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1st March 2019
Spring Term
Newsletter St. Francis Catholic Primary School London Road, Maldon, Essex CM9 6HN
Executive Headteacher: Mrs S. Ginzler-Maher
Telephone: 01621 856698 www.stfrancismaldon.co.uk
Email: admin@st-francisrc.essex.sch.uk Charity No. 276312
Jesus said ‘Love one another as I have loved you’. St Francis School is a loving community, respecting every child and adult and
caring for God’s world, as we help each other to do our best and grow
together in Christ.
Dear Parents and Carers,
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (6th March). It is a time to
return with our whole heart to God through prayer, charity
and fasting. Pope Francis urges us to not be superficial in our
acts and that these acts should truly enrich the lives of
others. “Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the
voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our
conscience.” (Pope Francis) So if we are going to fast from anything this Lent, Pope Francis
suggests that even more than sweets, chocolate or alcohol, we fast from indifference towards
others.
Lenten Blessing
Lord, Bless us with the gift of a humble heart.
Then we will be free to bring to you all our troubles.
Give us the grace to be a priestly people, lifting to you all who are too burdened
to raise their own hearts and lives as an offering to you.
Bless them Lord this day.
Amen.
Please continue to pray for all those in our school community in need of our prayers.
Mrs S. Ginzler-Maher EXECUTIVE HEADTEACHER
Coffee Morning and Parents Forum
You are invited to join
Mrs Ginzler-Maher and Mrs Peear for
coffee and questions on:
Thursday 25th April 2019
9.30 a.m. in the School Hall.
Please come along to the open forum with your questions,
suggestions and queries.
We look forward to seeing you.
Our school attendance target
this year is 97%.
The up to date yearly attendance
table is listed below.
The class with the highest
attendance this week (99%) and
receiving the ‘Attendance Cup’ is
Year 3. Congratulations!
Judging Others (Luke 6.39-45)
Jesus told a parable to his disciples. ‘Can one
blind man guide another? Surely both will fall
into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his
teacher; the fully trained disciple will always
be like his teacher. Why do you observe the
splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice
the plank in your own? How can you say to your
brother, “Brother, let me take out the splinter
that is in your eye,” when you cannot see the
plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank
out of your own eye first, and then you will see
clearly enough to take out the splinter that is
in your brother’s eye. “There is no sound tree
that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten
tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree
can be told by its own fruit; people do not pick
figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from
brambles. A good man draws what is good from
the store of goodness in his heart; a bad man
draws what is bad from the store of badness.
For a man’s words flow out from what fills his
heart.’
Mathletics Results
11th - 24th February 2019
Year 2: 31,751 points
Year 6: 23,150 points
Year 4: 13,277 points
Year 3: 11,781 points
Year 5: 7,560 points
Mathlete of the Week
David B (Year 6)
Year Attend %
5 97.52
6 96.62
2 96.29
3 95.96
Reception 95.29
4 94.55
1 94.15
Whole School 95.77
Attendance
96% - 98% Good
91% - 95%
Needs Improvement
Below 90%
Unsatisfactory
100% Excellent
Public Speaking Competition
We have had some very good news in Year 4 this week; last half term we
entered a poetry competition as part of the Public Speaking contest that we
will be participating in later this month. 30 schools are involved, there were
nearly 900 entries and 3 winning poems were chosen. Sofia Langer is one of
these winners!
Her poem is being sent out to 10 schools to be learned and recited on the day
of the competition in Anglia Ruskin University.
On the day of the competition, Sofia will be introducing each of the
three judges to the audience, saying a little about each one and then
presenting each with a framed copy of her poem. Her poem will be on a
very large screen in the University. Many congratulations to Sofia and
good luck to Year 4 in the public speaking competition!
School Book Week; 4th - 8th March.
Next week it is Book Week, we are having
a Sponsored Silent Read – ‘Shh we’re
Reading!’ every day in classes.
KS1 will read their chosen books for 5
minutes and KS2 will read for 15 minutes, so by the end of the week they
should have accumulated 25 minutes and 75 minutes respectively. Sponsor
forms have been given to the children. It would be wonderful if the
children could collect sponsorship for all their minutes of silent reading
from family and friends; e.g.. 10p/20p/50p a minute, which will be put
towards furnishing and stocking our new library. Children can bring in their
sponsor money in cash or payment can be made through ParentPay by Friday
15th March. There will be prizes for children who collect the most
sponsors!
During Book week, children will be focussing on work by a chosen author and learning more about
their work through fun activities with their teachers.
