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• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Safer Internet Day - a podcast for you. It's SID today and we want to share this 15 minutes clip (sent in by a parent) with you all. It's for adults - perhaps you can listen on your commute or whilst you are exercising. Click here: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22196858/. It comes with a reminder that we don't allow (or recommend) smart phones for primary children. Have a listen and see what you think. "It's not just about allowing your child unfettered access to the internet... we need to start thinking about allowing the internet unfettered access to your child".
• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Safer Internet Day 2023 It's Safer Internet Day. Look here for resources to support this at home.
• Friday 3 February 2023 Newsletter for 3rd February 2023 Here's the newsletter for 3rd February 2023.
• Friday 3 February 2023 Let's Leap Holiday Camps this February Half-term! Let's Leap will be running our popular activity camps this February Half-term from Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February, 2023 at SMI.From Electric Segway Go-karts to Arts & Crafts, Let’s Leap are sure to have an activity for every child.Let’s Leap not only provides childcare with a safe and supportive learning environment, but it ensures that your children leave feeling empowered, confident, and excited to return the following day. Being healthy and active is for all children, which is exactly why Let’s Leap offers a wide range of varied activities to ensure every child is engaged all week long.Your children can attend our camp for any number of days or the whole week, and for parents, our days are flexible, giving you short, standard and extended day options to assist with busy family schedules and work life.Booking Link:
• Friday 27 January 2023 Update for 27th January 2023 Just a short update for next week, there's no newsletter.Parents' evening booking opens on Monday 30th Jan using this link: smisleworth.schoolcloud.co.uk. Parents' evenings are on Tues 7th Feb from 16:30-19:30 and Thurs 9th Feb from 15:30-17:30. They are face to face in school. Remember that due to industrial action school is closed on Wed 1st Feb. Have a good weekend everyone!
• Wednesday 25 January 2023 Update on strike action by members of the NEU Here's an update on what will happen at SMI on the days of industrial action by members of the NEU. Talks between all of the teaching unions and the DfE are ongoing and we must be hopeful for an agreed solution coming out of them. Should there be a change I will notify you of the implications for SMI. Thank you everyone for your continued support.
• Friday 20 January 2023 Newsletter for 20th January 2023 Click here for this week's newsletter. Have a lovely weekend everyone!
• Wednesday 18 January 2023 NEU Industrial Action 2023 You may be aware from media coverage that the NEU have declared strike action, which will take place on 1/2/23, 2/3/23, 15/3/23 and 16/3/23. The strike is happening because of a national dispute between the unions and the government over school funding and teachers’ pay and not because of any issues at our school. See here for more information.
• Friday 13 January 2023 Newsletter for 13th January 2023 Here's the newsletter for this week with class newsletters included. Please have a look. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
• Friday 6 January 2023 Newsletter for the Feast of the Epiphany Happy Epiphany everyone. Here's the newsletter! We are off to a great start in 2023!
• Thursday 5 January 2023 Eternal Rest Benedict XVI This morning we pray:
• Tuesday 3 January 2023 School bus trial: Parent survey We have started work with the London Borough of Hounslow and other local schools in the Isleworth area, to explore whether or not it would be possible to have a dedicated school bus, to serve children who live at least 1 mile away from the school.
• Monday 2 January 2023 Happy New Year 2023 and Operation DIY Happy New Year everyone! We are looking forward to welcoming in 2023's new term tomorrow. It will be a normal (but shorter week) with PE lessons as normal including on Friday. Please remember to book your children's meals on Parent Pay starting with Tuesday. This half term (linked with NY resolutions) we'll be looking at 'Operation DIY'. Details are here: www.smi.hounslow.sch.uk/Operation-DIY/. See you all tomorrow!
• Saturday 31 December 2022 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - RIP Benedict XVI has died. We pray:Eternal rest grant unto…When he visited us in 2010 he said these words at St Mary’s University Twickenham.‘What God wants most of all for each one of you is that you should become holy. He loves you much more than you could ever begin to imagine, and he wants the very best for you. And by far the best thing for you is to grow in holiness.Perhaps some of you have never thought about this before. Perhaps some of you think being a saint is not for you. Let me explain what I mean.When we are young, we can usually think of people that we look up to, people we admire, people we want to be like. It could be someone we meet in our daily lives that we hold in great esteem. Or it could be someone famous. We live in a celebrity culture, and young people are often encouraged to model themselves on figures from the world of sport or entertainment. My question for you is this: what are the qualities you see in others that you would most like to have
• Thursday 29 December 2022 Back to school in 2023 We are looking forward to welcoming all of the children back on Tuesday 3rd January. We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and we wish you all Happy New Year!
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Yellow House Mufti Day - Thursday 15th December The children in Yellow House have a Mufti Day (own clothes) tomorrow, Thursday 15th December. Those children can come to school wearing something yellow. Thank you. Well done 'Yellows' for amassing the most house points this half term!
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Cost of Living Support and Advice We've put some information together on how we can support each other over the next few months. Click here to read it.
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Happy Christmas from SMI TV! Here's an update and Christmas message from us all via SMI TV!
• Tuesday 13 December 2022 Christmas 2022! The Christmas productions this year have been fantastic! It's been lovely to celebrate Christmas with the children and with you all. Happy Christmas everyone! You can see all of the photos here: bit.ly/SMIChristmas2022.
• Monday 12 December 2022 End of Term and the New Year Remember that we break up for the Christmas holidays at 2pm on Friday 16th December and children return on Tuesday 3rd January.
• Friday 9 December 2022 Newsletter for 9th December 2022 Click here for our weekly newsletter.
• Tuesday 6 December 2022 UKHSA GAS factsheet for schools and parents
• Tuesday 6 December 2022 Christmas concert photos 6/12/22 A reminder to send your child in with their costume today so that their photos can be taken.
• Friday 2 December 2022 Newsletter 2nd December Here's the newsletter with news on events to come this term.
• Friday 25 November 2022 Newsletter for 25th November 2022 Here's the newsletter with information on our Let's Leap holiday club. This is also a reminder that cars parked outside of appropriate parking spaces are being photographed. So please only car in marked bays - not in the 'Car Club' bay or in the private bays.
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 Let's Leap Christmas Holiday Camp
• Monday 21 November 2022 Flu Vaccination Catch-Up Clinic Please see here the details of a catch up clinic if your child missed having the flu nasal spray in school.
• Friday 18 November 2022 Newsletter for 18th November 2022 Click here for the newsletter.
• Wednesday 16 November 2022 Y3 & 4 Christmas Productions The booking system via SchoolCloud is now open for tickets to the Y3 & 4 Christmas Productions. When entering your child's details, please enter their class name as follows:-Y3 DoncasterY3 IpswichY4 KnockY4 Lourdes
• Friday 11 November 2022 Update for Friday 11th November 2022 Here's the weekly update. Next week is Anti-bullying week and Monday will be Odd Socks Day. For ABW week we are again using the resources from the Anti-bullying Alliance and you can see them here: bit.ly/SMIABW22. Please also watch and discuss this YouTube video with your child too: youtu.be/aMfgZRdVbdw. Bullying is unacceptable - we teach children this throughout the year. ABW gives us all the opportunity to raise our awareness of the anti-bullying message.
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