| Yes | | 20/02/2012 |
| Yes | We have a vacancy on our governing body for a parent governor. If you think that you could spare the time or would like to know more, see the documents below. | 03/02/2012 |
| Yes | We have a vacancy for a teaching assistant and MDSA. This position is a combination of one hour per day, five days per week teaching assistant and one hour per day, five days per week MDSA. Closing date 20th January, interview date 26th January 2012. For further information and an application pack, please contact Jan Stagg. | 19/01/2012 |
| Yes | | 01/12/2011 |
| Yes | Julianne and a team of parents have kindly offered to provide Christmas Lunch on the Monday 12th December for the children this year, the cost of which will be £3.00 each. They will be serving up boned & rolled turkey, mini sausages, roast potatoes, carrots peas, stuffing and gravy followed by dessert of chocolate roll and ice cream. There is a vegetarian option available. If you would like your child to partake please complete the reply slip provided and return it to school before Friday 25th November. Thank you. | 12/12/2011 |
| Yes | Please make sure your child has named wellingtons in school every day, they can be stored in the big boxes on the playground | 16/12/2011 |
| Yes | We have a numeracy advisor, Liz Hopkins at school on 1st December at 6 p.m. here at school. Please come along if you can. The PTA are providing wine and cheese during the evening. The workshop will last for just under two hours. | 01/12/2011 |
| No | Please bring a bottle on the 11th November for the tombola stall at the Christmas Fair | 11/11/2011 |
| Yes | There are 2 weeks to go until our Christmas Fair, please encourage friends and relatives to come along 10am – 12pm on Saturday 19th November in Marlborough Town Hall. | 20/11/2011 |
| Yes | This will be starting on Thursday 10th November, after school until 5 p.m. This will give an opportunity to stay on after school with your child to complete their homework. Homework is an extension of what they have learnt in class, the children should know what is expected of them. We are offering Sycamore class with the use of computers if needed. The staff will on site but unavailable due to weekly staff meetings. | 11/11/2011 |
| Yes | As you are aware the Christmas Fair will be held at the Town Hall in Marlborough on November 19th. We have decided to use the Town Hall this year as our school hall will be decorated over the Christmas holiday and will need clearing beforehand. | 19/11/2011 |
| Yes | Please note that Celebration Worship will be weekly from after half term and will continue to be on a Thursday afternoon at 2.30 p.m.
| 11/11/2011 |
| Yes | We are once again participating in this worthwhile appeal. Please find attached a leaflet giving details. If you would like to take part in this shoebox appeal please return your box and completed form, to school before Friday 11th November. This is the day that they will be collected. | 11/11/2011 |
| Yes | I don’t know about you but the days seem to be flying by! You will notice in ‘dates for diary’ that it’s looking pretty full. The building work is moving at great speed, this week the plasterers have been in and the walls should be ready to be decorated next week! I would like to draw your attention to the Commissioning Service on the 28th September. In this service of Commissioning the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education joins with the Governors, staff, pupils, parents and Church community in welcoming me as your new Headteacher. Please come along and join in this celebration. Finally, thank you to those parents that are using the turning circle correctly and who are parking at the church instead of parking on the verges. However, there are some parents that are not considering others whilst dropping off in the morning. I appreciate that there are more children in the school and that parents are busy, but if everybody used the turning circle correctly and parked at the church child safety would not be put at risk. Thank you. Sharon Cross Headteacher | 30/09/2011 |
