St William of York Parent Newsletter - Friday 9th May 2025

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This week's letter from Mrs Mayers...

Dear Parents and Carers

It was lovely to have the bank holiday weekend last weekend and it has meant that it has felt like a very short week in school this week. Although it has been a short week, it have been a very busy week! We welcomed visitors from the Catholic Schools Inspectorate who commented on how fantastic our children behave and relate to one another. They also recognised what a strong sense of community we have at St William of York. Thank you to everyone who spoke to the Inspection team or completed a survey about our wonderful school! 

As you will have heard, this week, we also welcome Pope Leo XIV. Our children have been finding out more about him and they have led some special prayers as he begins his journey leading the church.

I would like to thank SWOYSA for our Spring Disco this week. It was a really successful event and it was great to see so many families joining us. Please do think about joining SWOYSA and volunteering to help at upcoming events. 

Next week, is an important week for our Yr6 children as it is the KS2 SATs Week. We are confident that they will do their very best and we wish them luck for the upcoming week. Yr6 children are invited into school for SATs Breakfast from 8.15am Mon-Thurs next week. 

We would also like to say 'Congratulations' to our Yr3 children who are making their First Eucharist this weekend! Congratulations to... Una, Seyi, Kostek, Joseph, Malachi, Jude, Bryanna and Favour. 

Kind regards 

Hayley Mayers (Headteacher) 


Y5 & Y6 Shropshire School Journey Meeting

Parents and carers are invited to a meeting on Friday 16 May at 08:45am in the school hall. An email and hardcopy of the trip letter were sent home earlier in the week - please read it and keep it safe. 


School Information / Reminders

Arbor logoArbor Parent App / Portal

58% of our families have logged into the Arbor Parent App / Portal. Thank you to everyone who has already logged in.

Please can all parents/carers make time to download the app and login. You will have received an email entitled 'Welcome to Arbor'. To ensure you continue to receive messages from school.

We will be streamlining communications & payments - all on the Arbor Parent App:

  • Text messages are expensive to send, therefore we will be moving to in-app messages (which are free to send). Please ensure you have notifications switched on. This will also keep messages in one place.
  • Payments - you can make payments online for school trips & music lessons. Nursery parents & carers can pay for lunches & additional hours (if applicable).

If you have an outstanding balance, you will be able to see this when you log into the app - if you think the amount is incorrect, please contact the office.


image of saving pigYoung Savers Club will be in the main hall on Tuesday 13th May 830-9am.

Help your child get into good saving habits - find out more online (link below), or pop along and have a chat to Bernie & Pamela on Tuesday morning.

Please note that parent ID is required to open an account.

https://pluscu.co.uk/young-savers-account


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

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.


Jpg of cartoon childrenRainbow 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


Dates for your diary

Yr6 SATS Week
All Day
from 12 May until 15 May
12
May
Yr5 Ragged School Museum Trip
All Day
13
May
Young Savers club in the hall
8:30am – 9:00am
13
May
Y2 Forest School
All Day
from 01 May and on Thursday each week until 23 May
15
May
Yr6 Centre of Cell Trip
All Day
16
May
Y2 Forest School
All Day
from 01 May and on Thursday each week until 23 May
22
May

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