St Mary’s Isleworth Newsletter for Friday 27th January 2017

St Mary’s, Isleworth 

Newsletter for 

Friday 27th January 2017 

Change in 2017-2018 Term Dates 

Many of you will have found the short 

Christmas holiday meant that you were 

unable to travel or fully enjoy the festive 

period with family. In the weeks since 

we’ve been back the school has been hit 

School Budgets 

There is not much good news here I’m afraid. We 

have now had confirmation that LBH will be taking 

an additional £50 per pupil from our 17/18 budget. 

£50 per pupil was taken from the 16/17 budget too. 

At our current pupils numbers is a loss of a further 

£19400. 

by the whole gambit of illness. 

CLASS ATTENDANCE 

2 nd – 9 th March 2015 

NURSERY 78.4% 

BUMBLEBEES 96.6% 

DOLPHINS 97.6% 

1C 96.3% 

1M 91.7% 

2F 95.3% 

2L 91.6% 

YEAR 3 98.1% 

YEAR 4 97.8% 

YEAR 5 93.2% 

6J 100% 

6M 95.9% 

I am sure that the short break has 

contributed to these illnesses and so we 

have looked again at the dates for 

2017-2018. Governors have looked at the 

dates too and together we have agreed a 

change. You’ll see the revised 2017-2018 

dates on page 3 of this newsletter and on 

Top Class 

6J 

Brilliant! 

Our Attendance 

Target is 96% 

The one small piece of good news is that as a 

Voluntary Aided school (the Governors are the 

employers here) and unlike Community schools 

(where the Borough is the employer) we are not 

subject to the Apprenticeship Levy. If we were it 

would amount to c£6000. 

The quality of the education we provide can only be 

sustained by keeping all of our very good staff. 

Maintaining our staffing numbers could mean 

coming up with creative alternatives to staff 

the schools website and app. We are now 

looking at the 2018-2019 dates and we 

want to ensure that our dates give 

reasonable breaks between terms. 

We have no plans to radically change the 

pattern of the school year. 

redundancy. If you have not already please write 

to the PM and our local MP: 

Ruth Cadbury MP 

House of Commons 

London 

SW1A 0AA 

Visit: www.schoolcuts.org.uk/ to see the impact 

on Government funding on our budget and on 

other schools budgets too.

The 27th January is marked in the calendar every year as Holocaust memorial day. 

On this day we remember all those who have died as a result of man’s inhumanity 

to man. It is sobering to realise that if we paused in a minutes silence to remember 

every victim of the Holocaust brought about by NAZI ideology we would be silent 

for 11 1/2 years… 

To the list of those who lost their lives in NAZI controlled Europe we can add 

genocides in the Soviet Union, Cambodia, Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Iraq and 

Syria. 

All perish: the rich and poor, the old, the women, the men, the youth, the 

babies… 

Dear Lord! Never Again!

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, ISLEWORTH 

Revised Dates for 

17-18 

Autumn Term begins 

Return to school 

HOLIDAY DATES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2017 – 2018 

Monday 4 th September 2017 INSET DAY 

Tuesday 5 th September 

Half Term Week school closed Monday 23 rd – Friday 27 th October 2017 

Return to school Monday 30 th October 2017 

Christmas Holiday School closes at 2 p.m. on Wednesday 20 th December 2017 

Spring Term begins Friday 5 th January 2018 INSET DAY 

Return to school Monday 8 th January 2018 

Half Term Week school closed Monday 12 th – Friday 16 th February 2018 

Return to school Monday 19 th February 2018 

Spring Term Holidays School closes at 2 p.m. on Thursday 29 th March 2018 

Summer Term begins Monday 16 th April 2018 

National Bank Holiday 

school closed Monday 7 th May 2018 

National Bank Holiday 

school closed Monday 28 th May 2018 

Half Term week school closed Tuesday 29 th May – Friday 1 st June 2018 

Return to school Monday 4 th June 2018 

End of school year School closes at 2 pm on Friday 20 th July 2018 

Monday 23 rd July – INSET Day

Great news! Yet again we’ve been awarded the highest Gold level accreditation for our school 

travel. I am very grateful to Mr Pipola in the school office who organises and submits our 

evidence for this award. Of course it’s a testament too to all the walking, scootering and 

cycling that you do. Please keep it up! 

