Admin@smaaa.info or Telephone us on 0151 477 8400.
Admin staff who will answer your calls:
Mrs L Doyle a.m.
Mrs S Elder p.m.
Staff who are out of class to help
Miss A L Bowman - Headteacher
Ms M Trayer - Deputy Headteacher
Mr C Lewis - Safeguarding Lead
😷 Face Masks Must Be Worn At ALL Times -
As You Approach School
& Within The School Grounds! 😷
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Friday 7th May 2021
Dear families,
It's been another eventful week in school....one of our highlights was the author Michael Rosen being part of the school day!
Can you believe it?
Our children joined Michael Rosen on his online poetry workshop this week. He made us listen and laugh!
He was an amazing inspiration who helped us all to learn about how to write a poem about any topic-even silly ones.
Children, you listened and joined in very well. Give yourselves a pat on the back!
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Reading
Congratulations to the children who have logged onto Oxford Owl to complete their home reading.
Children can receive the following awards for their reading success:
Bronze – read 3 Oxford Owl books
Silver- read 6 Oxford Owl book
Gold-read 12 Oxford Owl books
If you read at home, every day, you will easily be able to get one of the above an awards by the end of the Summer Term 2021.
Staff will be looking for ways that children are reflecting on their reading e.g. infant children drawing a picture or poster.
Junior children writing a character profile or listing interesting words.
You can send your pictures etc via Google Classroom.
Good Luck everyone.
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School Life & Community News
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End Of Year Reports
All children will receive an end of year report, this will be in the second half of the summer term.
We are also planning how we can safely support staff and families in delivering Open Afternoon in the second half of the Summer term.
Keep a look out for more information in future newsletters.
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Bringing Items Into School.
Can we please remind parents and children that items from home (Such as Teddy Bears, Toys, Stationery, Fidget Spinners etc.) should not be brought into school.
We must keep the building COVID-19 secure, to keep all our families safe!
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Get Healthy With The Veg Van
The Veg Van will once again be out and about around Kirkby - (But with new times.)
Catch them each Thursday at the following places.
• The Falcon Pub car park, Southdene, L32 9PF 11:30 - 12:30
• Northwood Community Centre car park, L33 9TW 12:45- 13:30
• St Andrews Church car park, L33 1ZF 14:45- 15:30
Fruit & vegetables will be on sale at great prices. The service also accepts Healthy Start vouchers.
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Resilience helps us to bounce back when things get tough or do not go as we want or expect.
This Weeks' Tip for Home:
Learning to join in a game (board game/sport) is a vital life skill.
Learning that not always being the winner is supporting the children’s resilience.
Building resilience at an early age will help with mental health and wellbeing in later life. It also helps with friendships and confidence.
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Remember the top tip from last week:
Celebrate positive parts of the day each evening.
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Developing Our Independence
Next Friday we are having a PSHE day in school this is to cover the new parts of the PSHE curriculum.
Next week each class will be learning about some age - related safety aspects of life e.g. water safety / first aid / sun safety / emergency service.
After the half-term Year 6 will be joining in the Adam Ellison Foundation workshops. The focus of these workshops is knife crime.
Parents...Please support us by joining in the conversation with your children around these important topics!
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Year 6 Swimming Lessons.
Swimming lessons will continue for Year 6 on Monday 10th May. Please make you have all the correct kit in school each Monday!
Swimming lessons are part of the National Curriculum and are not optional!
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Day of Many Colours
Our School Council suggested that we celebrate our school community and everyone being special. They wanted everyone to be colourful and cheerful.
On Friday 21st May (The last day of this half term) all classes will be coming to school dressed in colourful clothes.
Please start to think about how colourful you can be!
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Attendance has been brilliant since we returned to school following the Easter break.
Last week the children attended 98% of possible sessions - That's amazing!
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
(This excludes Covid-19 related absences that can't be helped!).
Sadly, attendance has slipped a bit this week!
So, next week let's try really hard to get it back up!
Remember Everyday In School Counts!
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The best attenders so far this term are...
Class 10 - Miss Hester = 98.79%
Class 9 Miss Rossiter = 98.10%
Class 4 Miss Haigh & Ms Trayer = 98.01%
This is Brilliant - Keep Up The Good Work!
Come on every other class... let's beat them next week... by being in everyday!
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Attendance - Reporting Absences
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Reporting ALL absences is even more important at the moment. This helps us to keep the building Covid-19 secure.
Parents please make sure you follow our procedures, so we don't have to isolate any bubbles.
Please telephone school on 0151 477 8400 on the first day of absence. You can also send an email to Admin@smaaa.info
Tell our admin staff the reason for the absence, and when you expect your child to return to school.
All unexplained absences will be looked at by our Attendance Lead, & possibly the School Attendance Service, so it's really important that you report all absences by 10am on the first day of absence!
Remember if your child is off school due to illness, hospital or dental appointments, you must also send an email with a copy of the medical letter / proof to Admin@smaaa.info
We cannot authorise any absence without proof!
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Final Plea From Year 5...
Let’s help our children to be part of the prize giving ceremony in the summer.
Please vote, vote, vote.
Thank you from Yr 5.
  
https://schools.dot-art.com/schools/st-michael-and-all-angels-catholic-primary_85/
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Wednesday Word
This weeks Wednesday Word looks at the theme of "Love"
Click on the picture below to read the full magazine.
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Pope Francis sends us inspiration via his tweets.
Our favourite one this week is....
"God saves with love, not with force; offering Himself, not imposing Himself"
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Celebrate the Week - Class Awards
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This weeks class teacher awards go to...
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Well Done To Everyone !
Keep Up The Good Work!
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Sign of Safety & Wellbeing
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Online Safety
Click on the keyboard above to acess this months online Safety newsletter.
This month we cover Nintendo Switch, Houseparty, Snap Chat, Roblox and more!
Parents... it's vital that you put the safety locks in place that are needed to protect the children from online harm!.
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Remember:
If anyone in a household is sick or showing signs of illness;
nobody from the household should come near school.
If someone is waiting for a Covid-19 test result
the whole household should not come near school!
If anyone in household has a cough, temperature, or loss of smell,
then a PCR test is needed, at a test centre, lateral flow tests cannot be used!
We do not want anyone put at risk!
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Please note that the situation around Corona virus is rapidly changing and the information is correct at the time of sending this communication.
We will be updating further, as we have further information available.
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