ST OLAVE’S

NEWSLETTER I am still singing along to the songs from “The

Wizard of Oz” after last night’s J3 performance!

The children gave a superb performance of this

musical production, having worked together, with

their teachers, and they should all be justifiably

proud of their achievements.

My thanks, not just to the children but to

the staff,

parents and

Peterites who

have been so

involved in the

multitude of

different tasks

that needed to be done. There are some very tired J3s

this morning.

I have two pieces of staff news to share with you. Sadly, Mr Lawrence will be

retiring at the end of the summer term. He has been teaching at St Olave’s since

2000 and was previously Head of Science and Senior Master, and in the last few

years has been teaching physics and chemistry on a part-time basis. Mr Hunter will

be stepping down from the role of House Tutor of Fairfax House at the end of the

summer term. Mr Hunter and Mr Lawrence have nurtured and inspired the

children in their care and will both be hugely missed from their respective roles.

We will be looking to fill these roles in the first half of next term.

The U13 girls and boys have qualified

for the national hockey finals in May,

which is a tremendous achievement. This followed on from the U11 boys

and girls playing in the North of England

hockey finals this week, and the U13

boys winning the Stonyhurst Rugby

Sevens Plate. It has been so nice to

have better weather for the children to

play sport in this week. The J5 girls are

going on a netball tour to Barcelona in

the Easter holidays.

Nurture and Inspire...

No 12. 22 March 2019 Easter Term

There are Seven Key Values of

St Peter’s School 3–18

Friendship, Trust, Wisdom, Compassion,

Endurance, Humility, Hope

St Olave’s 8 Habits of Learning

Collaboration, Creativity, Curiosity, Embracing Challenge, Empathy, Flexible Thinking, Initiative, Perseverance

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The J4s spent the day in

London yesterday, visiting

Shakespeare’s Globe

Theatre, the Tate Modern,

and then walking across

London to the West End

to watch ‘School of Rock’

at the Gillian Lynne

Theatre. They then had dinner at

Wagamama’s before

getting the train home

(somewhat belatedly due

to level crossing issues!).

Thank you to Mrs Jones

for the huge amount of organisation this trip takes – try

booking 100 rail tickets at the cheapest price when

they’re released for sale! – and all the staff who ensured

no-one got lost on the underground or whilst walking

across London.

The Friends of St Olave’s Family Bingo takes place

tomorrow evening. We have nearly 100 people coming

but can squeeze a few more in so do just turn up at

6.00pm and pay on the door if you’d like to come.

Thank you to everyone who completed the survey about

match teas. There are further details in this newsletter about the changes we are making as a result of the

feedback. We are also introducing a new set of menus

from the start of next term, and will be gathering

feedback from the pupils as to what their thoughts are on

those new meals.

Next week sees our Junior Quiz team taking part in the

first round of the national competition, Junior Schools

Challenge, taking place at Ripon Grammar School. We

also have a team taking part in the Salter’s Festival of

Chemistry competition and had a combined St Olave’s

and St Peter’s team taking part in the United Kingdom

Mathematics Trust team challenge earlier this week. It’s all

go!

Andy Falconer

Master

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Petersport 2019

Dates for your diary Please put these dates in your diary for

this summer's week of fun: Monday 12 August to Friday 16 August

2019.

Miss Fell, Director of Petersport

British Science Week

Science week went off with a bang for J5 as they had a special lesson of explosion demonstrations in their science week lesson. J4 did a’ rainbow

fizz’ experiment using acids and alkalis and then used this reaction to make a chemical

rocket. J1 experimented with UV light and used UV beads in an investigation to see which

material would let most UV light through. J3 and J2 will be doing their science week

lessons later in the term. Thank you to everyone who took part in the ‘coolest’ element vote. There were

over 200 votes and the results were: in 4th place neon; in 3rd place oxygen; in 2nd

place carbon; and in 1st place gold. It was fantastic to have so many people getting

involved and voting.

Digital and online safety talk for parents by Digital Awareness UK | Friday 17 May 2019, 7pm

We are delighted to welcome back Digital Awareness UK, who will be in school talking to pupils and staff of all age ranges on how to staff safe

online and when using mobile phones. Digital Awareness UK are Britain’s leading source of advice for young people, parents and staff on the

latest trends in apps, gaming and online safety. As part of their visit they include a talk for parents.

Register your place for this talk here.

Drugs Awareness and Education Talk by Changing Lives | Tuesday 21 May 2019, 7pm

Illegal drugs are one of the main concerns for parents and young people in today’s world. This talk will give guidance and practical advice for

parents on how to discuss illegal drugs with their sons and daughters, what questions to ask and what signs to look out for.

Register your place for this talk here.

Easter Holiday

School Shop Opening Times

Wednesday 3 April 11am – 1pm

Tuesday 9 April 11am – 1pm

Wednesday 10 April 2pm – 4pm

Tuesday 23 April 11am – 1pm

Emergency medication

Please make sure that children with emergency medication always have it in school with

them. If this is not the case then it will lead to

disappointment if they have to be taken off an

away fixture or miss a trip.

Nearly New Uniform Shop - Easter Opening Times

Thursday 11 April 9am - 11 am.

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Match Teas Thank you to the 183 of you who completed the recent survey we conducted on match teas – a great response rate. It has been incredibly

useful for us to go through each individual response, so thank you for taking the time to give your thoughts.

In headline terms, one third of respondents wanted their children to stay for a hot match tea even if it means arriving back at school later than

5.30pm; one third would rather have a cold packed match tea so that children can be back by 5.30pm or earlier; and one third didn’t have a

strong view either way.

Drilling down into the comments you made, alongside some thoughts we have also had as a staff team, has meant that we are going to

implement some changes in the way we do things. Many of these we have already started to do this term. They include:

When we have Home fixtures on a Games afternoon, even if the opposition decides not to stay, we will have hot teas.

If the majority of the boys or girls in the year group are playing in a home fixture, we will include in the hot tea those children who have

been having Games training, so that a few children aren’t left out. On a non-Games afternoon, when the opposition aren’t staying but are just having juice and biscuits, then we will have juice and biscuits

too. This will allow us to get back into lessons as quickly as possible.

For Away fixtures, if we are offered a hot match tea by the opposition, the venue is close enough to allow us to have a hot match tea,

and we can be back at St Olave’s by 5.30pm, then we will stay for hot match tea.

If the above is not possible, then we will ask for a packed tea where possible.

If our boys and girls are going to the same venue, with similar start and finish times, and time allows, then everyone will have the same

refreshments.

For all fixtures, we will add a row to the Team Sheets which will say what we think is happening regarding match teas, so you can plan ahead as

to whether your child is likely to be hungry when you pick them up. Whilst we can control what happens for home fixtures, there have been

occasions when arrangements at other schools have changed at the last minute.

Despite our best endeavours there will be times when things don’t go exactly to plan. We’re always happy to receive feedback and continually

look for ways in which to improve the pupil experience, and the way in which we nurture and inspire them.

Music trip to the regional festival of Music for Youth

Albemarle Music Centre, Hull 15 March 2019

The St Olave’s Mini-Jazz Band and string quartet attended the regional festival of

Music for Youth in Hull, performing a set of around 10 minutes each to a capacity

audience. The festival adjudicators were full of praise for the two groups, noting the rarity of

the string quartet and championing its inclusion in the festival. The Mini-Jazz Band’s

rhythm section was especially noted as being a highlight, as was the improvisation

that was displayed by every member of the band. The pupils also benefitted from

experiencing an eclectic range of performances from other bands ranging from

samba bands to jazz orchestras, choirs and even a 30-piece beginner year 4 brass

band.

This was a good opportunity to showcase the St Olave’s music department outside

of the school, and also to benefit from the wealth of music-making that is happening

in its many forms all around the region.

invite you to the

Summer Big BashFriday May 24th, from 5pmfor an evening of fizz, G&T andSt Peter’s XI playing on the 1st Team Pitch*

Tickets £50 per person | Tables of 10 People

Chris Houseman Suite, York Sports Club, Clifton Park

Drinks Reception | Fine Summer Fayre | Cash Bar | Disco

Carriages at Midnight

Please put on your summer frocks and smart casual gentlemen’s attire then bring some friends for an informal summer’s evening of good company and cricket followed by food and then dancing when the sun goes down.

Tables are limited, so please indicate your interest in hosting a tableand we will confirm reservation along with payment arrangements.

To reserve a table, please contact us via email at james.rigby@natwest.com

* subject to change