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Newsletter – 4th March 2016 Class News

Arden Road Henley in Arden

Warwickshire B95 5LT

01564 792316 [email protected] www.stmaryshenley.warwickshire.sch.uk

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Class Two Class 2 has been continuing their work on amphibians. Mrs Morrow decided the best way to teach her class the life cycle of a frog, from spawn to tadpole to frog to spawn, was to act it out in the hall. Here is Mrs Morrow leading by example.

Class One Class 1 has been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. They have been learning how to describe shapes using their properties. By hiding shapes in a bag it encouraged the children to use the mathematical language to describe what they could feel.

Class Four Class 4 has been solving problems by using clues to work out the position and order of compound shapes.

Class Three Class 3 has been continuing with their magnet investigation and combining their scientific investigation skills with mathematical knowledge. They have been establishing how close a magnet needs to be for an object to be attracted to it and what is the heaviest object it can lift?'.

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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 04.03.16 Page 2 – Dates and message board

Upcoming Dates Mar 9th Islamic Experience Exhibition for Key stage 2 (Class 3 & 4) Mar 13th FHC pupils to mass followed by

first confession Mar 15th Drumming assembly 12pm Mar 18th Sports Relief Day Mar 18th End of term Apr 4th Back to school Apr 7th Swimming lessons start Class 3 Apr 15th Class 4 visit to Mary Arden Apr 18th Class and whole school photos May 2nd May Day Bank Holiday Monday May 9th Start of SATS week yr 6’s May 16th Class 4 residential May 27th Break up for half term 3pm June 6th Back to school June 24th Sports Day (pm) June 28th Transition Day Year 6 out

New Yr R in school June 28th Transition evening Yr R parents July 4th Speech Day July 14th Family Fun Day (pm) July 21st End of school year 3pm July 22nd Teacher Training Day

Message Board Sunday Mass Mass continues to be at 11.15am on a Sunday morning and children’s liturgy is on every Sunday throughout Lent. The parish newsletter can be found each week on the Parish page of the website under Catholic Life. Easter Holiday Sports Camps Coolsportz Sports Club at Warks College, Henley for ages 4-13yrs. Take part in a number of different sporting activities in a fantastic setting, OFSTED registered so childcare vouchers are accepted. Book early to receive a discount at coolsportz.co.uk or speak to Neil 07912664426, Henley Tennis Club Open Day Open day on Sat 9th April 13.30-16.30. Free tennis for juniors & adults with free coaching available or you can just turn and play for free if you want to just have a go. The first 16 new juniors aged 4-8 to sign up will receive coaching for 6

weeks and receive a free racket. The club

is also offering 10% off membership if you sign up on the day. FOSM Easter Raffle Raffle tickets and poster have gone home in book bags today. Please try and sell tickets to friends and family and return to school by 16th March. Thank you.

Reminders Monday is the deadline for pupils in

Class 3 and 4 to return permission slips and payment for Islamic trip.

All dinner money and wrap around debts must be cleared by Monday 14th March as the end of term is also the end of our financial year and debts cannot be carried over.

The disco is tonight at 5.30 – 7pm in the Memorial Hall.

The March instalment (£35) of the Class 4 residential trip is due by March 14th 2015.

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Henley in Arden Newsletter 04.03.16

Page 3 – School News

Football Tournament

Jaicob, Piers, Kit, Oskar, Elijah and George took part in a year 3 & 4 five a side football tournament on Monday 29th February 2016. The competition was at Kineton High School and many primary schools particapted. The boys played superbly and showed great team work to reach the semi final where they faced Henley Primary who they beat 2-0 to reach the final against Shipston Primary. Earlier in the evening they drew 1-1 with Shipston but in the final we couldn’t get a goal past them and sadly lost 1-0 to finish runners up.



World Book Day

Thank you to ALL of our parents for their support and effort that clearly went into the costumes for World Book Day. The standard gets better each year and it is a pleasure to see the children as their favourite book characters. In the photo above we have Clark Kent, Billionaire Boy, Spencer the Train, Arthur Dent, Zombie, Mary Poppins, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Man Friday and Beast Quest. In addition to these 9 there were Crocodiles, The Gruffalo, Vikings, Huckleberry Finn, Oliver Twists, a Shark and many more original costumes. On the next page you will find the winners from each class.



World Book Day Winners

The teachers had the unenviable task of choosing a winner from each class

which was extremely difficult especially for Miss Duxbury ! Some of the teachers opted for a democratic class voting system instead where the children voted for their favourite costume. The winners, photographed above, who each received a

small stationery prize from Mr Roberts were : Joseph as Mr Tickle, Dylan as The Fantastic Mr Fox, Lily as Claudine Wolf and Myah as Miss Trunchball.



World Book Day Book Swap

As usual, each child received a book token to celebrate World Book Day. Normally the children would take the tokens to a book shop to exchange it for a free book. This year, we went one better and the books came to the children! In the hall we had the full selection of books available for primary school children and each pupil was able to buy one of the six titles on offer using their token. This was a huge success and we must thank Mrs Prescott for organising this.


Page 7 – School News Year 6 Secondary Places

High School offer letters went out this week and our year sixes couldn’t be more pleased. Everyone got their first choice of high school; Oliver successfully passed his 11+ and is going to Alcester Grammar and everyone else is going to our outstanding feeder school, St Benedict’s Catholic High School, Alcester. Well done everyone, we are really pleased for you all. On Tuesday 28th June 2016 all of the pupils in year 6 will visit their new schools for transition day (this is the same day we welcome our new reception children into school). The induction evening for the parents of year 6 pupils at St Benedict’s is also on June 28th from 6pm – 8pm. Alcester Grammar School’s parent transition meeting is slightly earlier on Monday 27th June from 6pm – 8pm. Pupils in year 5 may be interested to know Alcester Grammar’s Open Evening is on Tuesday 5th July 2016. St Benedict’s open evening will be in September 2016 but the date is not yet confirmed.


Page 8 – Pupil Achievements

Artwork of the week

This week’s winner is Charlotte in Reception for this beautiful Mother’s Day card she made independently. Apologies Mrs Mansfield for spoiling your surprise on Sunday but we couldn’t resist.

Well Done! STARS OF THE WEEK

Class 1: Freddie for his fantastic effort in literacy Class 2: Kuba for his brilliant maths work and understanding of

‘greater than and less than.’ Class 3: Lexi for the magnificent effort she has made to improve

the presentation of her work. Class 4: Evie for her intelligent discussion writing Going for Gold: Class 1 Winning house: St Nicholas

Homework winners Class 2: Isobel Class 3: Darci and Jaicob Class 4: Evie

Birthday Corner Happy Birthday to

Dan who is 10 today, Hugo will be 5 on Tuesday

& Grace W who will be 11

on Thursday

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