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Welcome Back

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. The children are back in school refreshed and ready to learn after the break. We look forward to

continuing our successful partnership with families and thank you once again for your continuous support.

Fantastic Friday – Friday 17th January 2014

Children who are on packed lunch or home dinners during the week have the option of having a school dinner on a Friday. This is at a cost of £1.90. The menu is:

Spicy Cheese Pizza with Chips, Jacket Potato, Baked Beans, and Ice Fruit Smoothie.

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Congratulations to our Chair of IEB Mr Kennedy who has been honoured with an MBE for his services to the community.

Reminders

•School day begins at 8:50am and finishes at 3:05pm. Children break for lunch at 12noon. If your child is on home dinners, please ensure they are back at school by 12:45pm as lunch break ends at 12:55pm. •Key Stage 1 – Milk money is now due for Spring Term. Please send £3.50 with your child in an envelope with their name and year group on it.•If you have not already done so, please send your child’s PE kit into school. Please ensure you clearly label all clothing with your child’s name and class. Thank you.•As the weather is getting colder, please ensure your child comes to school with a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves. Please ensure they are wearing sensible black school shoes.•Healthy Schools – If your child brings a packed lunch, can you please send them into school with a healthy dinner. There has been a high number of children who have been bringing chocolates/crisp for their lunch. A small chocolate treat can be given to your child on Friday. Thank you.

Club Exhibition

Club Exhibition will take place on Monday 13th January 2014 –

8:15am to 8:30am and 3:15pm to 4:00pm.

Places for all clubs will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Parent Ambassador Please note – The next Parent

Ambassador Meeting on Thursday 16th January 2014 has been

cancelled. New date to follow.

Parent GovernorsYour child will have brought home a ‘Parent Governor Election’ form’. If you wish to stand for election as a

parent governor, please submit the nomination form (PG/2) and return to school no later than Thursday 23rd January 2014. If there are more forms submitted than there are

vacancies, there will be an election by secret ballot.

Phonics WorkshopCome along and join us at

our phonics workshop starting next Wednesday

(15th January 2014) 8:50am to 9:20am. These will

continue every Wednesday for 4 weeks. Come and work with your child and try lots of fun ways to help with their

phonics.

Golden Book WinnersCongratulations to all the children who were the Gold Book Winners for

this week. They are;

Reception – The Snail and The Whale group, Room on the Broom GroupYear 1 – Imaan Younis, Jamal Bashir and Miss Sweetmore

Year 2 – Hassan Nazir and Alisha MusaYear 3 – Jannah Ali and Iram Malik

Year 4 – Faiqah Rehman and Mobasher FarooqYear 5 – Qasim Hussain and Rimika Sharma

Year 6 –Adam Hussain and Zahra SeedatWelfare Star’s – Oliver Haworth in Reception and Aisha Shafiq in Year 1

A big well done to all of you.

Diary Dates

Wednesday 15th January Phonics WorkshopWednesday 12th February Grandparents Breakfast Club (Details to follow)Friday 14th February Charity Day Friday 14th February School finished at 3:05pm for half term holidayMonday 24th February School re-opens for Spring Term 2Monday 3rd March Parents EveningMonday 10th March Sacred Heart’s Got Talent AuditionsW/c Monday 17th March Science WeekFriday 21st March Year 4 Drumming PerformanceFriday 28th March Sacred Heart’s Got TalentW/c Monday 31st March Year 5/Year 6 BikeabilityFriday 4th April School closes at 1:30pm for Easter BreakTuesday 22nd April School re-open for Summer Term

This week’s attendance award goes to Reception

class . Well done Reception!

Breakfast Club

Children are welcome to attend Breakfast Club from 8:00am until 8:30am every

morning. Breakfast club is £1 per child per day and everyone is welcome.

Tuesday Treat next week will be ‘Cheesy Toasty’.

Top TableNoureddin Alsagher and Nabeel Ahmed in Reception, Jana Jamileh and Maryam Iqbal in Year 1, Muhammd Faiz Iqbal and Kazim Shah in Year 2,

Ruhina Vaid and Aleesha Khan in Year 3, Shuaib Hussain and Abdourahamane Diallo in Year 4, Iman Ahmed and Rozina Gazra in Year 5

and Hamzah Ahmed and Zain Pennells in Year 6

House Point winners this week are Pearls.

Well done!

PE Awards to be

given out from next

week …

Teller of the WeekAll our Tellers this week have done a wonderful job letting the school know who the Gold Book winners were in

their class.

The ‘Teller of the Week’ this week goes to Armaan Ali in Year 3.

Mathletics Award goes to Year 4 this week.

Well done!