Newsletters

Autumn Term - Issue 47

 

Dear Parents and Carers,  

We have had a busy final week of the half term. Although it has been a long half term, it has flown by and I cannot believe that I have already been at St. Cuthbert Mayne for 7 weeks! It has been such a privilege to get to know the children this half term. Thank you again to you as parents for all of your support and for working in partnership with the school.  

It was lovely to welcome you into school for parents’ evenings this week. We hope that you found this a useful opportunity to find out about how your child has settled into their new year group, the progress they are making and any areas they need to work on moving forwards.  

Year 6 continued to do a fantastic job in showing perspective parents around our school this week – thank you Year 6! The feedback from parents has been amazing and they have been blown away by your knowledge of our school.  

After half term, please remember that children should be in winter uniform – please see the website for further details. Some of the children have been a little chilly coming into school in their PE shorts, so do consider whether they would be more comfortable in black or grey tracksuit bottoms. As the weather gets colder, please ensure that your child has a coat in school every day too! 

Wishing you a wonderful, restful half term break, 

Mrs. Amy O’Donovan 

Head of School 

 

Collective Worship 

In Sunday’s Gospel, James and John thought they were more important than the other disciples and wanted to have positions either side of Jesus in heaven. We reflected on this and the times we might think that we are better than others and deserve more. The children thought about examples of this in their own lives e.g. wanting to always have their turn first. We thought hard about what Jesus was asking of us – to show our love through our service to others. This is something the children at St. Cuthbert Mayne do so willingly – older children eagerly seeking to support younger children, offering to do jobs to help adults - from counting out booklets, to showing parents around our school. The children are wonderful models for how to live out our Gospel values! 

 

Year 6 Parents 

Although your children are only a few weeks into year 6, it is time to apply for secondary school places! The Surrey deadline for Secondary School applications is the 31st October. Do make sure you have applied in time. Click here to go to Surrey’s Secondary School application page.  

Wake Up Wednesday 

The online world means that news, images and video can cross continents in seconds! This in turn means that children are able to access distressing news at the touch of a button. This could, of course, cause children extreme distress and worry. This week’s wake up Wednesday guide contains some valuable pointers for supporting children to deal with upsetting content they’ve encountered online. 

 

Reception 2025 

We have just settled our Reception intake, but it is already time to think about 2025’s new intake! If your child is due to start school in September 2025 and you would like to find out more about St. Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School, we will be running tours of the school so that you can see us in action and have the opportunity to meet with Mrs. O’Donovan, Head of School on the following dates:  

Wednesday 6th November 9.15am and 6pm (Fully Booked) 

  • Wednesday 13th November 9.15am  

  • Wednesday 20th November 9.15am 

Numbers will be limited to 6 families each week to ensure that the children in classrooms are not overwhelmed. To book a place, please complete this form. 

Girls football 

Our girls' football team has had a great start to the season! On Friday 18th October, a year 3 & 4 team and a year 5 & 6 team took part in a football tournament hosted by Tillingbourne. Our Year 3 & 4 team were joint winners in their age category and the Year 5 & 6 team came 4th! Well done girls – we are all very proud of you. Perhaps we have some future lionesses in our school! 

School Lunches 

I have sent a separate email to all parents regarding lunch ordering for Key Stage 2 after half term. You can read it below:  

"Starting after half term, we will be implementing changes to our school meal booking process. 

To avoid accumulating debts for families, we cannot book lunches for children without funds in their Scopay accounts. Please note that this does not affect children in Reception, Year 1, or Year 2, who are eligible for universal free school meals, nor those receiving free school meals. 

Beginning November 4th, if your child arrives at school without a pre-booked meal or packed lunch and does not have a balance on their Scopay account, our office will contact you. You will have the option to add funds to your account for us to book a meal or to bring in a packed lunch for your child. 

If you are facing financial difficulties, please feel free to reach out to me in confidence so we can explore ways to support you. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

Drop off and pick ups 

Whilst we recognise that everyone has the odd occasion where they are late to either drop their child off or pick up, this should be an exceptional circumstance. Please remember that the morning gate opens at 8.40am and then closes at 8.50am. If you arrive after the closing of the gate, you need to take your child into the office to sign in and you will be asked to provide a reason for the lateness.  

