Dear Parents and Carers,

This week in school

Thank you for attending parents’ meetings this week.  We hope that you found these meetings a useful  opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and hear about how your child has settled into their new class.

Harvest Food Donations and Mass

Thank you very much for responding to our call for Harvest donations this week.  Your generosity helped to create a fantastic display of food for our Harvest Mass and we will now be sending a large amount of food to Richmond Foodbank.  Our Infant Choir are also delivering some treats to Greville House this afternoon as they sing for the residents there.

Thank you to Fr Peter for celebrating our Harvest Mass with us yesterday and for the gift of sunflower and poppy seeds for each class.  Thank you too, to Y5 for leading the prayers and readings. 

Good News!

Richmond Library has let us know that St Elizabeth’s was the top school for children participating in the Summer Reading Challenge! Out of 45 primary schools in Richmond, our school had the highest number of children – 68 - taking part in the challenge.  Well done to everyone who took part and keep up the reading!

Black History Month

As part of Black History Month, our Y3, Y5 and Y6 children took part in a live schools’ event with the author Atinuke this week.  Atinuke was talking to children in schools across the UK about her new book ‘Brilliant Black British History’.  More information about Black History Month can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/black-history-month

PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The PTA held their AGM this morning where they shared how much they had raised for the school in last year’s events and news of future fundraising events.

The PTA play a vital role in helping the school to buy resources and equipment which are not possible to fund from the school budget.  They also help to create so many fun memories for the children in the events they run.  Huge thanks go to the PTA committee and to the Class Reps for taking on this role.  Thank you too, to Liza and Susannah, who will be stepping down this term as PTA Chairs, after a very successful two years.  We will thank them in person for all their hard work at the Bingo Night next week. 

We are currently looking for a new PTA chair or co-chairs to take the baton from Liza and Susannah.  Please do consider if you might be able to take on this rewarding position.  The role has been stream-lined to be less time-consuming and would suit someone with good organisational skills and bundles of enthusiasm!

Upcoming Events

PTA Bingo Night on Wednesday 23rd October

The Bingo Night is fast approaching! This is always a very popular, fun filled evening as well as a chance to raise funds for the school.  Please pre-book your tickets and pre-order your food https://st-elizabeth-s-school-richmond-pta.sumupstore.com/products

We look forward to seeing you there!

A message from the St Elizabeth's Cyclists 2025!

The annual St Elizabeth's Cycle Ride group of parents and staff are meeting on Tuesday 22nd October for a social gathering and announcement of the destination for 2025!

If you are interested in joining the next cycle ride in May next year, please do come along to find out more.  One thing is for sure, it is a fun group of parents, past and present, staff, and friends of St Elizabeth's community, with the aim to raise as many funds for our school.

Date: Tuesday 22^nd October 2024

Venue: The White Horse pub - Worple Way, Richmond 

Time: 8pm (announcement of the 2025 cycle ride destination at 9pm!)

For any specific questions about the 2025 ride, please contact Remy Bosman on 07402 263 831.  We look forward to seeing you there! 

Christ the Redeemer Academy Meeting - Tuesday 22^nd October  6:30pm

There will be a meeting for parents to find out about the Christ the Redeemer (CtR) Multi Academy Trust on Tuesday 22^nd October.

 St Elizabeth’s will be joining the CtR Trust in December.  This is an exciting development for the school which will enable us to work in close partnership with a family of Catholic schools to strengthen and enhance the school experience for our pupils.  All parents are welcome to attend the meeting on Tuesday to hear about the CtR Trust and meet the CEO and Director of the Board of Trustees.  For more information about the trust, please visit https://ctrcet.co.uk/

Sports Update from Mr Sagar and Mrs Knowles

If your child is interested, please find attached two flyers for half term camps for Girls’ Rugby and Netball.

Values Awards

Congratulations to the following children for receiving a Values Award for living our School Values this week.

Reception - Jireh

Y1 – Zoe

Y2 - Jimmy

Y3 - Daisy

Y4 - Alby

Y5 - Dylan

Y6 - Nyah

Million Word Readers

Congratulations to Beatrice in Y5 for reading a million words and Oliver in Y5 for reading 5 million words!  A fantastic achievement!

Upcoming dates – please do check these each week as new dates are added

October

Tuesday 22^nd 6:30 p.m.  Academy Trust meeting for parents

Wednesday 23rd p.m.  PTA Bingo 6:15pm

Friday 25^th 3:15 p.m.  Half term holiday begins

November

Monday 4^th  Children return after half-term break

Tuesday 5^th  Y6 World War 2 Day

Wednesday 6^th  Y2 visit to Richmond Museum

Friday 8^th 9:10am  Y6 Remembrance Assembly

Attendance this week

Whole school attendance this week is 97.7%. Congratulations to Y2 for having 100% attendance this week, closely followed by Y1 with 99.7%.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,

Jane Hines