We are now 99% sure that the water works I wrote about in last week’s newsletter will start in 

the week after next - the week before half term. I am not yet sure how much disruption there 

will be but you should prepare for limited access to the school site at certain times of the day. 

There may well be Neilcott staff on the front gate to escort people and vehicles into the site. 

The work is scheduled to last for 7 weeks.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 

M T W T F S S 

30 

31 

1 

2 

3 

4 5 

8am Selected Y3 

& Y4 Springboard 

Maths 

Piano lessons pm 

(small groups) 

Spanish Club 

Y1 & 2 Lego Club 

9.30am School Nurses 

Height & Weight 

Measuring - Reception 

Guitar lessons pm (small 

groups) 

Athlete London KS1 & 

KS2 Football 


Springboard Maths 

9am Y4 Swimming 

NO Violin lessons pm 


Professor Bubbleworks 

Science Club 

Italian Club 

Code Club 

8am Selected Y3 & Y6 


9am Y5 & 1L Mass in 

Church 

9am Reception Hearing 

Tests 


groups) 

Y3 Class Violin (pm) 

Y2 Class Violin 

(pm) 

Small Group Violin 

lessons (made up 

from 25 th Jan) 

Athlete London Olympic 

Sports Club 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 12 


& 4S (not 4E) 

Springboard 

Maths 

Piano lessons pm 


Spanish Club 

(extended lesson 

to 4.45pm) 

Y1 & 2 Lego Club 


groups) 


KS2 Football 

Parents’ Meetings 

3.30-5.30pm (not 4E) 

8am Selected 4S (not 4E) 



Violin lessons pm (small 

groups) 


Science Club 

Italian Club 

Code Club 



9am 3L & 3M Mass in 

Church 

9am Reception Hearing 

Tests 


groups) 


9am Reception 

Hearing Tests 


(pm) 


Sports Club 

Parents’ Meetings 

4.30-7.30pm (not 4E) 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 19 

HALF TERM 

HALF TERM 

HALF TERM 

HALF TERM 

HALF TERM 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 26 

INSET DAY 

SCHOOL CLOSED 

TO PUPILS 


groups) 


KS2 Football 

4E Parents’ Meetings 

3.30-6.00pm 




Violin lessons pm (small 

groups) 


Science Club 

Italian Club 

Code Club 



9am 4S & 2C Mass in Church 


groups) 



Sports Club 


(pm) 

4E Parents’ Meetings 

3.30 – 6.00pm

L VE 

SCHOOL 

Meals 

Love School Meals is how you can keep up-to-date with everything you need to 

know about our delicious and nutritious school meals. 

Our monthly e-newsletter provides information about what’s new on the menu 

each term, tips on tackling fussy eaters, information about our Beyond the 

Kitchen educational activities and so much more. We even run competitions 

so you have a chance to win great prizes too! 

Register your details quickly and easily at www.loveschoolmeals.co.uk 

Oh, and don’t forget to search Love School Meals on Facebook and 

like our page and follow us on Twitter @loveschoolmeals 

If you would like more information on school meals please contact us on: 

@LOVESCHOOLMEALS 

LOVESCHOOLMEALS 

http:loveschoolmeals.co.uk/hounslow/ 

Here’s the menu for the 

Spring Term. 

All infant children have a free 

cooked school lunch everyday. 

Remember you still need to use 

ParentPay to record your child’s 

choice. 

Any Junior child can have a 

school dinner on any day they 

want. 

Dinners cost £2.20 and you will 

need to make your child’s choice 

using ParentPay and make sure 

that your account is in credit. 

You can choose a dinner for 

your child up to midnight on the 

evening before the meal is 

cooked. If your child normally 

has sandwiches they can still 

have a dinner on as many days 

a week as they want. We do 

not require any notice of the 

change over.

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We have a fresh salad bar available daily 

We Bake Bread Daily 

If your child receives or needs a special diet or allergen menu, please speak to your catering manager or contact us 

(M) Main Meal (?) Dishes Suitable for Vegetarians (A) Alternative Menu Choice 

Friday 

Choose a main meal... 

