NEWSLETTER FRIDAY 16/2/24
WHAT A WONDERFUL HALF TERM
The past six weeks have been fun-packed and the children have been working extremely hard. Thank you so much for your efforts in supporting your children throughout.
The Year 5 children looked fantastic in their Victorian costumes for their ‘Victorian Experience Day’. The pictures are on the Year 5 Blog.
All of the children looked fantastic on Number Day; we played some really fun maths games…and we raised money for the NSPCC! Please visit the school website www.wiganstandrews.net to see some pictures from the day.
We enjoyed sharing stories during National Storytelling Week, and during Children’s Mental Health Week we explored the theme ‘My Voice Matters’.
St Andrew’s Staff
FEBRUARY HALF TERM
School finishes today for our February half term. We return to school on Monday 26th February. Have a wonderful holiday.
St Andrew’s Staff
OUR CHRISTIAN VALUE FOR NEXT HALF TERM: FORGIVENESS
Our Christian value next half term is ‘Forgiveness’. We will be looking at stories from the Bible and other examples of stories that encourage us to think about forgiveness.
At St. Andrew’s, we encourage this value on a daily basis as it supports all our other values, especially ‘Friendship’, ‘Peace’ and ‘Trust’. Forgiveness is not only good for the person being forgiven, but also for the one who forgives them. Holding on to feelings of anger, hate and bitterness can leave us feeling worse than what actually upset us in the first place.
We encourage the children to be open and honest; we all make mistakes sometimes, and we believe those mistakes should be forgiven and forgotten if we show that we are sorry. We hope you will talk to your children about how it feels to be forgiven and how they can forgive others
J Hoban
RED NOSE DAY: FRIDAY 15TH MARCH
Get reddy for Red Nose Day! A collection of Red Noses are available from Amazon. Plus, an exclusive range of Aardman T-shirts, sweatshirts and more, can be purchased at TK Maxx. Every purchase helps raise money for Comic Relief.
Or, simply wear something red and make a donation, which we will send on to Comic Relief.
Visit www.comicrelief.com for more information/ideas.
St Andrew’s Staff
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
- Thursday 7th March: World Book Day- come dressed as your favourite character or in your pyjamas and bring your favourite book.
- Friday 15th March: Red Nose Day.
- Wednesday 20th March: Easter Bingo.
- Wednesday 27th March: Parents Evening.
- Thursday 28th March: KS1 Easter Bonnet Parade (decorate your own Easter bonnet at home and wear it on the day).
- Thursday 28th March: KS2 Egg Decorating in school- eggs provided (£1 donation on the day please).
- Tuesday 16th April: Reception and Year 6 Class Photographs (form 9.00am).
- Tuesday 4th June: Individual and Family Photographs – whole school (8.30am start).
YEAR 6 ONLY:
- Monday 13th-Thursday 16th May: SATs week.
- Monday 3rd June: Confirmation at Wigan Parish Church @ 7pm.
- Tuesday 11th June: Leavers Service at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral @ 1.30pm. We have booked a coach for the children; parents are welcome to meet us there if they wish to attend (more details to follow).
- Thursday 4th July: Year 6 Graduation Service at St Andrew’s Church @ 2pm (start choosing your baby photos for the PowerPoint!)
St Andrew’s Staff
HALF-TERM ACTIVITIES
Playdays in the half-term break –
- Tuesday 20th February from 1pm at St Anne’s Church Hall – Join us for Games, snacks and a walk in the woods.
- Thursday 22nd February 12pm-3pm at St Andrew’s Parish Centre – Join us for Film, food and crafts.
J Donnellan
GUIDES BINGO
Guides are having a Bingo Night in the Parish Centre on Friday 23rd February. The fun starts at 7.30pm and everyone is welcome. Please join us if you can. You will have a good night out and help raise funds for our Guides at the same time.
J Donnellan
Y5/Y6 FOOTBALL
Football with Mr Charnock for Y5 and Y6 will recommence after half term on Tuesday 27th February 3.15pm-4.30pm. Many thanks
FRIDAY NIGHT IS HAIR CHECK NIGHT!
We have recently received a number of reports from parents that their child has had to be treated for head lice. This is not a new problem of course; indeed it is one which is affecting all schools in the Borough and is one which the local Health Authority is trying to address. However it is one which can, with proper treatment and after-care, be controlled quite easily.
We are asking parents therefore to be very watchful for any signs that their child may have a problem of this kind, to report any outbreak to school and to seek advice and treatment immediately. Many thanks.
St Andrew’s Staff
HEALTHY SCHOOLS NEWS
Please see the attached newsletter from Wigan Healthy Schools.
The Staff