6 December 2019

Dear Parents

The long awaited Christmas celebrations start this coming week. The Reception and KS1 Nativity play will be performed on Tuesday 10 December at 2.00 pm and again that evening at 6.30pm. The performances will last approximately 35 minutes. All the children will participate in both performances .Could the children please return to school at 6.00pm on the evening of the 10 December for the performance to start at 6.30pm.  

The KS2 Christmas Service will take place on Wednesday 11 December at 6.30pm at St Wulstan’s Church. The children will need to wear full winter uniform and be at the church between 6.00 and 6.10 pm. On Tuesday 10 December Years 3,4,5 and 6 will walk down to church to practice, please remember to return your permission slips. Thank you.

On Monday 9 December, the Christmas post box will be in the main entrance for the children to post cards to their friends. Year six will do the postal delivery at lunchtime. Please ensure your child writes the full name and class on their envelopes to make our delivery system the envy of the Royal Mail!

On Friday next week, 13 December, we have ‘Christmas Jumper Day’. We don’t wish anyone to go to the expense of buying a special jumper and if your child doesn’t already have one any jumper can be customized with a bit of imagination and a bit of tinsel. The children will still need to wear their school skirts or trousers with the jumper just replacing their school jumper. We would like this to be a charitable event to support those less fortunate than ourselves. St Wulstan’s Parish support the local food bank and we ask for a dried food or tinned donation. We hope this will allow all of us to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Apparently the foods in short supply are: tinned goods, for example, rice puddings, custard, fruit, corned beef, ham, spam, spaghetti, macaroni cheese, potatoes, peas, carrots, sweetcorn. Other items: long grain rice, jam, squash (dilute), small jars of coffee, curry and pasta sauces, milk, shampoo, deodorant, razors, shaving soap, washing  powder, toilet rolls, tin openers. Many thanks for your support.

Mr Greg Kelly posted in the Church newsletter last weekend after receiving the Minnie Vinnies Harvest donations, This week, due to the great generosity of parishioners and particularly the parents and children from St. Wulstan's Catholic Primary School, we delivered a total of 331.43 lbs, (150.65 Kg), of food and toiletries to the Foodbank. Of this total, the school children provided over two thirds, (234.30 lbs). Many thanks to you all.

Thursday 19 December is our Christmas Party Day- a major highlight in the life of St Wulstan’s children (and staff!) Children come in their party clothes and an exciting day of festivities ends with a visit from a very special person! Please remember lunch is sausage and chips all provided by school so your child will not require a packed lunch hot meal order on that day.

Tickets are now available for the Year 5 Pyramid Concert on February 13 at Birmingham Town Hall. Please submit ticket orders to Mrs Brown in the school office.

Thank you to all the families who are attending the British Police Symphony Concert on Saturday December 7. In order that the children going will gain the most from the concert, Mr West and two colleagues came into school this morning to show them some of the musical instruments they will hear. We had a wonderful time and are really looking forward to the event at Symphony Hall. A reminder that we will be departing school at 11.30 am and your tickets will be distributed on the coach. We are sure it will be a lovely occasion.

I have said before there can be a misconception that only Catholic children can apply to our school. We welcome applications from all families of all or no faith. If you know of any families who are presently applying for a school place please encourage them to contact me to arrange a visit and tour of the school. Applications for Reception Class 2020 must be completed online by 15 January 2020. If you require any assistance please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Brown in the office.

Also the children’s class pages and calendar dates on the school website are constantly being updated. If you have not looked recently the website address is https://stwulstans.sch.life Here you will be able to see photographs of the children’s day, their year group curriculum, newsletters and school information. We encourage you to log on frequently as the website has all relevant school information.

Could I end today by asking yet again to please park with consideration to our neighbours. Please ensure you leave ample room for local residents to access their driveways. Similarly please do not park on pavements or corners which endangers children and parents lives as they walk to school. Thank you again to the vast majority of parents who do park considerately and safely.

We hope you have a lovely weekend especially if you are Christmas shopping or visiting Santa

KE Savage

The Reception elves have been extremely busy in Santa's workshop this week!

We had a fabulous time today learning about the instruments we will hear tomorrow at the British Police Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall. Thank you Mr West and friends for such a wonderful opportunity!

Year 2 have really enjoyed making their Christmas angels