Weekly Update for 27th June 2025

The Sacred Heart 

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you!

YEAR 1 – 6 SPORTS DAY 2024

Sports Day for children in Y1 – Y6 will take place on Friday 4th July at Redlees Park from 9.40am. The day lasts until about 2.30pm and all are welcome to attend. Children currently in Year 1 to Year 6 should come to school in their PE kit and be dropped off at their current classroom (2024-2025 academic year). They’ll be heading to Redlees for Sports Day prior to the 10am start.  Please remember they need to be in the correct coloured PE kit and have a packed lunch. 

Here's a map of the activities.  

Children take part in a range of activities as they move around the park from one activity to another. Here's a rota of the events.

Please can you ensure your child has a sun hat, bottle of water and is wearing sun cream. Your child needs to wear a PE kit and a top in their house colour and bring a packed lunch. If you are unsure of your child’s house colour, please ask them or their class teacher, if they are unsure.

You will be able to take your child home at the end of the event from the park (please speak to your child’s teacher before you take them), if you are unable to do this, they will be brought back to school for our normal finish time of 3:15pm.

Please remember that we do not allow photography or videoing at school events.
If you are able to help run an event, please let us know do ASAP by emailing reply@smi.hounslow.sch.uk with ‘Sports Day’ in the subject line.

If it's raining or it's too hot we will review and let you know what the new plan is.

Transition Week 30th June

Children will spend Monday to Thursday of next week in their new classroom with their new teacher to help them settle in.  Unfortunately Miss Collinson can be with us but she hopes to visit and meet the children before the end of this school year. 

On Monday morning: Please drop your child off at their current classroom as usual.

Monday afternoon onwards: Please collect your child from their new classroom.

There won't be any Learning at Home activities during Transition Week.  If you are looking for activities for your child at home over the week look here: www.thenational.academy/pupils/years.

Staff list for 2025-2026

Please remember that children can be taught by anyone in their year group adult team and on some occasions anyone from among the adults working in the school.  We will always try to have someone who the children know.  The staffing allocations are for next year are:

Learning Support Assistants working across the school are Mrs Bentley, Ms Bordon, Ms Hill, Mrs Korana and Mrs Myers (pt).

The School Admin team comprises Mrs Gardner – School Business Manager and Ms Green – Admin Assistant.  Mr Gray is our Site Manager

The SLT are Mr Marsh HT, Mr Cobbold DH and Mrs Jackson and Mr Lawlor AH.  Mrs Lawlor, Mrs Richards and Mr Smyth are Middle Leaders. 

 
You will remember from previous updates that like many schools across London, we are seeing a decline in pupil numbers, with around 60 fewer children enrolled compared to previous years—equivalent to two full classes. While this brings some changes, we remain fully committed to delivering the highest quality education and care for every child at our school. Our dedicated team continues to focus on creating a nurturing, enriching environment where every pupil can thrive.

However, as a result of the smaller school population, we do need to reduce the number of adults working in school. This is being managed through natural staff changes—such as retirements, career moves, and the end of temporary contracts—rather than job losses. To reflect this, we will be undergoing a staffing restructure for the new academic year. Importantly, there will still be two classes in each year group, each led by a class teacher, and learning standards and the children’s wellbeing will remain our top priorities.  Sadly we will not have the capacity to run ELSA next year. 

To ensure we can continue to support pupils effectively, staff—including teachers and learning support assistants (LSAs)—will work more flexibly across the school. Most classes will not have a LSA throughout the week, LSAs will move between classes to support children as needed. This approach allows us to use our skilled staff in the most efficient way and to respond to children’s needs dynamically.

We understand that change can raise questions, but please be assured that our focus remains on providing stability, continuity, and the best outcomes for all children.

We are confident that the new structure will support strong teaching and learning while making the most of the talented team we have.

FOSMI Summer Party  

Enjoy the weekend everyone.