It is with great sadness that we express our deepest sympathies for the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II and our thoughts and condolences go to her family at this very difficult time. Her dedication to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to her other realms and territories is unparalleled and we thank her for her service.

St Matthias will observe the mourning period but continue to support our pupils, families and staff. Unless otherwise stated, please assume scheduled activities and events we have planned will continue, along with remembering Her Majesty the Queen and exploring her work and life in our classes in an age appropriate way. We will observe the national holiday for Her Majesty’s funeral when the date is released, which means school will be closed that day, but outside of this, school hours will continue as normal.

Every Friday we hold a ‘Celebration Worship’ to give out awards to our children to celebrate their achievements.

We have more outside achievements to celebrate this week.

Mrs Hall
We are going to say a sad goodbye, good luck and a huge thank you to Mrs Hall as she will be leaving St Matthias at Christmas.

I meet with our Education Welfare Office fortnightly at St Matthias. We review our whole school attendance and any individual attendance which has fallen below 90%, which is known as Persistent Absence.

We have had a number of children upset this week over the use of ‘Snapchat’ and other communication apps.