Headteacher’s Newsletters to Parents
Christmas is upon us and what a fitting way to end with such wonderful performances from the children.
The Infant Nativity provided us with a wonderful display of acting and singing. Many parents commented on the abilities of such small children.
For the first time the Junior classes performed a Carol Concert in Our Lady of Grace Church.
A big ‘thank you’ to Father Michael, to all the teachers and support staff for co-ordinating and assisting this year’s excellent musical contributions and congratulations to the children for providing such wonderful Christmas entertainment.
Thank you for your generous donations collected after all the performances (£367.56) This will go to support Demelza Children’s Hospice. The money raised from the Christmas Hamper (£235) will go to help the children of St Anne’sSchool,Ugandaand the raffle will be drawn on Friday morning.
Christmas Fayre
The Christmas Fayre which was held last Sunday, raised a £1,000. This money will be put towards enriching the children’s experiences at school.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event, the atmosphere and attendance was excellent.
Finally, my thanks go to the PTFA for their work in leading the event. Without their drive and enthusiasm all this would not have been possible.
Community Events
Carol Concert
As part of the Deanery celebrations at St. Peter’s Church Woolwich, the school choir were asked to perform along with other Choirs from around the Deanery. The afternoon was a great success! Thank you to the staff and parents who gave up their time for this community event.
Carolthon
Thank you to the staff, Governors and parents who together with the school’s choir, braved the freezing temperatures to sing Christmas Carols in Eltham High Street in support of theGreenwichand Bexley Hospice.
St Joseph’s Court Guitar Carol Concert
The School was once more invited to perform Carols to the residents ofSt Josephs Court. Thank you to Steve Mc Higgins and Miss McDermott for leading this event.
Parents Forum
Thank you to those parents who came to the recent forum. At the meeting we went through the schools successes, together with the main priorities for the school for 2011/12 academic year.
New Ofsted Parent Website
A new Ofsted website has been set up to enable inspectors to gather parent’s views on their children’s school.
It would be great to collate a bank of your views from the day to day aspects of your children’s learning, to the special events, assemblies, masses and whole school events that take place over the course of the year.
If you would like to submit your views, please log on to the website below and follow the instructions given – http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk
After-school Clubs
All After-school clubs will begin again week commencing 9th January 2012. The ICT and Cricket clubs are now full but we still have spaces for French, Spanish, ActivKids, Tiny Tennis, Taekwondo & Drama.
The School is proud of its musical provision incorporating Piano and Guitar. These places are limited, however if you would like to put your child’s name on the waiting list, please contact the office staff.
Dates for your diary
- Wednesday 4th January 2012 – Children return to School
- Week beginning 9th January – After-school clubs start
- 13th January – 2.30pm – PTFA AGM
- 20th January – 2.00pm – Nick Raynsford MP, visiting school
- 1st February – Year 5: ECS Trip
- 3rd February – Year 4: ECS Trip
- SPRING TERM PARENTS EVENING – Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th February
- 8th - 10th February – Year 6 School Journey
On behalf of all the Staff and Governors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generous support this term and wish you and your families a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
Sean Small
Headteacher
