The Feast of the Archangels 29th September 2017

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St Mary’s, Isleworth Newsletter for
The Feast of the Archangels Michael,
Gabriel and Raphael
29th September 2017
Today the liturgy of the Church celebrates the feast
of these three archangels who are venerated in the
tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like
God?) was the archangel who fought against the
devil and all his fallen angels. Gabriel (Strengh of
God) announced to Zachariah the forthcoming
CLASS ATTENDANCE
birth of John the Baptist, and to Mary, the birth of
2nd – 9th March 2015
Jesus. Raphael (Medicine of God) is the archangel

NURSERY 78.4% who look care of Tobias on his journey.
BUMBLEBEES 96.6%
DOLPHINS 97.6% Top Class
1C 96.3% 6J
1M 91.7%
2F 95.3% Brilliant! Holy Archangels who stand in the presence
2L 91.6%
YEAR 3 98.1% of God! Pray for us!
YEAR 4 97.8% Our Attendance
YEAR 5 93.2% Target is 96%
6J 100%
6M 95.9%

Parking and Safety
It was with great regret that I posted photos of parents’ cars which were parked in
an unsafe way onto the school’s Facebook page. Despite notices in this newsletter
to park away from school and walk the final stretch too many of you are still
attempting to drive and then park in what is a really small car park - you are not
being realistic! Parking inconsiderately puts the safety of children at risk and parking
in private residents bays brings the good name of the school into disrepute. Please
do not try to drive all the way to school. If you have to drive please park away from
school and walk for the final part. It’s the safest way for all of the children and,
whilst Beat the Street is running, you can tag a couple of Beat Boxes on the way.
I shall be using the persuasive powers of the children by asking them to discourage
you from driving at assemblies in the near future.
Praying the Rosary in October
During October why not try to commit to praying the Rosary together as a family?
This time of year it is traditional for churches to celebrate the
harvest. This comes from a time where the growing of crops
locally was the norm and that everyone who grew crops
would bring a sample of the crops they have grown to the
church and give thanks for the harvest. The food was then
donated to those in need.
Today we still celebrate the harvest but in a different way.
We are called by God to help those who are less fortunate
than ourselves. St Mary's is going to make a collection of non-
perishable items and donate them to a local Catholic charity
called Emmaus House (Acton Homeless Concern). http://
actonhomelessconcern.org. We ask that each family, if you
are able, donate non perishable item such as tins, rice, pasta,
pasta sauces etc. The collection will begin on Monday 30th
of October and end on Friday 3rd November. Items need to
be taken to the small hall and Miss Scott will arrange for it to
be collected from there.
Thank you in advance for your support.
UNNAMED UNIFORM

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN’S JUMPERS, CARDIGANS,
COATS ETC., ARE CLEARLY MARKED WITH NAMES.

THERE APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF LOST ITEMS
COMING INTO THE OFFICE WITH NO NAMES, A LOT OF WHICH
APPEAR TO BE NEWLY PURCHASED THIS TERM. THEY ARE BEING
LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE PLAYGROUND AND AT AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS.

THANK YOU
St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Operation DIY

Introduction

One of our school aims is "to encourage children to develop the
skills to become responsible citizens of the future."
We believe that this is vitally important, not just in terms of personal
and social development, but also in terms of developing good attitudes
towards learning and academic achievement.

As part of our Enabling Enterprise Projects we have identified
qualities, attributes and behaviours of children who are independent
and responsible learners. We have sorted these into three
categories: personal, social and community. These are the
responsibility of the school and parents to develop in partnership.

Operation DIY includes lots of tasks where children have to think
independently, take responsibility and use their own initiative in order to
be successful. Some children will find this easier than others, but with
resilience and perseverance everyone will be able to achieve.

We ask that parents support us in achieving our school aim, using the
advice and strategies in this leaflet and by having high expectations of
what their children can achieve independently.

Here's to a successful year implementing ‘Operation DIY’!

P. Formby

Key Stage 1 Team Leader
St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Operation DIY

Supporting Children in Reaching Milestones towards Independence and Responsibility
If a child is unable to manage certain tasks that we would consider
appropriate for their age, we would:

• Ask the child to request help from their parent to teach them the skill e.g. tying a tie
• Encourage them to try for themselves and provide a demonstration if needed (e.g. doing
up a zip)
• Help some of the way and then expect them to continue by themselves (e.g. cutting up
food)
• Only complete a task on behalf of a child if there was a real safety risk (e.g. tying
shoelaces whilst out in the street)
• In school, the children are familiar with the ‘Help Desk’ and using the 3 or 4 B’s
• (buddy, brain, bits ‘n’ bobs and be brave)

If a child asks for help with a problem we might ask them to first think about how they will sort it
for themselves - asking questions encourages learning.
If a child has behaved in a way that is disrespectful to another or the community we would ask
them to consider the impact of their choice.
We will praise and encourage independent and thoughtful behaviour when we see it so that all
children are aware of the things that we value.

