Well done to Raya, Freya and Ava who organised a cake sale to raise money for Australian Red Cross, after the devastating fires there.  They managed to raise over £50.00.    

                          I was delighted to be the First Winner of Accelerated Reader’s 12 Days of Christmas Competition – and received for St Bede’s 5 signed copies of Wildspark and Brightstorm, written by the talented Vashti Hardy. Thank you to Vashti Hardy and AR – we will love having these books! Mrs Keggans Librarian

AR 100% competition  (6 Nov -2 Dec ’19) Fantastic achievement by pupils – almost 900 raffle tickets were given out to those whose gained 100% in their Library Book AR Quiz, during the 4 week competition! Congratulations to the 100% winners, whose raffle ticket was selected at random, Winners were – £5 to spend at our Book Fair Y5ARI Nikola Y6RJA Afra Y7SHA Royston Y8JST Layla Chocolate selection pack Y5ARI Ola E-F Y6DST Kesia Y7HFA Ella Y8TOM Klaudia Large bar of Dairy Milk Chocolate Y5AGA Maks Y6NST Erin Y7HFA Jessica W Y8ABR Angel Pot of sweets Y5AGA Harry Y6NST Niamh Y7HFA Isla Y8ABR Erin 3D Book mark Y5ARI Milly Y6AWA Ellie Y7MDI Samantha Y8ABR Natalie Minecraft rubber Y5CAL Kacper Y6DST Adrian Y7SHA Harry Y8JST Peter Cat / Dog Ruler Y5ARI Tiana Y6RJA Skyla Y7KBR Larsson Y8RDE Amelia Maze Pen Y5BCU Harry Y6VSU Charley Y7KBR Charlotte Y8SEV Amy Note book & pen Y5CAL Y6NST Falak Y7KBR Evie Y8JSE Katherine

Another successful Book Fair at St Bede’s this December, our Library was extremely busy during Lunch times, with pupils keen to buy books and stationery and also the Book Fair was open in the Christmas Fayre! We raised £395 commission to spend on Books for our school Library. These have already been purchased and will be on the Library shelves when pupils return to school in January. New books include the just released; ‘Beast of Buckingham Palace’ by David Walliams, ‘Wrecking Ball’ – Diary of Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, and ‘Wildspark’ by Vashti Hardy, and many more favourite and inspiring books including ‘Little People Big Dreams’ series celebrating little girls with dreams who became women with great vision.

St Bede’s Singers today visited Mrs Vale at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.  Mrs Vale asked if the Singers could visit to sing carols for her and the other patients on her ward.  They were all very pleased to see us and there were a few tears, from patients, staff and Singers! We then moved down to the foyer at the hospital, singing our whole repertoire again for staff and visitors passing through – we were given a bucket by a member of staff and managed to raise some money for the QE charity. On our way back, we decided to do a return visit to the Alexandra hospital, as we had promised and, again, performed our song list outside the café on the ground floor.  After some much needed refreshments, provided by the lovely ladies in the café, it was time to head back to school.

Monday (16 December) is our second SMVSC day of the year, where we collapse the timetable to cover our PSHE curriculum. Below is a brief outline of the topics that will be covered during the day by each year group. The theme for this day is bullying, which may include a range of concepts- including physical, cyber bullying, social media, prejudice and also includes a session to Year 6 and 8 about Loan Sharks. You may wish to have discussions in advance with your children so that they and yourselves have an awareness about what they will be learning. For more detailed information please look at our website curriculum maps for a more thorough outline of what each lesson will entail. Year 5: Bullying and the types of bullying – including what they should do if they or someone else is bullied. Social media – Including how bullying can take place online and how to use social media safely. Cyber safety – staying safe online. Year 6: Bullying – Understanding the different forms of bullying an how to deal with this Cyber Safety – How to stay safe online Social Media – Age restrictions of Social media and how to use this safely. National Identities – appreciation for different cultures. Loan Sharks – Understanding what a loan shark is and how this can affect their families. Year 7: Bullying – Understanding the different forms of bullying an how to deal with this Cyber safety – how to use the internet safely. Social Media (2 sessions) A session led by the police on Anti-Social Behaviour and Consent (in context of sending messages on social media) Year 8: Anti-Social Behaviour – how this can affect themselves and others (peers and society) Bullying – Forms of bullying and what they can do if themselves…

Thanks to everyone who donated goods for our Christmas Hampers.  These will be given to Mrs Osborne to distribute amongst the community.