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Easter Bingo
On the night, there will also be a tombola, various fun games to play and the opportunity for the children to bring an Easter Bonnet/Hat to enter into a competition - additional £1 entry fee.
Due to the capacity of the hall, tickets numbers will be limited, so to avoid disappointment, please send your money into school in a named envelope as soon as possible and before Tuesday 28th March.
CAFOD BIG LENT COMMUNITY SPONSORED WALK
SATURDAY 25TH MARCH 2023
Message from All Hallows Catholic High School
As part of our Lent Appeal 2023, we have organised with the local parishes and feeder primary schools of St Teresa’s, St Mary Magdalen’s, St Oswald’s and Our Lady and St Gerard’s, a sponsored community walk. This walk will be to support the work of CAFOD and their Lent appeal, as well as the emergency work they are doing in Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquake. Big Lent Walks are taking place right across England and Wales this Lent with the challenge of walking 200km throughout the 40 days of Lent. However, we think we can manage this in one big community walk.
To find out more about the work of CAFOD visit their website: https://cafod.org.uk/
Pupils, their families and friends, and parishioners are all invited to join us for our community walk. The 11km walk will begin at St Oswald’s Church, Longton, we will then walk to St Teresa’s Church where they will provide some light refreshments, and we will then walk back to St Oswald’s. Our community event will end with a celebration Youth Mass at St Oswald’s at 5pm. This Youth Mass will involve our pupils taking leading roles in the liturgy and the music. Following the Mass there will be pizza served in St Oswald’s Primary school to celebrate all that we have achieved that afternoon as a community.
We are suggesting a £5 donation per person as an entry fee, which will go to CAFOD but please use the sponsor form attached to collect more sponsorship for the walk. The £5 entry fee and any other donations to our CAFOD Lent Appeal can be paid via our online donation page: https://cafod.enthuse.com/pf/all-hallows-chaplain
This is the second time organising this community event and last year was a great success. It will be great to be able to gather as a community for a fantastic cause once again. We look forward to seeing you there.
Below is the outline of the afternoon’s walk, you are more than welcome to join us for all or part of the walk or the Mass.
1pm: Gather at St Oswald’s Church (parking is available)
1:15pm: Set off to St Teresa’s Church
Approx. 2:45pm: Arrive at St Teresa’s (20 minute stop for light refreshments).
Approx. 4:30pm: Arrive at St Oswald’s.
5pm: Youth Mass.
6pm: Pizza in St Oswald’s School.
Please complete the google form (the link is below) if you plan to attend, and please indicate if you will be walking as a family or if your child will be joining a school group of pupils and staff. This will help us to have an idea of how many to expect and cater for. Please register via this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeozqAUVFoV9MSvMW9S9rScPQ00OUndAz_RKkVrHyAdRP-- cg/viewform?usp=sf_link
We are pleased to present a virtual school tour video for any prospective parents wishing to apply for a school place in September 2023.
https://www.st-teresas-penwortham.lancs.sch.uk/virtual-school-tour/
Dear Parents / Carers,
We wanted to let you know that St Teresa's PTFA is now a registered charity with "easyfundraising" and "AmazonSmile".
Since our fundraising events are on hold, this is a great opportunity to keep raising much needed funds for the school.
AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is exactly the same as Amazon in terms of content and pricing and so rather than shopping via Amazon, if you shop via AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the school.
You can either go via this link https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1100766-0 to sign into AmazonSmile which will then automatically link you to our PTFA charity or you can sign in at https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ and search for charity number 1100766. Once you have linked once, the next time you use
You can also then add AmazonSmile in the settings menu of the Amazon Shopping app (using latest version).
easyfundraising
There are over 4,000 retailers on the easyfundraising platform from John Lewis, Argos, M&S, eBay, ASOS and Just Eat to the more mundane parts of life such as insurance, broadband, energy and mobile phone providers with all the major comparison websites included. So there is huge potential for raising additional funds for school at no extra cost.
If you are not already signed up, it only takes a few minutes, then you can begin using the easyfundraising website or app straightaway - simply shop online as normal.
Plus, if you sign up and raise £5 in donations, easyfundraising will give the school another bonus £5 donation.
All you have to do is:
1. Go to: You shop. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School PTFA - Penwortham gets money. For free
2. Click 'support this cause' and create an account
If signing up via the app, please search for "St Teresa's Catholic Primary School PTFA - Penwortham" and you should recognise our rainbow logo.
Purely by shopping online via these links, we could potentially raise thousands of pounds for the school - especially from switching providers.
Please feel free to also share the details with friends and family for them to use whilst shopping online.
As always, thank you for your continued support.
Jillian Holmes and the PTFA
Primary School
The school nursing team will continue to operate during the school closures.
Should you or your child need to access the school nurse then please telephone 0300 247 0040
This service is available Monday to Friday 9-5
High School
The school nursing team will continue to operate during the school closures.
Should your child need to access the school nurse then please telephone 0300 247 0040. The confidential chat health text service is available to students Mondays to Friday between the hours of 9-5. The text number is 07507330510
People who are self-isolating with COVID-19 have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with an LFD test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature. For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to their education or childcare setting immediately on day 6.
The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day. All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace.
If the result of either test is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest.
The new rules also apply to people who are already isolating – so if someone was already isolating before Monday 17 January, they can take LFD tests on day 5 and 6 and if they are both negative and they have no temperature they can end their isolation.
Anyone who is unable to take LFD tests or anyone who continues to have a temperature will need to complete the full 10-day period of self-isolation.
Further information on self-isolation for those with COVID-19 is available.
We have been asked to share the following information with you by Lancashire County Council:
Undertaking regular, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing helps reduce transmission of the virus. Parents and other adults in households with children at school or college, who do not have symptoms, can now access regular, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. This includes childcare and support bubbles.
Tests are fast, easy, and completely free. There are different ways for a household, childcare or support bubble to collect their test to take at home, twice-weekly:
If you have any queries about the tests, and you live in England, please call 119 (free from mobiles and landlines). Lines are open every day from 7am to 11pm.
Children of primary school age (and below) without symptoms are not being asked to take a test.
Testing is voluntary, but strongly recommended to all who are eligible. Alongside the vaccine, washing hands, wearing face coverings, and maintaining social distancing, rapid testing plays a vital role in reducing transmission rates. Getting into the habit of regular testing as part of our everyday lives will help us all to play our part and do what we can to protect each other.
For more information please click on the link below: