St William of York Parent Newsletter - Friday 28th March 2025 | |
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This week's letter from Mrs Mayers...
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Dear Parents and Carers
We have had a fantastic week celebrating our Science Week and there have been lots of memorable moments for the children. We are very grateful to all of the parents who came into school to talk about their jobs - the children were fascinated by the different ways that science plays an important role in lots of different types of jobs. The children also enjoyed meeting and talking to Laura Tobin, who is a scientist and meteorologist for ITV News. Thank you to Mr Taylor, our Science Lead, who has worked hard to organise lots of exciting science events for the children.
We have all been enjoying looking after the ducklings that have hatched in our Reception classroom. At the moment, we have three ducklings and they have been very popular this week! We will keep a close eye on the other duck eggs over the weekend and hopefully we will have more ducklings for the children to hold on Monday.
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Kind regards
Hayley Mayers (Headteacher)
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 Staff Update
It is with mixed emotions that I announce that Mrs Webster, our Yr2 Teaching Assistant, will be leaving us at the end of this term. Mrs Webster has worked at our school for the last ten years and has contributed so much to our community during her time here. She is moving on to a new role as a nanny for a local family. We are very sad that she will be leaving but we are also happy for her as we know she is excited about a new role and we wish her every success in this next chapter. We are in the process of recruiting a Teaching Assistant to support in Yr2 and I will update you on the progress of this next term.
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 This week's Friday Club was... Gabriel, Pharrell, Malachi, Petru, Theo and Olivia.
Well done to all of you! You have been recognised for always being ACE and for consistently going 'over and above'.
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 Lewisham Foodbank
Thank you to everyone who has donated Easter Eggs and other items to Lewisham Foodbank.
We will be taking the donations to the Foodbank next week.
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Book Fair
I would also like to say thank you for supporting our Book Fair this week - this helps us to raise some money to replenish the books in our book corners and library. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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 | 27 Mar 2025 We have had a fantastic week at SWOY celebrating science! |
 | 26 Mar 2025 Yr6 went on a trip to the Imperial War Museum to learn more about World War II. |
 | 25 Mar 2025 KS2 learning about Passover. |
 | 25 Mar 2025 This week we had duck eggs arrive |
 | 24 Mar 2025 Laura Tobin came to visit us at SWOY |
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School Information / Reminders
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Early Years Parent Workshop - Tuesday 1st April 2025 at 9am
Our Reception class teacher and EYFS Lead, Miss Dempsey, will be running a Parent Workshop next week in the music room (next to the library). The session is aimed at parents with children in Nursery or Reception and will cover an understanding of the Early Years curriculum and approach that we use. Please do join us if you can!
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Violin Concert
Monday 31st March 2025 @ 9.45am
Next week, the children who have been learning how to play the violin will be performing the songs that they have been busy perfecting.
Do join us if you can!
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End of Term
The spring term will end at 2pm on Wednesday 9th April 2025. Please note the early finish time for the last day of term.
Children will return to school on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.
You can find our full calendar of term dates here.
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 Reading Champions Quiz
Last week, our Yr6 Reading Champions team took part in a competition organised by the National Literacy Trust. The quiz is designed for keen readers aged 10-14. There is no prescribed booklist and each year the quiz references over 250 fiction titles! Our team scored so well against other primary and secondary schools that we won the award for BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL! This shows we have some very impressive readers in our school! Well done to Yr6 and our Reading Team: Thomas, Sofia, Jasper and Ella.
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Congratulations 
Well done to Cydne for all of her hard work at Brownies this week! Cyd received her silver award, which involved taking part in lots of different activities and completing 4 badges. Congratulations on your special award Cydne.
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 Vacancy: Teaching Assistant
We are currently recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join our fantastic staff team. If you are interested, or know of anyone who may be interested, you can find out more information about the position here.
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School Uniform
Please do make sure that you check the school uniform list before you buy or replace any items of clothing.
Key things to remember:
- Trainers are NOT uniform
- Polo t-shirt: white
- School shoes: black
- Trousers: grey
- Skirts: navy
- Hairbands: plain black or navy
- Summer dress: light blue gingham
- Tights/socks: plan grey or white
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Absence Requests
In August 2024, the DfE published new statutory guidance for improving attendance; this is reflected in our school attendance policy, which you can find here.
Section 5 details guidance on requests for authorised absences. There is limited scope for requests that can be approved so please read this section carefully when submitting a request.
You can submit a request for an authorised absence via the form on our website, which is linked here.
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 Rainbow Breakfast and After School Club at SWOY
- Drop off from 7.30am for Breakfast Club
- Collect at either 4.15pm or 6pm for After-School Club
Book your place in advance! Our school office is unable to book spaces.
Email: Rainbow.ASC@hotmail.co.uk Text or Whatsapp: 0785 477 4096
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Our Prayer Leaders
This week, our prayer leaders in Year 1 and Year 2 have been working on writing this thoughtful prayer. Their specific focus was on being grateful for our blessings.
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 Lewisham Holiday Activities and Food Programme
Please find attached the latest list of available activities for the Lewisham HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme. This programme provides fun activities and nutritious meals for children and young people during the school holidays.
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Year 1 Science Week fun! We built rockets to see how far and fast they could go, with the ultimate challenge: Who could get closest to the moon? So much excitement and learning – we're ready for lift-off! #ScienceWeek #RocketChallenge #ToTheMoon #STEM #FutureScientists #Year1Adventures 2 days ago Follow |
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