St. Bridget's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

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We’ve all had a brilliantly spooky day in school. What a fantastic array of costumes! 🕷️🎃🧙‍♀️

Move over Krueger, there's a new scary Freddy in town 🐻😱 To get into the Hallowe’en spirit, this week’s guide brings parents the essential info on potential risks lurking in Five Nights at Freddy’s 🎃

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Important information for our Y6 parents.

One week to go before the deadline to apply for Year 7 places.
If your child is in Year 6, you need to apply for a secondary school place by Tuesday 31 October.

Find guidance & apply: cumberland.gov.uk/applyforaschoolplace

It’s been a very busy first half term in our wonderful school community. Have a look at our website and your child’s class page to see all the amazing stuff that’s been going on!

St Bridget's Catholic Primary School

Last Friday, we were delighted to welcome Mrs Murphy and her sons into school to award the annual “Luke Murphy Cup for Sportsmanship.” This special award was created to remember our dear friend and governor Luke who we sadly lost nearly 2 years ago.
This year, the trophy was passed to Alfie in Y6 who consistently plays fair, includes others, recognises the rules of play and pushes himself in everything he does with outstanding sporting success. We are proud of you Alfie, well done! 🏆 👏

Well done to these children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge. They were awarded their certificates in today’s assembly. 👏 📕 📚

The most exciting signing of the season? ⚽🎮 EA Sports FC 24, “the new FIFA”, has arrived … but how well does it defend against threats? Our guide has the essential info for parents of young football fans 🛡

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Members of the school Council and some of our Y6 pupils were delighted to hand over all your generous donations to the Food Bank today. Once again, thank you for your support for this essential local charity. 🧃🥫

Among Us: fairly safe, or pretty sus? 👽🪐 Our updated guide to the hugely popular sci-fi deduction game tells parents and carers of young Among Us fans which risks they need to be watchful for 🔍

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📌 The Targeted Short Breaks Registration Window is now open! 📌

❗ A reminder that all families must re-register to continue accessing Targeted Short Breaks in the year 2024/25! ❗

🏃 Targeted Short Breaks offers fantastic activities run by SportWorks, 4EDEN, Oaklea Children and Young People, Energise by Endorphins, and Carlisle Mencap! 🤸‍♀️

New to Targeted Short Breaks? Here's a quick reminder of who is eligible...Your child or young person must:

▪ be ordinarily resident in Cumbria, and
▪ have a disability as defined in the Equality Act 2010, and
▪ have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), and
▪ be within the academic year groups Year 1 to Year 13.

Register for Cumberland Council's Targeted Short Breaks Service:
https://central.digital.cumberland.gov.uk/w/webpage/new-case-log-link?service=shortbreaks&council=cumberland

Register for Westmorland and Furness Council's Targeted Short Breaks Service:
https://central.digital.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/w/webpage/new-case-log-link?service=shortbreaks&council=westmorland

This afternoon, we held a special assembly to bid a fond farewell to Mr Livingstone after nearly 18 years of service to St Bridget’s. He was presented with a huge card filled with contributions from every child in the school. We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his many years of hard work he has given to our school. He will be a huge miss and we wish him every success and happiness in his new career. 💙

We require a midday supervisor to work for an hour a day. If you are interested, please call 01946 820320 for more details.

We are hiring!
If you, or someone you know, is interested in becoming a part time site manager for our school, please call Mrs Parr on 01946 820320 for more information!

This afternoon in our Celebration Assembly we announced our new Reading Ambassdors. This is a special role for children who always show a true passion for books and reading. They will work together to enhance and promote our reading culture in school. Well done! 👏🏼 📖 📕

Do you remember our real life Easter chicks who hatched last year in Reception? Well they went to live a happy life with Ernie and his family and are now providing his family with a regular supply of eggs. Thank you Ernie for taking such good care of them !🐣🥚🍳

97 million messages. Every. Single. Minute. 🤯📱 Our updated parents’ guide to WhatsApp examines the latest features on the world’s most-used messaging app – and what issues they might raise for children 👀

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A reminder of our Reception open day next Friday 22nd September. We warmly welcome all prospective parents for next September’s 2024 intake. Please call the office to arrange an appointment for a tour of the school.

Introducing our new School Council. These children were voted to represent their year groups by their fellow class mates during our elections last week. The children learnt about the importance of democracy and how we can work together, respecting everyone’s viewpoints, to make our school a great place to be. Good luck in your new roles.

Y2’s first science lesson of the new school year was to use the scientific skill of observing closely. We used the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch to explore shells and stones in the classroom. We used our scientist voice to describe the similarities and differences between the objects. Then we went outdoors to observe and describe plants and animals in the school grounds using magnifying glasses. We found several unexpected things. What a wonderful lesson to start the year! 👀🌿🕷️🦗

Parents and carers have entered the game! 🎮👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Power up this with our practical tips to setting gaming boundaries – a useful tactic for helping to protect your young gamer from hazards while they play 👍

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❓Is your child undergoing an Assessment for Autism?
❓Do you have any questions or would you like some support?
❓Would you like to meet other parents and carers all going through the process?

