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.

Our Health Week got off to a wonderful start thanks to the efforts of Dance Instructor Audrey Clark. She put the children through their paces and had everyone on their feet as they produced their dance moves. The feedback from the children was great and demonstrated that we have some really talented dancers in our midst!! Here a few photographs from this mornings street dance class.

Our Silver for Syria campaign led by our Parent Council has raised a considerable amount of money. So far we have managed to fill one heart and are now looking for more donations to fill the larger heart. Please send in your loose change to help us complete the challenge for Syria.

This week will be a very busy and extremely active week as we have a strong focus on Health and Wellbeing. Our Health week will see a variety of visitors come to the school to encourage our children to be more active and to pursue a healthy lifestyle. On Monday dance coach Audrey Clark will visit the school to work with Pr.1 – 3 on a wide variety of dance moves to get everyone on their feet. I am hopeful that Audrey will be able to work with our Pr.4 – 7 pupils at a later date. Tuesday will see staff from Frankie and Benny’s come to the school to work with children from Pr4 – 7 on creating healthy menus and also to get involved with some aerobics exercises. Our Active Sports co-ordinator Vikki Sadler will visit the school on Tuesday to take our Pr.1 – 3 pupils on a variety of outdoor activities. Children will also follow their P.E. programme that promotes active engagement in a wide variety of activities. On Wednesday the school will welcome Dogs Trust who will deliver presentations throughout the school. As this is National Walk to School Week we are hopeful that more of our children will make the effort to walk to school everyday. Please support our Health Week by reminding pupils to bring their P.E. kit to school and to eat healthy snacks this week. Our fingers are crossed that the weather will remain favourable and permit us to make full use of the school grounds throughout the week.