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St William of York Parent Newsletter - Friday 4th July 2025

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This week's letter from Mrs Mayers...

Dear Parents and Carers

What a fantastic week we’ve had here at school – full of learning, fun, and memorable experiences!

This week, our Year 2, 5 and 6 classes took part in special workshops run by the NSPCC. The children learnt all about how to stay safe, what to do if something doesn’t feel right, and who they can talk to. The NSPCC team were so impressed with how thoughtful, respectful, and engaged our pupils were – they even said how incredible our children are! We couldn’t agree more – we’re so proud of them all.

Our Rock Steady bands put on a lively and energetic concert that had the whole school buzzing with excitement. The children loved seeing their friends up on stage, showing off their musical talents with confidence and enthusiasm. Well done to all our performers.

Reception and Year 6 buddy classes enjoyed a wonderful day out at Broadstairs beach. The children loved building sandcastles, playing games, and particularly enjoyed paddling in the sea! It was heartwarming to see our older and younger pupils enjoying time together, helping each other and making special memories. The weather was kind and the smiles were endless!

Thank you to all our staff, volunteers, and visitors who helped make this week so special.

This weekend, on Sunday, we have our International Day Mass at 10.30am followed by our Summer Fair at school from 12pm. I hope to see you all there!

Wishing you all a restful weekend.

Warm regards

Hayley Mayers (Headteacher)

Key Dates

Sun 6th July: Summer Fair

Fri 11th July: End of Year Reports

Tues 15th July: Leavers' Play 2pm & 6pm

Wed 16th July: Sports Day

Thurs 17th July: Leavers' Disco (Yr6 only)

Fri 18th July: Leavers' Mass

End of Term

The end of the summer term is on Friday 18th July 2025 at 2pm. Please note the early finish time.

Children in Yr1 - Yr6 will return to school on Wednesday 3rd September 2025.

Sports Day (Reception - Year 6)

Timings

This year, Sports' Day is on Wednesday 16th July 2025 and will take place at Catford Cyphers Cricket Club. The Sports' Day events will run from 11am - 12.30pm and we would like to welcome parents and families to join us to support our children.

Permission Form

Please complete this form to give permission for your child to attend Sports' Day. We will also need some adult helpers to walk with the children to the cricket ground so please indicate whether you will be able to walk with your child's class.

When the Sports' Day events have concluded at 12.30pm, you are welcome to take your child home, however, if you need your child to return to school then please let us know.

Please complete this form by Friday 11th July 2025.

Lunch

All children who normally have a school dinner on Wednesday, will automatically be provided with a packed lunch from Caterlink on Sports' Day.

If you would prefer to make a packed lunch at home, please email the School Office.

Your child's class teacher will collect food orders for sandwiches.

Nursery are not participating in Sports Day and will have lunch as normal in school.

Arbor In-App Notifications

If you are not receiving In-App notifications, please follow these instructions to ensure you do not miss important messages & reminders: https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002598038-Parents-not-receiving-push-notifications

School Information / Reminders

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Congratulations to ...

Congratulations to Jude - his football team won the U8 tournament at the Dulwich Village FC Fun Day last Sunday. There were 12 teams competing and they played exceptionally well.

Jude also won the team's Player of the Year award as well! What a fantastic achievement! Well done Jude.

Congratulations to ...

Congratulations to Malachi - Malachi has been working really hard during his piano lessons this year and he recently sat his piano exam and passed his grade 3! We are all very proud of Malachi and his achievements. Keep it up Malachi!

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Punctuality is important

Please ensure your child/ren arrives to their classroom/s ahead of the 9am register.

We appreciate that occasionally there is additional traffic / unforeseen circumstances. However, we ask that you please ensure your child is in class for 9am register. As we have noticed an increase in the number of late children recently.

Late Collection

We understand that, from time to time, unforeseen circumstances can result in occasional lateness. Please telephone the school office if you are running late so we can let your child and their class teacher know. We must also ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, and this includes managing the impact of late collections. Please see our Late Collection policy here.

School Uniform - please ensure your child's clothes have their name on.

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

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.

Medical / dental appointments during school hours

Where possible, please organise for appointments to take place outside of school hours.

We understand that this is sometimes unavoidable. If this is the case, please let the school office know asap, and please provide a copy of the letter / email received confirming your child's appointment.

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

RSE Curriculum

Over the past few weeks, the children have been working through their RSE curriculum topics. The RSE curriculum covers a wide range of topics, e.g. relationships, staying safe, keeping your body healthy, consent, changes to our bodies as we get older etc.

We follow a scheme of work called 'Life to the Full', which is produced by Ten Ten. This programme is approved by the diocese and teaches children about key topics in an age-appropriate way.

We believe it’s important for parents and carers to know what’s being taught and to feel confident supporting these conversations at home. You can explore the programme content and resources using the Parent Portal with the following link and login details.

Weblink: https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal/

Username: st-william-york-se23

Password: cup-3-se23

Thank you for supporting our RSE curriculum – working together helps us give children the knowledge and confidence they need to grow into happy, healthy individuals.