The week ahead is a very busy one with many events taking place during school time and also after so.  On Tuesday evening our Pr.6 pupils and parents are invited to attend the enrolement Mass for the Pope Francis Fait Award.  The Mass will take place at  7.00pm at St.Augustine’s Church.  The school is delighted to be part of this Award and look forward to supporting our Pr.6 pupils to learn, reflect and act upon their faith in their day to day life.  We look forward to the rle they will play within the school and parish in the next two years.  On Wednesday evening our Parent Council meets at 6.00pm and our PTA meets at 7.15pm.  Both committees are always looking to welcome new members and would be delighted to see new faces.  On Thursday evening the school has a Halloween disco for all pupils.  This event has been organised by our wonderful PTA who would be delighted to hear from any parents who would be willing to provide support on the night. Cost of disco is £2.00 and includes a drink and crisps.  A tuckshop will also be available on the night.

Pr.1 – 4 – 6.00 – 7.15pm

Pr.5 – 7 – 7.30 – 9.00pm

On Friday we have a Halloween Parade for Pr.1 – 3 at 11.00am in the school hall.  Parents and grandparents will be entertained with a variety of song and poetry.  In the afternoon it is the time for the whole school to get together for a whole school parade.  So please get organised for our Halloween festivities on Thursday and Friday.  We look forward to seeing you throughout the school week.

Our newsletter will be issued today with lots of dates to put in your diary for the term ahead so please remember to check school bags.  The newletter can also be found by clicking on our drop down menu titled school information and then  clicking on newsletters.  Our term ahead is action packed with Halloween discos, Halloween Parades, Christmas Fayre, Enterprise Fortnight, Talent Show, St.Andrew’s Day Celebrations and a full schedule of events and activities before Christmas. So please get everything noted down and make any necessary arrangements so that you are able to join the community life of the school.

The start of a very busy term lies ahead and we look forward to working partnership with all stakeholders this term.  Our newsletter will be published this week for the term ahead and will include a whole host of dates for your diary so that you can plan in advance to support and attend the many events that will take place this term.  We look forward to your continued support of all the work that takes place here at St.Augustine’s.  Please note that our Halloween Disco (Thurs. 29th Oct) and Halloween Parade (Frid. 30th Oct.) are fast approaching so please get those costumes organised.  Everyone is asked to be in costume for a spooktacular day of festivities!!!

The school would like to extend it’s thanks for all your wonderful support from the start of this school session.  Our community of faith and learning is one to be proud of and we greatly value the support of our parents and grandparents who contribute so much to our school community.  We hope you enjoy your holiday over the week ahead and we look forward to seeing you all on the 19th October and to the beginning of what will surely be an extremely busy term.

The school community would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who sent in sponsor money after our recent Sponsor Walk along the highlights of our locality.  You have helped us to raise £2, 703 for school funds!!! That is a wonderful sum of money that will help us provide subsidised trips for our pupils over the coming year,  pay for any theatre companies, authors who visit the school and class resources.

Our hard working and dedicated PTA did a wonderful job last night    of quenching our thirst with plenty of tea and coffee for both staff and parents.  They also provided a wonderful array of homebaking that was delicious.  Waistlines were forgotten about as the cakes were simply just too good.  Thanks to your wonderful  support on the night the PTA raised over £200.

The school is delighted to report that it has received over 1,000 hits to the site in one week. As a school we pride ourselves in looking for ways to communicate with all parents the great work taking place here at S.Augustine’s. It is great that we have so many people logging onto our school blog to see the work and achievements of our pupils and the school community. As our blog has been running since March we wanted to find out just how much it was being viewed by parents and pupils. A web counter was added last week and it really is great to learn that our school community is checking our blog. Please note that the old website has now been redirected to the new blog page which has a number of additional features on the drop down menus. The drop down menus aim to inform all parents and visitors to the blog all about the school. Our newsletters will be uploaded and we will feature the current menu from catering services. Thank you for your great support so far.

Some of our children were put through their paces yesterday at their P.E. slots when Frankie and Benny’s came to provide lessons on creating a healthy menu and also running aerobics classes. The children had a wonderful time listening to the music and as you can see from our pictures they enjoyed all took part with great enthusiasm.

The school community looks forward to opening it’s doors this afternoon and evening and also on Thursday evening to welcome all parents and carers for the first of our Parent’s evenings. Please remember to sign in when you enter the foyer. Our hardworking and dedicated PTA members have volunteered to provide tea, coffee and homebaking at this event. All proceeds will go towards PTA funds. We look forward to seeing you all this week.