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Newsletter 15 – 15^th December 2025

 

Knowledge begins with respect for God (Proverbs 1:7)

 

This half-term’s value is ‘Trust’ (Proverbs 3:5-6)

 

 

Parents’ and Carers’ Evening

It was fantastic to see so many parents and carers at last Tuesday’s parents’ and carers’ evening. Thanks also to everyone who supported our Book Fair.

 

Robins’ Christmas Assembly

A big thank you to all parents and carers who came to support the children at last week’s Robins’ Christmas assembly. It was great to see so many of you there and it meant so much to the children to look out and see you in the audience.

 

Christingle Service

Our Christingle Service will be taking place this Thursday, 18^th December at 8.40am. Our Year 6 children will be receiving a Christingle – if you don’t know what that is, you are welcome to come along and find out more at this very special service. If your child has a reading, please come along and support them if you can. A text has been sent to parents of children in our Year 3 & 4 choir to invite them to come along.

Christingle Service Our Christingle Service will be taking place this Thursday, 18th December at 8.40am. Our Year 6 children will be receiving a Christingle – if you don’t know what that is, you are welcome to come along and find out more at this very special service. If your child has a reading, please come along and support them if you can. A text has been sent out to invite parents of children in our Year 3 & 4 choir to invite them to come along.

Christmas Parties This week is Christmas Party week! Children in the Robins, Woodpeckers, Kingfishers, Swallows, Hawks, Falcons and Eagles can wear their party clothes to school on the day of their party.Children in Doves, Owls and Kestrels will need to bring their party clothes in a bag as it’s the Christingle Service that morning.    Day Classes Food Tuesday Robins (Mrs Wogden) School will provide a snack Tuesday Woodpeckers (Mr Woodward), Kingfishers (Miss Maxwell) & Swallows (Mr Grimshaw) Children will be asked to bring a small amount of food Tuesday Hawks (Mrs Minoprio-Nicholson), Falcons (Mrs Kelly) & Eagles (Mr Hill) Children can bring a snack if they wish Thursday Doves (Miss Galvin), Owls (Mrs Sajjad) & Kestrels (Miss Giles) Children will be asked to bring a small amount of food

 

 

Free Holiday Activities from BwD

Attached to this newsletter is a flyer about some free activities taking place and free lunches available over the Christmas Holidays.

Found: Gold Bracelet

A gold bracelet was found on Tuesday evening (during Parents’ & Carers’ Evening) outside the Hawks’ classroom. If you think this might be yours, please call in at the school office. You will be asked to describe it so we are sure we are returning it to its rightful owner.

Goodbye to Mrs Harker

Mrs Harker leaves us on Friday after working at St Matthew’s for the last four and a half years. We will all miss her and wish her all the best for her new job in a school in Burnley.

Congratulations to Miss Galvin!

Miss Galvin will be getting married during the Christmas Holidays. She will be returning to school as Mrs Greaves. We all hope and pray that she has a fantastic wedding day!

Christmas Holidays

School closes at 3.00pm this Friday, 19^th December for the Christmas break and re-opens on Monday 5^th January at 8.20am (with Breakfast Club at 7.45am).

 

Best wishes   Julian Rogers Headteacher   This week’s Amazing Achievers!   You’ve Been Spotted! Children who have been demonstrating one of our school values:   Safa Ahmed – Robins Aliza Chaudry – Woodpeckers Safa Ali - Kingfishers Unaysa Sohail – Swallows Sara Holme – Doves  Aamina Bhamji – Owls Zayd Patel - Kestrels Aminah Farooq – Hawks Malik Hasan – Falcons Hassan Mujtaba - Eagles Headteacher’s Award Children chosen for a special achievement:   Humza Iqbal – Robins Ayyan Hussain & Zaneyah Khan – Woodpeckers M. Awais Aftab - Kingfishers Shehryar Ahmed – Swallows Musa Jafar – Doves Nathan Szileczki – Owls Jumaanah Isa – Kestrels Abu-Bakr Malik – Hawks Subhan Atiq – Falcons Ethan Mohammed - Eagles Recent Reading Badges       Woodpeckers Zayn Bhojani – Silver Yahya Latif – Gold   Doves Harris Khan - Ruby   Hawks Mariya Bismillah & Aisha Kousar – Bronze Star Umar-Farooq Chothia & Rehan Khan – Silver Star Safaa Zaman - Jet     Remarkable Readers   Children who have impressed their teachers with their reading this week:   Aqsa Mahmood & Yahya Latif - Woodpeckers Rocco Smith – Kingfishers Jan Bawah – Swallows Aahil Muhammad – Doves Jasmine Akhtar – Owls Umme-Hani Aftab – Kestrels Shamsa Hooti – Hawks Fatima Diwan – Falcons Yahya Hooti - Eagles Mrs Martin’s Class of the Week: Robins & Swallows Mr Ulhaq’s Ultimate Achiever: M. Ayaan Siddique (Owls) Mr Richardson’s Lunchtime Awards: Juwayriyyah Noori (Robins) & Subhan Atiq (Falcons)         Last Week’s Attendance   Best attendance Best punctuality Infants Kingfishers & Swallows Robins Juniors Owls (100%) Owls & Hawks