Weekly update for 12th September 2025

This is the third weekly update of the year. To ensure you receive them (either via the school app or by email) make sure you are registered for both. To download the school app following instructions here and to register for the email click here.

Check that you have notifications turned on for the School App (Parent Hub) so that alerts will appear on your Home Screen. The App is the main way that we will send out our comms.

Starting the Year with Mary

On Monday we celebrated Mary's birthday across the school. This coming Monday is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (after whom our local church is dedicated). Again we ask Mary for her intercession:

At the Cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last:

Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,
All his bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has pass'd.

Oh, how sad and sore distress'd
Was that Mother highly blest
Of the sole-begotten One!

Curriculum Meetings - a chance for you to hear from the team teaching your child this year and see them in their class.

We will be holding our annual curriculum meetings in the main hall on the following dates and times:

Year 1 – Tuesday 30^th September at 9.00am
Year 2 – Thursday 25^th September at 9.00am
Year 3 – Thursday 25^th September at 2.00pm
Year 4 – Thursday 2^nd October at 9.00am
Year 5 – Wednesday 1^st October at 9.00am
Year 6 – Thursday 2^nd October at 2.00pm

Parents should enter the school through the main office. No signing in is needed.

These meetings are a valuable opportunity to meet your child’s class teacher and hear more about what your child will be learning in the year ahead. There will also be an opportunity to see your child learning in the classroom.

Autumn Term Class Newsletters

Each term we publish a newsletter for your child's class. These are also on the letters page. Something to add to the family notice board or fridge door.

early years autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 1 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 2 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 3 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 4 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 5 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

year 6 autumn newsletter 2025.pdf

Parent volunteers

Parents play a crucial role in supporting the development of children in the school and one way of doing this is volunteering to read with the children. If you are interested in coming in to school to support us with this, please contact reply@smi.hounslow.sch.uk with 'Parent Volunteer' in the subject line and your name, your child’s name and your availability in the text of the email.

By half term, I aim to have allocated parents to year groups depending on the needs of each year. I will then be in contact after half term to confirm arrangements.

Thank you and we look forward to welcoming you into the school.

Mr. Cobbold

WOW - The Walk to School Challenge 2025 – 2026

This year, St Mary’s will continue to participate in the WOW Walk to School Challenge. This year’s theme, encourages children to Walk with joy, taking pupils on a journey of exploration of all those little things that bring happiness, creativity and joy to our lives. There are a selection of badges ranging from Jumping in Puddles to Painting up for grabs.

Each morning, pupils will record their journeys to school and will be rewarded with a badge for at least one active travel method to school, every week.

Walking, scooting, cycling, taking the bus, as well as parking and striding all count as an active journey. Click the link below to help plan your route to school: https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/

School Council 2025-2026

Does your child want to be a school councillor this year? Our School Council is made up of two elected children from each class who meet each half term to discuss important issues within the school and represent their class opinions. Please read the information below to help your child decide whether or not they would like to stand for this very special role.

school council poster.pdf

Pre-loved Uniform

preloved uniform sale sept 2025.pdf

Attendance

Remember to be on time in the mornings - aim to arrive just after 8:45am. If you are late you can expect to wait.