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ST CATHERINE’S
CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
CONTACT
WEEK ENDING:
A M ESSAGE F ROM O UR H EADTEACHER FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2019
WEAR IT PINK 2019 BLESSING
Thank you to everyone who supported our November is the month when we remember our
fundraising for Breast Cancer Now and especially loved ones who have died. Our belief in the
to Miss Fitzgerald who every year has put in an Communion of Saints reminds us that our family
extraordinary number of hours into what is and friends who have died share eternity with
always a really enjoyable set of events. God and all the Saints. St. Augustine once said
“God is nearer to us than we are to ourselves”,
YEAR 11 SUPPORT YOUR DAUGHTER EVENING & our loved ones are with God and therefore they
YEAR 7 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION EVENING are also with us. This awareness can be a source
of comfort and strength to each of us.
Thank you to parents/carers who attended these
events and to Miss Almeder and the staff who PRAYER
gave presentations. The PowerPoints from the
Year 11 evening will be sent to all Year 11 Dear Lord, throughout our lives we love our
families. family deeply but as life continues our loved ones
are called to be with God. We never truly say
PARKING IN LOCAL ROADS goodbye for we know our loved ones are with us
in our hearts. We pray for all our dearly departed
We have received complaints from local residents that they may rest in peace and that we may have
regarding parents who are leaving their car the courage and strength we need.
engines running whilst they wait for their Amen.
daughters to come out of school. This is not good
for our environment and is not necessary. Please
could we ask that you consider the impact of your
car engine on climate change. Everyone’s
contribution makes a difference to caring for our
earth.
ALL SAINTS – 1ST NOVEMBER 2019
We thank Father Jed for coming into school today
to celebrate mass for this Holy Day of Obligation.
This week, Mr Allen’s assemblies focussed on the
4 saints that our houses are named after. St
Angela, St Adele, St Cecilia and St Frances have
much to teach us about ourselves and we are
reminded that in all parts of our lives, we should
try to be more like the Saints.
GOD BLESS
MRS CONNOLLY
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ALL SAINTS DAY MASS – 1ST NOVEMBER 2019 2
We actually started our fundraising for Breast Every form group received the ‘Thinking of you’
Cancer Now on Monday 23rd September with our activity where each student received a paper bunting
‘Big Night Out’ raffle exclusively for staff. Working triangle where they could write about someone that
with companies based in London, I put together 5 they are thinking about at this time or that might
prizes to giveaway which included vouchers for the simply be struggling or unwell. All of the bunting
ICEbar, a £100 bar tab with Adventure Bar London, then gets stuck onto a poster to make a lovely
Ballie Ballerson vouchers and more. We drew the display.
raffle on Friday 4th October and this raffle raised
£300 which was a fantastic start.
Mrs Hinch kindly organised a lucky dip sweepstake
for the Rugby World Cup where £50 goes to Breast
Cancer Now and the winner receives £30 with the
runner up receiving £20. Congratulations to Ms
Scheepers and Mrs Hinch. Thank you to everyone
who took part.
In the meantime, I had been prepping activity packs
for our 40 form groups which included a mixture of
the following; posters, colouring sheets, word Our official whole school fundraising began on
searches, two games of bingo, quiz flash cards and Monday 7th October where we sold 200 sweet
Pickle the Pig who has outfits that the students can cones and 50 popcorn cones throughout break and
colour in pink and put onto Pickle. I gave each form the lunchtimes. This sale raised £120. We also
tutor some spot prizes to give to any deserving started selling raffle tickets for the big student raffle
students which included sweets, pens, stickers, hair with the help of some lovely Year 10 students who
bows and lollipops. I also prepared a PowerPoint went round to all the form classes in the mornings.
presentation which included information about the
charity, case studies about some famous faces who On Tuesday 8th October we had a lucky dip where
have been affected by Breast Cancer and a video of students paid £1 to dig deep and pick out a
what we did last year and what is planned for this mysterious prize. In 20 minutes we had sold out!
year. From selling the lucky dip and raffle rickets we
managed to raise another £120.