Tuna Pasta Bake (M) 

Chickpea & Vegetable 

Curry & Rice ? 

Bud'b'Jud Spud with 

a choice of fillings (A) 

on the side... 

Barry Baked Beans 

Garden Peas 

for dessert... 

Tutti Fruitti Cake & 

Custard 

Cheese & Baked 

Beans Choose (A) a main meal... 

Fish & Chips & 

Ketchup (M) 

Italian Style Vegetable 

Frittatta, Herby Garlic 

Bread Wedge & 

Ketchup ? 

Keema Mattar (lightly 

spiced vege mince 

with peas) on Basmati 

Rice ? (A) 


Sweetcorn 

Chop Chop Crunchy 

Salad 


Orange Chocolate 

Brownie 

Thursday 


Shepherd's Pie (M) 

Vege Shepherdess Pie 

? 

Tomato & Basil Soup 

with Giant Herby 

Croutons ? (A) 


Cabbage 

Sweetcorn 


Chocolate Sultana 

Crispie 


Sweet'n'sour Chicken 

served on Wholemeal 

Rice (M) 

Mega Mozzarella Pizza 

with Red Cabbage 

Coleslaw on the side? 

Bud'n'Jud Spud with 



Green Beans 


Creamy Rice Pudding 

with Sultanas 

Wednesday 

Ginger Soup with 

Crusty Choose Roll a main (A) ? meal... 

Roast Pork with Bud's 

Crispy Spuds & Gravy 

(M) 

Quorn Roast with 

Bud's Crispy Spuds & 

Gravy ? 

Egg Mayo & Cress 

Petit Pain (A) 


Casey Carrots 

Braised Leeks 


Boss Banana & Sticky 

Toffee Pudding 


Roast Chicken, Roast 

Potatoes & Gravy (M) 

Butterbean Crumble 

with Bud's Crispy 

Spuds ? 

French style Onion 

Soup with a large 

Cheese Croutons (A) 


Casey Carrots 

Cauliflower 


Honey & Vanilla 

Milkshake 

Tuesday 

Monday 


Beef Lasagne (M) 

Creamy Beany 

Carbonara, Borlotti 

Beans & Mushroom 

with Sweetcorn ? 

Bacon, Red Onion & 

Cheese Stuffed Jacket 

Skins (A) 


Chicken, Tomato, 

Sweet Pepper and 

Vegetable Herby Pasta 

(M) 

Mozzarella & Tomato 

Pizza & Chop Chop 

Salad ? 

Casey Carrot & Zingy 



Chop Chop Salad 


Silvertops Yummy 

Yoghurt with Melon & 

Peaches 

Choose a main meal... on the side... 

Spaghetti Lamb Brains Broccoli 

Bolognaise (M) 

Sadie Sweetcorn 

Mild Mexican Chilli with 

Soft Taco ? for dessert... 

Bud'n'Jud Spud with Silvertop's Yummy 

Tuna Mayo (A) layered Fruit Yoghurt 


Brains Broccoli 

Casey Carrot 


Wholemeal Apple & 

Cinnamon Crumble & 

Custard 


Pork Sausage (M) Home Baked Sweet 

Potato Wedges 

Vege Sausage ? 


Lightly Spiced Carrot 

Soup with Granary for dessert... 

Bread Sticks ? (A) 

Silvertop's Cool Ice 

Cream 

02/01 30/01 06/03 

09/01 06/02 13/03 

Week one Week two 

Week three Week four 

16/01 20/02 20/03 


Pork Bangers on Mash 

Mountain & Gravy (M) 

Vege Bangers on 

Mash Mountain & 

Gravy ? 

Bud'n'Jud with a 

Choice of Fillings ? (V) 


BBQ Turkey Balls with 

Wholemeal Rice (M) 

Pasta Pack's 

Mac'n'Cheese 

Macaroni Cheese ? 

Pea, Potato & Spinach 

Soup with an Oaty Roll 

? (A) 


Roast Beef, with Bud's 

Crispy Spuds & Gravy 

(M) 

Sweet Potato and 

Squash Stew served 

with Bud's Crispy 

Spuds ? 

