News

This week, we will advertising two full-time teacher vacancies in local and regional press.  The advert will read as follows:

The governors of All Souls Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint two high quality classroom practitioners, who will always put the needs of our children first. These posts commence 1^st September 2016 therefore we welcome applications from both experienced teachers and NQTs.

 Are you:

• A teacher with a proven record of good and better classroom practice

• Someone who shares the vision of putting children first and goes the extra mile to make sure that this happens

• Someone who is passionate and wants to make every day in the classroom purposeful and enjoyable for every child

• Someone who brings the solutions and not the problems

• Someone who brings a smile and does not let the day to day grind of the job bring them and others down

• A practising Catholic or someone who will embrace the ethos and Catholic life of the school

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with incredible children and families

• A programme of CPD to enable you to become the practitioner that you want to be

• A supportive, friendly and hardworking environment

• An opportunity, at this exciting time of change and reform, to make a significant contribution to the development and future of All Souls

• A high level of job satisfaction and fulfilment

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged. They can be arranged through the office manager, Hannah Clemons, on 02476 765836 or via email at: [email protected]

The associated documentation can be downloaded below:

Introductory Letter

Job Description

Person Specification

Application Form

Recruitment Monitoring Form

Disclosure Form

Notes to applicants

Your child should have brought home a copy of their Spring term class newsletter on Friday.  Please make a point of reading these as they contain important information and dates.

Copies are available below and in the class newsletters section of the website.

Nursery

Reception

Year 1 / curriculum table

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Thank you to everyone who returned the parent questionnaires during the second half of the autumn term.  These have now been analysed and the findings are presented in a report, which can be found here.

A letter should be going home in the next couple of days giving you the opportunity to purchase copies of the class photos taken towards the end of last term.  Photos are priced at £4 and can be ordered using the slip on the letter.  You can view copies of the photos in the school foyer or see watermarked versions in the ‘latest news’ section of the website.

The letter/order form can be downloaded here.

Regards,

Mr Cooke

Seems like months ago now, but less than two weeks have actually passed since we held the school’s first silent disco.  I have to say that it felt like carnage to me and Mrs Quinn, but at the end of the evening, we were pinned to the wall by groups of children demanding to know when the next one would be (we’re potentially contemplating a silent valentine’s ball!).  A big belated thank you to all the children who supported the event and also the members of staff who very bravely stayed to help.  Apologies to those who were greeted with a selection of hymns when they turned on their mp3 players – I couldn’t resist sneaking a couple on! Thanks also to Charlotte and AIP for preparing and supplying the chips!

Below are the photos taken in our makeshift ‘photo booth’.  You may need to be patient while they load as they are large files.

The netball team produced their best performance of the season so far when they beat St Mary and St Benedict’s 10-4 tonight.  Much of the game was a closely fought contest, but our brilliant players kept their heads up, took their chances and worked incredibly well as a team.  This means that, having played four games so far (all of them away fixtures) we have won 3 and lost 1.

We thank our hosts for their hospitality and good sportsmanship tonight.

A big well done to Issy, Emma, Libby, Owen, Mia, Ethan, who was our captain for the match, and Aliscia, whose performance earned her the ‘player of the game’ accolade.

You have two very proud coaches!

Mr C

On Wednesday, we took class photos from Nursery through to Year 6, which will be used in school and also on the school website. Next week, once we have finalised the printing arrangements, we will be making them available for parents to purchase from the school office. Watermarked copies of the photos are available to view below.

Mr Cooke

Further to the information on the school newsletter, a letter is coming home today about the school’s silent disco for children in Years 1-6, which is taking place next Friday, 27th November. The letter and details can be found here.

Kind regards,

Mr Cooke