Qualities, Attributes and Behaviours of Responsible and Independent Children
These are a selection of the skills we would expect infant children to be working
towards with independence; and junior children to be achieving.
• Make sure that parents see letters and notes from school
• Bring in permission slips, and letters from home and give to the teacher
• To be able to organise their own homework, bring it into school on time
• Carry their own belongings, school bags/PE bags etc
• Be responsible for remembering to bring additional items to school e.g. PE kit,
musical instruments
• To pack their own school bag/PE kit
• Lock their own bicycle/scooter up
• To be able to dress themselves, including ties, shoelaces, zips and buttons
• Use a knife and fork to cut up their own food
• To take responsibility for looking after their own belongings, particularly removable
ones such as coats, jumpers, hats etc
• To take responsibility for looking after their own belongings, particularly removable
ones such as coats, jumpers, hats etc
• To be able to make the right choice about when they need to wear a coat, hat etc.
• Tidy up after themselves
• Look after their own physical needs e.g. going to the toilet and washing hands etc
• To be able to listen to and follow instructions
• To understand the consequences of their own choices
• To take responsibility for the above themselves instead of
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Shortly the children will be bringing home a self-assessment sheet with specific age
- related skills. This will be the opportunity for them to evaluate what they already
do and then select new skills to practice. These can be signed off by parents and the
achievements celebrated in school.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
M T W T F S S

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9.15am Y6 Height 9am Y6 Parent Meeting 9am 4E Swimming 4S Mass in Church In October we
& Weight (School for Rome Trip (Small
Nurses) Hall) Violin lessons CANCELLED (DATE CHANGE) 9am Y1
Curriculum Meeting prayer the Rosary:
9.30 am 4S Piano lessons Professor Bubbleworks (Small Hall)
Swimming Science Club
Our Father, Hail
Athlete London KS1 & Italian Club
Guitar lessons KS2 Football Yoga Club Athlete London Olympic
Sports Club Mary, Glory Be!
Spanish Club
Lego Club PTA Movie Night

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

9.30 am 4S 9am 4E Swimming 5C & 1L Mass in Church
Swimming
Piano lessons Y3 Primary Prom, Royal
10am Y6 Visit Civic Albert Hall Violin lessons
Centre – Local Athlete London KS1 & (made up from 4th
Democracy KS2 Football Violin lessons Oct)

Guitar lessons Professor Bubbleworks Athlete London Olympic
Science Club Sports Club
Spanish Club Italian Club
Lego Club Yoga Club

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Awards Assembly Piano lessons 9am 4E Swimming 5S & 1B Mass in Church

9.30 am 4S Athlete London KS1 &
Swimming KS2 Football Violin lessons Athlete London Olympic
Sports Club
10am Ruth CHANGE OF TIME 4.30 – Professor Bubbleworks
Cadbury MP to 7.30pm Parents’ Evening Science Club KS1 PTA Cake Sale
visit Y6 Meetings Italian Club
Yoga Club CHANGE OF TIME 3.30 –
Guitar lessons 5.30pm Parents’ Evening 3.15PM FINISH
7.00 – 9.00pm PTA Cheese Meetings FOR HALF TERM
Spanish Club & Wine Evening
Lego Club

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM

30 31 1 2 3 4 5

9.30 am 4S Piano lessons 9am 4E Swimming Y6 & Pandas Mass in Individual &
Swimming Church Siblings Photos
Athlete London KS1 &
Guitar lessons KS2 Football Violin lessons Y2 Scooter training

Spanish Club Professor Bubbleworks Athlete London Olympic
Lego Club Science Club Sports Club
Italian Club
Yoga Club
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(cid:120) White Shirt (long or short sleeves providing it is a proper school shirt)
(cid:120) Dark Grey Trousers (appropriate “school” type)
(cid:120) Plain Bottle Green V-Necked Pullover
(cid:120) Plain Bottle Green Tie
(cid:120) Grey Socks
(cid:120) Black "sensible" school type shoes
(cid:120) Coloured Top Coat (leather/denim or large insignia or lettering not permitted)
(cid:120) Winter hats in green with school logo
(cid:120) Painting Overall - either shop bought or anything suitable (eg large shirt) that "protects" own
clothing.
(cid:120) Book Bag (with school logo)
(cid:120) School Bag/Rucksack

(photos as above)

OPTIONAL
(cid:120) Green “Fleece” Jacket with gold logo
(cid:120) Bottle Green Blazer & Badge

Remember
For P.E.
Black Shorts
White Round Neck Tee-Shirt it’s Summer Uniform
Plain Black or Navy Track Suit (optional for winter)
Black Slip-on Plimsolls for indoor P.E.
until this half term!
Black or White Trainers for outdoor P.E.
Short Plain White Socks
Shoe Bag

Summer Uniform - (Summer Term to October Half Term Only)

White Polo Shirt with (optional School Logo)
Black “sensible” school type shoes
Green Sun Hats (optional with school logo)

Uniform may be bought from the supplier below. Uniform that meets this policy can be brought from other
suppliers. If in doubt, please contact the office.

School Days
94 High Street
Whitton
Middlesex TW2 7ZN
Tel: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.schooldaysllp.co.uk
(Suppliers of uniform with logo)
NOV 2016