| Yes | The PTA AGM will take place on Thursday 29th September in The Swan pub in Wilton meeting from 8 onwards for an 8.30pm start. This year we will be introducing year reps, this is a great way to meet and make new friends and take part in the organisation of the fun and fundraising activities we provide for our children and their families and we are always looking for fresh ideas. Our Chair Mel Hagerty will be stepping down at the AGM, if you would like to take on the Chair role or discuss what is involved with the role of Chair or Class rep then please come and speak to Mel on the playground or email melhagerty@yahoo.co.uk After our Harvest festival on Monday 3rd October we will be providing coffee and cakes in the school hall. This year we will give all donations collected to the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity to take part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. Please come and join us and give generously to this very worthy cause. All cake donations kindly received on the Monday morning. | 30/09/2011 |
| Yes | If you are interested in becoming an MDSA for an hour a day on a Monday at £6.63 per hour, please see Mrs Stagg in the office. Many thanks to Sian Ineson who is filling in for us until we find a permanent replacement. | 30/09/2011 |
| Yes | Harvest Festival will at the Church on Monday 3rd October at 9.30 a.m. Once again we will be donating your gifts of produce to The Trussell Trust – see attached leaflet. Please bring your gift into school on the morning of Monday 3rd October. | 03/10/2011 |
| Yes | Celebration Assembly We have renamed celebration assembly to celebration worship. As you know Celebration Worship will now be held on Thursday afternoons. These are going to be on alternative Thursdays for the duration of the new build only from Thursday the 8th September. The builders will make sure that the new entrance is accessible during this time; hence we can have more people in the hall at this time. Success points are now having a new title and will be called ‘learning points’ to match the learning skills that were introduced last year. Our five learning skills are: resilient (managing distractions, ‘stick ability’), reflective (planning, revising, reviewing), relationships (collaboration, empathy, listening), resourceful (questioning, imagining, making links) and risk taking (have a go, not scared of being wrong). | 30/09/2011 |
| Yes | It’s great to see everyone back including the sunshine. A very warm welcome to our new reception children and parents. I hope you all had an enjoyable summer break. This term is a busy one with lots going on. Just a reminder that swimming starts for Yr1 – Yr6 on Tuesday 13th September, please return the swimming letter as soon as possible. If you are able to help either with transporting the children or going on the bus please let us know. Finally, thank you for contributing towards a retiring gift for the Revd Harrison, you will be pleased to know we collected £105. The Revd Harrison chose to spend the money on Waterstone vouchers. | 16/09/2011 |
| Yes | The PTA will be holding a tea and cake sale on Friday 15th July from 3pm to raise funds for the school. We would like to ask the parents of children from Oak and Sycamore classes to provide the cakes this time please bring in to school on the Friday. We will also be selling new and second hand uniform on the 15th July from 3pm. A great opportunity to get yourselves organised for the new academic year so please remember to bring your cheque books. | 16/07/2011 |
| Yes | Next week we are proud to present our school production ‘Hoodwinked’ which is based on the story of Robin Hood. You are probably very familiar with the songs and parts of the script! Tuesday’s performance is a dress rehearsal and will be a matinee performance. We would like to encourage parents with small children to come to this performance, as we fully appreciate the evening performances can be tiring for them. The other two performances will be on held on Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday performance starts at 1.30 p.m Wednesday and Thursday performance starts at 6 p.m. – please drop your children off at 5.40 p.m. Each performance will run for approximately one hour. Unfortunately we are limited for space therefore tickets are restricted to 2 per family on the performance of your choice. Allocation will be on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Please return the reply slip below by Friday – we will then reallocate any unsold spaces on Monday, again on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. The cost of a ticket will be £2, please enclose the amount with your reply slip. There will be refreshments served before each performance provided by the PTA. | 22/07/2011 |
