This Week. # Advent unwrapped. We live, love and learn together in the light of the life of Christ. 8th December 2017

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1 We live, love and learn together in the light of the life of Christ. 8th December 2017 This Week # Advent unwrapped Children and teachers have been very busy preparing for our Christmas performances. Tuesday 12th December Lights, Camel, Action! 6:30pm Thank you to Mrs Mayhew and our fabulous PTA for an amazing Christmas Fair. Wednesday 13th December Lights, Camel, Action! 10am and 6:30pm I know that you are looking forward to watching the performances which promise to be both entertaining and heart warming. The children are very excited about performing on stage! We will be recording the performance and DVDs will be available to buy for a 2 donation. Photos of the children in costume will also be available to view on our school website. Therefore, we ask that mobile phones and cameras be turned off for these performances. Sit back and enjoy the show! Our Christmas tree came 2nd in the community Christmas tree competition at St Nicholas Church!

2 Catholic Life Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. To celebrate this, the Minnie Vinnies prepared a fantastic Mass for KS2. Thank you to Father Kevin and all of the parents, grandparents and governors who joined us. Sport Don t Bin It, Bag It Last Saturday, the Year 6 Cross Country team ran at Priory Park in Warwick. It was very, very cold. We had to wear lots of layers. Firstly, we walked the 2km course to prepare. Then the girls ran first. Nathalie came 24th, Iona came 48th and Maria came 101st. Daniel then ran for the boys and came 67th. At the end of the race, we were relieved and tired. As this was the last race of the season, overall final positions were given to the children who competed in every race. Nathalie came 13th, Iona came 36th and Maria came 66th. by Maria For those people who took part in the Warwickshire recycling competition, thank you for your efforts. We didn t win but thank you for helping with recycling anyway. Attendance Last week s Attendance: Music The orchestra are playing in a special assembly for their parents on Thursday. Please do come along to listen to your child. Year R - 96% Year 1-98% Year 2-97% Year 3-98% Year 4-97% Year 5-95% Year 6-99%

3 PTA We truly hope you enjoyed the Christmas Fair! Some highlights: the Cream Team (a little oasis of peace), the various children s activities, the surprise in the hall, Santa, our exciting lights switch on and our very own Nativity Scene (thank you Year 1 children and helpers). Weren t they lovely and how well they did they sing?! We even had our own "3 R Friends band. What a treat!! I think they might be working on a Christmas record ;-) The Irish coffee / mulled wine, the bottle and chocolate tombolas all went down a treat. Fun was also had for those who took part in the Great St Augustine s Bake Off! Thank you for all your help. There was definitely a real buzz throughout the school. As always this would not have been possible without each of you. Thank you to all those who helped with the new ideas, the preparation, the setting up, the organising and running the various activities and with the clearing up at the end. A particular mention must go to Mrs Green and her team for the surprise in the hall, Mr Redfearn for the Great Bake Off, Mrs Shorbagy and her team for the Cream Tea experience and Mrs Richards, Mrs Greevy and their team for all the children s activities. It was also amazing to see the help coming from each of the classes. A BIG thank you! We are so lucky to have such a great Community. Thanks for all your lovely feedback. I know it warms my heart and the ones of all those involved. Christmas Play - Pre-drinks - Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th December 6pm to start for 6:30pm. Another great performance in sight! Some of the PTA members will be selling drinks and cakes 1/2hr before the start, so come from 6pm in the evening and start getting into the mood. *Coming up* Children s DISCO - Friday 26th January 2018 For the Infants: 5:00pm - 6:15pm For the Juniors: 6:30pm - 7:45pm QUIZ night: Friday 9th February :30pm - 10:00pm Now we just need the snow and some sledging! Have a lovely weekend. Kind regards, Mrs Mayhew and the PTA Team.

4 Celebrations Well done Miss Scott and Miss Kalisz for completing the new electronic register the joint quickest on the first day of our school going live! Our Stars: Finley, Inigo, Rei, Jacob, James, Charlotte, Sienna, Aoife, Eve, Beatrice, Charlotte and Leona! Pen Licences for John and Jacob! Head Teacher Awards for Stan, Finn and Daniel! Next Week Monday Tuesday Lights, Camel, Action! 6:30pm Wednesday Lights, Camel, Action! 10am, 6:30pm Thursday Special Musical Assembly Friday 9:15 am - Year 5 and 6 Reconciliation 11am - Year 4 Reconciliation Have a lovely weekend, Lesley Ritchie

5 England You / will leave in this lovely country but did you know? The world's largest second-hand book market can be found at Hay-on-Wye, a small village at the border of England and Wales. The village is also famous for proclaiming itself independent from the UK in Winchester was the first capital of England, from 827 to Winchester Cathedral, completed in 1070, has the longest nave of any medieval cathedral in Europe. The mathematician Thomas Harriot ( ) invented the symbols for "is less than" [<] and "is greater than" [>]. It is in England that the first postage stamps appeared. The first Penny Post was invented by entrepreneur William Dockwra in the 1680's for delivery of packets within London. The first nation-wide stamp (and first adhesive stamp) was the Penny Black, introduced in 1840 as part of Rowland Hill's postal reforms. Because Britain was the first country to issue national stamps, British stamps still have the unique distinction of not mentioning the country's name on them. The custom of afternoon tea was devised in 1840 by Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, who felt the need for an extra meal between lunch and dinner. She began inviting her friends to join her, and the custom quickly spread around British society and throughout the British Empire. Britain's first tea room was opened in 1864 by the Aerated Bread Company at London Bridge. The world's first modern Olympic Games were not held in Athens in 1896, but in the small town of Much Wenlock (Shropshire) in 1850, which inspired French Baron Pierre Coubertin to launch the Athens Olympics half a century later. Britain has the highest per capita consumption of cider, as well as the largest cider-producing companies in the world. Over half of England's cider is produced in Herefordshire. The world's largest producer of cider is H. P. Bulmer, based in Hereford. Cider making was introduced by Viscount Scudamore in 1639, who brought the recipe from France. In 1674 he built the county's largest house with cider money at Holme Lacy, near Hereford. The English invented and developed the world's earliest railways. In 1901, Hornby became the first maker of model railways. The British love of train also gave birth to Thomas the Tank Engine, originally in books in 1946, then on TV from 1984 onwards. The first building in the world to overtake the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was Lincoln Cathedral, completed in Had its spired not been destroyed by a storm in 1549, it would have remained the highest construction ever built in the world until 1884, when the Washington Monument was erected. These are the children of St Augustine s where both parents are English? Are they all here?