St Mary's Weekly update for 2nd May 2025
A Prayer for Choosing a New Pope
Loving God,
You always care for your Church with great love. Please send your Holy Spirit to guide the Cardinals as they choose a new Pope.
Help them to choose someone holy— a good shepherd who will lead the Church with kindness and care, especially looking after people who are sick, poor, or in need.
Let your Holy Spirit be with the one who is chosen, giving him strength to share your love, bring peace, and unite people around the world.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
Amen
Our Lady Mother of the Church: Pray for Us!
VE Day 80
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day we have a number of events planned for next week. VE Day is on 8th May.
• On Tuesday, May 6th, there will be a VE Day assembly in the morning.
• Years 2–6 will attend an immersive drama workshop with Big Foot Arts Education on May 7th and 8th called 'I Vow to Thee My Country'
• On Thursday, May 8th, there will be a special picnic-style school dinner, and all pupils will have the chance to enjoy their lunch outdoors. Pupils may also wear red, white, and blue on this day.
VE Day 80 Special Menu for Thursday 8th May
Here's the picnic menu for the 8th May. Choices on ParentPay will not change so for Fish fingers and chips book Cajun Chicken, for Cheese Sandwiches book the Butternut Squash and for Ham Sandwich book the Tuna and Sweetcorn Pitta. There won't be any tomato pasta on Thursday.
In addition Monday's menu choices will move to Friday. Please take time to look through these changes with your child so that they know what they will be eating on Thursday and Friday of next week.
Magical Maths is coming to St Mary’s Primary School!
st marys isleworth starter pdf.pdf
SMI Celebration of Diversity week
Parent-led workshops
The week of the 9th June 2025 will be St. Mary’s Celebration of Diversity week. We want to invite you into the school! If you or a family member would like to come in and talk to the children about your culture or heritage, read a traditional story or do a ‘show and tell’ with the children (other ideas are all welcome!), please email us at reply@smi.hounslow.sch.uk and include ‘SMI Celebration of Diversity Week’ in the subject line.
The Cultural food event is back!
We are delighted to announce that our Cultural Food Event is back and will take place on Thursday 12th June at 3.15pm in the school playground. After the success of last year’s event, we are excited to once again celebrate the wonderful diversity of our school community. We invite all families to join us by bringing a dish that represents their culture or heritage. This is a fantastic opportunity to share food, stories, and traditions with one another as we come together to celebrate and appreciate the richness of our different backgrounds. Everyone is welcome – we look forward to seeing you there!
Cultural clothes day
In addition to the food event, Thursday 12th June is also a day that children can come into school wearing traditional clothing from their culture, the colours of a flag or clothing that represents their culture.
WOW Winners for April
Congratulations to Year 3 Ipswich, who were WOW Walk to School winners for April!
St Mary’s will be participating in the national Walk to School Week at the end of May. Keep an eye out for more details!
Thank you from Mr Rushe!
Well done Mr Rushe from all of us!
Attendance and Lateness week ending 25th April
Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend everyone! See you all on 6th May.