| Yes | As you know sports day takes place next Monday 18th July (weather permitting). It will start at 1.00 p.m. and will finish in time for children to catch bus/taxi home. The children have all been told which ‘house’ they are representing and which colour tee shirt to wear, the colours are red, yellow, green and blue. Please check with your child. If you are coming along please bring chairs/blankets to sit on. | 19/07/2011 |
| Yes | Please note that for the next three weeks (Friday 17th & 24th June and Friday 1st July) Celebration Assembly will be held on Thursdays at 2.30 p.m. and not Fridays. This is because we are having Robin Hood activities every Friday afternoon starting today. Activities include orienteering in the forest, animation, art and dance. | 24/06/2011 |
| Yes | Just to remind you that there will be a T D Day on Friday 27th May – the children will return to school after the holiday on Monday 6th June. | 07/06/2011 |
| Yes | A big thank you to all our families for all your help and donations for our May Fair last Saturday. We had a fantastic day and made a huge profit of £3,184.50 for our school which is a fantastic result. This year we had even more parents and children willing to help which is why the day ran so smoothly and was a very successful fun day, thank you. | 30/06/2011 |
| Yes | | 30/07/2011 |
| Yes | We are just about to send off the Tesco Vouchers we have collected. Please check your purses for any you may have and bring them into school. Many thanks. | 14/05/2011 |
| Yes | There will be a second hand uniform stall at the May Fair, if you have any items to donate please bring them in to school and give them to Emma Franklin, We raised £90 for our school at our end of term tea and cake sale, many thanks for your very kind and generous donations. We have started collecting teddies for the tombola. Toys, games, dvd's and books for the second hand stall and donations for the hamper raffle so please remember to bring them into school. Please invite all your friends and family to our fair on Saturday 14th May there will be plenty to see so promises to be a great day out for all the family. All stall holders need be at school on the day by 12pm to set up their stall. We will need help setting up gazebo's, bunting and parking signs so if you can help before the event please come along and help from 10am on Sat 14th May, many thanks in advance. Thanks | 14/05/2011 |
| Yes | Please make sure your child comes to school every day with a water bottle. These will be kept in the classrooms for their use. | 30/07/2011 |
| Yes | You will notice that Sue Brady will be providing ‘Street Party’ food on 28th April in celebration of the Royal Wedding. There will be a selection of sandwiches, sausages, dips, veg sticks, jelly and ice cream and fairy cakes to name but a few. All for the bargain price of £2.30. If you would like your child to partake please complete Sue Brady menu which was given out on Monday. | 28/04/2011 |
| Yes | The PTA will be holding a cake sale on Friday 8th April kindly donated by Hazel class parents. The children will be able to buy the cakes at 2.45 p.m. Parents are invited to buy cakes at 3 p.m. and stay for a brew as well. | 08/04/2011 |
| Yes | Thank you to everybody who has donated towards the Auction of Promises so far, however we still need more! If you have any good quality items for the auction we will gladly take them off your hands. Please contact Karina Hourd via the school. | 09/05/2011 |
| Yes | The Eco Schools Programme is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world. Currently the programme is running in 43 countries around the world, involving 27,000 schools, 6,000,000 students, 400,000 teachers and 4,000 local authorities. We are now registered and are going for our Bronze Award. To get started we need to form an Eco Schools Action Team, conduct an environmental review and develop an action plan. If you are interested please get in touch with Mrs Cross as the team needs to have a selection of parents, governors and children. | 01/05/2011 |
| Yes | The last session for children currently attending Art Club will be on 22nd March. Nicky Leigh will be running Art club again after the Easter Holiday commencing Tuesday 27th April for five weeks. If you would like your child to attend please complete the reply slip below and return it with your payment of £20. There are only 10 places. | 27/04/2011 |
| Yes | The PTA will be holding a meeting at school on Monday 28th March at 3.15pm. Please come and join us, we will be discussing the fast approaching May fair. Following the success of last year we will again be holding an auction of promises at the May fair on the 14th May, more details to follow shortly
