Congratulations go to Ruby in Y6, who, out of hundreds and hundreds of entries, has won the House of Commons Christmas Card completion 2016. Ruby was presented with a framed Christmas Card and a letter from James Morris, our Halesowen MP.

 

Ruby was absolutely thrilled when we announced in a whole school assembly, that she had won. Well done Ruby, we are extremely proud of you.

 

Ruby's Christmas card will be sent to all the MPs in the House of Commons- just imagine Teresa May will wake up on Christmas morning and open a Christmas Card from our very own Ruby. Yippee!

 

Follow the link to see the Newspaper Article...

http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/NEWS/14963719.Ruby_wins_Halesowen_and_Rowley_Regis_MP__39_s_Christmas_card_competition/?ref=rss

Cleaning team win accolade for second year running! 

Staff, Governors, parents and children at Our Lady & St Kenelm RC Primary School in Halesowen are celebrating once again this year as their cleaning team, led by site manager, Neil Brettle, have won the accolade 'Cleaning Team of the Year 2016!' 

Dudley cleaning services manager, Mr Mark Diggory, along with some of his colleagues, presented the team with a glass momentum, in a whole school assembly! This is the second time the school has won this prestigious award and their head teacher, Christine Finnegan, stated... ' We are so proud of this achievement for our school. Neil and his cleaning team work tirelessly to ensure that our school and school grounds are immaculately clean for all the children and the staff; we cannot thank them enough for all their hard work!' 
Well done to all the team! 

 The Happy Puzzle Company spent a day in school working with all of our children. The company offers  "... a unique and fun collection of award-winning 3-D puzzles, games, challenges and puzzle books for both children and adults and covering a wide range of areas within the National Curriculum."

The guided sessions "... promoted learning through play and in developing logical reasoning and thinking skills."

The children had an amazing time working with their team to solve the puzzles.

A huge thank you to the HSA for their new fund raising initiative - Silver Smarties and to our children and their families. We hope we will be able to raise enough money for us to buy as many of the puzzles as possible for use in school.

 

Please follow the link to OLSK Parish Website.

http://www.ourladyandstkenelm.org.uk/

Mrs Finnegan introduced our house teams to us on Monday assembly.  We were all excited about which team we would be in.  There are the:

Outstanding Oracles

Learning Legends

Shining Stars

Knowledge Knights

 

We can earn house points by 'Bringing out the Best in Ourselves and Others'.

 

How many points will you get for your team this week?

 

West Midlands Police have asked that we remind all our children, and parents, of the Firework Code. For more information on firework safety please read the attached poster. We hope this makes for a safe and enjoyable Bonfire Night.

Calling all mums! You're going to love this new creation- it will make your lives, and our lives in school, so much easier.This amazing new clothing stamp is available for you to purchase. No more lost school jumpers, no more searching the corridors at the end of the day! Go to the website for more information....

www.stamptastic.co.uk

We would like to thank all our families who donated food  to suport those who are less fortunate then ourselves! This year we are supporting the Black Country Food Bank! We know that all of your support will help those who have less than we do this Autumn! Thank you once again for your kind offerings. 

Congratulations to our new Head Boy & Head Girl and their Deputies, who have been chosen by the staff, to support the leadership of our school! The Chair of Governors, Mr Pete Johnson, popped into school today, to congratulate them on their appointments!