Newsletter 11 23rd November 2017

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Congratulations to the following who were awarded a certificate

in school this week:-

Reception Matthew Ava Year 1 Sophia Olivia Year 2 Holly M Poppie Year 3 Katie Seth Year 4 Caitlyn Holly Year 5 Jenna Oliver K Year 6 Annabel Poppy

Winning House

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This term our Christian Values are Service and Wisdom and our British Value is Responsibility. On the 26th November it is Cake

Day! Dear God, we love cake THANK YOU for cake, for all the different types of cake, for celebration cakes, fruit cakes, chocolate cakes, fairy cakes and Mrs Latham’s tiffin…….and so on! Thank you for all the people who bake cakes for us. Amen

Our Motto is:

Believe & Achieve

Our Mission Statement is:

Through Jesus we love, learn and grow

Christian Value Certificates Every so often when teachers see examples of pupils displaying Christian service, certificates will be given out to recognise this. This week the following received these certificates:- Certificate for Year 3 Henry Ball Friendship

Year 2 delivered a fabulous

worship on the Christian value

Wisdom and the British Value

of Responsibility. We were all

reminded of how we become

wise through making the right

choices and that the choices

we make in life we are

responsible for. This poem

summarises all that we have

learnt.

The wise old owl lived in an oak

The more he saw the less he spoke

The less he spoke the more he heard

Why can't we all be like that wise old bird

Well done Year 2!

Everyone is invited to attend St Mary’s Church on Thursday 30th November at

5.00 pm for a Christingle Service. This is a lovely short service and we hope you

can come along and join us.

Christingle collection boxes/envelopes will be given to pupils and these can be brought along

to the service if you wish. All donations go the ‘The Children’s Society’.

Sports

Hall

Athletics

Competition

Well done to our Year 5/6 Sports Hall

Athletic Team who competed with

enthusiasm and great team spirit at

Albany High School on Wednesday.

The team enjoyed a wide range of athletic

activities and all children tried their very

best in everything they took part in.

Well done to our Year 6 Boys Football Team who battled it out in the finals of

the Chorley School Sport Partnership Tournament last night at Holy Cross.

After three exciting and very close games, the team finished fourth overall in the Chorley

district. We are very proud of the commitment and determination they have all displayed

over the last few weeks and we wish them well as they go on to play in the Preston North

End Competition in January. Thank you also to all parents who have supported and

transported the team over the weeks.

Year 4 enjoyed a very educational and interesting visit to

Springfields BNFL Preston. We studied how to stay safe around

electricity , how it is generated and used efficiently.

Sports and Social Clubs w/c Monday 27th November 2017 Monday 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm Coding Club Y5/Y6 3.30 pm to 4.15 pm Zumba Y1/Y2 Tuesday 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm Zumba Y3/Y4 Wednesday 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm Tennis Y3,Y4,Y5 & Y6 Friday 12 noon to 12.35 pm Y3 Recorder Club 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm Tennis R,Y1&Y2 For safeguarding reasons, If your child is in school, has registered for a club and for some reason cannot attend, please inform their class teacher.

Letters home Items we are currently collecting or recycling

Batteries, Stamps, Please send in any used stamps (for Derian House). Batteries to hopefully win money for school.

You can now apply for Primary and Secondary School

places for September 2018. Please apply at

www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools. If you are applying

for a place under Faith grounds, please download the

relevant Supplementary Form. Closing date for

Primary School places is 15th January 2018.

Please take note of the

different finishing times

LCCG require a School Crossing Patrol officer to

cover this school. Working hours will be Monday

to Friday from 08:30 to 09:05 and 15:25 to

15:50, term time only.

For an informal discussion please contact Terry

Watters on 07831 309578.

Please ask family members; grandads, grannies, aunts, uncles, neighbours

if they would be interested. Thank you.

Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Diocese are hosting an

event on 7th December in the stand at Ewood Park to

which we are all invited. Year 3 attended a similar event

in the summer and had a fantastic time worshipping with

others. If you are interested, please contact St James’

Church using the details opposite.

Following our

Spotacular Cake Sale,

£220.00 was collected

and donated to Children

In Need.

Thank you for all your

support.