Dear Parents and Carers

“To follow Jesus means to share his love for every human being.”

 

Today we received a visit from Mrs Annemarie Whittle our Trust’s CEO and members of her central team. Their visit was to share the light from a Jubilee Candle as part of the Jubilee Year announced by Pope Francis.

Mrs Whittle and her team joined us in a special liturgy planned by members of our school liturgy team. The children outlined what the Jubilee means and how we should all be pilgrims of hope.

 

After the liturgy Mrs Whittle and her team visited the children in their classrooms.

 

A great big thank you to Mrs Whittle and her team for visiting us today and well done to the children for planning such a lovely meaningful service.

 

Next Week is Music Week

Mrs Withey-Harrison has been working hard planning our school’s music week. The children will be taking part in lots of musical activities throughout the week e.g. on Monday the children will be able to take part in Bollywood/Indian Dance workshops, on Wednesday they will be able to watch a woodwind performance and some of our instrumentalists will be showing off what they have learnt over the course of the week.

 

Our music week will end on Thursday 13^th February at 2:00 p.m with a whole school music concert based on the theme of “Giraffes Can’t Dance”. Parents are welcome to join us but please be mindful that it will be a bit of a squash to get everyone in.

 

KIdenza Music Orchestral Concert at Highworth

The Kidenza orchestra will be performing at Highworth on Friday 14 February. As St Simon’s has an inset day the Kidenza Orchestra wanted to extend the offer of attending the 9.30am concert (suitable for primary pupils) to families who may wish to come along.

 

The concert will begin promptly at 9.30 and last approximately 65 minutes. The cost per person is £4.50 and tickets can be booked directly with Kidenza by emailing education@kidenza.co.uk.

 

INSET Days and Half term Holiday

Friday 14^th February is an INSET Day(Staff Training Day) and is the beginning of the Half-term holidays for the children. Monday 24^th February is also an INSET Day so the children are expected to return to school on Tuesday 25^th February.

 

Breakfast and After-school Club

This is another reminder that if you wish your child/children to attend our Breakfast Club or After-school Club this must be booked in advance using the forms available on our website or via the school office. This is so we can make sure we have enough staff and food etc. to cover the clubs.

 

In both our clubs we can safely only accept a maximum of 24 children.

Both clubs must be paid using a valid ParentPay account.

 

Donations of useable Scooters

If anyone has any old scooters that are still usable that they would like to donate to the school for the children to use on our scooter track these would be greatly appreciated.

 

Dangerous Parking

This is now the 3^rd week I am reminding parents to park safely and with consideration for others. Is it going to take a nasty accident to make drivers stop and think?

 

Parent Governor Elections

This is a reminder we have two vacancies for parent governors on our Local Governance Committee. The role involves attending termly meetings, attending relevant training as well as supporting the monitoring of different aspects of the children’s education.

 

 No special qualifications are needed, the most important thing is to have a keen interest in the school and be prepared to play an active part in the Governance Committee work.

 

 For more details, please read the invitation letter sent home which can also be found on the Latest News Tab of our website or speak to me or any of the Local Governance Committee.

 

With best wishes

 

 

Peter McCabe