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Message from Headship Team

Dear Parents,

We would like to thank all parents, children and staff for their continued support while we exit this latest lock down. 

The children are working very hard to organise a digital Christmas concert, it is wonderful to have something so cheerful to look forward to!

We wish you all a happy long weekend with your families.

Zoe and Kelly

Keeping Children Safe

With children indoors and spending more time online during this second lockdown, it is important to continue creating opportunities for conversations about online safety. The ‘Think U Know’ website (https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/) has a range of Home Activity Packs (https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/) that contain simple 15 minute activities that you can do together to support online safety at home.

Here are our top tips for ensuring children are safe online:

• Talk to your child about how to stay safe online.

• Tell them to never share personal information, including pictures, passwords and their location on social media.

• Tell them to never talk to someone online who they do not know.

• Tell them to report anything that worries or concerns them.

• Tell them not to open messages from people they do not know.

• Ensure parental controls are set in order to block upsetting or harmful content.

• Talk to your child about the websites they visit and discuss what is appropriate.

• Explore websites and apps together.

• Ensure you child does not access services and content which are not age appropriate.

Get caught reading!

Our teachers have been caught reading in some unusual places. They love to read and take any opportunity they can to delve into a good book.  Please feel free to share your photos of you reading in your favourite places. Pop a picture into Seesaw or bring in a photo for your teacher to share. 

Let's get the whole of Chesterfield reading every day!

What are you reading?   

This half term the children are finding out which books the adults at Chesterfield are reading. The children are conducting interviews with adults around the school to find out more.

This interview was lead by Ausra Ramdharry- Panka, Member of School Parliament for Hazel Class. Ausra chose to interview Amy Warner, Class Teacher.

What book are you currently reading?

I’m reading The Mozart Question at the moment.

What is your favourite part so far and why?

My favourite part is when he tells the interviewer the story of his life because I found it really interesting.

Who is your favourite character and why?

My favourite character is the reporter. She is so awkward but she was really honest and he ended up answering the question.

Who is your least favourite character and why?
My least favourite character is the editor of the magazine because I find her a bit rude.

Why did you pick this book?

It was recommended to me and I found the title intriguing. The illustrations also add to the story.

Games Maker        

We have created a new role, for children, in school, where they will take responsibility for and share in the organisation of school sport events. The Games Maker role is a prestigious one and we would like to congratulate these children for their successful applications:

Year 5:

Taleeya, Maryann, Sahil, Maysa, Aaishah, Zeynep, Olivia, Nigel, Kacper and Sofia.

Year 6:

Sevgi, Suneya, Tanem, Yezda, Mariam, Berrin, Kingsley, Emil, Ibtisam and Kyran.

London Youth Games – Nike Virtual Cross Country

Nike x LYG Virtual Cross Country is an exciting new virtual event designed to keep young Londoners active and give them the chance to represent their Boroughs during lockdown.

If you are interested in participating you will need to time a 1500m run.

There are two elements that will contribute to the Borough overall score:

1 – Participation: Participants who takes part in the event will score 1 point for their Borough. Participants will be asked to submit their entry and their time but do not need to provide proof of their time.

2 – Performance: Participants who upload proof of time over their set distance will be entered into a leader board for their age group. The fastest 50 times in each age group will be awarded additional points, which will be added onto the overall Borough score. For example – Fastest U13 girl = 50 points, 2nd fastest = 49 point

The competition starts on Sunday 21^st November and finishes on Sunday 6^th December.

Please follow the link for further information.

https://www.londonyouthgames.org/virtual-games/nike-x-lyg-virtual-cross-country%e2%80%8b/

After School Club – every day with Youth Sport Trust

The Youth Sport Trust have taken the step to deliver a free virtual after school club as part of a national response to the second lockdown.

The 30-minute club will take place at 5pm each weekday and will be led by a different member of the YST’s athlete mentor network. The club will be starting on Thursday 12^th November with world no.1 female inline skater and 10-time British Champion Jenna Downing.

The After School Sport Club will then run for five weeks until December 18^th.

Children and young people can take part live by visiting our YouTube channel – 

http://www.youtube.com/user/YouthSportTrust

A different theme has been assigned for each day of the club:

Adventure Monday

Tuesday Play

Wild Wednesday,

Thinking Thursday

Fun Friday.

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