Tuna Sweetcorn Wrap 

(A) 



Green Beans 


St Clement's Cookie 


Brains Broccoli 


Silvertop's Yoghurt 

with a Warm Berry 

Compote 


Mixed Fresh 

Vegetables 


Fruit Jelly 

23/01 27/02 27/03 


Beef Burger in a Bun Barry Baked Beans 

with Wedges (M) 

Garden Peas 

Vege Burger in a Bun 

with Wedges ? for dessert... 

Bud'n'Jud Spud with a Silvertops Lemonicious 

choice of fillings (A) Yoghurt with a 

Crunchy Biscuit Top 


Mince Lamb & Tomato Green Beans 

Pasta (M) 

Broccoli 

Vegetarian Lasagne ? 


Sweet Potato & Casey 

Carrot Soup with Chocolate Cookie 

Wholegrain Bread 

Fingers (A) 


Roast Turkey, with 

Bud's Crispy Spuds & 

Gravy (M) 

Cauliflower, 

Sweetcorn, Potato 

Bake with Bud's 

Crispy Spuds ? 

Crunchy Cheese 

Tortilla Wrap (A) 


Cabbage 

Cauliflower 


Raisin & Apple 

Flapjack 


Chicken Tikka Massala 

& Basmati Rice (M) 

Vegemince Pasta 

Bolognaise ? 

Spiced Chick Pea & 

Coconut Soup with 

Naan Bread (A) 


Fish Fingers, Chips & 

Ketchup (M) 

Chinese Vegetable 

Noodles ? 

Bud'n'Jud Spud with 

Grated Cheese (A) 


Green Beans 

Diced Carrots 


Chocolate Cake & 

Chocolate Custard 



Garden Peas 


Wholemeal Fruit 

Crumble & Custard 

There is a vegetarian 

choice every day... 

and don’t forget that 

salad is available daily. 

Keep yourself 

topped up with 

water – it will help 

you concentrate 

all day long. 


Sadie's Chinese 

Chicken Noodles (M) 

Caramelised Red 

Onion, Spinach, 

Tomato and Cheese 

Tart with Cous Cous ? 

Creamed Spinach 

Soup & Wholemeal 

Roll Choose ? (A) a main meal... 

Salmon Goujons & 

Crushed New 

Potatoes (M) 

Mozzarella & Tomato 

Pizza with Pepper & 

Sweetcorn Topping 

with Apple Slaw ? 

Dhal & Basmati Rice ? 

(A) 


Casey Carrots 

Broccoli 


Fresh Fruit Salad 


Baked Beans 

Sweetcorn 


Pineapple & Carrot Cake 

& Custard 

If you don't fancy 

dessert, you can 

always enjoy fresh 

fruit or yoghurt.

Are you 8 – 13ish years old? Do you want to spend time with your friends? 

Then come to the YOUTH CLUB 

Pool, table tennis, basketball, music, football, Wii, games, tuck shop Den 

for secondary students & much more. 

The place: 

St. Vincent de Paul Osterley, Parish Hall, 2 Witham Road 

The time: 

6.30pm – 8.30pm on a Friday 

The dates: 

13 Jan, 27 Jan, 10 Feb, 24 Feb, 10 Mar, 24 Mar, 7 Apr, 

28 Apr, 12 May, 26 May, 9 June, 30 June, 14 July 

Membership is £1 per session and is open to the young people of the local 

Catholic parishes 

You can bring along a friend if you wish

Hello 

and welcome to our first newsletter of 2017. 

congratulations 

PTA Newsletter 21 

First of all, huge 

to my Joint-Chair PTA partner Mell Campbell, who gave birth to a gorgeous 

little girl on 13th January. Needless to say, she will be taking a well-earned break from the PTA for the time being. 

I would personally like to thank Mell for all the work she has put into last year’s events and projects. Nothing was 

ever too much trouble and she did a fantastic job, giving 100% of her free time - even right up to the last couple 

weeks of her pregnancy. I have no doubt she’ll be missed and I’m really looking forward to having her back later 

in the year. 

