School Hockey Team

Well done to our hockey team who competed in the North Tyneside Catholic Schools hockey competition at

St. Thomas More Academy this week. Our team, managed by Mrs Hughes and playing in their first competition

did themselves proud and came third! Well done to all involved.

End Of Key Stage SATs

Our Year 6 children will be taking their statutory end of Key Stage tests, more usually referred to as SATs, during the

 week starting Monday 14th May 2012 and finishing on Friday 18th May. All Year 6 children in the country will be

taking the tests at the same time and it is vitally important that the children are in school, on time and for the full week.

We will be arranging a meeting for Year 6 parents to outline our revision programme for the children and ways in

which you can help early in the next half term. Can I please ask that parents don't book holidays for the children

during this week. Our Year 2 children will begin their SATs during the week beginning Monday 7th May 2012. We

will be holding a Year 2 parents meeting to let you know what we do during SATs week early in the next half term.

Again, can I please ask that parents avoid taking holidays during the week of the SATs.

BBC2 500 WORDS

A lot of our children are taking part in the BBC 2 500 Words Story Competition through the BBC website.
Details of the competition can be found on the BBC website at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/500words/2012/submit-your-story/.ill  We will give children time in school to use the
 ICT suite to type out their stories if they need it. The closing date for the competition is Thursday 1st March 2012.

Question Of The Week

We have been using our Monday morning assembly in school to read and discuss the previous Sunday's Gospel
reading. At the end of the assembly we have a whole school 'Question Of The Week' which asks the children to
think of some aspect of that Gospel and how it relates to their lives. The children then revisit the question in their
classes during the week when they plan and lead liturgies in small groups. I will start putting the question at the top
of our newsletters and you can ask them what they chatted about.

Friday Night Fever

Ticket sales are going well for Friday Night Fever the family fancy dress fun night organised by the PTFA for Friday 24th February 7.30pm~11pm at the North Shields Terminus Club. There will be prizes for the best fancy dress and lots of dancing and games. Dust down your flares and get your tickets which are available from the Foundation Stage staff or from members of the PTFA and cost £1.50 per adult and 50p per child.

Parents Evening

Thank you to everyone who came along to our parents open evening last Tuesday night, there was a fantastic turnout. The relationship between families and school is one of the most important factors in a child's education and our parents drop in sessions are a brilliant way of making and keeping strong links between families and school.