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Newsletter Friday 7th May 2021

Friday 7th May 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you are all keeping well and safe.

With the Government gradually easing restrictions over the coming months, we will be looking closely at what this might mean for schools and will update parents accordingly. 

Thank you for adhering to our staggered start and end times and the wearing of a face covering whilst on site. In school, we are continuing to focus on supporting learning, mental health and well-being. As you know, the government announced that no statutory tests will be taking place in primary schools this year. Tests including Early Years assessments for Reception, Phonics for Year 1 and SATs for Years 2 and 6 have all been cancelled by the Government due to the disruption children have faced this year. We will be carrying out our own assessments over the Summer Term. This information will help teachers and leaders to identify if there are any significant gaps in learning, due to school closures, and how those gaps can be narrowed. On-going assessment happens all the time in the classroom, so the children will be quite used to working in this way.

We were very happy to be able to start our after school clubs this term. They have proved to be very popular. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Zoe and Kelly

World maths day

Tuesday 11th May   'World Maths day'  (change of date)

We will be having a whole day on maths with wonderful maths activities and tasks.

Children to come to school dressed as a number/shape/repeating pattern, anything to do with maths.  (£1.00 donation). There will be raffles for children to buy. 

 

                                                                                                                                               

Are you interested in becoming a school Governor?

Do you want to make a difference? 

  • Governors contribute to raising the education standards for children
  • Give back to the local community
  • Utilise your expertise

If you would like to find out more details or register your interest, please contact the school:  office@chesterfieldprimaryelt.org

 

Please see all our 'shout-outs' from staff to children- well done all of you!

Well done to all the children in the reception classes: Tulip, Daffodil and Crocus for the wonderful exploring and investigating in the outside area. 

Violet class: Well done David for achieving his always star. He’s always polite, helpful, ready to learn and a good role model to others. 

 

Spruce class: 

Abdi for improved handwriting and presentation in his writing

-Melis for great empathy in her English lessons

-Basilio for great resilience in Comprehension 

 

Blueberry class:

Rahiem, Makafui, Jevan, Mawiyah and Maryam for writing an excellent chapter to extend Peter Pan. Their vocabulary use has improved dramatically, and it is fantastic.

Hazel class: for being such superstars this week during their tests. They have worked so hard showing resilience during the tests and responsibility revising and practising at home. Their teacher, Amy, is so impressed with the scores so far and the progress that they are all making -proud teacher moment!

 

Attendance and punctuality

At Chesterfield we take attendance and punctuality very seriously as we want to give all of our children the best possible start in life and there is a direct link between the amount of time children spend in school and the progress they make. 

We recognise the role parents have to play in supporting and encouraging good attendance and punctuality. Thank you for your support.

Please remember that school gates now open 8:50 - 9:05.

Children MUST be in school by 9:05. Children arriving after 9:05 will be marked as late in the register.

Please be on time everyday. This helps your child form good life habits for the future. Occasionally lateness may be due to an event beyond your control. However in general being late should be avoided for the following reasons:

Children who are late:

  • Miss out on valuable learning and group discussions
  • Feel uncomfortable coming in late into a class of children already getting on with their work
  • May have a shorter time to find out what they are doing and to complete their task, which may put them off trying their best

If you are late more than three times a supportive meeting takes place with our attendance officer and Deputy Headteacher.

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Classes with the highest attendance for the week 26th - 30th April :

Reception: Tulip class 98%

Year 1: Nile class 97%   Amazon class 99%  

Year 4: Thyme class 98%    cinnamon 96%   

Year 6: Birch class 99%    Rowan class 98%   Spruce class 97%   Everest 100%

Young voices "Biggest Sing"

Next month Y4, Y5 and Y6 will be taking part in the 'Young Voices Biggest Sing event'. It is a great event that supports children's mental health and aims to smash their own Guinness records for largest simultaneous sing along. This year we will be singing: 'Lovely Day' Billy Ocean version. More info here: https://www.youngvoices.co.uk/biggest-sing/.

Our talented music teacher, Magda and the children are very excited about this, watch this space!

Composer of the month:

Each month at Chesterfield we have a composer to learn about, this month it is Mozart. Ask your child to tell you a fact about Mozart.

Ramadan Mubarak  

We would like to wish all our Chesterfield families who are joining in with this special time of year a very Happy Ramadan.

 

Please click HERE to view the term dates for 2021-2022

Please remember to let the school know if anyone from the usual person will be collecting your child at the end of the day. Thank you.

Trespassing on railway lines

Due to the very high level of trespassing on the tracks by young people in the local area, Network Rail in partnership with Learn Live are working to help raise awareness to students across the UK educating them about the dangers of the train tracks through interactive digital delivery.

Please click on the link below to watch a safety video:

https://learnliveuk.com/network-rail-primary-school-safety-talk/

The session is less than 15 minutes and explains why it is important to stay safe near the tracks.

Over 8 million students, parents and teachers from across the UK have significantly decreased the number of trespasses in their area through watching the safety clip.