Gathering Time Writing Thank you very much for being available to write with your child once a week. It is really nice to see you work together. Just remember that this is a time to help your child hear the sounds in the words they want to write. Please don't just tell them the letters to write, they need to do the thinking - not you. Rice for Refugees day This Friday is Rice Day. This is a way that the children can mark World Refugee Week and have an idea of what it is like to be a refugee. Information on this day is in the newsletter. Please let Mrs Leahy know by Thursday morning at the lastest if your child would like to have rice for lunch. Your child may wish to contribute a coin to the Caritas box on our Prayer table on Friday to help support people in need. Home Readers Some children have begun to take home small decodable readers for night reading. The children will receive one as they are ready, most won't until next term. If your child has begun bringing h