Spring No. 12, Friday 1st April 2022

Gospel of the Week

The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C

If there is one among you who has not sinned, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he went back to the Temple. All the people came to Jesus, and he sat and taught them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought a woman there. She had been caught in adultery. They forced the woman to stand before the people.

They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught having physical relations with a man who is not her husband. The law of Moses commands that we kill with stones every woman who does this. What do you say we should do?”

They were asking this to trick Jesus so that they could have some charge against him.

But Jesus knelt down and started writing on the ground with his finger. They continued to ask Jesus their question.

So he stood up and said, “Is there anyone here who has never sinned? The person without sin can throw the first stone at this woman.”

Then Jesus knelt down again and wrote on the ground.

Those who heard Jesus began to leave one by one. The older men left first, and then the others. Jesus was left there alone with the woman. She was standing before him.

Jesus stood up again and asked her, “Woman, all of those people have gone. Has no one judged you guilty?”

She answered, “No one has judged me, sir.”

Then Jesus said, “So I also don’t judge you. You may go now, but don’t sin again.”

John 8:1-11

A New Beginning

Today, 1st April 2022, the children, staff and governors of St Winefride’s Catholic Primary School are delighted to join the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust. We are all looking forward to building on our strong Catholic partnership in Newham and working together, in Christ, to support the community in Manor Park.

It is likely that you will notice very little change over the coming weeks, other than the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust logo popping up from time to time!

Nursery Applications

WeWeWeWe are now accepting applications for places in our Nursery for next September. If you would like a place for your child, or know anyone who would like a place please visit our admissions page:

https://st-winefrides.newham.sch.uk/parents/admissions/

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.

Spelling Bee Competition

We hope the finalists are practising hard for the big day on Tuesday! The children will be competing to be the Spelling Bee Champion of St Winefride's, a huge thank you to the Parent Carer Forum for suggesting holding the competition.

Class RW's Assembly

To see Class RW's assembly about Spring please click this link.

We are back in church each Friday at 2.30pm. currently we are only allowed to admit the parents/carers of the children performing. We will continue to upload the performances every week for you to enjoy.

The children will also perform the song from their assembly at the following week's Coffee Morning.

To view previous assemblies and performances please go to our Vimeo page.

Rock Steady Concert

The Rock Steady children held a wonderful concert on Wednesday. It was supposed to last about 30 minutes but instead carried on for over an hour. The children were magnificent and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Gervaise, our bandleader, said it was the best concert he has ever helped to deliver, so congratulations everyone.

If you would like to sign up to Rock Steady and join a band click the button below to find out more.

Easter Raffle & Easter Egg Hunt

Our Parent Carer Forum have organised an Easter Raffle for the children and staff. Tickets cost just 20p and you will have the chance of winning a Cadbury's Easter Egg.

Not only that, they have also arranged for every class to take part in an Easter Egg hunt where everyone is guaranteed a Creme Egg or an Oreo Egg. The Easter egg hunt is free but if you would like to make a voluntary contribution we would be most grateful.

Rubik's Cubes

Sadly we have had to take the decision to no longer allow the children to bring Rubik's Cubes to school. Some children have been distracted by them during lesson time and and there have been some disputes in the playground while using them.

If a child brings a Rubik's Cube into school it will be taken away from them and given to their parent/carer at the end of the day. Please check that your children are not bringing them into school.

Dot Dot Fire Competition

Six of our Year 6 children attended a Dot Dot fire competition and we are delighted to say one of the teams finished in second place. Well done everyone, if you would like to find out more about Dot Dot fire, a finance app for children click here.

Stations of the Cross

The children will be following the Stations of the Cross in St Stephen's Church next week and our RE Team children will be helping to guide the class teachers and children.

Easter Break

The end of the Spring Term is NEXT Friday. The school day will finish at 1.30pm. Please collect your children promptly at this time and we wish you a restful and Holy Easter break.

School Uniform

We've noticed that the usual high uniform standards have been slipping a bit for some children recently, especially on days when they come into school wearing their PE kit. Please click the buttons to see our uniform policies.


