Congratulations to Moonstone Class for 99% attendance last week! APFS Christmas Cards to order have come home in bookbags today (order deadline next Monday 18th November) School Photographs are due home this week! Due to Parent Consultations the following clubs will not be on this week Art, Choir, Mr Rowland’s KS2 Football Club, Games, Homework, Lego and Sewing. Most Parent / Teacher Consultations are on Tuesday and Thursday. The playground will be available for parking after 4.00pm on Tuesday. For those appointments within the school day please report to the Academy Office on arrival. Rev’d Bill and children from Year 4 led a collective worship for ‘All Saints Day’.
Congratulations to our ‘Extreme Reading’ challenge winners – Arun, Milly, Florence, Olivia & William! Christopher Baker, Chaplain from Etonbury Academy, had the unenviable job of judging the entries. Our Year 4 Sports Leaders visited Bedford Rugby Club on -Saturday. They had a training session and were Guard of Honour for the match! In Collective Worship this morning we marked Remembrance Day. Year 4 classes are having a ‘Vikings & Anglo Saxons Day’ on Tuesday.
Children In Need Day is on Friday. For a donation to the charity, children are invited to come to school in any fancy dress or non-uniform.
We have signed up to
‘The Big Book Boost’ organised by The Book People. Every time you place an order
with them over £10, they’ll donate £1 to us to spend on books! If you are
thinking of buying books for Christmas presents why not try their website https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/bigbookboost
We are collecting The Sun newspaper ‘Books for Schools’ tokens, which are available between
We are also collecting the Aldi Supermarket 'Kit for School' Team GB stickers. If we collect 300 we can receive an exclusive school sports kit! School Admissions 2020 Although we have only just started this school year, the admissions rounds for starting school (see attachment) or moving up to middle school in 2020 are now open! Applications can be made on the Central Bedfordshire Admissions Website https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/5/school_admissions. Polite Requests We have a ‘Forget me Not’ Pot in Reception for families to
drop off any late or forgotten items which will then be delivered from
Reception to the Classrooms at break time.
Please ensure everything is labelled with the child’s name and class. Please can we remind you that children should not be playing football or going onto the slope area of the playground before and after school. Thank you. I am delighted to inform you that St. Mary’s has been judged ‘Outstanding’ in our SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican & Methodist Schools) Inspection. Miss S Bishop, Headteacher To view the full report please click the link below: General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) As you may be aware there are new General Data Protection Regulations now in force. It is important that we have up to date contact information and permissions contained within our Pupil Information Forms at all times so please let the office know if something changes. Should you have any concerns regarding GDPR please do not hesitate to contact either Keeley Etere or Debbie Flanagan in the Academy Office. Please look at the many photos added each week on the Pictures page! Welcome to St Mary's If your child is to join us for the first time we welcome you as parents and look forward to a happy and successful association over the coming years. If you already have a child here we are pleased to continue the links between us. Miss Sam Bishop Headteacher About St Mary's Academy St. Mary's Academy was founded to provide education according to the principles and practices of the Church of England. We are proud of its heritage and links with St Mary's Church and is firmly committed to Christian values, which underlie the life and work of the academy. The academy is co-educational and caters for pupils of all abilities. The roll for September 2019 is 269 pupils. This is made up as follows:
Our Vision  St Mary's is a Church of England Academy and our aims, values and ethos are 2019 - 2020 St Mary's Academy School Council  Stanley Webb and Eliana Miles (Opal) William Whybrow and Daisy Nott (Moonstone) Lacie Jones and Frida Therkildsen (Crystal) Jack Holland and Emily Brown (Jet) Ryan Walker and Macy Frank (Emerald) Mason Hunt and Seren Monckton-Burt (Coral) Dexter Marsh and Rosie Lord (Diamond) Ben Davison and Bella Swift (Amethyst)  St Mary's Church of England Academy Stotfold Company No. 7999942 Registered In England and Wales Registered Office Rook Tree lane, Stotfold, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 4DL |
