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Newsletter Monday 10th October 2022

Monday 10th October 2022

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Safety and Respect

We promote children walking to school and back home or using bicycles or scooters. We have an area inside our gates to store scooters and bikes.

May you all please respect the privacy of our neighbours and do not let the children ride their scooters or bikes in our neighbours driveways and around their cars.

For those who drive a car to school-please do not block driveways or double park in Chesterfield Road. This is not respectful for people living on Chesterfield, and it may also cause accidents.

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

In our weekly assemblies we celebrate classes that reach 96% and above for the previous weeks' attendance.

Well done to the following classes:

19th -23rd September

Brazil class 97%
China class 98%
France 97%
Olympus class 100%
Peru class 97%
Spain class 98%
Wales class 97%

26th -30th September

Argentina class 96%
Brazil class 98%
Peru class 97%
Scotland class 97%
Spain class 96%

We would like children to adopt good habits of attending and punctually. It is disruptive to your child and to the rest of the class when children arrive late. Latecomers may miss important information and teaching and children are often upset about going into classes late as they feel embarrassed.

5 minutes late every day	3 days of learning lost
10 minutes late every day	6 days of learning lost
15 minutes late every day	10 days of learning lost
30 minutes late every day	19 days of learning lost

School gates open 8.50

Children are marked late if they arrive after 9.10

Does your child find it difficult to attend school for emotional reasons?

Join the Educational Psychology Service at an online two-part workshop for parents and carers. We will:

Learn more about anxiety
Explore what feels helpful for your

child and family
Discuss working together with schools to help young people attend
Share your thoughts and ideas wIth each other
Identify what help and support is available
Connect with other parents and carers with similar concerns
Consider how we can look after ourselves when things are hard

Click HERE to sign up and watch the presentation on your own device

Alternatively-pop into school on;

Tuesday 8th November 13:30-14:30 for workshop part 1

and

Tuesday 15th November 13:30-14:30 for workshop part 2.

Meeting for Reception class parents Thursday 9:00-9:30

All Reception class parents (Jamaica and Cuba) are welcome to a workshop to discuss attendance and expectations.

Coffee and croissants will be available.

Reception class September 2023

If you have a child who will be four years old before September 2023, you need to apply for a Reception class place. Children in our nursery do not automatically go into the Reception class, an application needs to be completed by January 15th 2023. For support on how to apply please click here.

Parent volunteers-we need YOU

Do you have a few hours a week to spare?

Do you like working with children and helping them learn new skills?

If you answer yes to all of these questions, then we would love to hear from you.

Activities could include:

Reading with individual children who need some extra practise and confidence
Working with a small group in the classroom
Support classes in our Library
Gardening with a group of children

If you think you may be a suitable person to support a child or group at Chesterfield to enhance academic and social progress and also make a valuable contribution to your child’s school, then please contact the school.

Click here for more information and an application form

Black History Month

For the whole month until October 21, Chesterfield will celebrate African and Caribbean cultures and histories across the school. The two main topics that students will learn about are 'The Bristol Bus Boycott' and "Notting Hill Carnival'. Events include Art day, class discussion, parent's assembly and Chesterfield Carnival.

Reading Club starting Tuesday 11th October

Parents and children are very welcome to come and read and listen to stories in our school library on Tuesday 11th October.

Please come in at 8.30am via the big playground.

Some safety suggestions for children who have permission to walk home alone:

Know your route well
Know your address and parent/s phone numbers
Know what to do in an emergency
Know where it is safe to cross the road
Know when to seek help

If your child walks home alone, please discuss the points above.

Parent support on Safeguarding

Please see link below for parental support on safeguarding your children

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/

Friday 14th October

Following meetings with our school attendance ambassadors, children have discussed ways to promote attendance. One of these ideas is to have ‘special days’ to promote children to come to school.

The first of these days will be, ‘break the rules day’.

Therefore, we would like to give each child the opportunity to break some school rules for the day.

Children can choose to break some rules listed below. We aim to make this a fun experience and children are reminded that all other school rules still apply!

Please see the list below on rules that are allowed to be broken.

No uniform
Juice/squash in water bottle instead of water
Chocolate for snacks
Trainers that are not black
Eat your pudding before your meal for lunch
Nail varnish
Temporary tattoo

A £1.00 donation will be appreciated. All money raised will go towards attendance rewards.

Parents weekly coffee afternoons

All parents are welcome to are weekly coffee afternoons:

Every Wednesday 14:00-15:00

(Please note-this is a change of time-previously this took place in the morning, now it takes place in the afternoon)

Some items on the agenda are:

12/10/22 Making a healthy breakfast together

19/10/22 Share ideas on how to keep children busy over half-term!

We have ESOL classes running every Monday and Friday afternoons 13:00-15:00 for adults who would like to learn English. Please ask the school office for details.

Please click HERE to see the latest school menu