Scooter Park Update

The Scooter & Bike Park is starting to take shape! Some of our Parent/Carer Forum were in last week to begin the transformation and it already looks 100% better! Unfortunately the change in the weather meant this week's intended continuation of the project has been delayed.

School Bags

Some of our classrooms are a little tight for space, so please use the school issue school bag wherever possible. The children do not need to bring very much to school and these bags are more than roomy for all their things.

Breakfast Club

If your child is enrolled in the Breakfast Club please remember the doors are open from 7.45am - 8.05am. If the children arrive later than this they will miss most of the session.

Cricket Easter Holiday Camp

Capital Kids Cricket are running an Easter Camp at West Ham Park. Unfortunately the dates don't quite line up with our break but you may still be able to attend as the sessions do not start until 4pm.

Contact them at:

shakeel.ahmed@ckc.london for more details

Coffee Morning

We are delighted to let you know that our Parent/Carer Coffee mornings have recommenced! Each week there will be a performance by the children, singing a song from the previous week's assembly. Next week it will be Class RW.

We would like to remind all visitors to the school that the school is a 'Mobile Free Zone' and that mobile phones should be switched off and kept out of sight at all times while on the school premises, including in the playground.

Parent Carer Forum

There was a Parent Carer Forum meeting today, the minutes will appear on our website on Monday.

Mini Reports

The children's Mini Reports will be sent out next week. One of the topics under discussion at the Parent Carer Forum was a new style of 'End of Year Report'. We hope you will find the new style report that you will receive in July more informative and personal to your child.

House Point Winners

A very unusual result this week as St Andrew and St Patrick have tied for first place! Well done to everyone in both St Andrew and St Patrick.

School Dinner Menu

Next week's Menu is Week 1. Please click the links below to see the weekly menus.

Lent & CAFOD

We are now in the Lenten season. Every child was given a Lenten calendar, which was also sent out via MarvellousMe. Please click the photo to see the calendar


We have launched our CAFOD venture for this year and the theme is Walk Against Hunger. Your child's teacher will be letting you know shortly what their class will be doing to raise funds for CAFOD this lent. the events will be taking place in the run up to the Easter Beak.

National Online Safety

What Parents & Carers need to know about Facebook

An Ofcom study last year revealed that around one in three (30%) of 12–15-year-olds had received a friend request on social media from someone who they didn’t actually know. Facebook, of course, is far from exempt from such behaviours – and younger users in particular can accidentally exacerbate the problem by over-sharing personal information.

Contact from strangers is far from the only concern that many parents and carers have over their child becoming a Facebook user, however. From FOMO and trolling to young people accidentally damaging their future prospects, our guide this week draws attention to other aspects of the social networking giant that trusted adults ought to be aware of.

This week's Prayer

Heavenly Father,

Jesus gave His life to show His love for us. May we also give our lives in service to Him as an expression of our love.

In Jesus’ name we pray,

Amen.

God Bless You,

Mrs Brosnan

Head Teacher

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

We are sure that you have heard that it was Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee on 6th February. To help celebrate this the late May bank holiday has been moved to 2nd June and an extra bank holiday has been added for Friday 3rd June to make a four day weekend. However these days are in the June half term break so schools are allowed to choose another day to celebrate.

Therefore school will be closed on Monday 20th June 2022.


Mobile Free Zone

We would like to remind all parents/carers and visitors to the school that St Winefride's is a 'Mobile Free Zone'. This is to ensure the safety of the children and is good safeguarding practice. If you enter the school premises, including the playground, please keep your mobile phone out of sight at all times.

We will be putting up posters around the school to remind everyone of the policy.

Please click the links below to see our Use of Mobile Phones Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:

Use of Mobile Phones Policy 2020 - 2022

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2021 - 2022

Term Dates for 2022/2023

The new term dates for the next academic year, 2022/2023, are on the school's website. Please click here to go to the Term Dates page.

Year 6 Residential Visit

Just a reminder that the second instalment for the visit to Grosvenor Hall is now due. Please log on to School Money to pay.

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!