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Newsletter Friday 23rd July 2021

Friday 23rd July 2021

Dear Parents,

We have reached the end of a very different academic year at Chesterfield. However, the children have continued to experience a broad and balanced curriculum through a combination of school and virtual learning. We would like to thank the whole school community, children, staff and parents, for all the hard work and support you have shown, especially through such a challenging and difficult time.

It is very unfortunate that our Year six required to isolate this last week at school. We wish all our Year six children all the best as they leave Chesterfield and move on to the next phase of their education. Good luck!

Finally, we would like to wish everyone a safe and fun summer break, and we look forward to seeing you all again in September.

Zoe and Kelly

Attendance and punctuality

School starts again on Thursday 2nd September 2021 (INSET on 1st September)

If you are planning to go abroad with your child/ren, please allow time for any quarantine/isolation/COVID tests.

Please note that holiday requests during term time will not be authorised (unless for exceptional circumstances).

Please see all 2021-2022 diary dates here

New classes for September 2021

Nursery Ladybird/Bumblebee-Sarah Ward

Reception class Atlantic class-Nicola Green Pacific Class-Ashlee Crean

Year 1

Daffodil will now be England Class- Ayshe Ledger

Tulip will now be known as Scotland Class - Nikhat Mackey/ Andrea Demirdjian

Crocus will now be known as Wales Class -Tim Cook

Year 2

Nile will now be known as Ghana Class- Lauryn Melvin

Amazon will now be known as Kenya Class -Delia Kyriacou

Thames will now be known as Somalia Class -Sasha Gordon

Year 3

France Class- Charmaine Class

Spain Class - Senay Serkanat

Turkey Class - Bethan Loots

Year 4

China Class - Carol Amonsingh

India Class - Chloe Nicolaides

Japan Class - James Quinlan

Year 5

Brazil Class - Patrick McCabe

Argentina Class - Maria Evangelou/Heather Riley

Peru Class- Olivia Pryce

Year 6

Blueberry will now be known as Cuba Class - Jayne Pike

Cranberry will now be known as Bahamas Class- Jeremy Schmitz

Mulberry will now be known as Jamaica Class -Sarah Fincham/Ami Retvan

Additional Provisions

Rainbow Class-Claire Heywood

Olympus Class-Vicky Langan

Everest Class-Georgina Morgan

Some goodbyes

We say goodbye to Amy Warner who will be relocating from September. We thank Amy for all the work that she has done for the pupils at Chesterfield and wish her well with her future career.

Thank you to Debi Tunbridge for all her work with the IT provision at Chesterfield and wish her well with her new home.

We also wish Sharon Gibbings, Deborah Brown, Melissa Odabasi , Kalolina Tuszynska and Robert Petch the best of luck for the future.

Sobia Ali and Jenaye Charles have been successful in their teaching training this year and are moving on to new schools for their NQT year.

We have three lovely ladies, Kasia Pasternak, Clara Donaldson and Melissa Langiu, who will all be going on maternity leave - we wish them well with their new arrivals.

Daily Breakfast club will begin again on 2nd September 2021

Daily charge £2.50 via parent pay.

New members to the breakfast club will need to complete a form which can be collected from the school office.

All children (and staff) took part in 'Break the Rules' day on Monday 12th July. This was one of the ideas from our attendance ambassadors to boost attendance. Everyone had a choice of rules to break, at the cost of 50p each. The money raised is going towards class attendance rewards and attendance badges for our ambassadors. Thank you.

Keeping Children Safe

SEND Online Safety Hub Net Aware has partnered with Ambitious about Autism to share safety tips, advice and activities specifically for parents and carers of children with SEND.

For more information please click here.

The SEND Online Safety Hub have also produced two helpful conversation starters with photo symbols. These can be viewed by clicking the links below:

Talking to people online

Helping your child with cyberbullying in games

Sports Day

Well done to everyone who participated in Sports Day, this year - they were brilliant events and you all excelled yourselves! A big congratulations to the Year Group winners:

Everest: Blue and Green Teams - joint winners!

Olympus: Black Team

Reception: Red Team

Year 1: White Team

Year 2: Black Team

Year 3: White Team

Year 4: Black Team

Year 5: Blue Team

Year 6: Green Team

Overall School winner for 2021...

Green Team!

Congratulations and have a wonderful summer.

Please click here for more exciting information

Pokémon

Pokémon cards or games are not permitted in school. These can cause upset when lost and arguments amongst children.

Thank you for your understanding.

Oral Health for children

We all know how important looking after our teeth is. Whittington Hospital NHS Trust oral health have put together a wonderful pack for parents and children to do together. Please click here to download the pack.

Message to all our children at Chesterfield...

We think you're very special,

And just wanted you to know,

This year has been different,

We've done so much together,

We've laughed and smiled and learned,

After such an exciting and amazing year,

Enjoy the summer break you’ve earned.

You have a lot to learn ahead,

But there's something you should know,

The thing that makes you wonderful.

And will shine through all you do,

Is just be yourself,

And be proud that you are you!