10th February

2012 No. 6

Dear Parents and Children

Thank you for all your support, best wishes and goodies that were sent in during our Ofsted inspection. We cannot comment on the outcome until the inspector has compiled and published his report which should be soon after the holiday. Well keep you posted and will make sure that you all receive a copy as soon as possible. As you all know, Mrs Rayner has now retired and on her last day was presented with a flowering cherry tree and some other little gifts from the school. We have been overwhelmed by the responses received for the post of school administrator and will let you know as soon as an appointment has been made. We hope you all have a restful half term holiday. Mrs. J Anderson
Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do your will. Amen. (St Ignatius Loyola)

StThomasofCanterburyPrimarySchoolNewsletter

Stars of the Week: Dexter Y6; Zachary Y5; Connar Y4; Megan
Y3; Noah Y2; Oliver and Grace Y1; Lilli YR. Well done everyone!

School dinners: Monday: Beef and onion pie; Tuesday: Roast Turkey;

Wednesday: Beef Tortilla; Thursday: Roast Pork; Friday: Fish. If you have not

settled your school dinner account please supply your child with a packed lunch after half term. Thank you.

School Closure We have just received confirmation that we are having

development days on 20th June and 4th July 2012 when the school will be closed to children.

Parents Evenings: We are postponing parents evening by one week because of

the Ofsted inspection which meant that we havent been able to get the appointment slips out to you in time. These will come out after half term.

Ash Wednesday: Deacon Peter is joining us for an Ash Wednesday liturgy on

the 22nd February. Please come and join us in school at 9am as we begin our Lenten journey.

FOSTA I am really pleased to tell you that the ladies who are voting members of
the FOSTA group are holding a meeting on Wednesday 22nd February at 1pm in the Eight Bells. It is hoped that a new management committee consisting of Chair, ViceChair, Treasurer and Secretary will be voted in. All parents, grandparents and friends of the school are welcome to attend. Please do come along and show your support or see Kirsty Cooper or Alison Joynes for more information.
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Next Sharing Assembly is on Friday 2

Other notices of interest:

March at 2pm.

Reception Class parents would like to join the class for some literacy and numeracy topic games: 2 2.45 on 3rd Feb, 10th Feb, 24th Feb, 9th March, 16th March and 23rd March. Please see Mrs. McCraith if you would like to help.

Reception Class Parent Activity Afternoons There are still some spaces on the following dates if any

Advance warning! Come and play African Drums with your child week! Please join your childs

class playing African drums on Monday 12th March, 9-10am Y6 Tuesday 13th March, 9-10am Y3 Wednesday 14th March, 9-10am Y5 Thursday 15th March, 9-10am Y4 Thursday 15th March, 2-2.30pm Y2 No hand jewellery can be worn when playing the drums so all rings, watches and bracelets will have to be removed.

Community CAMHS has launched an online survey for children and young people on the Isle of Wight to give feedback on what they want from their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The survey can be reached at www.puzzledout.com by using the code IOW001. As part of the survey, we would also like a child or young person from the Island to design our new service logo. This logo would then be used on all our published material, so it's a big deal! The designer of the logo chosen will win an MP3 player. Details of how to enter the competition are included in the puzzledout survey. Please note that the survey is due to close on Monday 20th February so all entries need to be in by then.

Thursday 16th February from 1pm 4pm at Carisbrooke College sports hall is PARK LIFE MINI, run by REVIVE and Carisbrooke Central Cluster Extended Services. For children up to 12, all activities are free and include football, face painting, parachute games and challenges and a bouncy castle. There are also free refreshments for children and adults. For more information please ring Matt on 07825 199727 or visit the REVIVE website:www.revivenewport.org No booking necessary- come and join us at Carisbrooke College Sports Hall.

Something for Families Half Term Park Life Mini