Friday 25th September 2015 Newsletter

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Good Shepherd Catholic
School Newsletter
Volume 1 Issue 3
Date 25.09.15
Year 6 Commitment Mass
Sunday 27th September 9.00am
September
27.09.15
On Sunday 27 September at 9.00am we join
together with our Year 6 children as they begin their
journey to becoming full members of the Catholic
Church.
28.09.15
29.09.15
30.09.15
October
As a Catholic school it is important that we support
our children as they begin their journey to receive
their final sacrament at primary school –
Confirmation.
01.10.15
Please support the children by attending Mass with
your family.
14.10.15
School Mass
Wednesday 30th September 2015
11.00am
02.10.15
07.10.15
15.10.15
20.10.15
24.10.15
HARVEST FESTIVAL
2ND October 2015
9.05am
On Friday 2nd October we will be holding our
Harvest Festival for CAFOD. We are asking
for donations to support CAFOD’s ‘Brighten
Up’ appeal. Children will be given an
envelope to put donations in. We would ask
for at least a pound from everyone so we can
beat our total of £226.39 from last year. As
always, parents are welcome to join us.
Thank you to the parents who attended the ‘meet
and greet’ with the staff on Tuesday evening, and
School Mass on Wednesday.
9.00am Commitment Mass, St
Elizabeth’s Church
Year 2 trip to Selly Manor
Football Match Good Shepherd v
Corpus Christi (H)
11.00am Mass Yrs.1, 3 & 5 – Led by
Yr.5
Netball Match Good Shepherd v
St John Fisher
9.05am Harvest Festival
11.00am Mass Yrs.2,4 & 6 – Led by
Yr.6
11.00am Mass Yrs.1,3 & 5 – Led by
Yr.1
Reception parents meet & greet
with Mrs Clarke 1.30pm
Y6 Coventry Blitz trip
Half term holiday starts
November
02.11.15
03.11.15
Parents of children in Years 1, 3 and 5 are
cordially invited to join children and staff
for daily mass led by Year 5 at 11.00am.
Diary
Teacher training day, school closed
Children return to school
Teacher Training Days
02.11.15
04.01.16
27.06.16
04.01.16
Job Vacancy
SENIOR Lunchtime Supervisor
There is currently a vacancy in school for a
SENIOR Lunchtime Supervisor. Working hours
are 11.45-1.15pm - 7.5 hours per week at Grade
3. Anyone who is interested, please contact
the School Office
School Meals for Reception
Year 1 and 2
If your child is in one of these year groups and has a
packed lunch. Week beginning 28.09.15 your child can
still bring their packed lunch but will also be able to
taste the meals that are being served.
~Nur
Please encourage your child try the meals.
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Secondary School Admissions 2016
Actual Attendance 97.4%
School Target: 97.0%
Week ending 18/09/2015
Well done Reception
Reception: 100%
Class 1
95.3%
Class 2
95.1%
Class 3
97.5%
Class 4
99.3%
Class 5
96.0%
Class 6
98.6%
Antoni Oliwier
Joseph Honey
Theo
Siena
Padraig Grace
Ollie
Zofia
Jessica Bruno
Oliwia
Kaitlyn
Olivia
Patryk
Tharmezan
Oskar
Amelia
Gracjan
Keevie
Akudzwe
Aaron
Ruiz
Weronika
Michalina
Erin
Aeron
Harleigh
Mateusz
This week Y6 parents will have received an application form for
Secondary School. You are also able to apply-online.
•
Closing date for receipt of online and paper applications 31
October 2015
•
Deadline for parents changing address 23 December 2015
•
Parents who made an online application will receive an email
regarding outcome 1 March 2016
•
Parents who submitted paper application will be sent a letter
regarding outcome 1 March 2016(2nd Class)
Please contact the Admissions and Benefits Team if you require further
information:
Theresa Quinn (Admissions & Benefits Officer) 7683 1577
theresa.quinn@coventry.gov.uk
Sue Heawood (Admissions Manager) 7683 1612
sue.heawood@coventry.gov.uk
Birthdays this week
Yr.4 Jesse
Yr.3 Ethan
Yr.N Tyler
Yr.4 Kwame
Yr.N Mateusz
Yr.1 Reece
Star of the Week
Reception - Bruno L
Year 1 - Juliana M
Year 2 - Brajan
Year 3 - Ashton S
Year 4 - Marcel
Year 5 - Aaron D
Year 6 - Taylor C
Sports Star of the Week
Reception
Year – 1
Year – 2
Year – 3
Year – 4
NO STARS THIS WEEK
Year – 5
Year – 6
Courtesy Award
Piper – Year 5
Effort Award
Alan G – Year 2
Arts/Music
Stacey, Tracey, Diamond, Bennie and Kevin –
Year 4
Why not join our 286 Twitter followers
for the latest Good Shepherd news.
@GoodShepherdCOV
Rising 5’s Primary Admissions 2016
Parents of Nursery children will this week coming be given their
application form to apply for their choice of school. You are able to
apply on-line or on a paper application.
•
Closing date for receipt of online and common application
forms 15 January 2016
•
Deadline for parents changing address 15 January 2015
•
Parents who made an online application will receive an email
regarding outcome 16 April 2016
•
Parents who submitted paper application will be sent a letter
regarding outcome 15 April 2016 (2nd class)
Please contact the Admissions & Benefits Team if you require any further
information:
Jayne McKinnon (Admissions & Benefits Officer 7683 1622
jayne.mckinnon@coventry.gov.uk
Jacqui Murray (Team Leader) 76831780
Jacqui.murray@coventry@coventry.gov.uk
Sue Heawood (Admissions Manager) 7683 1612
sue.headwood@coventry.gov.uk
Football
On Wednesday 23rd September we had a Football
match against St Gregory’s. The final score was
Good Shepherd 3 – St Gregory’s 2. Well done
everyone.
Man of the match was Brandon P.
Road to Rio
Many thanks to everyone who sent me the forms
for outside activities you and your child take part
in. I am still inputting the information but I am
very proud to inform you that as individual
classes we are in the top 10. There are over
2,000 teams entered from all over the country.
As a whole school we are now top of the 'get set'
hall of fame! That is a fantastic achievement,
please keep it up and if anyone has not already
filled in the forms please do so. Parents,
remember any physical activities you do can be
added to your child's class score and whole
school team too. So far we have converted
minutes to kilometres and have travelled half
way to Rio!
Thank you
Mrs Vince