What an amazing and eventful autumn term we had, with many fundraising 

events which kept us very busy. Between September and December 2016, with 

your help we managed to raise the following amount of money: 

Cake Sale (Junior) £192 

Film nights £919 

Happy Bags £393 

Lunch with Father Christmas/Christmas Fayre £451 

Christmas Shopping Event £585 

School Calendars £497 

Christmas Puddings £71 

Easyfundraising £51 

Mini Mary’s Music Mayhem £153 

Sainsbury’s donation £500 

(a kind gesture from Sainsbury’s as part of their campaign to support local 

causes. After building the Sainsbury’s Local on St John’s Road, they wanted to 

support a local good cause. After being put forward by a St. Mary’s parent, we 

were lucky to be chosen. Thank you to Sainsbury's and Base Build Services) 

Total raised in Autum Term - £3,812 

S T M A R Y ' S C A T H O L I C S C H O O L 

In the meantime, Catalina Giglio has kindly agreed to help me with the rest of this 

school year’s PTA plans. Catalina has been a parent at the school for 14 years and 

has also chaired the PTA in the past, so she brings a wealth of experience to the 

role. I would personally like to thank her for offering to step-in until Mell returns. 

Autumn Term Fundraising achievements 

This is an amazing amount and we are well on our way to achieving our end of 

school year target of £15,000. 

We would especially like to thank those who have taken on an event in its entirety i.e. Christmas Shopping Event 

- Kate Fendley and Sara Corry; Mini Mary’s Music Mayhem – Mirna Haddad; the Lego Club – Emma White; 

Happy Bags – Maria Ona and the School Calendars – Emelia Majewska. It really has made a difference to our 

workload and last term helped us not only raise a lot of money but also set up an exciting new, after school 

Lego club for the school for the children to enjoy. 

It is always wonderful when someone suggests an idea to raise money for the PTA and then are willing to see it 

all the way through. We will continue to encourage all of you to do the same. It makes such a difference and is a 

massive help, as well as being a great way for us all to meet and work together. 

ISSUE 4 | JANUARY 2017 | PAGE 1 

St Mary's Catholic Primary School Isleworth - PTA

WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? 

AGM Meeting 26th January 2017 at 7..30pm 

Myself and Mell are happy to take on the Joint-Chair role again this 

year and will be seeking re-election. However this is an opportunity 

for anyone else who would like to take on the role to put themselves 

forward for election. 

We would encourage as many of you as possible to come along; it 

would be lovely to see you and listen to your views and ideas. 

New PTA Connect App 

What is an AGM? 

Each year we the PTA have an obligation to 

hold an AGM where all parents, carers and 

teachers of the school are welcome to 

attend. This is the main way you, the 

members of the PTA, can hold the 

committee to account for its running of the 

association. Typically there is a report 

made by the Treasurer regarding the funds 

raised and how these have been spent. It is 

usual for all members of the committee to 

stand down at the AGM, but they can seek 

re-election. 

Over the last few months, Catalina 

has been working together with the 

‘PTA Connect’ team to build an App 

especially for St Mary’s School. This 

App will become the central point of 

communication, payments and 

booking for all the events we have 

planned. The App has many features 

including a Booking Office facility, 

Volunteer Link straight through to 

Doodle, Key Information and a Calendar highlighting all the events 

we have planned for the rest of the school year. A lot of work and 

research has gone into this and we are confident in its ability to 

make things a lot easier for all of us. 

You can download the App now for free via the App Store or 

Google Play by searching for ‘st marys pta’ . The App uses our PTA 

logo and can be easily identified. Moving forward, if there is 

anything you need to know or do relating to the PTA, you’ll be the 

first to hear via this App. 

Easyfundrasing 

We’ve discovered a fantastic and easy way to raise money 

for the school, all from the comfort of our own home. 

What’s more, we’re not asking you for a penny. All you 

have to do is simply shop online as you would normally, 

but instead of going directly to the shop’s website, you 

enter their website via the easyfundraising website. 

That’s it, that’s all you have to do. The lovely thing is, 

because you’ve used the easyfundraising website to get 

there, the school receives a small commission and it 

doesn't cost you a penny extra. They have 3,135 shops 

and sites accessible via their website. 

So far the amount raised this year is £51. Sarah Douglas 

has been working on this project to see how we can 

communicate this more effectively. More details will 

follow, as well as a big drive to promote this fundraising 

site very soon. 

Happy Bags 

These have been really successful and very 

popular in the past. By booking 4 dates in 

advance we will be entitled to more 

commission on each occasion of collection. 

We will therefore be booking 4 dates for the 

rest of this year and these will be announced 

soon. 

Dates will be added to the PTA calendar once 

confirmed. Please bear these in mind when 

you’re clearing out your old clothes, bedding 

etc. We will however send out reminders 

nearer the time. It really is a great and easy 

way to raise money for our school. 

EVENTS COMING UP... 

21 

School Disco - Friday 3rd February 

150 tickets available. Now available to book 

via the PTA App (you can also book to 

volunteer at the event). 

Ladies Night - Dates TBC 

A night to get together and meet up with 

old/new friends. More details to follow. 

Mother’s Day Gift Event 

After the success of last year’s gift event, we 

are keen to do this again but with something 

just a little bit different. We are currently 

looking into ideas. However if you have an 

interesting idea about ways in which we can 

make the Mother’s day Gift Event special, we 

would love to hear from you. 

Please message us either through the PTA 

Facebook page or stmaryspta@gmail.com. 



EVENTS COMING UP CONTINUED... 

International Runway Event - Friday 24th March 

An evening where we celebrate different cultures, 

nationalities and languages. Suggested by a parent, we are 

keen to hold this event where the children can show their 

national costume, dress, music and dance on our very own 

catwalk. There’ll also be the chance to sample different 

dishes from around the world. 

We will need as many of you as possible to take part in order 

to make this event a real success. More details to follow. 

Film Nights 

These events are extremely popular and we have 2 sets of 

film nights planned in March and June 2017. Tickets do sell 

out very quickly for these events so we would encourage 

you to book online via our wonderful new App as soon as 

possible, once we promote what films will be showing. 

Due to the popularity of these nights, we are keen to 

ensure that as many children as possible get to experience 

this event. We therefore ask that during both the events in 

March and June you only choose one film in that 

particular month. If, however, we find there are seats still 

available after everyone has booked, we will send a 

notification via the App advising you all that the second 

night is available to book online and will then be on a ‘first 

come, first serve’ basis. We hope you see this as the fairest 

option, now that we have 2 form entry in most years and 

numbers are limited. 

Cake Sales 

The next cake sale for Infants will be on 8th 

February and for Juniors will be 11th May. There 

are two more further dates for the Summer term 

so please see the PTA calendar for these. 

What does ‘Infants’ or ‘Juniors’ mean? This 

means that on this particular Cake Sale event we 

would ask if your child is a Junior (Y3-Y6) and it is 

the junior cake sale, that you would kindly either 

make or buy a cake to be sold at that event. The 

same applies to Infants (Reception – Y2). 

Last term we didn’t receive a great amount of 

cake donations and ended up having to use 

some of the profit to buy cakes on the day. The 

more contributions we receive, the more money 

we raise during these events. 

Future potential plans for the summer term: 

Quizco (Quiz and a disco) – 19th May 

Penny Jar (Saving pennies at home) – Month of May 

Father’s Day Gift – leading up to the day 18th June 

“School’s out for summer” disco for all years 

Summer Fair 

Thank you for supporting all our events/projects throughout the last year since Mell and I became Joint-Chair. It 

has been a very interesting and fun journey and we really do appreciate all the kind words, help and support you 

have given us throughout our first year. Having you all behind us really does make a difference, be it through 

volunteering to help before, at or after each event, bringing in things to help raise money or simply attending or 

buying the goods we offer for sale throughout the months. It really does make it all worthwhile. 

Here’s to getting nearer to achieving our goal in creating a wonderful playground environment for all our children 

at St Mary’s. With the continued help from you all, it is definitely possible. 

Best wishes, 

Clare, Mell & Catalina 

C L A R E , M E L L & C A T A L I N A 

Joint-Chair 

stmarysisleworthpta@googlemail.com 

NOTE: 

Next PTA meeting will be held the AGM on 

Thursday 26th January, 7:30pm 

in the Main School Hall 



Memorare 

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known 

that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help 

or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. 

