Please would you let St Bernadette's Class have any DINOSAUR related items, eg toys, pictures, books that you no longer require.   This is to support their topic next term.

Any queries ask Miss Jones.

Many thanks in advance. 

There will be an Easter Cake Sale after school on Thursday 24th March.  Donations of cakes would be very much appreciated.

Thank you to all who came to the Bingo Night and to all who helped to organise and run the event.  It was a great night and we raised £350 for the school

There will be no after school Film Club on Friday March 11th 2016.

Please look under: "Parents," to see a new area, "Mrs Whitgreave's Communications Page." I am responding to feedback that I have had about improving communication between school and home. 

The next meeting of the Friends of Our Lady & St. Oswald's will be on the 11th February 2016, 6.30pm in the school hall.  All are very welcome.

Would parents please not use the staff car park to bring or collect children from school, unless it is an emergency.

Thank you.

 

As you are probably aware, each morning children are asked to choose their lunch for that day.   This includes choosing which vegetables they would prefer.  

From Monday February 8th we are going to trial a different system.  Each morning the children will still choose the main part of their lunch meal, but will not need to specify which vegetables at that time, instead they will choose these at the service point.

We will be monitoring this over the next few weeks.  If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to let us know.

Dear Children and Parents,

In January, we will be launching an exciting reading project in school.

We are going to run a reading journey, all term, based upon the European Cup Football theme.

 

Preparation

The first week back in January, we shall have a creative curriculum week. Each year group will learn about a European country, making a map, a flag, factsheets, artwork and experiencing food from their country. Parents will be invited into an assembly on Friday 8th January to share the work done during the week. The work will then be displayed on the boards around the hall.

 

The Journey

Each child, parent, grandparent and older or younger sibling will have a football with their name on it. When they have read a number of pages or books, their football will progress round each display board to finish in France.

Mid-way through the project, we will celebrate World Book Day, to add to the fun!

 

The Grand Final

A presentation ceremony will round off the whole journey just before Easter. Everybody who takes part will receive a certificate and those who make it to France will receive a, "gold," medal.

 

This will be an enriching experience for all the children. I'm sure that our reporters from, "Our Lady's Star," will be on hand to write a mid-term report as well as a report about the Grand Final!

 

If you are willing to be DBS checked and have some spare time, I would love to hear from you because you could come into school to help to run the project.

 

More details will follow in the new year. It promises to develop reading across the school, raise standards and be fun!

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs L. Whitgreave

 

Thank you to everyone who contributed towards the Poppy Day Appeal this year.  School raised £156 towards the work of the Royal British Legion.