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Knowledge begins with respect for God. (Proverbs 1:7)

St Matthew's C of E
Primary School

Live, Love, Learn

&

Brunel
Nursery School

Learning Together

Newsletter 29 – 28th April 2025Knowledge begins with respect for God (Proverbs 1:7)This half-term’s value is ‘Respect’’ (1 Peter 2:17)

 

 

Attendance

Last term your child brought home a sheet containing important information about their attendance since September.

 

If your child’s attendance was in the yellow, orange or red sections it is extremely important that you make improving your child’s attendance an absolute priority this term. This is particularly urgent if their attendance was in the red section. This is to make sure that your child makes the best possible progress in all areas of their learning and development.

School Uniform

We have noticed that some of the boys are sometimes wearing trainers and/or joggers to school. Our school uniform policy is that boys should wear proper school shoes and trousers to school. Please can you check that your son is wearing the correct school uniform every day. Thank you for your help in this.

Class Newsletters

Your child will be bringing home a class newsletter for the summer term with important information about homework, PE days etc. Please read this carefully. Class newsletters are also available on the class pages on our school website.

 

Picking children up at the end of the school day

At the end of the last term we noticed that quite a number of children were being brought to the office at 3.10pm as they had not been collected by parents or carers at the correct time. Please make sure that you arrive at school ready to collect your child(ren) at 3.00pm.

Brunel Nursery School

We still have places in Brunel Nursery School for the Summer Term. If you have a child who has turned three and is not attending any type of nursery education, I would strongly encourage you to make the most of this opportunity. If you have any friends or neighbours with any three-year-old children, please mention this to them. There are not many nursery schools left in Blackburn and we are very fortunate to have this facility on our doorstep.

This week’s Amazing Achievers!

 

You’ve Been Spotted!

Children who have been demonstrating one of our school values:

 

Hana Zohaib – Robins Blue

M. Faris Syed – Robins Green

Noor Fatima Hussain – Woodpeckers

Aariz Hussain – Kingfishers

Ayra Kayani – Swallows

Bilal Badat – Doves

Aliyah Malik – Owls

Kristofers Kilpe – Kestrels

Ethan Mohammed – Hawks

Layad Hussein – Falcons

Umar Shazad – Eagles

Headteacher’s Award

Children chosen for a special achievement:

 

Safa Ali – Robins Blue

Maryam Nakhuda - Robins Green

Laiba Nasir – Woodpeckers

Jasnoor Sembhi – Kingfishers

Inaayah Mulla – Swallows

M. Essa Hussain – Doves

Hawa Atif – Owls

Aminah Farooq – Kestrels

The Whole Class – Hawks

Aliyah Patel – Falcons

M. Imran Siddeeq – Eagles

Recent Reading Badges

 

Kingfishers

Jasnoor Sembhi – Ruby, Yusuf Mangera - Topaz

 

Doves

Bilal Badat- Sapphire

 

Hawks

Ali Khaled – Silver, Amina Thazathethil – Gold, Haniya Ali – Jet,

Mahnoor Ayoub, Adam Lorgat & Fatima Noor – Ruby, Adam Shah & Ali-Abdullah Syed – Silver Star

 

Falcons

Muhammad Abdul-Qadir Hussain & Layad Hussein - Gold

 

Authors of the Week

 

Key Stage 2 children who have excelled in their writing recently:

 

Doves – Yousuf Iqbal

 

Owls – M. Umar Hussain

 

Kestrels – Umar Farooq

 

Hawks – Yusuf Mahmood

 

Falcons – Zoya Noor Chaudhry

 

Eagles – Haris Khan

 

Mrs Martin’s Class of the Week:

KS1

Mrs Fenton’s Star:                         

Khadija Malik (Woodpeckers)

Mr Richardson’s Lunchtime Awards:

Salahuddin Nawaz (Kingfishers) & Simrah Hajat (Doves)

 

Last Week’s Attendance

 

Best attendance

Best punctuality

Infants

Woodpeckers & Kingfishers

Swallows

Juniors

Hawks

Falcons

 

 

Best wishes

Julian Rogers

Headteacher