❗️Come to an Information Drop-in!

You can meet and chat with a
▪️Autism Pathway Navigator
▪️Speech and Language Therapist
▪️Occupational Therapist
▪️Children’s Learning Disability and Behaviour Nurse

East Cumbria
📍Carlisle Library, The Lanes Shopping Centre
📅 Thursday 28th September
⏰ 1 - 3 pm

West Cumbria
📍Workington Library
📅 Thursday 19th October
⏰ 1 - 3 pm

Check out the flyer more details ⬇️

We are thrilled to announce and introduce you to our new Head Boy and Head Girl for 2023-24. Isaac and Lucia, were chosen to lead our school because of their hard working attitudes, impeccable manners, exemplary behaviour and for showing all the St Bridget’s qualities that we value throughout their time in our school. We wish them every success in their new roles. 👏🏼🎓

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All our children have settled back beautifully into their new classes and a new term! 😀

* School reopens on Wednesday 6th September at 8:45am.
* If you need to speak to the school office before then, staff will be in school on Monday and Tuesday.
* We can't wait to see you all!

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How can we build resilience in our young people?

Take a look. Jumping in and solving their problems is not the answer but helping them find a way through and being there is the key x

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
You are the Queen assumed into Heaven; all generations will call You blessed, O Mary.
Mary is the most wonderful gift given by our Lord Jesus. Let's enjoy her love ,protection and intercession.
Happy Feast to all.

A great new source of information and support….

❗️💻 Introducing our new Autism Information and Support Hub! 💻❗️

📊 We received feedback from families that autism information available previously was dated, and in too many different places. This included feedback from parents and carers to Sendac - Cumbria Parent Carer Forum. In response, we started developing the Autism Information and Support Hub, working closely with SENDAC and other originations. 📊

📣 This is our new central location for all autism information, resources, and links to support. 📣

📝 We are still developing and adjusting the Hub to make improvements. If you spot something that could be better, please let us know by completing the survey at the bottom of this post! 📝

View the Autism Information and Support Hub on the Cumberland Local Offer Website: https://fid.cumberland.gov.uk/kb5/cumberland/directory/advice.page?id=z9pbHY7zYrE

View the Autism Information and Support Hub on the Westmorland and Furness Local Offer Website: https://fid.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/kb5/westmorlandandfurness/directory/advice.page?id=Yg9-Sl_RY1I

Please note that for now our Autism Information and Support Hubs are the same across both Council websites - we will be updating these with more local information as the Hub develops.

Fill in our feedback survey and let us know your thoughts! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KV5S62G

🖌🖍🎨☀️ Kids Summer Competition! ☀️🎨 🖍🖌

Open to all primary school aged children, we are looking for some young artists! 🎨

Please draw us an A4 picture of Whitehaven Harbour. This can include anything from boats, the sealock, wildlife, the piers, or the Irish Sea. Please feel free to use; pencils, pens, paints, crayons or even a collage, whatever you prefer. The winning picture will be displayed in the Marina Office, and will receive a £20 Argos voucher along with a Cadburys gift box. Second and third prize will also receive a Cadburys gift box.

Please take a photo of your child's masterpiece and either upload it to this post, message us or send us an email to [email protected]. Please state their name and age, entries to be in by Thursday 24th August.

Age will be considered when picking the winner, 1st 2nd and 3rd prize to be announced by the end of August.

Good luck, we can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

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A very special mention to our very own Frank (Y1) who has hit the headlines doing what he loves in London! 💂🏼

Aspiring beefeater is delighted after he is greeted by the guards Frank, who shares his adventures as he aspires to become a beefeater on TikTok, travelled to St James' Palace, London, dressed in a mini beefeater uniform, to salute the guards.

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Never underestimate an Autistic person.

The Neurodiversity we see within our population is a positive. Neurodiverse people are the ones that make changes in our world due to the amazing talents and strengths that they possess.

Let’s celebrate 🎉

Ready, Set, Read!

Naveen, Naomi, Noah, Ollie, Alesha, Sophia and their mascots are all getting stuck into the Summer Reading Challenge.

Have you signed up to the Challenge yet?

It’s absolutely Free! And it’s Free to join the library just visit any of our libraries in Cumberland today!

You will get your sticker folder as soon as you sign up, then get stuck into choosing your books and have fun reading!

Visit the Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge Book Finder and find the right book for you!
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/book-sorter

(Mini Challenge 0-3 yrs Main Challenge 4-11 yrs)
The Summer Reading Challenge is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered in partnership with libraries.

Words cannot express how proud we are of every single one of our KS2 children who have spent the last 2 nights performing our annual end of year show - Oliver! Performances like these do not come without an awful lot of time, energy, hard work, dedication and resilience. Thankfully our children at St Bridget’s have all these qualities and more in bucket loads! 😀👏 🎭