Friday 16th November 2012
No. 550
Governing Body Report to Parents/FOSTAS AGM
Tuesday 20th November
Although this meeting has long since ceased to be a statutory
requirement, St Anthony’s continues to invite parents to come
along to meet your Governing Body once a year and share a
glass of wine or two after the meeting. Governors’ meeting with
parents follows FOSTAS’ Annual General Meeting which begins
at 7.00p.m. Should you have a question for Governors to answer,
please e mail the school address or, leave your question in an
envelope at the school office.
Maths Challenge
Many congratulations to Year children Gabriel, Hamish, Luke
and Roberta and who came first (out of ten) in an area
mathematics Challenge and now enter the Regional decider
next Tuesday.
The prize? A place in the national final in Cambridge!!!!!
There are a number of ‘surplus to requirements’ office chairs
adjacent to the conservatory. If you would like to take one,
please help yourself. There’s no charge!
Everyone present and on time
every day last week
St Clare (again!!!)
Dear Children
I had a lovely surprise when the postman brought me your package
of letters. I sat down and read them all, and I must say, I thought
they were very well written. You have great handwriting and very
good spelling. I was most impressed.
I’m very glad that you enjoyed reading The Garbage King. It’s a
book that means a lot to me because of the boys in Addis Ababa who
told me all about their lives.
Some of you asked me if I was going to write a sequel. Sorry, but I
don’t think I could bring Mamo and his gang back to life again in
the same way.
After I wrote the Garbage King, I went to Pakistan, and met some
other boys who told me about their experiences. They had been sent to
Dubai to be camel jockeys. They had to ride fast racing camels and
face many dangers. The book I wrote about them is called Lost
Riders, and if you enjoyed The Garbage King, you might enjoy
reading that one too.
Good Luck with your reading everyone.
All the best.
Elizabeth Laird.
Last Week’s Challenge was a bit of a brain teaser asking
‘What letter of the alphabet is the one which comes 9 letters
before the letter which comes 3 letters after the first letter to
occur 4 times in this sentence?’
The solution to the Challenge is ‘n’ - why? You solve this by working
backwards through the puzzle: the first letter to occur four times is
‘t’, three letters after that is w, and nine letters before that is ‘n’!
Well done Elizabeth (St John), who is this week’s winner.
How many triangles and
quadrilaterals can you see in
this picture. Look very
carefully, it’s tricky and
there are probably many more
than you think.
Attendance & Punctuality
WELL Done Miss Checker and the Children of
St Thomas
who enjoyed reading The Garbage King so much that
they wrote to the author, Elizabeth Laird, and received
a response!
Many thanks
to everyone
who went along
to FOSTAS’
Saturday
bonfire
St. Anthony’s Catholic Primary School
020 8693 6852
E:Mail
[email protected]
Fax: 020 8693 2958
Web site: www.stanthonys.southwark.sch.uk
ST ANTHONY’S BONFIRE NIGHT CELEBRATION
Saturday, 10th November 5-7PM
Streatham & Marlborough Cricket Club, Dulwich Common, SE21 7EX
(junction of the South Circular and Lordship Lane)
Bar ~ Food ~ Sparklers (no fireworks display)
You don’t need to buy tickets in advance.
● We need help building the bonfire from 2pm on Saturday afternoon.
● If you have material/timber/pallets you can supply for the bonfire, please bring it at 2pm.
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If you can help for an hour on Saturday evening, please add your details
to the sheet in the bus shelter or email: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Christmas Cards
You should have received your child's Christmas card design and order form
this week. Please return your completed order to the school office or to your
child's class teacher by Monday 12th November.
The special packs (£8) include a picture of you child on the card, but you need
to email the digital image to: [email protected] with your child's
name, class & the card reference number.
The standard packs (£6.50), do not include a photograph.
Buildings
We’re looking forward to moving Years 2, 5 and 6 into their new classes next week and the following week,
work begins on the new Reception and Year One classes.
Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher new offices will also open next week and the completed hall will
be available to us from the week beginning December 7th.
Friday Assemblies will take place in the new hall with audience restricted to the relevant Phase Groups
(i.e. Years 1 and 2 etc) because of the limited space.
Music classes will continue to expand as space becomes available; unfortunately, we will be unable to offer
drumming lessons. If you have any queries, please speak to Mr Croft.