Dear parents, 

We have updated our Home and School Agreement and will be sending it out in September with the permissions pack.

Home and School Agreement (2023)

Please have a look at beforehand to make yourself aware of any changes and once you recieve a paper copy of the agreement in September it will need to be signed and returned to school asap.

Thank-you for your continued support

We are so proud of our Eco-council who have been awarded a special certificate signed by Sir David Attenborough for their efforts in protecting our environment. Well done everyone. 
 

​Date 7th July 2023

Dear Mrs Finnegan & Mrs Morris,

Following your LiveSimply Award assessment during which you and your pupils shared the actions you havebeen participating in to demonstrate how you have been living simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the world’s poorest communities, we have great pleasure in confirming Our Lady and St Kenelm Catholic PrimarySchool has achieved the LiveSimply award. This is a fantastic achievement, and we warmly congratulate you, your pupils, and your staff team.

Your award plaque has been ordered and will be sent direct to your school. We hope you will be able to display it in a prominent place somewhere on your school premises.

In compiling the report, we note there is much to commend. It was wonderful to hear of all the outreach work your school is participating in to support your local community, refugees & asylum seekers, and our global community too. Your pupils were able to articulate howimportant it is not just to learn about Catholic Social Teaching but to put it into action. 

When asked why it was important to look after God’s planet there was a beautiful answer “We are shepherds to the world and we are here to care for it”. It was super to hear of the strong links between your school and parish communities and in addition how you are reaching out to work with lots of other people and organisations, including your local MP and ASDA with their Food Rangers Programme.

Thank you for your continued support of CAFOD, it is much appreciated. 

Siobhan Farnell, CAFOD LiveSimply Award Assessor was delighted to confirm Our Lady and St Kenelm Catholic Primary School has achieved the LiveSimply Award. She said “The pupils and staff have trulyembraced living simply, sustainably and in solidarity.They have built a strong connection with their local community to ensure all feel welcome and valued, and they have reached out to support our global sisters and brothers living in some of the world’s poorest communities. Their inspired actions have and will continue to make a real difference to our planet and tothe lives of others in their school, local community, and our global community. I wish the pupils and staff all the very best as they continue their journey”.

We hope the ethos of LiveSimply continues in your school for many years to come and encourages current and future pupils to live simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the world’s poorest communities through faith inspired actions that impact your school, local and global communities.

Once again, very well done on your award – it is a fantastic achievement and demonstrates your commitment to LiveSimply as a vital part of the Catholic life and mission of your school.

Wishing you all the best as you continue to stand in solidarity with our global family and be active stewards of creation. 

Siobhan Farnell
LiveSimply School Coordinator
LiveSimply Award
CAFOD Schools

We were delighted to welcome members of the Halesowen Welcome Group to our very first Soup Kitchen!
 

We were honoured to serve the local community with hot soups, cakes & a hot cuppa this afternoon in school, led by our very own Caritas Ambassadors! 💕💕 

We thank all the parents for their generous donations of clothes, shoes & toys for the children. It was a huge success & we received many compliments from our visitors; thanking the children and staff for all their efforts in helping them to feel wanted & loved. 
 

Thank you to the parents who supported us for the afternoon, serving hot drinks and making our new friends feel really welcome! 💕💕

We look forward to doing it all again in the Autumn Term! Everyone is welcome so keep an eye on the calendar for our Winter Warming Soup Kitchen #schoolofsanctuary

#welcome the stranger 🙏💕🙏

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OLSK SVP Matters

We are delighted to have been awarded 'Gold' in the School Games Mark for 2022/23!

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

We are extremely proud of our children for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.
 
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
 

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Parents, carers and stakeholders in Dudley borough are being invited to take part in a consultation on educational hubs for early years children with special educational needs and disabilities

As part of a commitment to support more Dudley children with the right provision at the right time; the Council is consulting on a proposal to change its current model of specialist nursery provision from a single setting, Leapfrog at Netherton Park Nursery School, to a locality model. This will be achieved by establishing an Early Years Inclusion Hub in each of the borough’s five townships.

All responses must be received by midnight 30 June 2023

The consultation for the Early Year Hubs is now live and we invite you to take part  in the consultation.

https://www.dudley.gov.uk/eyinclusionhubs

Further details are shown in the link above and explains how you can respond to this consultation

Employees can also participate in the consultation.

Do you want to be part of our amazing team at OLSK? Check out our latest job opportunities:

https://our-lady.dudley.sch.uk/school-vacancies/…

If you know someone amazing who fits the bill and would make a fabulous addition to our team, please share it with them too!