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Andy Purcell, Headteacher of St George's, and Wrightington Mossy Lea

Sharon Kellie, School Admin and Bursar

Emma Smith SENCO

Naomi Harrison, Assistant Head Teacher, responsibility for Assessment & Mossy Lea

Rob Horne Senior Assistant Head Teacher, Responsibility for Teacher Training

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04 Sep 2025

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Welcome to this week’s newsletter!

This week marks World Kindness Day — a moment to pause, breathe, and consider the quiet power of compassion. As Tamara Levett reminded us in Monday’s Daily Calm, it begins with ourselves:

“May you be happy. May you be safe. May you be healthy. May you be at peace.”

Kindness isn’t just about grand gestures — it’s about how we show up, speak to others, and carry ourselves through the day. It’s in the smiles exchanged at the gates, the patience offered during a difficult drop-off, the helping hand between friends, the thank-you to a TA, and the nod of encouragement in a staffroom or classroom.

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions," wrote Frederick William Faber.
"The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves."

At St George’s, we know this. We see it. Every day, little ripples of goodness pass quietly from child to child, adult to child, parent to staff — and back again. These moments often go unseen in the data and targets, but they’re the fabric of our culture — and they matter.

So this week, as we begin the slow and magical drift towards December, let’s hold fast to kindness. Let’s start with ourselves, forgive the frayed moments, celebrate the calm ones, and choose compassion — even when it’s hard.

Kindness is powerful beyond measure. And in a world where so much can divide, it is something we can always choose to share.

📝 Notices & Reminders

Parents’ Evening Bookings go live on SCOPay from Monday 17th November.
The default is a face-to-face appointment in school.
If you'd prefer a Zoom call, just email your child’s class teacher directly.
Earrings: Please remember — no earrings for PE or school time.
Plastic spacers are fine if needed, but safety first!

Exciting News from the PTFA!

As always, our Christmas Fair will be extra special — all money raised will go towards the brand-new Wrap Around Care building!

Every penny raised from PTFA events goes straight back into our school to improve facilities and experiences for our children — and this project will make a huge difference to families and pupils alike.

So come along, join in the festive fun, and help us make this year’s fair one to remember!

Don't forget our first non uniform day is this Friday - 14th Nov!

#PTFA #ChristmasFair #CommunitySpirit #SupportingOurSchool

We will have 3 non-uniform Fridays in the run up to the Christmas Fair, and these are on the WebCal. We're doing our best in the PTFA - its a new group this year, ish, being supported by people who have stayed with us! Any help you can offer would be most grateful!

THE FIRST NON UNIFORM DAY IS THE COLOURED THEMED ONE. Please try and send in coloured offerings that link to the class colour for the hampers! Following the success of recent years’ coloured theme hampers, each year group has adopted a colour, and if possible, we would like children to bring in anything that is of their colour! This should then make really nice hampers that can be raffled off on the night of the Fair.

Although the coloured hampers are a great idea and are very successful, don’t let it add to the stresses of your daily lives….. if you can’t find anything of the particular colour, please do send in a regular donation as described above!

For the following 2 Fridays would you mind supplying us with bottles, clean re-useable soft toys (preferably unused ones!), books, games, chocolates, toiletries, or any prizes that can be used for the tombola stall. (I know things are tough out there - just do what you can..... don't worry if you can't. Still send your kid in non uniform..... if you can only do one donation, then only do one donation. The Christmas Fair, and Summer Fair are tremendous fundraisers, and we get loads of quality stuff from you - but I'm absolutely not the type of person, or indeed is the school the type of school - who wants to add to your stresses - as always - just do what you can. That's all anyone can ask.

Please try to sell the raffle tickets! Please put your name on one side of the tickets and return this side with the money to school – keeping the unsigned ticket at home for you when you collect the winning prize! Prizes to be announced…

Raffle tickets are priced at £1.00 per strip.

Friday, 14th November is our first Non-Uniform Day to help raise prizes for our Christmas Fair!

For this Non-Uniform Day, we’re kindly asking for donations in the colours below so we can create beautiful hampers for our Hamper Raffle:

Hamper Colours

Reception: Red

Year 1: Purple

Year 2: Blue

Year 3: Green

Year 4: Pink

Year 5: Black & White

Year 6: Gold

Thank you so much for your support — we can’t wait to see everyone’s colourful contributions

Christmas Raffle

The Christmas Fair Raffle tickets are out!

