Author: Mary T McMillan (Head Teacher)

St Mary’s R.C. Newsletter
29th January 2015

Grand Design Night
The event is tonight, there were 28 teams who signed up to come along. Further details will follow next week to let you know how successful it has been.

Holocaust Memorial Day
Tuesday 27th January marked Holocaust Day and the local community held a Churches Together service at St Mary’s on the Green. Thank you to our pupils-Josh, Mollie, Simon, Layla and Charlotte who took part representing the millions of Jewish children who lost their lives in the Holocaust.

What is happening next week?
Mon 2nd Feb	Bike it Ben Smoothie Challenge
Wed 4th Feb	2 pupil representatives with Mr Wheatley to Cathedral Youth Celebration. / High 5 Netball Tournament Yr 5 & Yr ^ Gateshead Leisure Centre / Year 6 Booster session 4 / Adult Choir in school hall 6pm

Weekly Newsletter

Basketball Yr 6
Congratulations to the Year 6 Basketball team who won the inter school cluster competition at St Thomas More on Wednesday 28th January.
The children loved the event.
Thank you Mrs Joyce for organising all of the sporting activities for our school to take part in.

Please note the following attachments this week:
The Oliver’s Army fund is now closed after completing a huge number of fund raising events. The final total was £18,027 which is AMAZING. Congratulations to Mrs Conley-Owens and the wonderful dedicated team who lead this initiative.
A letter of CONGRATULATIONS from the Minister of State for Schools on the excellent performance of our pupils in the 2014 SAT’s.

Please note
We have had a significant number of children off with sickness, please note that your child must be clear of sickness or diarrhoea for 48hrs from the last episode before they return to school. Thank you for your co-operation.