Similarly, at the end of the day, the gate is opened just before home time - which is 3.15pm. The gate is closed once the playground is cleared. If you arrive after the gates are closed, you will need to collect your child from the school office. Thank you for your support with this.  

 

 Thank you 

A big thank you to Lakers Building Merchant in Cranleigh, who donated and cut some wooden planks for Reception to use to make obstacle courses with in their outside area. The children are going to love making use of the new resources after half term.  They have also offered to deliver some palettes for us too.  

 


23 Oct 2024
Determined Y5 and Y6 girls footballers.
Last Friday, a determined group of Year 5 and Year 6 girls headed off to Tillingbourne school.
Read more
23 Oct 2024
Year 3 & 4 joint winners!
Last Friday, Year 3 and Year 4 football girls travelled to Tillingbourne school for a football tournament.
Read more
18 Oct 2024
Year 4 went fossil hunting!
On Wednesday, Year 3 had a visit from Haslemere Museum. The visit was to enhance the children’s learning in Science about rocks and fossils.    
Read more
16 Oct 2024
Fabulous Footballers!
On Monday after school a team of Year 5 and Year 6 (along with a brave Year 4) travelled to Glebelands 4G Astro football pitch to take part in a football tournament against 2 other schools.
Read more

CONSULTATION ON OUR ADMISSIONS POLICY 2026 - 2027

To view information regarding the consultation on our Admissions Policy 2026-27 please follow this link.


Reception Class

.Julia - For your fantastic writing this week, well done Julia.

Lilly - For fantastic maths work this week, well done Lilly.

 
Year One

Beatrice - For being kind and caring members of the class.

Maggie - For being kind and caring members of the class.

Year Two

Alfie for achieving a great half term of learning.

Otis  for achieving a great half term of learning.

Year 3

Bohdan for achievement and enthusiasm in Maths - well done!

Carys for always showing your readiness to learn and for being respectful and kind to all our class community.                 

 
Year 4

Finley for being a ray of sunshine all half term. You have been a true role model!

Zoe for showing attentive thinking by answering questions in full sentences.

Year 5

Maggie for a very descriptive and persuasive first paragraph in your leaflet about Cranleigh.

Olly for always putting in your best effort, especially this week learning new skills in maths.

Year 6

Stefan - for fantastic collaboration with your group to edit your writing. 

Tallulah - for fantastic collaboration with your group to edit your writing. 

Jack - for fantastic collaboration with your group to edit your writing. 

 


Ms Robson is running cross country club again this year. The club is open to children in key stage 2, taking place on a Friday morning before school. The last session this term will be 6th December (weather permitting). The club will take place on Glebelands sports field, arrival time 8:00am for a warmup ( via the gate next to Christopher Robin Day Nursery), and our run will set off at 8:05am.  Parents are requested to stay and can also join in once the children have set off.  The club will run until 8:25am, with StCM children and parents leaving the site by 8:30am to ease congestion within Christopher Robin Day Nursery and the general school area.  Children who have taken part in the run, will be able to access the school early to get changed into their school uniform, if they have not got PE that day.  A change of shoes/trainers might be needed as we move forward into the winter months.

 Please could you let Ms. Robson know if your child will be participating and if you have any questions please ask.

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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: Mrs Amy O'Donovan (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. 


Calendar

Cross Country Club at Glebelands
8:00am – 8:30am
25
October
HALF TERM - SCHOOL CLOSED
8:50am – 3:15pm
From 28 Oct until 01 Nov
28
October
Individual Class Photos
9:00am – 12:00pm
04
November
Flu nasal Vaccine for all the school
9:00am – 11:30am
05
November
Y3/Y4 Cross Country at Wonersh and Shamley
All Day
06
November
Opening Morning Reception 2025
9:15am – 10:15am
06
November
Opening Evening Reception 2025
6:00pm – 7:00pm
06
November
Cross Country Club at Glebelands
8:00am – 8:30am
08
November
Opening Morning Reception 2025
9:15am – 10:15am
13
November
Cross Country Club at Glebelands
8:00am – 8:30am
15
November