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

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This week's letter from Mrs Mayers...

Dear Parents and Carers

After a lovely week looking after our ducklings, they have been collected today and will be returned to the farm. It has been magical watching them hatch and grow, and the children have particularly enjoyed watching them swimming in the Reception classroom. Thank you to Miss Dempsey for organising the class visits and for taking care of the ducklings over the weekend. 

I would also like to say 'well done' to all of our children who performed in our violin assembly this week. I unfortunately missed the assembly but I have heard how well the children played their instruments and how proud they were of their performances. Well done to all of you!

This weekend, Year 3 and Year 4 will be singing in Family Mass in church. Please do join us at 9.30am on Sunday 6th April 2025.

We will be finishing the spring term on Wednesday 9th April 2025 at 2pm. Please note the early finish time. 

I hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Kind regards 

Hayley Mayers (Headteacher) 

01 Apr 2025
Oscar Romero Award Mass
KS2 Prayer Monitors with our award.
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School Information / Reminders

Yr3 & Yr4 Family Mass 

Year 3 and Year 4 will be leading Family Mass at church at 9.30am this weekend. 

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. 

No Choir - Tuesday 29th April 2025

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. 

Job Vacancy, Events and Projects OfficerVacancy: 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. 

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

Yr3 & Yr4 Family Mass
All Day
06
April
Yr4, 5, & 6 to lead the Way of the Cross
All Day
08
April
Last Day of Spring Term - 2pm finish
All Day
09
April
Easter holidays - school closed
All Day
from 10 Apr until 22 Apr
10
April
New Menu from Caterlink
All Day
23
April
Yr4 Platform Cricket
All Day
28
April
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Local News / Events

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. 

There’s plenty to do this Easter holiday in Lewisham

Whether you’re looking for Easter fun, local festivals, crafty activities and places to enjoy the warmer weather - Lewisham has you covered. Click here for full details.

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This is a free, forest-school style session aimed at kids and their families. We'll have lots of Easter activities and crafts plus snacks and hot chocolate (catering to allergies). There's no need to book, just come along!

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