Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to our May Newsletter. We have had a very busy month with events such as Sports Day, new P1 Induction days and P7 Transition visits to secondary schools. June will also be a month with lots of exciting events and hard work. Our school show The Greatest Show takes place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Look out for our June newsletter where we will share some of the photos from this event, As ever, let us all keep Working Together for Excellence. Kind regards Shirley May Carr ST ANTHONY'S MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER HEADTEACHER'S WELCOME INDUCTIONS Our P1 Induction programme has taken place each Friday in May. This has given the new P1 pupils an opportunity to meet their new teachers and peers. There has also been partner agencies presentations, P1 teacher information sessions and a question and answer session with some current P6 pupils. The four pupils on the panel were outstanding and coped admirably with all the questions asked by our audience. ARTICLE 29 I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION WHICH DEVELOPS MY PERSONALITY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS’ RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
NETBALL TEAM NEWS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY Thursday 18th May was the first of our Outdoor Classroom Days this session. This was a day with a particular focus on taking learning outdoors. Integrating learning and outdoor experiences provides relevance and depth to the curriculum in ways that are difficult to achieve indoors. Our next Outdoor Classroom Day will take place on Thursday 8th June ARTICLE 15 I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEET WITH FRIENDS AND TO JOIN GROUPS Each Thursday Miss Bonn had been coaching netballers from P6 and P7. They have also been taking part in the Netball Champions League at St Matthew's Academy. One of our teams has qualified for the overall finals that will take place on Thursday 8th June. Well done to all our netballers who have displayed excellent skill and sportmanship throughout these events. ARTICLE 29 I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION WHICH DEVELOPS MY PERSONALITY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS’ RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS DAY ARTICLE 28 - I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION ARTICLE 31 - I HAVE A RIGHT TO RELAX AND PLAY On Monday 15th May, we held our annual Sports Day. As with previous years, this was split into P4-7 in the morning and P1-3 in the afternoon. We were fortunate with the weather and all pupils had an enjoyable time showing off their sporting prowess. Well done to all who took part in the races and made it a day to remember. A huge thank you to all parents and carers who came along to support this event.
WORLD OF WORK WEEK Every May we host a World of Work Week. During this week classes are visited by people in the local community to share their experiences of the workplace and their career journeys. We were very lucky this year to have many visitors ranging from chimney sweeps and social workers, through to civil servants and nurses. A huge thank you to all who gave up their time to share with us their experiences. We are sure they have inspired many of our pupils in their chosen career paths. ARTICLE 6 I SHOULD BE SUPPORTED TO LIVE AND GROW
P1 INDUCTION FEEDBACK Feedback helps us take positive next steps. At our P1 inductions we sought the views of parents and carers about the Induction Programme. Please see below some of the feedback we received It was an amazing experience I am so proud to send my son here. Thank you Thank you for doing this for my girl! I know she’ll have the most amazing time at St Anthony’s. Really impressed with the inductions and staff and school values. Greatly surpassed my expectations as my school days were a lot different. We can see how passionate all the staff are making an exemplary learning environment for children and are excited to introduce my child to this school and begin his learning experience Thank you so much to all the staff & students for making us feel so welcome. Thank you so much for all of your induction days they have really helped my anxiety of easing my child into the school. ARTICLE 28 I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION