Serving God and others in Love, Faith and Hope  

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School  

Sporle Road, Swaffham, Norfolk. PE37 7HL  

01760 721330 Email: admin@sacredheartcps.uk 

Headteacher’s Memo – March 06, 2026

Dear Parent/Carer

This week we have been celebrating World Book Day. It was great to see so many of our children and staff dressed as their favourite book characters. It was also lovely to see children engaging in reading over the week and buying books at the Book Fair – we all know the importance of reading.

The following pupils have been commended by their teachers for engaging in reading over the course of this week:

Reception- Rena - For always participating enthusiastically in all her reading in class.
Year 1-2 - Porsia - For demonstrating wonderful enthusiasm towards our sponsored read.
Year 3-4- David - For showing great enthusiasm with reading
Year 5-6- Thomas - For showing enthusiasm towards reading; always choosing to read once learning tasks are completed.

This week we also celebrated the following:

Secret Students

A student is chosen anonymously and randomly at the start of each school day. The class teacher will then monitor the positive behaviour of the secret student throughout the day and that student is named if they have demonstrated our school values throughout the day.

The secret students who were celebrated in our celebration assembly this week were:

Reception – Lottie, Delilah, Amalia, Lucas, Elijah
Year 1/2 – Kendall, Amelie, April, Luna
Year 3/4 – Harley, Erica
Year 5/6 – Sienna, Freddie, Harvey

Well done to you all!
Examples of good work from Reception
Examples of good work in Year 1 and 2 Maths

Examples of good work in Year 3 and 4
Examples of work in Year 5 and 6

Attendance Matters

As you all know students thrive and strive when they are in school. Year 3/4 were this weeks’ best attenders - Well done!

We have been reviewing attendance across the school and have noticed that a small number of pupils’ attendance has started to drop, and we want to address this early.

Please remember how important it is for children to attend school every day so they can keep up with their learning.

If you have any concerns about attendance or need support, please get in touch—we are here to help.

See the image below to understand how missed learning may affect your child.

Maths homework

To support your child's Maths learning we have set them up on an interactive platform called MyMaths. This should help your child to structure their maths work and enable you to see how they are progressing. Coming home this evening is a letter detailing their username and password. Please go to www.mymaths.co.uk and follow the instructions on your letter to help your child to log-in, initially using the school username and password. You will find games and activities on the dashboard, which can be completed at any time. They will then need to log in to their portal and complete activities set for them by their teacher. This may be a lesson to watch and then a homework activity.

Please find engagement statistics below – we need these figures to increase so if there any barriers, please do let us know so that we can help.

Times Tables Rock Stars

Times Tables Rock Stars is an award-winning maths learning platform where children can practise their times tables like a rock star! The programme takes the worry out of learning times tables and has a proven track record of boosting children’s fluency and recall in multiplication and division. Your child should now have login details next week, please let us know if that is not the case. This is the same as last year. Please encourage your child to interact with the platform.

Numbots

This week, Reception have been given their own username and password for Numbots which they can access from home. This game is from the same people who created Times Tables Rock Stars and will help children progress from counting to calculating. Please encourage them to engage as much as possible at home.

The statistics this week show some improvement in engagement (highlighted in green from all classes). Homework is integral to success and that success helps with positive emotions such as motivation and pride. All parents need to encourage their children to engage and let us know if there are any barriers to engagement. The whole school reward for 100% will be a school goldfish which has been requested through the school council.

Year 4 MTCs

Year 4 students have to undertake multiplication tables check in the summer term. Using the link below and TT rockstars, children can practice and improve their ability to complete these assessments and develop a key arithmetic skill necessary for other mathematic functions.

Year 4, Key Stage 2, Practice Times Tables Tests (Multiplication Tables Check)

Year 6 Booster sessions

Year 6 students are invited to attend booster sessions for both English and Maths after school on Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm.

Phonics - Supporting your child at home.

We would like to signpost you to the 'For Parents' area of the Little Wandle website for further resources to help you support your child with phonics at home. Here you will find some useful videos and information packs which demonstrate how to say the sounds and how we teach writing the letters. You can search via the Little Wandle website or alternatively, click on the link via our school website under 'Our Phonics Curriculum' area.
www.littlewandle.org.uk

Year 6 students are invited to attend booster sessions for both

English and Maths after school on Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm.

Breakfast Club

We are delighted to introduce our Breakfast Club, running every school day from 8:10 AM to 8:40 AM. This is a great way for your child to start the day in a calm and positive environment. Please contact the school office if you would like a place for your child.
The sessions will be free of charge and will be run by Mr Greenwood and Miss Patel.

What’s on the menu? To begin with, we’ll be serving toast to all children who attend.

Year 6s will be working on Maths and/or English.
Details:
•Time: 8:10 AM – 8:40 AM
•Location: Y5/6 Classroom

Red Nose Day March 20th

As a school we will be celebrating Red Nose Day. Children are encouraged to wear something red and offer a small donation. There will also be a staff cake bake-off and sale at the end of the school day.

Notices

•Please can you ensure that your child/ren come to school in full school uniform, if you need help with this, we have been donated lots of uniform or can assist in getting funds to help support you with this.
•We are a ‘nut-free’ school. To that end, please do not send your child in with nuts for packed lunch or use peanut butter for sandwiches.
•Please find a questionnaire that we encouraged you to complete before the Christmas break. Parent / Carer survey - SHS – Fill out form.

Dates for the diary
➢Thursday 5th March: World Book Day. Details to follow
➢Week Beginning 11th and March: Parents Evening Sessions. All bookings to be made through the main office admin@sacredheartcps.uk due to issues with the Parent Portal.
➢Monday 23rd March Y3 /4 trip to Swaffham Museum
➢Red Nose Day March 20th