The school was very quiet this morning with everybody out at their various events. It certainly was a busy day at St Cuthbert Mayne.

The sun was certainly shining for our KS1 Sports Day today! The children had a wonderful time in the sun and were spurred on by all of your wonderful support – thank you. It was great to see all of the children working together and showing off their sports skills! Thank you to Mr Good, Year 6, Glebelands Sports Captains and all of the adults for working together to make sure that the morning ran smoothly.

Year 5 were also out today at Wintershall where they had a fabulous day of immersing themselves in the Life of Christ. Thank you to parents who volunteered to join us for the trip – we really couldn’t do it without you!

Summer Fair

The Summer Fair is this Sunday (23rd June)! It will be great to see you all there from 12-3pm. Please take a look at the amazing raffle prizes- tickets can be purchased here before Sunday. The schedule for the day is outlined below:

Noon Fair begins

12:30 Boogie Pumps Performance

13:00 Bake-Off & Cake Raffle

13:30 Dog Show, judged by Brookmead Vets

14:00 Race, led by Everyone Active

14:15 Football match, led by Planet Soccer

Uniform We are happy to confirm the details of our new uniform supplier Mapac. Please see their welcome letter. Please note our secondary uniform supplier Unismart will be in school next Tuesday (25th June) from 2.00pm selling the remaining items of their supply at a competitive price.

PE Kit

Please ensure that your children are wearing a purple t-shirt with the school badge. Black PE shorts should be of an appropriate length i.e. mid-thigh. No hot-pants please!

Finally, a special treat for this lovely weather. Moooh! - owned and operated by a past pupil – are running a £2 Tuesday offer! Every Tuesday, until 19th July, Moooh! will be selling £2 one scoops.

Head of School  

Mr Thomas Hall

Liturgy 

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed growing into the biggest shrub of all

In this week’s gospel, Jesus shows us what God’s Kingdom is like. A mustard seed is a tiny little seed but it grows into a very big bush with big branches. The mustard seed shows us how – even a tiny seed can produce a great big tree. The same is true for us – even the smallest person can do great things. And even the smallest action can have big results.

Loving God, you show us that the littlest actions can have huge results, and that the smallest of people can do great things. Inspire us to play our part in making the world a fairer place for everyone. Amen.

ONLINE SAFETY ADVICE

GET ACTIVE SHOUT OUT BOARD

Each week our Sports Captains are out and about in the playground keeping a look out for children who are exhibiting a particular school value through the way that they play during breaktime. The slide below is displayed during our Celebration Assembly on Fridays. Congratulations to the children listed below.

WEEKLY CELEBRATION CERTIFICATES.

Attendance

At St Cuthbert Mayne we place great importance on school attendance. Please see the graphic below which illustrates the cumulative effect of continued poor attendance at school. In the first instance we will always work closely with families to support improvement in attendance when necessary.

On 19 January Mr Hall wrote to parents outlining the possibility of Penalty Notices being issued to parents in the event of unauthorised absences. School attendance is rarely out of the headlines - this BBC article details plans to increase the minimum fine from September 2024.

The cost of a family holiday outside of term time can be eye-watering, but we would urge all parents to consider what sort of message they are giving their children about the value that they place on education if they choose to take their children on holiday during term time.

Useful Links:

Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know

School Attendance Policy

Positive Parking

We continue to be very grateful to all our parents that park and stride/cycle/walk to school, and to those that park safely and respectfully around the neighbouring roads.

We are aware that some people continue to park on the yellow zig-zag lines outside the school and the church car park. Rule 243 of the Highway Code states that road users must not park near a school entrance; for the safety of all the children at St Cuthbert Mayne, we would ask that all members of our community adhere to this rule and do not park on the yellow zig-zag lines.

We must also ensure that we are polite and respectful to local residents at all times.

Please show your children, by your actions, that positive and respectful parking is a way to show that you care about other pedestrians, neighbours and road users. Be a good role model!

For helpful information about road safety please visit: https://www.think.gov.uk/

Classlist

Classlist is the most effective way of staying touch with other parents. Please click this link in order to sign up.

Safeguarding

Keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility at St Cuthbert Mayne. Please see below for some useful links and resources for all families:

Family Lives – very useful parental information website, provides lots of links and resources - they also have a telephone support line for parents/carers. Parenting and Family Support - Family Lives (Parentline Plus)

Mental Health support – suitable for lots of families, especially at this time of year. Mental health support - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)

NHS Talking Therapies – it may be helpful for any parents to be able to talk to someone and this is a self referral service Home Mind Matters Surrey - NHS Talking Therapies (mindmattersnhs.co.uk)

Family Conflict – SCC pages for parents. Our resources for reducing conflict between parents - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)

Your Sanctuary – Domestic Abuse Support Services. YS Home (yoursanctuary.org.uk)

Relate – resources for relationships –

Get Help | Relate

Find your online centre Relate

Drug and Alcohol Support Services

i-access Drug & Alcohol Service : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (surreydrugandalcohol.com)

Catalyst – substance and mental health support

Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Service in Surrey (catalystsupport.org.uk)

Citizens Advice – another more general link but useful for newsletters at this time of year

Citizens Advice

Family Information Service – Families can search for services near to them

Family Information Service - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk)

Online Understanding your child guides – Free for all Surrey residents – use access code ACORN.

Online Learning (heiapply.com)

Our Safeguarding Team: Mr Hall (DSL), Miss Wilkin (DDSL), Mrs Chalstrey (DDSL)

As a team we are always here to support, to be a listening ear, and guide in anyway you feel appropriate. Do get in touch with any member of the team via phone 01483 274961 or email DSL@stcuthbert-mayne.surrey.sch.uk

You are not on your own and many individuals or families do come and ask. 

Mary’s Meals would like to invite you to collect all your foreign currency* no matter how old or obscure.  Clear out your drawers and have a look under the sofa.  Currently, the charity feeds over 2.4 million young children one good meal every day in their place of education – by giving Mary’s Meals your foreign coins and notes, you can help feed the next hungry child.

Mary’s Meals feeds in over 18 countries.  Because of our low costs, we can do this for as little as £19.15 per child per year!  *We will also take UK coins/notes that aren’t legal tender

Donations can be left in the Cranleigh Parish Office, which is outside the SCM green school gates - double white patio doors - on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday mornings.   With thanks from Tracy in the parish office.

Our calendar for the term can be found here.