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Weekly Newsletter

Issue Number 93

20th October 2023


Our vision statement: Be brave. Be great. Be you. 

Our culture statement: We are fun. We are together. 


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Our Value of the month: THANKFULNESS


Dear St. George's families, 

It has been a jam-packed final week of the half-term. We would not have it any other way at St George's!

It was a pleasure seeing such a great number of Year 6 pupils put themselves forward for the new leadership role of Head Boy and Head Girl. Check out the news story below to see how the selection process has taken shape. Every candidate lived up our vision statement of being brave and we are very proud of all candidates. 

Thank you to all families who are ensuring that we live up to our culture statement of 'being together' and ensuring your child attends school regularly. All pupils who have not missed a day at school since September were awarded a special attendance certificate this week. A big thank you to Gemma in the office, who must have a sore hand from writing so many names on certificates!

We ended the week at the church for our Harvest Festival Service. A big thank you to Father Richard for hosting us and to Miss Carney and all of our Faith Team, who led the afternoon. We are very grateful for the contributions pupils made to the food bank. We know that sourcing food is something everyone at St George's cares deeply about and we are proud to be a community of courageous advocates.

We wish you the very best of half-term breaks, full of rest and fun, ready for learning when we return to school. 

Mr Janes

Head teacher

St. George's CE Primary 


Stars of the week

 

Class Star One Star Two
R - Kahlo Class Neriah-Shae Greatness
1 - Jemison Fawaz Kyle
2 - Benjamin Class Helen Sophia O.
3 - Sancho-Thunberg Class Anisatu Andy
4 - Tull Class Casey Kalia
5 - Shackleton Class Shreeya Daniel S.
6 - Best Class Maro Juan-David

Attendance

At St Georges's, our culture statement says:

We are fun. We are together. 

Being together means attending school regularly. This year, we have set a challenging target for attendance to be in line with pre-Covid levels. Each week we will publish our attendance in this newsletter. Please contribute by ensuring your child is in school, not missing out on learning. 

This week's average attendance: 93.49%
Highest class attendance of the week: Sancho-Thunberg Class - 100%
Academic year's average attendance: 94.50%
Our target for the year: 97.00%

Latest News and Learning

31 Oct 2023
Playground Updates!
Check out all of the fantastic plans we have for our outdoor spaces to be completed before the Summer term!
Read more
19 Oct 2023
Waves, Waves, Waves...
In year 2, we have been exploring a famous illlustrator called Beth Krommes. 
Read more
19 Oct 2023
Harvest Festival at the church.
Autumn time is here and with this comes our very popular Harvest Festival at the Church.
Read more
19 Oct 2023
Autumn & Avocados: Making Displays in Nursery
Our Early Years vision statement at St George's is: Be an explorer. Be a trier. Be a talker. Be a creator.  Nursery have certainly been busy exploring and creating this week to create our very own Autumn and Avocado themed displays.  Linked to our topic of 'All About M...
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19 Oct 2023
Head Boy and Head Girl Interviews
The recruitment process is underway!
Read more
19 Oct 2023
Teacher Training
Staff across our Multi Academy Trust came together to learn how to support our pupils even better. 
Read more
18 Oct 2023
Cultural Writers!
Year 5's writing: Stories set in another culture. 
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18 Oct 2023
Mighty Morals!
Best Class have been writing a first person moral story!
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18 Oct 2023
What a wedding!
Year 1 have been learning about special Christian ceremonies.
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18 Oct 2023
Leafy Madness!
Tull Class have been exploring the textures of leaves. Combined with this knowledge and their refined drawing skills this term, they have created beautiful, naturalistic final art pieces!
Read more
16 Oct 2023
Year 3/4 Mixed Football
Year 3/4 Mixed Football Tournament
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15 Oct 2023
Healthy Me!
Kahlo Class have become experts on being healthy this week as part of our topic 'Ourselves'.
Read more
13 Oct 2023
Gogh for it!
'What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?'said Vincent Van Gogh. Year 3 have been courageous and created our own versions of "Sunflowers" by the famous artist.
Read more
11 Oct 2023
Year 5/6 Mixed Football
Year 5/6 mixed football tournament. 
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10 Oct 2023
Football Fanatics
To complete our football unit in P.E, we held a fun competition in our classes.
Read more

Reminders

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Open Classrooms:

Don't forget to add the 9th November to your diary for one of our Open Classroom evenings. You can come in and view your child's exercise books and speak about their learning to their class teacher. 

We have two slots: one straight after school and one later in the evening at 6pm for those who work at that time. 

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Upcoming Dates

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Click HERE to view our event calendar for the whole year. 


Click HERE to view this academic year's term dates. 


INSET Day - Staff only
All Day
20
October
Half term
All Day
From 23 Oct until 27 Oct
23
October
First Day of Autumn Term 2
All Day
30
October
Year 4 Daily Swimming Sessions Fortnight
All Day
From 06 Nov until 17 Nov
06
November
Open Classroom Slot 1
3:30pm – 4:15pm
09
November
Open Classroom Slot 2
6:00pm – 6:45pm
09
November
Anti-Bullying Week
All Day
From 13 Nov until 17 Nov
13
November
National Geography Week
All Day
From 13 Nov until 17 Nov
13
November
Odd Socks Day
All Day
13
November
Children in Need Day
All Day
17
November
Christmas Art Sale - Nursery, Reception, Y1 & Y2
3:30pm – 4:00pm
27
November
Christmas Art Sale - Year 3 and 4
3:30pm – 4:00pm
28
November
Christmas Art Sale - Year 5 and 6
3:30pm – 4:00pm
30
November
Y2-6 Nativity Morning production
9:30am – 10:15am
12
December
Y2-6 Nativity Afternoon production
2:10pm – 3:00pm
12
December