I am also running a competition to make a ‘Diorama’, a decorated scene or characters from your
favourite book inside a shoebox. I have already received some brilliant entries, well done children.
We will present these in assembly on World Book Day (7th March) and prizes will be given for the
most inventive and creative efforts.
We are also inviting parents in to share a story with classes, if you would like to read please let
your class teacher or the office know.
Available times are:
KS1 - Mon/Wed/Thurs/Friday - 11.45am or 2.50pm
KS2 - Mon/Tues - 11.45am or 2.50 pm
Many thanks, Mrs Scudiero
English Subject Leader
ALLERGENS Ce = Celery, Cr = Crustacean, E = Eggs, F = Fish, G = Cereals containing Gluten L = Lupin, Mk = Milk, Mo = Molluscs, Mu = Mustard, N = Nuts, P = Peanuts Se = Sesame Seeds, So = Soya, Su = Sulphur Dioxide
Catering News
The children enjoyed trying the winning salads from the
Salad Bar Competition this week. Anais’s mango salad
seemed to be the favourite.
Next week there will be some changes to the usual week 2
menu. On Tuesday 5th March (Shrove Tuesday) we will be
having pancakes for dessert and on Wednesday 6th March
(Ash Wednesday) a meat free pasta will be served followed
by jelly and ice cream.
We will be celebrating Red Nose Day with a Red Nose Cake
for dessert on Friday 15th March.
Tasty Tuck next Friday for Reception and Key Stage 1
children will be either cheese and biscuits or a fruit pots.
These cost 50p each.
Mrs Stainer, Catering Manager
Parent Lunch
Spring Term 2019 (Wednesday)
Year 2 13th March
Year 1 20th March
Reception 27th March
A reminder that you are invited to dine
with your child’s class and should
therefore leave the dining hall when you
and your child have finished dinner.
Please go directly to Reception and sign
out and do not enter other parts of the
building or playground during your visit.
Please note we unable to accommodate
younger siblings during the meal.
Thank you for your support and co-
operation.
Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Jacket Potato Day
with Cheese
Baked Beans
or Quorn Chilli
(Mk)
Local
Beefburger in a
bun
(E,G)
Vegetarian
Pasta
(E,G,Mk)
Chicken
Fajitas
(G,Mk)
Pasta Day
Choice of
Macaroni Cheese
Napolitaine
Tuna Pasta and
Sweetcorn Bake
(F,E,G,Mk)
Bean Burger
(E,G) Quorn Fillet
(G,Mk) Vegetable
Fajitas
Salad Bar
Chips and
Garden Peas
Mexican Rice
Sweetcorn
Crusty Bread
(G)
Fresh Fruit Platter Pancakes
(E,Mk) Jelly and Ice
Cream
(Mk)
Crispy Chocolate
Cake
(Mk,G)
Blueberry Cake
(E,G,Mk)
Red = Religious
Black = General
Green = Sports
Blue = PTA
20 Year 1 Parent Lunch
21 10.30am, Key Stage 2 Reconciliation
Service at school
21 Year 2 Infant Music Festival
25 Year 3 Cookery
27
27
27
Reception Parent Lunch
Year 2 Trip to the Museum of London
Year 6 Class Assembly - to be rescheduled
April Dates
2
2
2
Fire Safety - Year 3
Cyber Safety - Year 6
6-8pm, Parents Evening
3
3
2pm, Year 5 perform The Passion to KS1
4-6pm, Parents Evening
4
4
2pm, Year 5 perform The Passion to KS2
and parents
4-6pm, Parents Evening
5 End of term - school finishes at 2pm
Easter Holiday
Monday 8th April - Friday 19th April
22 Easter Monday Bank Holiday
23
23
Children return to school
Feast of St. George
24 Year 5 Bradwell Residential Trip
25 9.30am, Coffee Morning and Parents
Forum at school
25 Year 5 Bradwell Residential Trip
26 Year 5 Bradwell Residential Trip
March Dates
1 Feast of St. David
4 School Book Week starts
4 Year 3 Cookery
6 Ash Wednesday
6 11am, Whole School Mass at school
(Year 4 to lead)
7 World Book Day (no dressing up)
11 Year 3 Cookery
13 Year 2 Parent Lunch
17 Feast of St. Patrick
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18
18
Year 3 Cookery
Year 4 trip to Danbury Outdoors
3.30-4pm, Parent Drop-ins
19 Feast of St. Joseph
May Dates
6 Bank Holiday
8 Year 4 Class Assembly
13 Year 2 Cookery
14 Year 3 trip to Cudmore Grove, Mersea
16 2pm, Whole School Procession for Mary
20 Year 2 Cookery
21 Class photos