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St Leonard’s RC Primary School Newsletter
We shine in the light of Jesus.
St Leonard’s is a GOOD school!
27.05.2016
Liturgies Spring Term 2016
09.06.16 Yr2
16.06.16 Recep�on
23.06.16 Yr3
30.06.16 No Liturgy
04.06.16 Yr1
11.07.16 Mass
Class of the Week
A(endance
Rec 95.33% Yr3 96.98%
Yr1 97.27% Yr4 94%
Yr2 93.10% Yr5 98.33%
Yr6 90.34%
Whole school a(endance for the week
94.99% (our target is 97%+)
Smileys
Well done to ……………….
Erin Stronach and Kris�an Sco( who
received their Bronze Smileys.
Kadi Hopper received her Gold
Smiley.
The children should be trying to get
approximately 50 Smileys each half
term.
They are awarded
for effort,
showing good
learning
behaviours,
manners and living
the school
values.
Statement of the Week
I try to accept forgiveness from others
Golden Rule Focus
We work hard
Skill Focus
Thinking and Concentra�ng
School APP
If you haven’t
already done so,
please download
the School App as
this will keep you
updated with
school
informa�on, news and calendar events.
If you have a smartphone (Android or
iPhone) you can download Our-
SchoolsApp from Google Play Android or
the Apple Store for FREE. The new app is
available for anyone with a smartphone
to download so grandparents will also
be able to keep up to date with school
events.
School Sports Day
Our parents ,who run the
Friends of St Leonard’s,
are looking for dona�ons
of tombola prizes for the
Sports Day stall . Your
contribu�ons will be gratefully received.
Thank you in an�cipa�on.
Book Looks Thank you to all the parents
and or rela�ves who a(ended the Book
Looks this week. The children appreciate
your support.
RED TED Well done to Luke Hills who
received his RED TED this week.
Don’t forget the
KS1 RED TED
Challenge and
the Rainbow
Reading
Challenge for
KS2.
The Blogs are Live!
Please have a look at
the Class Blogs. They
are accessed via the
website under the tab
WHAT’S HAPPENING.
The blogs are full of magic moments and
interes�ng informa�on about the week’s
learning.
There is a bit of a compe��on going on to
see who can get the most hits.
Totals to date
Recep�on 5,823
Yr1 1,231
Yr2 3,409
Yr3 2,164
Yr4 563
Yr5 1,836
Yr6 760
Golden Assembly
Congratula�ons to all the children
who received an award this week.
Recep�on Isabel Knight & James Duggan
Year 1 Lily Rose Usher & Luke Murphy
Year 2 Emma Herring & Charlo�e Taylor
Year 3 Ava Fiddes & Frankie Murray
Year 4 Aaron Douthwaite & Chloe Gibb
Year 5 Callum Thompson & Robyn Arkley
Year 6 Isabelle Moan & Freya Dickman
Have a lovely half term break. Thank you
to staff, parents and governors for all
your support.
Children,
thank you for
learning well
and making
progress
this term.
Bullying is….. ‘A persistent, deliberate
a(empt to hurt or humiliate’
Punctuality
Please ensure your child is in
their class line for 8.50am.
Late arrivals this week
Recep�on - 4
Yr1 - 6
Yr2 - 12
Yr3 -6
Yr4 - 5
Yr5 - 4
Yr6 - 7
This week’s Total: 44
Last week’s Total: 36
Last week the number of ‘lates’ was very high and this
week’s even higher. Yr 2 is by far the worst class for
punctuality at the moment. Everyone has to do
be(er. Reducing the number of lates is one of our
post OFSTED Targets. Punctuality really must im-
prove. Do ensure the children are ready and in the
class lines for 8.50. If parents would like to offer any
sugges�ons how we can eradicate poor punctuality
please let me know. There is a sugges�on box in the
recep�on area. It is a huge worry that week aGer
week we have high levels of lates. We cannot begin
our journey to outstanding if we do not have be(er
punctuality and a(endance which is consistently
Snowdog comes to St Leonard’s
St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice has teamed up with Wild in Art to stage
Tyne and Wear’s biggest ever mass-par�cipa�on, public art event – Great
North Snowdogs!
The interac�ve trail will feature more than 50 large scale Snowdog
sculptures, inspired by the much loved animated short film, The
Snowman™ and The Snowdog. During Autumn and Winter 2016 you will be
able to follow the trail, collect points with a dedicated app and to try to see
as many of the sculptures as possible.
St Oswald’s Snowdogs, beau�fully decorated by ar�sts and generously
sponsored by local businesses, will be on show for 10 weeks from
September 2016, in loca�ons across Tyne and Wear. They will be joined by
a pack of li(le Snowdog sculptures designed by local school children. The
St Leonard’s Snowdog has been sponsored by Gentoo.
AGer everyone has enjoyed Great North Snowdogs during its 10-week
extravaganza, the large sculptures will be auc�oned to raise funds for St
Oswald’s Hospice. Our Snowdog will come home to St Leonard’s!
AGer half term we will be working, as a school, to come up with a design
for our li(le friend. A lot of our learning will be linked to
this exci�ng project.
The Snowdogs have their own twi(er and Facebook
accounts.
h(ps://twi(er.com/great_snowdogs
www.facebook.com/GreatNorthSnowdogs
h(p://www.stoswaldsuk.org/great-snowdogs/news/
everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-great-north-snowdogs.aspx
The class blogs will keep parents up to date with all the Snowdog related
ac�vi�es we will be involved in.
Walkwise
Every year our Year 2 children take part in the Walk Wise programme
which teaches them the basics of road awareness and road safety.
The children take part in a combina�on of classroom based tasks and
actual walks where they can put what they have learned into prac�ce.
Pupil Voice
Miss McViOe and Mrs Doherty spent some
�me with groups of KS2 boys talking about
learning.
RED TED
Congratula�ons to Henry
Wallbank who received his
RED TED this week.
Pobble
Our published writers this week
are
Aidan Thompson, Luke Murphy &
Orla McKernan in Yr 1
Harry Woods and Charlo(e Taylor in Yr 2
Madison Elmy and Nieve Chandler in Yr 3
Natasha Wardropper, Ruby Stewart, Coy McCor-
mick, Amy Wardropper, Molly Swansbury & Sebas-
�en Morito-Hall in Yr 5
Olivia Eggleston and Freddie Murray in Yr 6
Staff Professional Development
This week all staff par�cipated in training which
was linked to how the brain develops
for learning. There is a lovely clip on Youtube
h(ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgLYkV689s4
6 Facts about the Brain
1. We take in informa�on be(er when it’s visual
2. We remember the big picture be(er than the
details
3. Sleep largely affects learning and memory
4. Sleep depriva�on significantly reduces your
ability to learn new informa�on
5. We learn best by teaching others
6. We learn new informa�on be(er when it’s
linked