Do you have a large gazebo or know anyone who could lend us a small marquee for the fair, please let the office or Mel know. Look forward to seeing you on the 28th March. A film and refreshments will be provided for the children. | 28/03/2011 |
| Yes | We are able to offer Dodge Ball sessions during dinner time play after the Easter holidays. This will take place on Wednesdays and will cost £1.50 per session. If you would like your child to take part please complete the reply slip below. | 31/03/2011 |
| Yes | Just to remind you that we have a visit from the Martial Arts Academy on the 10th March. If you haven’t already done so please could you return your form. | 10/03/2011 |
| Yes | We are having a ‘Red Head’ day on the 18th March. The children can come to school, in school uniform, but red from the head up – be as creative as you like! £1 donation please for all those taking part. | 18/03/2011 |
| Yes | There will not a celebration assembly on 18th February due to the hall being used. | 18/02/2011 |
| Yes | Recycle your old mobiles and raise cash for the school. Please find attached an envelope for your use, pop any unwanted mobile phones into the envelope and return it to school. | 31/03/2011 |
| Yes | The PTA will be holding a cake sale on Friday 18th February after school. Any donations to school on Friday please. Many thanks. | 18/02/2011 |
| Yes | Just a reminder that Monday 28th February is a T D Day, the children return to school on Tuesday 1st March. | 01/03/2011 |
| Yes | This year we will be sending the school reports home on March 18th. Parents’ Evening will follow on Monday 21st March and Tuesday 22nd March. More details to follow. | 22/03/2011 |
| Yes | The school council would like to set up a gardening club, either during a lunch time or after school. If you have some time and a passion for gardening please would you get in touch. | 07/02/2011 |
| Yes | Sainsburys are once again promoting ‘Active Kids’. Vouchers will be available from 9th February until 31st May, you will find the collection box outside the office. | 28/02/2011 |
| Yes | We are very pleased to let you know we will be holding a disco at school on Friday 11th February from 6.00pm till 7.30pm. The tickets are £3 per child and can be purchased from the school office from Monday | 11/02/2011 |
| Yes | We need volunteers for the beginning of each school day to help manage the drop off system. If you are interested please let Jan in the office know. Thank you. | 31/01/2011 |
| Yes | We have a vacancy for a clerical assistant and MDSA. This position is a combination of one hour per day, five days per week clerical assistant (which can be flexible) and one hour per day, five days per week MDSA. (which cannot be flexible). Closing date 20th January, interview date 27th January 2011. For further information and an application pack, please contact Jan Stagg. | 20/01/2011 |
| Yes | A very big thank you to Bob Knight of Knight Building Contractors Limited for sponsoring our new football kit. | 31/01/2011 |
| Yes | In the event of severe weather conditions and school closures please be advised to check for information via the School website, BBC Radio Wiltshire and Heart FM (previously GWR). There is a cascade system in school for emergency procedures which will then be put into place. | 31/12/2010 |
| Yes | On Wednesday 15th December at 7 p.m. in the Church, Reception and Yrs1 & 2 will be putting on a musical nativity called Whoops-a-Daisy Angel. Yrs 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be participating during the nativity with bible readings and carols. | 15/12/2010 |
| Yes | On Thursday 25th November we are fortunate enough to have M&M Theatrical Productions visiting the school to perform Sleeping Beauty. The PTA is kindly funding this production for the whole school. A very big thank you to the PTA. | 26/11/2010 |
| Yes | As you know Jude Reed has kindly offered to provide Christmas Lunch on the 14th December for the children this year, the cost of which will be £2.50 each. If you would like your child to partake please complete the reply slip below and return to school before Friday 19th November. Thank you. | 20/11/2010 |
