, please contact the School Office on 020 8478 0510 or info@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk (please put 'Breakfast Club' in the subject field) to request a place.

The current cost is £3.00 per child per day, with a minimum of three days payable (£9.00) per week.

Parent/Carer Information Meeting

We had a Parent/Carer Information Evening on 6th May. Please click the picture or this link to see the slide show from the evening

Covid Health Champions

Newham are releasing statistics each week to show the current state of the pandemic in the borough.

The latest dashboard is shown below and was published on 12th May with information for the week 2nd to 8th May. It shows there has been a continued decline in cases.

Please click here or on the picture of the statistics to download a copy of the dashboard for 12th May 2021.

Please see the info posters below to see information about the different Covid variants - sorry about the spelling mistake in the last one, we don't produce them!

Anyone in Newham can now order free rapid tests to be delivered to you at home and then to do at home https://www.newham.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-testing/3

You can also pick up tests from a number of places around Newham as well https://www.newham.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-testing/2

Vaccines are now open to everyone 45 and over in Newham. All the different ways you can book are listed on this website:

https://www.newham.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/4.

Remember:

HANDS - wash your hands often, for 20 seconds with soap and water.

FACE - wear a face covering whenever you’re inside a public space.

SPACE - stay 2 metres apart from people you don’t live with.

Become a COVID-19 Health Champion

Picture News

This week Picture News is asking: Does music have the power to change our behaviour? Click the button below to download the resource and answer the question!

House Points

An amazing week for House Points as almost 6000 were awarded! St Andrew just came out on top but even the 'lowest' score was nearly double last week's winners.

Don't forget you are able to check your MarvellousMe account to see when your child receives any House Points or Gold Letters so remember to keep an eye on the app!

Behaviour Chart Update

Another really great week as hundreds of Bronze, Silver and Gold awards were made. Class3/4P are starting to catch Class 3G in overall numbers and Class RW have shot up into 3rd place almost unnoticed!

If your child finishes the day on the Bronze or Silver level or is awarded a Gold Letter you will receive a message in the MarvellousMe app (MMe). If you are yet to download the MMe app please do so as soon as possible as all Gold Letters, House Points and messages etc. from the school will be sent via the MMe app.

National Online Safety Posters

To see the latest Online Safety Guides please go to: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides.

Below are some of the more popular guides. This list will be updated weekly but all of the guides are available on the above link.

children’s screen time during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that young people spent more time watching online content in 2020 than the previous year. But would you also have guessed that one in five children now post or share content via live streaming platforms – or that online gaming is growing in popularity among young girls?

These are just some of the findings in Ofcom’s ‘Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes’ report, released last week.


This Week's Prayer

Lord God,

Help us to bring your Good News to other people. Help us to be kind, loving and caring in everything we do and say.

Amen.


God Bless You,

Mrs Brosnan

Head Teacher

Remote Learning

Please remember that if your child has to take time away from school for a Covid related reason, they may access their work via Google Classroom as usual.

If your child is unwell there is no expectation for them to access Remote Learning.

New Caterers and Menu

We have a new catering company - Olive Dining - who started serving the children after the Easter break. The salad/fruit bar is a particular favourite with many children asking for seconds!

We will be sending you the menu for the following week via MarvellousMe every Friday and if you click the buttons below you will be taken to the three weekly menu, for your information.


Self Isolation Support Payment

If you are unable to work while looking after your child who is staying home due to COVID-19 symptoms, a positive test, or contact with someone who has tested positive you may be entitled to a £500 Self-Isolation Support Payment. To be eligible you must be: employed or self-employed, unable to work while self-isolating, receiving at least one of the eligible benefits, and experience a reduction in normal earnings while self-isolating.

Find out more and apply at: www.newham.gov.uk/CovidSupportPayment


Class Email Addresses

To help make communication between the class teachers and the school community easier we are introducing individual email accounts for each class. If you would like to email your child's teacher please use the following email addresses. You may email at any time but the teachers will only respond during working hours, Monday to Friday. We hope you find this extra way of communicating with the school helpful.

Class RW - Mrs Whitehorn: classreception@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 1D - Mrs DaCosta: class1d@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 1/2H - Miss Husemann: class12h@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 2B - Mr Brown: class2b@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 3G - Miss Grima: class3g@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 3/4P - Mr Porritt: class34p@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 4H - Mr Hussain: class4h@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 5F - Mr Fox: class5f@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 5/6M - Mr McAteer: class56m@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Class 6H - Mr Harris: class6h@st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk

Old Newsletters

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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!