St. Michael's CE School

Weekly Web Update

Friday 20th January 2023

Create, Equip, Partner

Dear Parents and Carers

It has been a VERY cold week here at St Michael's despite the spring flowers starting to emerge through the ice!

Please do remember to send your child in with warm clothing and hats and gloves while the temperatures remain so low.

We have continued with the weekly Fruits of the Spirit worship theme and this weeks theme has been 'Peace'.

The Level 2 Cycle Training has been taking place in the afternoons from Tuesday to Friday, despite the icy conditions. More cycling courses for Year 6 to follow in the coming weeks.

Yesterday morning we very much enjoyed the Year 4 Assembly entitled "Sticky Knowledge". Well done to the children for winning a whopping £1million on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' by remembering all their learning - and to all the staff and pupils involved for all their hard work. We hope the parents also enjoyed visiting the classrooms afterwards too.

As I write they are currently now on a trip to the Science Museum to focus on the theme of: "It Takes Guts". We look forward to hearing all about it later.

Girls Football for some of the Years 5 and 6 pupils is also happening at the moment at Southfields Academy - keep moving in the cold girls and good luck to you all!

Best wishes for the weekend ahead.

Ann-Marie Grant (AMG)

Headteacher

Attendance Matters:

Please remember always to let the office know BY 9AM each day if your child is not going to be in school. You can also do this by clicking on the Parent Mail App to record any absence.

We need a full reason each time for our records please.

Every morning the office staff are having to chase up missing children:

If a message hasn't been received by 9am the office will call the child's parents
If no response from them the office will then call the other nomianted contacts in their records to ascertain why the child is absent.
If no one can be reached we will then visit the family residence to check
If we cannot find a child at their main residence we will contact the police/MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub)

Thank you for your support.

Attendance:

Our target for the year is: 97%

Our attendance for the year to date is:

This week our attendance was 97.7%

Well done to Red Class and 4B for

100% attendance this week.

Our PTA:

Hopefully everyone is enjoying a Jolly January.

Disco Dancing on Sat 4^th Feb here we come!! We are so looking forward to DJ Dance Master turning out the tunes. We really need DBS volunteers for the disco so please please sign up if you can St. Michael's PTA Site - Disco 2023 (google.com). If you aren’t DBS checked now is always a good time to call into the school office to get a form. DBS checks don't expire so you only need to do it once!

Co-chairing the PTA is a (surprisingly) fun and rewarding task. In order to help continuity Cora will be stepping down as co-chair next year and so if you think it may be worth a shot for the next two years please get in touch pta@stmichaels.wandsworth.sch.uk. It is a job that can be done alongside full-time work, especially with the wonderful Sheila, but you would probably need some flexibility. Average 2 hrs a week during term time is a good estimate of time involved.

The school is amazing to work with (they really are!) and the army of smiling volunteers that turn up are such a joy. There is so much scope for doing it how it suits and rewards you. We (Sheila and Cora) are happy to chat to anyone interested.

All vital PTA info is at https://sites.google.com/stmichaels.wandsworth.sch.uk/stmichaelsptasite/home.

Your ideas and thoughts are always welcome - pta@stmichaels.wandsworth.sch.uk

Cora and Sheila - PTA Co-chairs

Facebook:@StMikesCoE

Twitter:@StMikesCoE

Don't forget to look out for updates on school life throughout the week on Facebook and Twitter so you don't miss out.

New Facegroup Group for Parents:

This is a closed group for St Michael's parents to share their swaps and buys and sells:

You can put in a request to join the group via this link:

@Parents and Families of St Michael's CE Primary School, SW18

News and Notices:

Year 4 Assembly In Pictures:

Reading For Pleasure:

Advance Notice: Friday 10th February at 2:30pm

All family members and carers welcome and you do not need a DBS to attend.

Come to the usual entrance for your child and enjoy reading with them in a relaxed environment around school.

ABRSM Exams:

For the upcoming ABRSM exam session, running from 27th February until 1st April 2023, we are looking to run the exams at St Michael's.

