St Cecilia's News

We hope that you have had a lovely Easter break, it's great to have the children back at school for the Summer term.

Our new gates are in operation for:

• breakfast club
• during the school day
• after school ECAs
• childcare up to 4.15pm

Parents for after school childcare are asked to still use the Clarkes Avenue entrance after 4.15pm - just in case the children are playing outside. The new system is not yet connected to our mobile phone system, we expect it to be connected over the May half term.

Double gates to prevent tailgating

When entering via the Yellow gates you will pass through a second gate near the offices. You will need to press the 'bell' button again, staff will then check on the cameras that you have not permitted another person into the double gate area who has not been announced.

It is vital that all persons entering the school are authorised. If someone follows you into the double gate area please ask them to speak to the office team as well. This could be another school visitor, a postal delivery or food delivery for example. The second gate will open once we are sure we know who we are letting on to our site.

You will notice a new gate near the offices, this is to guide all our visitors into the office area during the school day. It prevents visitors from walking around the school site without permission. We also have another gate to gain access to the playground, this will be locked for most of the school day, securing the site from the front.

Nursery and Reception blue gates

Parents for these year groups can enter and exit via the blue gates. If leaving once the gates are closed, please let yourself out - make sure to use the latch on the inner gate and to close the blue gate behind you. Use the green push button to exit. Parents from Nursery and Reception will not be able to exit via the front playground or yellow gate once staff have closed the gates at the start or end of the school day.

The intercom has a video camera to help us identify our visitors and we have added even more cameras to help us secure our entrances.

We hope that you appreciate the additional security that is in place for the whole school community, we need to work together that the new security systems work effectively.

Thanks for all your patience during the past year, we have waited a long time for the gates to gain approval and be replaced.

Best wishes for the summer term!

London Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 9DL

Contact us:

General queries - office@stcecilias.school

Report an absence - absence@stcecilias.school

Anything finance - finance@stcecilias.school

Extra Curricular Activity booking - eca@stcecilias.school

Childcare - childcare@stcecilias.school

Special educational needs - send@stcecilias.school

Admissions - admissions@stcecilias.school

Website www.stcecilias.school

Phone: 020 8337 4566

April

Mon 15th - Return to school

Tues 16th - National Offer Day for Reception Admissions

Mon 22nd - ECAs start

Sat 27th - Y6 Netball Rally

Mon 29th - Y3 Mission Week

May

Weds 1st - Met Neighbourhood Police team visiting Y5 (at the gates to see parents too)

Thurs 2nd - Crowing of Our Lady's Statue (Flowers welcomed, donated to the hospice afterwards)

Mon 6th Bank Holiday - School Closed

Tues 7th - Y4 Dance Workshop with I-Can-Dance

Thurs 9th - Ascension Day Mass Y3-6 with Fr Rob

Mon 13th - Y6 SATs week and assessment week for Years 1-5

Mon 13th - Additional swim lessons for Y5 non swimmers begin

Mon 20th - St Angela Class Assembly

Mon 27th - Fri 31 May - Spring Half Term holiday

June

Mon 3rd - School Closed Training Day

Tues 4th - Y4 Multiplication Check Week

Thurs 6th - Y1 visit to the Lookout, Bracknell

Thurs 13th June - Y1 to Y6 Sports Day at the David Weir Centre - Children go straight there for 0835.

Sat 15th - Sutton Catholic Schools Alliance Athletics event

Mon 13th - Y3 Swimming begins

Thurs 20th - Egyptian Workshop

Fri 21st - Borough Sports at David Weir Centre for selected athletes

Fri 21st - Annual Academic Reports published via Arbor to all classes

Weds 26th - First Holy Communion Going Forth Mass with Father Rob

July

Mon 1st - Y6 Adventure to Dorset

Mon 1st - ECAs end this week

Fri 5th - Y3 visit to the British Museum

Mon 8th - 0900 Y4 St Catherine Assembly

Tues 9th and Thurs 11th - Y6 Performance for their parents.

Thurs 18th - Final day of term for Nursery

Friday 19th - Final day of term for Years R to 6, school closes at Midday. No after school childcare.

You can find our term dates for this year and next on our website, link for you below.