Inspired by this confidence, 

We fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my Mother; to thee do we come, before 

thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful; 

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, 

but in thy mercy hear and answer them. 

Amen.

Pantosaurus and the NSPCC’s PANTS campaign 

At St Mary’s we teach the children about keeping safe by using the NSPCC’s PANTS 

resources. This term the campaign is being relaunched in Hounslow schools and 

we are delighted to be able to share the new resources with children. Across the 

school we’ve been joining in the Pantosaurus song (with the PANTS theme). 

We hope that you are able to sing along with your child and perhaps use the song 

as an opening to talk to them about keeping themselves safe. You will find a 

wealth of resources on the NSPCC website and there’s also a specific booklet to 

help you talk to your child about private parts of the body, find it here: 

hJps://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/underwearrule-guide-for-parents.pdf 

As part of our focus on on private parts you should expect and be prepared for 

your child to quesOon you about their body and the different parts of their body. 

The best advice from experts is that even very young children learn and use the 

correct names for the parts of their bodies. 

The NSPCC’s advice is that you should weave conversaOons about keeping safe 

into everyday acOviOes and bring up the topic oQen but a liJle at a Ome. In doing 

this, children get consistent messages which help them to keep themselves safe. 

Have a look at the NSPCC resources and enjoy singing along to Pantosaurus too! 

You can find the song here: 

hJps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn6AVSZk008

Your underwear covers up your private parts 

and no one should ask to see or touch them. 

Sometimes a doctor, nurse or family members 

might have to. But they should always explain 

why, and ask you if it’s OK first. Remember, 

what’s in your pants belongs only to you. 

You always have the right to say ‘no’ – 

even to a family member or someone you 

love. You’re in control of your body and the 

most important thing is how YOU feel. If 

you want to say ‘No’, it’s your choice. 

It’s always good to talk about stuff that makes 

you upset. If you’re worried, go and tell a grown 

up you trust – like a family member, teacher or 

one of your friend’s parents. They’ll say well done 

for speaking out and help make everything OK. 

You can also call Childline on 0800 1111 and 

someone will always be there to listen. 

No one should ever make you do things 

that make you feel embarrassed or 

uncomfortable. If someone asks to see 

or tries to touch you underneath your 

underwear say ‘NO’ – and tell someone 

you trust and like to speak to. 

There are good secrets and bad 

secrets. If a secret makes you feel sad 

or worried, it’s bad – and you should tell 

an adult you trust about it straight away. 

Remember all of these 

rules and they’ll help 

you stay safe, just like 

Pantosaurus

FEBRUARY 2017 

HOCKEY CAMPS 

www.totalhockey.org.uk 

Total Hockey coaches will be joined by a GB Rio Olympic International (name to 

be announced) at our up coming February 2017 Half Term Hockey camps. 

Hosted at Richmond HC and Ealing HC . 

Further details and booking info on the website. 

*Camp 1 at Richmond HC is from ‘13th and 14th February 2017’ 

*Camp 2 at Richmond HC is from ‘15th February 2017’ 

and *Camp 3 at Ealing HC from ‘16th and 17th February 2017” 

Camps 1 & 3 are open to all and will cater for “new to hockey” to the 

more advanced and will include technical and tactical master-classes and 

Improvers. 

Camp 2 is a dedicated to the more advanced is a tactical master-class. 

Camps are for ages 7 to 16 and run from 10:00 to 15:00 each day. 

Bookings can be made for one or more days. 

WWW.TOTALHOCKEY.ORG.UK 

Twitter: @Coaching_TH 

Facebook: TotalHockey_Coaching 

For full details of the Total Hockey 

camps, master classes 

and coaching services go to 

www.totalhockey.org.uk

JOIN US FOR 

DROP IN DRAMA 

WORKSHOPS 

Tuesdays: 4:15-5:15 

Ages 4-9 / £5 per hour 

St John’s Centre Isleworth 

TW7 6RU 

For more info call Margaret 

on 07799 173463

St Mary’s Isleworth Newsletter for Friday 27th January 2017

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