St Mary's Infant School Newsletters
Head of school
Newsletter no. 29
19th April 2024
Dear parents / carers,
Welcome back. I hope you all had a restful Easter Break and feel recharged ready for the Summer Term.
It was wonderful to see the children’s smiley faces on Monday morning, all keen to be coming back to school and ready to learn. As I have walked around the school this week the children have all be very busy with their learning and working collaboratively.
In Nursey the children have been exploring different animals, there has been a lot of roaring going on, as they pretend to be lions, tigers and hippos!
In Reception we seemed to have lost all the children and they have been replaced by pirates. They have been busy following maps and looking for treasure.
Year 2 have been busy planting seeds and painting the cover of their Easter Story books.
The children in Year 1 have been watching out for a squirrel family with 3 baby squirrels. Miss Malone had to rescue a couple of them, when a strong gust of wind knocked them out of their nest on Monday. The Year 1 children have been so kind and caring in looking after God’s creatures. This is the term when we will be seeing God’s wonderful world come to life, and as a school we will be thinking about what we can all do to look after it.
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In my assembly this week the children listened to the story of ‘The Invisible String’ We talked about how we all hold an invisible string in our hearts that takes our love to everyone we know. We used a map to see how our St Mary’s family, love, spreads all over the world to all our friends and family who live in different countries. The children head the Gospel Reading John 4:7-8 Dear Friends, let us Love on another, for love comes from God |
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I am sorry to pass on the news that Mrs Pendry, the former Headteacher of St Mary’s Junior School, passed away on Sunday after a long illness. Mrs Pendry was Headteacher at the Junior School from 2001 until 2015 and was a greatly respected and loved leader. She was also a great servant of the Catholic Community in Croydon. She will be remembered by many of our families with older siblings who were children when she worked at the school. Please remember her husband and her three sons in your prayers at this sad time. May her soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. |
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Golden Table It was a pleasure to have lunch on the Golden table today with such polite children. I can see why they had all be chosen to have lunch with me. This week the children with exceptional manners were: Jonas in St Andrew Class Kiseri in St George Class Talise in St Bernadette Class Olachukwu in St Therese Class Antonia in St Francis Class Demian in St Martin Class We had lovely conversations about the foods we enjoy eating at home with our families and what we like to cook. |
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“Put your trust in Jesus. He will fill your plans with meaning and joy. Open your hearts trustfully to Jesus!” St Pope John Paul ll A Word from Pope Francis “It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down. This is the key to success in life.” Dear Lord Jesus, You are the Good Shepherd who guides us through life. Please help us always to place our trust in you. |
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Uniform Sale In the school office we have our second-hand uniform on sale. There are lots of jumpers, T-shirts, boys’ trousers, girls’ skirts and summer dresses. If you need anything come along, have a look and just put a donation in the pot. |