For Wednesday 9th October, I made 126 white
chocolate, marshmallow and pink smarties cereal
cakes. For the first time we also sold cups of pink
lemonade, 12 litres to be exact. From this sale we
managed to raise £80.
On Thursday 10th October we took part in the
Krispy Kreme fundraising scheme. We had 31 boxes
of original glazed doughnuts to sell at break time.
The students were queueing the whole way across
the playground to purchase a doughnut. The
doughnuts went down a treat and we were able to
raise £170.
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Wear it Pink week began on Monday 14th October I had responded to an advert that Beautiful Events
when we sold a number of different fancy dress items Bexley had put out offering a free decoration service
including bunny ears, Minnie mouse ears, tiaras, fairy to anyone holding an event for Breast Cancer. On
wings, cat ears, flower headbands, unicorn Wednesday 16th October, the day before our Wear
headbands, cowboy hats and more. From this we it Pink event Ria got back to me and said that they
raised £225. were still able to provide some decorations if we still
needed them. Ria came at 7am on the day of the
On Tuesday 15th October, we sold the Breast event and set up their beautiful pink rose flower wall
Cancer Now Merchandise where the students could and provided signs with our school logo and also a
buy the wristbands, pens, and badges. Over the separate stand. For beautiful events Bexley to be able
summer, I had handmade hundreds of bows and to turn up last minute for us and provide these
ribbons and customised them with crystals these amazing decorations was just amazing. Our students
were on sale at 50p and £1. (and staff!) loved having their photograph taken in
front of the wall especially as they were all dressed in
We continued to sell any merchandise and remaining their pink outfits for the day. Having the flower wall
fancy dress items throughout the lunchtimes on made such a difference to the day and it is something
Wednesday. that we have never had in the 6 years I have been
running Breast Cancer Now fundraising events. On
behalf of the students and staff at St Catherine’s
Catholic School, I want to thank Ria and her team at
Beautiful Events Bexley for their kindness,
professionalism and dedication in helping our school
community on a day that is so very important in our
school calendar.
Thank you for
making our Wear
it Pink 2019 so
very special.
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On Thursday 17th October, Wear it Pink day had finally arrived! I
began the day by photographing some students with our flower
wall. I then sent round a logo quiz for students and staff to
complete during form time. I had recoloured 9 famous logos pink
and the first set of correct answers would receive a whole box of
Tunnock’s caramel wafers. Mr Considine and his form 11Fr2 were
quick off the mark and won the caramel wafers but thank you to
everyone who participated. During Lesson 1, I drew the staff raffle
and I had 27 prizes to giveaway which included Starbucks gift sets,
a Vidal Sassoon voucher, a Tanyard Lane meal voucher, an Oliver
Bonas £20 gift card and a night at the Holiday Inn to highlight a
few. Thank you to all the members of staff who bought raffle tick-
ets and I hope you enjoy your prizes. At break time, I turned on
the girl power playlist, lit up the stage with disco lights and began
applying glitter make up to as many students as I physically could
in that time. As the glitter make up was so popular at break time I
continued to offer this during the three lunchtimes and the
students were looking more and more pink and sparkly as the day
went on. After all the lunches had finished and we had sold as
many raffle tickets as we could, I drafted in the help of Mrs Hinch
and Mr Childs to help draw the student raffle. Due to the
generosity of so many companies that had helped us out with
raffle donations this year, we were able to give out 53 prizes to
the students.
Wear it Pink 2019 has been a roaring success and even though so
much work, planning and preparation goes into the event, I enjoy
it so much. We have currently raised £2377 which brings our
total figure up to £18,442. I love hearing about our students and
staff members’ connections with breast cancer and why they want
to support our fundraising, I especially enjoy interacting with our
Year 7 students as this is their first Wear it Pink at St Catherine’s
and they are always so enthusiastic about getting involved and
looking at all the items for sale. Each year, I am so proud of what
we achieve during our pink week and even during this time I am
constantly thinking what else can I do? I am hoping to squeeze in
another two raffles before Christmas as we had so many prizes
donated including a lot of books from some publishing companies
that it made sense to do some more fundraising throughout
November and towards the end of December.
MISS FITZGERALD
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St Catherine’s Catholic School
Current Fundraising Total
£2377
For Wear it Pink 2019, we were able to work with more companies and local businesses than ever
before. We really appreciate your dedication in helping us. Thank you for going above and beyond
reading our story so far and blog on the Wear it Pink website, replying to emails and phone calls
and taking the time to organise such amazing raffle prize donations. We simply would not have
achieved what we have without your support and kindness so thank you again. Here are the
companies who directly helped us to make Wear it Pink 2019 so amazing.
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On Thursday 31st October, 75 Year 10 students visited the London Museum of
London Docklands. During this fascinating history trip, we have all gained a lot of
knowledge about Jack the Ripper, Whitechapel and London Docklands. During one
of the workshop sessions we were allowed to look at and hold objects and replicas
from the 19th Century. Another session included visiting the three floors of the
museum where there were various exhibitions and interactive displays to which we
had a booklet to fill in answers to various questions about the exhibits. We also had
a drama/Q&A session with a character acting as a police officer from the time who
explained to us the struggle of trying to catch Jack the Ripper as well as details
about the patterns of the murders which were both interesting and surprising. We
truly recommend going to visit the London Museum of London if you are looking to
study History at GCSE. We have learned a lot and had an amazing time.
HANNAH 10CE2 & ITOHAN 10CE2
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LITERACY CHARTER
We have our first student who has been signed off for her Bronze literacy charter: Charlotte (9Fr1) has been
awarded 150 points for her house for this achievement.
Our second student to complete 5 activities from the charter to get her bronze certificate is Faith (9Ce2) who has
also been awarded 150 points for her house. Well done.
A great thanks to everyone who took part in last half-term's writing competitions. The winners are as follows
Winners: Runners up:
* Kosi (7Ad1) * Melody (7An2)
* Yeva (8Ce2) * Tiara (8Ce2)
* Sibora (9Ad2) * Charlotte (9Fr1)
The three winners will go into a draw to win a prize at the end of the year and have been awarded 100 house
points.
Runners up have been awarded 50 house points.
Please watch out for this half-term’s set of writing competitions for a chance to win prizes and go into the draw.
MISS MAN
12Post-16 Open Event Diary 2019
Provider Date Time
Beths Grammar School
Current Beths Year 11 students Thursday 14th November 5:30-7:00pm
External Year 11 students Thursday 21st November 5:30-8:00pm
Bexley Grammar School
External students Tuesday 19th November 6.45-8.30pm
Bexleyheath Academy Thursday 7th November 5:30-7:30pm
Blackfen School for Girls Monday 14th October
Current Blackfen students 5:00-6:00pm
Hurstmere students 5:45-6:45pm
External students 6:30-7:30pm
Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School
Current CSGS Year 11 students Wednesday 6th November 3:10-5:30pm
External Year 11 students Wednesday 13th November 7:00-9:00pm
(Ticketed event)
Christ the King: St Mary’s Saturday 16th November
Partner School students 10:00-11:00am
All other students 11:00am-1:00pm
Cleeve Park School Thursday 14th November 5:00-7:00pm
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Crayford Thursday 7th November
6:00-8:00pm
Academy
Harris Academy Falconwood
Internal students Thursday 3rd October 6:00-8:00pm
External students Thursday 10th October 6:00-8:00pm
Harris Garrard Academy Thursday 14th November 5:00-7:00pm
King Henry School Wednesday 6th November 6:00-8:00pm
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London College of Performing Arts Saturday 12 October 11:30am-4:30pm
th
LSEC: Bexley Campus Wednesday 30 October 4:00-6:00pm
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LSEC: Construction campus Wednesday 13 November 4:00-6:00pm
Please contact the school to arrange an
Marlborough School
appointment
Thursday 7th November
Townley Grammar School 5.30-8.30pm
(Ticketed event)
Trinity School Wednesday 30th October 6:00-8:00pm
Welling School Thursday 7th November 6:00-8:00pm
Please contact the school to arrange an
Woodside Academy
appointment
13MEDICATION
Please ensure that any medication your daughter needs to bring to school is labelled with their name and
form, includes instructions on how and when it is to be taken and is in date. All medication must be
handed in to the school office. Students may go to the school office when they need to take their
medication. This applies to all medication including over the counter medications such as paracetamol and
ibuprofen.
AEROSOLS, SPRAYS AND KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE
At the beginning of the new school year it is important to be reminded about some of our rules which
are designed to keep all of the students safe and well in school. We ask that students do not bring any
aerosols, other types of spray or perfumes into school. This is clearly stated in out planner and is to
ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students. The spraying of these items can lead to asthma attacks for
students in school and therefore poses a serious risk to their safety and wellbeing. Students can bring a
roll on deodorant to school to use after their PE lessons should they wish but aerosol sprays, other types
of spray and perfumes should not be brought to school and therefore not used anywhere on the school
site. The support of all parents/carers and students with regard to this matter is very much appreciated.
MRS HAYES
14AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
Monday Badminton – All Years Miss Wood
Tuesday Fitness Club – All Years Miss Husband
Step Into Dance – KS3 Maria Casseur
Yr 8-9 Basketball Lunchtime club Miss Wood
Wednesday Netball Club – All Years Miss Scheepers
Thursday Rugby Club – All Years Miss Scheepers
Activity Staff Times / Days Eligible Year Duration Location
Groups
Orchestra Miss Joanes Wednesday All Year Groups All Year A8
(ZJO) 3.10-4.00
Arts Award Mrs Bryant Tuesday p4 Year 7 All Year T2
(Bronze) (EBR)
Arts Award Miss Joanes Tuesday p5 Years 8 and 9 All Year T2
(Silver) (ZJO)
Arts Award Miss Joanes Tuesday p6 Years 10 and 11 All Year T2
(Silver) (ZJO)
Year 7 Choir Mrs Bryant Thursday p4 Year 7 All Year A8
(EBR)
Year 8 Choir Miss Joanes Thursday p5 Year 8 All Year A7
(ZJO)
Year 9 Choir Mrs Bryant Thursday p5 Year 9 All Year A8
(EBR)
Senior Choir Mrs Bryant Friday p6 Years 10 and 11 All Year A8
(EBR)
Chapel Choir Mrs Bryant Monday Years 8-11 (by All Year A8
(EBR) 3.10-4.10 audition)
Show Miss Joanes / Thursday Years 7-10 Autumn and A8
Rehearsal Mrs Bryant 3.10-4.30 Spring terms
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ST CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL ST CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
TERM DATES TERM DATES
2019-20 2020-21
Autumn Term 2019 Autumn Term 2020
Tuesday 3rd September to Thursday 17th Tuesday 1st September 2020 to
October 2019 Thursday 22nd October 2020
INSET Day - Friday 18th October INSET Day - Friday 23rd October
Half-term Half-term
1 week from Monday 21st October to Friday 25th 1 week from Monday 26th October to
October 2019 Friday 30th October 2020
Monday 28th October to Thursday 19th Monday 2 November to Friday 18th December 2020
nd
December 2019
INSET day - Friday 20th December Spring Term 2021
Monday 4 January to Friday 12th February 2021
th
Spring Term 2020 Half-term
Monday 6th January to Friday 14th February 2020 1 week from Monday 15th February to
Half-term Friday 19th February 2021
1 week from Monday 17th February to Friday 21st Monday 22 February to Wednesday 31st March 2021
nd
February 2020
Monday 24th February to Friday 3rd April 2020 Summer Term 2021
Monday 19th April to Friday 28th May 2021
Summer Term 2020 (May Bank Holiday will be taken on 3rd May 2021)
Monday 20th April to Friday 22nd May 2020 Half-term
Half-term 1 week from Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June 2021
1 week from Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May (Spring Bank Holiday will be taken 31st May 2021)
2020 Monday 7th June to Friday 16th July 2021
(Spring Bank Holiday will be taken as 25th May)
Monday 1st June - Thursday 16th July 2020 INSET days
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Bank Holiday: Friday 8th May 2020 Friday 23rd October 2020
Monday 19th July 2021
INSET Days Tuesday 20th July 2021
Monday 2nd September 2019 Wednesday 21st July 2021
Friday 18th October 2019
Friday 20th December 2019
Friday 17th July 2020
Monday 20th July 2020
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