| Yes | To manage lunchtimes effectively and successfully we need three MDSA’s during each lunch session. As you know we currently have an MDSA vacancy but in a few weeks time we will have another. If we do not fill these positions unfortunately we will not be able to offer hot school lunches and the children will have to bring packed lunches to school. As a school we are trying everything to avoid this. We would like to fill the positions permanently but in the meantime we are asking for volunteers. The lunchtime session starts at 12 noon and finishes at 1 p.m. the duties would include assisting with the serving of the hot lunches, clearing away and supervision of the children on the playground. If you feel you could commit an hour or two each week up until Christmas to help out it would be very much appreciated. Please see Jan in the office. Please note, if you do not have a CRB disclosure Mrs Cross will carry out a CRB Risk Assessment which will allow you to become a volunteer on a temporary basis. Finally, if you know of anybody who could take on the MDSA job permanently please ask them to contact the school office. | 19/11/2010 |
| Yes | As a school we would like to offer as many after school clubs as possible. The school has been in discussions with Swindon Town Football Club since the summer term to organise a football club. As you can appreciate their services are very popular and we are in negotiations for setting up a club in the new year. We are following up other alternatives. Watch this space! We are also in negotiations with a parent who has contacts with Marlborough Rugby Club in setting up a rugby club here at school. Art Cub – For children who attend Art Club on Thursdays, Nicky Leigh is unable to make the 25th November. This session will now take place on the following week the 2nd December. Chess Club for KS2 children will begin on Thursday 18th November during lunchtimes with Mrs Cross and will continue throughout the year. Judo We are able to offer four Judo taster sessions. We have arranged that there will be two weeks for KS1 and two weeks for KS2. If it is successful then we can offer it as a club for the rest of the year. The taster sessions are free | 26/11/2010 |
| Yes | As you know this takes place next Tuesday and Thursday. If you haven’t already made an appointment and wish to, please contact Jan in the office. | 11/11/2010 |
| Yes | On Tuesday 14th December Jude Reed has kindly offered to cook Christmas Dinner for the children, details to follow. | 22/10/2010 |
| Yes | After the October break we will have a vacancy for an MDSA. We are looking for someone to help with setting up and looking after the children during the lunchtime period. Details as follows: Monday – Thursday – 1 hour per day (4 hours per week) from 12 – 1 p.m. Term time only, £6.35 per hour. Closing date Friday 15th October. For an application form please contact Jan in the school office. | 15/10/2010 |
| Yes | As you know Book Week runs on the 4th October until the 8th October. There will be several activities during the week celebrating books and reading. On Thursday 7th we are having a bedtime story. Children will come back to school at 6 p.m. dressed in their nightwear and listen to parent volunteers reading a story of their choice. During this session the children will have a mug of hot chocolate and a biscuit which the PTA are kindly organising. The session will last an hour, if you would like to read a story to the children please let your child’s class teacher know. On Friday 8th we are having a book character day. Children come to school dressed as their favourite book character. Just a reminder that Well Wishers Book Company will be selling their books w/b 11 October after school. | 09/10/2010 |
| Yes | The first swimming session was very successful at the swimming pool. However, due to parents collecting their children from the pool without the schools knowledge, the rest of the children were late getting back to school which caused a problem with the school bus. We do not encourage parents to pick up at the swimming pool, please collect them from school at the normal time. On occasions due to the public swimming session before our session the children may be slightly later getting back. | 08/10/2010 |
| Yes | Takes place next Friday in Church at 9.15 a.m. Each class will contribute a piece of drama, poetry and some favourite hymns will be sung. We would also like donations of harvest gifts which will be donated to the Trussel Trust – please bring your donations to school w/b 27th September and finally we are looking for offers of help to set up the Church for the Harvest Festival. Many thanks. | 02/10/2010 |
| Yes |
Just a reminder that the school is still a nut free zone. A child in sycamore class has a very serious nut allergy and therefore the same care needs to be given when packing your child’s snack and lunch. Thank you.
