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Newsletter 40 – 18^th July 2025

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

This half-term’s value is ‘Endurance’ (Galatians 6:9)

End of Year Newsletter

School Year 2025-26

The school holiday pattern for next year is available on the school’s website: www.stmatthewsblackburn.com under ‘Parents – Term Dates and School Holidays’.

You will need to refer to this when booking holidays for next year.

Please avoid booking holidays and/or extended leave during term time as this can seriously affect your child’s learning and progress.

End of Year Award Winners

Congratulations to the following children who were presented with certificates during today’s Prizegiving Service:

	Reading	Writing	Mathematics	Positive attitude
Robins (B)	Hana Zohaib	Safa Ali	Zaneyah Khan	Sima Khaled
Robins (G)	Zamin Faisal	Zainab Hussain	Aliza Chaudry	Abu-Bakr Siddiq
Woodpeckers	M. Azaan Khan	M. Isa Zamir	Umair Fulat	Hassan Iqbal
Kingfishers	Ayra Yasir	Sara Bhamjee	M. Umer Malik	Aliza Shah
Swallows	Sara Holme	Zahra Akhtar	Iqra Aziz	Aafiyah Bhamji
Doves	Ricards Kilpe	Armaan Ahmed	Simrah Hajat	M. Yousuf Iqbal
Owls	Zulekha Aswat	Aliyah Malik	Umar Hussain	Aamina Bhamjee
Kestrels	Fatima Hussain	Umar-Farooq Chothia	Hooria Abbas	Salman Khaled
Hawks	Shan Akhtar	Hassan Mujtaba	Khalid Hussain	Sakina Shah
Falcons	Labeeqa Nawaz	Aliyah Patel	Rosen Vasilev	Fatima Aziz
Eagles	Rayyaan Siddiq	Reyhaan Mulla	Diba Sharif	See Y6 Awards

Our Year 6 children treated us to a wonderful Leavers’ Service yesterday morning. It was fantastic to see so many parents and family members at this service – thank you so much for coming. If you have a Year 6 child leaving St Matthew’s today and they are your only or last child, I’d like to thank you for all your support over the years. We wish all our Year 6 children all the very best as they leave us today to start the next stage in their education at their secondary schools in September.

Special Year 6 Awards:

The Elaine Smith Award for Clear Speaking	Bayane El Mansori
The David Procter Reading Award	Alisha Shaikh
St. Matthew’s Role Models	Safiyyah Karolia & Shayne De Zoysa
Shining Stars (in memory of Mrs Solkar, Mrs Hayes and Mrs King)	Maira Siddique & Abdul Hadi

School Meals – Autumn Term 2025

Please note that meals for the autumn term will be available to order from Tuesday 2^nd September. All meals should be ordered and paid for in advance - this can be done up to the day before.

We are unable to allow children to have a meal without payment in advance.

Finally…

Another school year draws to a close. As ever, my thanks go to our incredibly committed staff who continue to work so tirelessly for the benefit of your children – they really do go ‘above and beyond’!

Today we say goodbye to the following members of staff and wish them all long, happy and healthy retirements:

Mrs Fenton (24 years’ service)	Mrs Matthew (20 years’ service)
Mrs Cook (19 years’ service)	Mrs Rowe (17 years’ service)

I’d like to thank all these members of staff for their great commitment and significant contribution to St Matthew’s and Brunel over so many years.

We also say goodbye to Mrs Ismail. We thank her for her seven years of service to our school and wish her well for her new position which she starts in September.

The children return to school on Thursday 4^th September 2025. Doors open at 8.20am for an 8.30am start.

On behalf of all the staff and governors, I’d like to thank you for all your support this year and to wish you all a fantastic summer holiday!

Best wishes