Each family will receive a book of 5 tickets, they are £1 each or £5 for the whole book. We'd love it if you could try selling them to your friends and family, or keep them for yourself!

The PTFA are in the middle of organising another fabulous Christmas Fair. We are hoping to have a variety of stalls to create a mini Christmas market vibe where people can buy gifts / decorations for Christmas. Of course this won't be possible without some lovely stall holders ....

If you or anybody you know sells or makes gifts / Christmas decorations / wreaths / anything you think would be suitable for a school fair then please consider having a stall at the St George's Christmas Fair. We would love to have you

The cost of a stall is £10 plus a raffle prize.

If you are interested or have any questions, please email or message me directly - laurenjade94@hotmail.co.uk / 07419166866.

Thanks so much

Amazing morning with SSP today at Chorley leisure centre. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves... And to top it of, we came first !!!!

Well done everyone

This is brilliant. Magical. And so perfect.

It tells our kids they can achieve. It lifts their confidence. It builds their self-esteem. It nudges open that door in their mind that says, “Maybe I can...”

And here’s the truth:

If kids believe they can… they generally do.

If kids believe they can’t… they generally don’t.

The critical bit — the bit that should sit heavy on all of us — is this:

It’s down to us to shape those self-beliefs.

To plant “you can” in the places where “you can’t” is trying to grow.

To show them that their effort, determination, and courage matter more than any label.

When we get that right, kids don’t just achieve.

They become.

09 Nov 2025

Behind the front door...... WE 14.11.2025

Y4 craft club

3:15pm – 4:30pm

from 06 Nov and on Thursday each week until 18 Dec

13
November

Non Uniform for the Christmas Fair 1

All Day

14
November

Fencing Morning Club Year 3-Year 6

8:00am – 8:45am

from 07 Nov and on Friday each week until 13 Dec

14
November

Preorder School Meals

4:00pm – 4:30pm

from 22 Nov and on Friday each week except for between 22 Jul and 28 aug

14
November

Flu Vaccinations For All Year Groups

from 19 Nov and every day until 26 Nov

19
November

Fr David in school

11:15am – 2:15pm

from 02 Oct and on Wednesday each week except for 19 Feb, between 09 Apr and 16 apr, between 22 Jul and 02 sep, between 28 Oct and 04 nov, and for between 23 Dec and 01 jan

19
November

KS2 Gymnastics festival

from 19 Nov and every day until 26 Nov

20
November

Y4 craft club

3:15pm – 4:30pm

from 06 Nov and on Thursday each week until 18 Dec

20
November

Book Fair

All Day

from 19 Nov and every day until 26 Nov

21
November

Non Uniform for the Christmas Fair 2

All Day

21
November

Fencing Morning Club Year 3-Year 6

8:00am – 8:45am

from 07 Nov and on Friday each week until 13 Dec

21
November

Preorder School Meals

4:00pm – 4:30pm

from 22 Nov and on Friday each week except for between 22 Jul and 28 aug

21
November

Book Fair

All Day

from 19 Nov and every day until 26 Nov

22
November

As we wrap up this week, here’s something to ponder:

If kindness had a voice, I reckon it’d sound a lot like Dory from Finding Nemo — relentlessly positive, wildly forgetful, and always urging us to “Just keep swimming!”

And really, isn’t that what kindness is? Not grand gestures or world-changing speeches — just lots of tiny, everyday nudges in the right direction. A smile. A “how are you?” A “you go first.”

We don’t need to solve every problem. Just keep swimming. We don’t need to be perfect. Just keep swimming. We don’t need to get it right every time. Just… you guessed it.

So, this World Kindness Day — whether you're a clownfish, a parent, a teacher or a tired tuna — remember: kindness isn’t weakness. It’s strength, dressed up in silly fins.

And if all else fails, may you be happy, may you be safe, may you be healthy, may you be at peace — and may you never forget where you parked your seahorse.

“The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” – Frederick William Faber

Here’s to a week of swimming kindly — and seeing what wonders ripple out from it.