Today Year 4 worked on creating scenes from an important moment in Jesus’ mission – see if you can work out which story from the Bible we’ve made:
Consultation on Admissions arrangements for the academic year 2025/26
The Governing Body of All Souls Catholic Primary School are publicly consulting on proposed changes to their admissions arrangements for 2025/26.
The consultation period is running for six school weeks, commencing on Monday 13th November 2023 and ending on Sunday 24th December 2023.
A copy of the draft policy can be obtained either from this link or by contacting the school admin team (02476 675 836 / [email protected]) or via the QR code below:
Any comments regarding the admissions policy or proposed changes should be submitted to the school business manager, Linsey Rae either via email ([email protected]) or post (All Souls Catholic Primary School, Abercorn Road, Coventry, CV5 8ED).
A summary of the proposed changes to the existing policy, for the academic year 2025/26 are as follows:
- The inclusion of two addition oversubscription criteria (criteria 5 and 9 in the draft policy) as highlighted below
Oversubscription Criteria
- Baptised Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after (See Note 3 below).
- Baptised Catholic children living in the parish of The Precious Blood and All Souls who have a brother or sister attending All Souls Catholic Primary School at the time of admission.
- Baptised Catholic children living in the parish of The Precious Blood and All Souls
- Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother or sister attending All Souls Catholic Primary School at the time of admission.
- Other baptised Catholic children of a member of staff working for All Souls Catholic Primary School (see Note 6 below).
- Other Baptised Catholic children.
- Non-Catholic children who are looked after or previously looked after.
- Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister attending All Souls Catholic Primary School at the time of admission.
- Non-Catholic children of a member of staff working for All Souls Catholic Primary School (see Note 6 below)
- Non-Catholic children.
- The inclusion of a note (note 6) which defines ‘a member of staff working for All Souls Catholic Primary School’ as follows:
“… a member of staff working for All Souls Catholic Primary School is defined as an individual who has been employed by All Souls Catholic Primary School for two or more years prior to the application being submitted or where the staff member has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.”
This term Year 4 have been learning to play tennis in their P.E. lessons. They have learnt to stand correctly in the ready position, the forehand, backhand, serve and volley shots. On Tuesday we tried to put all these skills into practice whilst playing their first games over nets. Next week is our final lesson where we will be having our very own Wimbledon Tournament.
Today, Catholic Schools were called to participate in a global campaign to get 1 million children praying the rosary for peace and unity in the world. During hymn practice this morning, the Chaplaincy Team led the children in praying the Rosary together.
Over the next couple of weeks, represent your house group in our Battle of the Bands challenge!
Winning house group will be announced in the last superstars of the half term and will be awarded with half an hour extra play in the afternoon.
Individual efforts will also be celebrated and rewarded!
We would like to make parents aware of a free service that is available to support children and adults for whom sleep and sleeping routines are a problem.
At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a SEND diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep. Yet, surveys suggest that almost 60% of adults feel that there was a lack of support for sleep issues. Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely.
The National Sleep Helpline is run by trained sleep advisors, many of whom are specialists in working with SEND. They are able to young people directly, or parents (they can also talk to adults, including older people, about their sleep issues).
The helpline is open 5 times a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings 7-9pm, and Monday, Wednesday mornings 9-11am. The number is 03303 530 541.
You can read more here: https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/national-sleep-helpline/
All Souls Catholic Primary School has pledged its support to the Global Campaign to get
ONE MILLION CHILDREN PRAYING THE ROSARY
for Peace and Unity in the World
Which takes place on Wednesday 18th October.
We will be gathering and praying together, led by our Chaplaincy Team.
We are inviting children to come into school tomorrow, Tuesday 10th October 2023, wearing a hat of their choice (the funkier the better!) to raise awareness for Mind’s ‘Hats on 4 Mental Health‘ campaign!
If you would like to donate to our local charity, Coventry Mind, please do so via the payment link available on School Gateway.
*Please note full uniform must be worn*
All Souls is delighted to have pledged its support to this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, which runs from Monday 13th – Friday 17th November.
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is coordinated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year it has the theme ‘Make A Noise About Bullying’ and will take place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th November. The week will be kicked off with Odd Socks Day on Monday 13th November, where adults and children wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.
We will be sharing more information closer to the time, outlining the ways in which we will be supporting this year’s campaign.
Today we said goodbye to our wonderful Deputy Headteacher, Mrs McGrath, in a whole school offering of prayers. We wish her all the best as she begins her maternity leave and jeep both hr and her husband in our prayers as the arrival of baby gets closer. Although we can’t wait to meet the new addition, we will miss seeing her every day! We love you, Mrs McGrath x