| 24/09/2010 |
| Yes | This is something new to the school. It is an opportunity for you to find out a little more about the day to day operation and expectations in each class. Please do try to attend if you can. Monday 13th September 5.30 – Hazel Class (Rec/Yr1 Mrs Sarah Hobby) 5.50 – Oak Class (Yr2/Yr3 Mr Kevin Sandall) 6.10 – Sycamore Class (Yr4/Yr5/Yr6 Ms Niki Jones/Mrs Karen Austin) | 13/09/2010 |
| Yes | The week starting 12th July will be the final week for all clubs. There will be no clubs in the final week of term. | 16/07/2010 |
| Yes | Week beginning 12th July is Art Week. We are very lucky to have Sue Faux as our resident artist for the week. She will be working in all classes throughout the week culminating in some whole school art work. We have decided that this week will be a non uniform week for all children. Please make sure that your child wears old clothes that are able to get paint spattered! Yr 6 will need their uniform in a bag on Wednesday 14th July as the Gazette & Herald are coming to take leavers’ photos providing your permission has been given. | 16/07/2010 |
| Yes | As you know ‘Bikeability’ begins the Week Beginning 5th July. The children will be working with the Bikeability instructor every afternoon during that week from 12.30 – 2.30. The children will need to make sure that they have their helmet and bike in school everyday of that week. It is possible for the children to keep their bikes in school for the entire week providing that they are suitably locked – we will not however be able to lock the bikes away – this will therefore be at your own risk. The children will need to wear suitable clothing for cycling. This can be kept in their locker to change into each afternoon; they can then change back into their uniform before the end of the school day. We hope that this event is a great success and that the children end the week more knowledgeable and confident cyclists. | 09/07/2010 |
| Yes | Please note that the school will be closed to children on Wednesday 1st September due to staff training. The first day of Term 1 will be on Thursday 2nd September. | 02/09/2010 |
| Yes | Mr Sandall will be running an e-Safety session in the hall for parents on Thursday 8th June at 2.30 p.m. In this rapidly changing world we urge you to come along and learn about how you can make computer use safer for your child. | 08/07/2010 |
| Yes | The Friends of St Katharine’s are holding another maintenance day at school on Saturday the 19th June from 10am till 2pm. We have some wood preserving that needs finishing, some chairs that need assembling and some down pipes that need fixing or replacing. If you are able to come and lend a hand please let Jan in the office know along with your contact details in case we need to postpone due to bad weather, refreshments will be provided. Many thanks in advance. | 26/06/2010 |
| Yes | Please could you send any Tesco or Sainsbury's vouchers that you still have at home into school as soon as possible as the deadline to send them off is fast approaching! | 21/06/2010 |
| Yes | There will be no clubs this week. | 11/06/2010 |
| Yes | The children all need to have a sun hat in school as well as sun cream if they burn easily. It would also be a good idea for them to have a water bottle.. | 25/07/2010 |
| Yes | Our hard working PTA held the annual May Fayre on Saturday 14th May raising a staggering £2,865 for our school. A huge thank you to everyone involved and who helped. Click on the PTA section to see some photos of the day. | 26/06/2010 |
| Yes | Saturday 15th May is the PTA's annual May Fair and help is still needed. A list is in the entrance if you can help run a stall or an activity. | 15/05/2010 |
| Yes | The year 2, 3 and 4 children in Sycamore had a wonderful time on Monday and Tuesday on their residential trip to Oxenwood. For some of the children it was their first night away from home and it was a wonderful experience for all of the children who all had a wonderful time, doing themselves and their school proud. | 31/03/2010 |
| Yes | On Tuesday 9th March 11 children from St Katharines entered and won the Marlborough year 5 & 6 Hockey tournament. Well done to you all and a huge thank you to Rob and Jus Renwick for coaching the team and to all the parents who transported and supported the children.
| 31/03/2010 |
| Yes | We had a fantastic time on our forest walk on Friday afternoon, the sun shone and the children were able to explore the forest, taking some wonderful pictures of the first signs of spring for our photography competition. Watch this page through the week to see some of the competition entries. | 14/03/2010 |
| Yes | We will be going on a forest walk at 12:30 on Friday afternoon. The children will need wellies and if possible a named digital camera for a photography competition. The children will need to be responsible for the camera themselves. | 05/03/2010 |
| Yes | I hope everyone has a great half term and we'll see you again on the Monday 22nd February. | 23/02/2010 |
| Yes | Please Note: Next TD Day is 12th February | 13/02/2010 |