Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a lovely sunny week in school and this warm weather looks set to continue over the weekend and into next week.  Please make sure that your child has a sunhat in school every day next week and has sunscreen applied every morning. 

Please note that on Friday 20^th June, the school will be closed for staff training.  While the children are not in school, St Elizabeth’s will be hosting the annual Richmond Catholic Primary Schools’ RE training day when six local Catholic schools will be joining us for the day to focus on children’s prayer and liturgy.  Due to this staff training, NSSport will be running their inset provision at another local school; please check their website for more information. 

This week in school

Y6 Retreat Day

On Wednesday our Y6 children went to St Elizabeth’s Church for a retreat day.  This was an opportunity for prayer, reflection and renewal ahead of them making their next step to secondary school.  We would like to thank Georgia from St Elizabeth’s Church for leading such an inspirational day.  You can read a full account of the Y6 retreat in the RE newsletter.

Sports Update from Mr Sagar and Mrs Knowles

Y5 Football

This week saw two football fixtures for the Y5 boys team. On Monday, they played a friendly against Holy Trinity Primary School. This was a great opportunity for the boys to gain match experience and try playing in different positions. The boys worked well as a team and there were good individual performances, including a very impressive double save from Sherwood in goal and some precise passing from Oliver and Sebastian in midfield. On Wednesday, a squad took part in a festival organised by Thomson House School. The boys played 6 matches and showed excellent teamwork and perseverance throughout the afternoon. The playing highlight was a fantastic last-minute goal scored by Teddy after a pinpoint pass from Jack. Well done to everyone who represented the school this week!

Sports Assembly

On Monday 23rd June the Sports Committee will be launching St Elizabeth's celebration of National Schools Sports Week.  This will be a week of committee led lunch time activities.  During the launch assembly we would like to celebrate the sports that children take part in outside of school.  We are inviting you to send in sporting photos or certificates of achievement to feature on the hall screen during assembly. Please send photographs and scans of certificates by email to the school admin address marked for the attention of Mr Sagar, by Thursday 19^th June. 

Next week in school

Reception 2025 / 2026 Parents’ Evening

On Tuesday 17^th June at 6pm there will be an induction meeting for parents of children starting Reception in September.  We are delighted to welcome Mrs Agbo to our Reception staff team as part-time classteacher with Miss Thompson from September.

Information for parents

Stop press!  New date for the PTA BBQ!

The PTA BBQ will now take place on Friday 18^th July.  A fantastic way to round off the school year, we look forward to sharing more details of the BBQ soon!

Upcoming Events

JUNE

17^th  6 p.m.  Meeting for new Reception parents

18th  a.m.  ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ Pledge Day in school – pupils only

19th  9:10 a.m.  Assembly led by Y1

19th  a.m.  Y4 and Y5 visit to the Sikh Gurdwara, Hounslow

20th  All day  Inset: School closed for staff training

25^th  All day  Diocesan retreat day at Aylesford Priory for a group of Y5 pupils

26^th  All day  Catholic Social Teaching Day at Holy Cross School for a group  of Y5 pupils

26^th  6 p.m.  Vocal Concert

26^th  All day  Battle of the Books competition

JULY

2^nd  a.m.  Whole School Sponsored Walk in Richmond Park – parents invited

3^rd  a.m./p.m.  New Reception children’s induction sessions

4^th  a.m.  St Elizabeth’s Feast Day Mass – parents invited

4^th  a.m.  St Elizabeth’s Feast Day Concert – parents invited

8^th  All day  Y6 visit to The House of Lords

9^th  a.m.  KS1 Sports Day

10^th  a.m.  KS2 Sports Day

11^th  a.m.  Y3 Visit to Richmond Synagogue

16^th  p.m.  School production of ‘Aladdin’

17^th  p.m.  School production of ‘Aladdin’

18^th  p.m.  PTA BBQ

22^nd  9:30 a.m.  End of Term Mass – all invited – followed by Y6 Governors’ Award Ceremony

22^nd  2 p.m.  End of Term

Awards this week

Values Awards

Congratulations to the following children for achieving a Values Award this week.

Reception – Agathe

Y1 – Hunter

Y2 – Oliver and Cassiel

Y3 – Harry

Y4 – Sophie

Y5 – Jack and Ola

Y6 – Cameron

Attendance and Punctuality

Congratulations to Reception, Y2 and Y5 for having the highest attendance this week, all with 99%!  We are aware that there were some difficulties in the local area which caused some children to arrive at school after the register.  Well done to Y5 for having the least number of lates this week.

Have a lovely weekend,

Jane Hines and the staff of St Elizabeth’s