If your child's private teacher is in the process of organising their instrumental exam, then please let them know that your child can take their exam at St Michael's (rather than an outside venue), but they need to contact Mrs Minster by next week at musicadmin@stmichaels.wandsworth.sch.uk Please note that children who already have peripatetic lessons at St Michael's have already been included in the entry.

Tracey Minster

Head of Music Faculty

School Lunch:

For those children who have a school lunch please see the menu opposite for Chinese New Year:

Wednesday 25th January 2023

Learn To Love To Read

for 2-4 year olds:

Sign up link

Parent Prayer Group:

Meeting in school straight after drop off from 8.30/40 to about 9:15am

Monday 6^th February & Friday 24^th February

Monday 6^th March & Friday 17^th March

Friday 21^st April

Monday 15^th May

Monday 5^th June & Friday 23rd June

Monday 3^rd July & Friday 14^th July

Come through the front office and the Oasis room is through to KS1 on the left hand side.

Prayer Box:

We now have a new prayer box at the front desk of the office for any of your prayer requests.

Please feel free to come and post them into the box in advance of the Parent Prayer Group meetings.

Local Community Events:

Southfields Library:

FREE Online Safety Course for Parents and Carers

Jack And The Beanstalk:

Local Pantomime:

St Ann's Hall, St Ann's Crescent, Wandsworth, SW18 2LR

Running from 20th January - 29th January - see flyer

Website link

Group 4 Theatre for Young People:

Putney Arts Theatre:

February half term:

"A fantastic opportunity for ages 4-11 to get involved in fun and engaging performance-based activities and put on a show for family and friends! "

Beginners Karate Lessons in School:

Please see the flyer opposite for details on beginners lessons at St Michael's, running on Wednesdays from 4:15-5:15pm

Please sign up directly with Omoiyari Karate.

omoiyarikarate@icloud.com

Window Wanderland

Saturday 26^th - Sunday 27^th February 2022

Everyone in the community is welcome and taking part is free.

You can make a display in the windows of your flat, house, business, school, nursery, car, campervan, shop – or in your front garden!

Window Wanderland Southfields Link

Our Inclusion:

ELSA:
We have created some new leaflets for the children explaining our ELSAs :

Emotional Literacy Support Assistants:

The ELSA programme is an initiative designed by Educational Psychologists to help schools support the social, emotional and mental health needs of pupils.

Some of the areas we provide support in are resilience, self-esteem, anger management, anxiety, grief and social communication.

Pets As Therapy

We love having Nelson in to read with the children:

Our PlaygroundChampions Say......

As all parents know, they are able to make an appointment with the class teacher and/or SENCO to discuss concerns they have about their child's learning and development.

In addition to this The Inclusion Team would like to offer parents quick, drop-in opportunities where they can ask Mrs Harris (Deputy Headteacher, SENCo and Mental Health Lead) questions they have about their child.

These sessions will start on Tuesday 13th September 2022 at 8:30-9am and run each week. If you wish to attend please come to reception after drop off.

At the moment these sessions will be run on a first come first served basis, so there may be a queue.

If necessary we may move to a sign up or booking system but we wanted to see how many parents needed these sessions and how well they are attended.

Kind regards

The Inclusion Team

We Love Reading:

Motivational Quotes in the Year 6 Reading Area:

Reflection and Prayers :

The Fruits of the Spirit:

Next week's Gospel Value is:

Kindness:

O Lord,

Give me strength today to show kindness in all that I do.

Help me to open my arms to those less fortunate and extend my hand to those who may need it, so that they may see You in my kind words and actions.

Amen

Loving Saviour,

Help me to live your goodness and kindness each day. Remind me that my actions express who I am even more than my words. May I love as you love. Let me be good to those who wish me harm, forgive those who need forgiveness, and reach out in kindness to all I meet so they can experience the unconditional love of God. Set our hearts on fire for you.

Amen.

...and finally...

...... introducing Milo Bear , the newest member of our SAS Group. ...

He will enjoy going on his adventures, visiting our military families and especially keeping the children company when their loved ones are away...

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