St William of York Parent Newsletter - Friday 7th February 2025

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This week's letter from Mrs Mayers...

Dear Parents and Carers

We have had a fun-filled day today celebrating Number Day! The children's costumes were absolutely fantastic and it was lovely to see the classes join their buddies for a number-based activity. Thank you to Miss Richards, our maths leader, for helping to organise such a successful day. 

Earlier this week, we took our school choir to the O2 Arena to perform a selection of different songs as part of the Young Voices choir. They were absolutely amazing and performed with such confidence. We are very proud of them! If you would like to know more about Young Voices, please see the news article linked below. 

As you know, we have SWOYSA's Bake Sale next week. We hope you are able to participate and make some delicious homemade cakes over the weekend to bring in on Monday 10th February. The class who bake the most cakes will win an extra special prize! To keep all our children safe, please do not include nuts in your baking.

Kind regards 

Hayley Mayers (Headteacher) 


07 Feb 2025
Makaton Our Father
Prayer Monitors learning Makaton
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05 Feb 2025
Performing at the O2 Arena
Our school choir performed at the O2 Arena!
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Term Dates

The last day of this half-term is Friday 14th February 2025. Children will finish at normal time (3.15pm).

The half-term break is Monday 17th February - Friday 21st February 2025.

Please visit the website to see the full list of term dates for 2024-25 and 2025-26.

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Mon 10th Feb: SWOYSA Bake Sale

Fri 14th Feb: SWOYSA Krispy Kremes

Wed 26th Feb: Yr1-6 Book Look 3.30pm

Thurs 27th Feb: Yr1 - Yr6 Book Look 8.45am

Tues 4th Mar: Maths Parent Workshop

Wed 5th Mar: Parents' Evening

Wed 12th Mar: Parents' Evening

Thurs 13th Mar: School Photos


We started our Friday Club three weeks ago and it has been so much fun to spend time with the children who have been recognised for consistently going 'over and above'. Well done to... Piper, James, Bryanna, Larissa, Matteo, Ella, Lael, Chimamanda, Hilaris, Maja, Ore, Tom, Hazel, Jorge, Uria, Immanuel, Louis and Faith.

School Information / Reminders

Congratulations Word Stock Photos ...We had lots of fantastic poster entries for SWOYSA's poster competition this week.

The winning artwork is below. Massive congratulations, you produced a beautiful poster to advertise our upcoming Bake Sale on Monday 10th February 2025.

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Design a Poster for SWOYSA

SWOYSA have lots of events coming up this term. We would like our pupils to design a poster for each event. The next event is the Magic Show on Thursday 13th March 2025. 

There will be a prize for the best poster!  Posters must be returned by Monday 28th February 2025.


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It is important for us to gather the views and opinions of our parents, so that we can ensure we are providing the best education for our children. Please complete the parent questionnaire here.


Nursery and Reception are looking for some 'Loose Parts' for play. Please have a look at the leaflet below with a list of things that we are collecting. If you have any donations, please drop them into Mr Morris or Miss Dempsey in the Reception classroom. 

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Lost Property - please ensure your child's clothing has their name on

To help us reunite lost property with the owner, please ensure all items have your child's name. Even handwritten on the wash label, you do not need printed labels. 


children with clock - freep!kLate children - please ensure your child is in their classroom by 8:55am, ready for the register at 9am. 

Children who arrive in class after 9am will be marked as late.

If you are late, an adult must sign the child/ren in at the main office using the tablet (instructions are below the screen). 

Office staff will collect the children while parents/carers sign them in on the tablet.


If your child is unwell - please let the office know before 9am.

Please call the school office (BEFORE 9am) - we have a voicemail that is available any time of day (or night).

Please provide the child's name, class and reason for absence. 

 

Does your child have SEND? Would you like to join a WhatsApp group with other parents to share your experiences and support one another? If you are interested, please let Mrs Mayers or Ms Thorn know. 


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! Email: Rainbow.ASC@hotmail.co.uk Text or Whatsapp: 0785 477 4096


Dates for your diary

SWOYSA Bake-Off
All Day
10
February
Safer Internet Day
All Day
11
February
Last day of half term
All Day
14
February
Half Term Break
All Day
From 17 Feb until 21 Feb
17
February
Return to School
All Day
24
February
Science Week with Bonus Pastor
All Day
26
February

Local News / Events

ALTAR SERVER TRAINING FOR CURRENT & NEW SERVERS     

Saturday 8 Feb at 11am - New Altar Servers (Year 4 and above)

We'll be running a training session for new servers on Saturday 8th February at 11am. If your child would like to come along or you want to find out more, you can get in touch with us at swoy.altarserving@gmail.com. You can also just come along on the day but it helps us to plan if we know in advance how many children we'll have. The session will last 1-1.5 hours. There's 10-15 minute talk with parents at the beginning and you can then either leave your child with us and come back at the end, or stay and wait in church.


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