Newsletter Friday 05 July 2024
Please see our news from across the week!
As you may already be aware, we are holding a raffle this year, as part of our summer fayre. Today, your child will receive 5 raffle tickets in an envelope. The envelope also includes instructions, so that you know what to do with these tickets if you wish to take part in the raffle.
Please could you look out for the envelope this evening, which should be in your child's bag or book bag when they come home. Please feel free to include family and friends, who are of course welcome to purchase tickets if they want to. Thank you so much for all your contributions on our non-uniform days. Greatly appreciated!
Term 6
Wednesday 10 July- Year 6 Play - Session 1 from 14:00-15:30, Session 2 from 18:00-19:30
Wednesday 10 July- New Admissions in alone from 13:30-14:30.
Friday 12 July 2024-Last day of Year 6 swimming lessons.
Thursday 18 July- Summer Fayre- See School website
Friday 19 July 2024- Year 6 BBQ- Pupils only.
Tuesday 23 July 2024- Leaver’s Assembly for parents- 09:30-10:00.
Tuesday 23 July 2024- Last day of the term.
Celebration Assembly
Esmae for increased independence in all areas of learning.
Harry for writing an independent sentence using “and” to extend it.
Isla for great perseverance in her statistics work.
Taliyah for confident speaking in our class assembly.
Mary Jay for fantastic resilience and incredible independence across the curriculum. Another excellent week of learning. Well done!
Ellis for an amazing year! In class, demonstrating all the school value; and creating wonderful writing and marvellous maths. Well done!
Riley Relph for working with perseverance to learn his lines for the class 4 production.
Elsie for her continuous enthusiasm and expertise at delivering her lines in class 4’s production.
Alex for demonstrating tremendous energy and humour when delivering his lines in the play.
After School Sports Clubs
After-school sports clubs started the week beginning 22 April 2024. If you would like your child to attend an after-school sports club, please contact the school office. We can only, safely, accommodate 15 pupils per club, so the places will be issued on a first come, first serve basis. Reception children are unable to attend. Children that would like to attend Football club MUST bring football boots and shin pads in order to participate in football club. Please see the clubs below and the year groups they are available to:
Monday – Multi-Sports open to years 1 - 6
Tuesday – Gymnastics open to years 1 – 6
Wednesday – Football open to years 3 – 6 (Football boots and shin pads must be worn)
Thursday – Athletics open to years 1 - 6
Friday – Dance open to years 1 – 6
All sports clubs finish at 4.15pm and all children must be collected by an adult.
School Uniform
The school uniform is as follows:
Black/Grey Trousers/Shorts/Skirt/Dresses
Blue/Red/Marron/Green Polo T-shirt
Blue/Red/Marron/Green logoed Jumper/Hoodie/Cardigan
Black/Grey Socks/Tights
Black Shoes (no heels, boots or trainers)
These items can be purchased from any retailer or through The Schoolwear Centre.
You can order the uniform through ‘The Schoolwear Centre’ by calling them on 01843 293555 or visiting their website.
P.E. Kit is as follows:
Blue/Red/Marron/Green plain T-shirt
Black Shorts/Tracksuit style bottoms
Trainers/Plimsoles
Please could all children bring their P.E. kit into school where they will leave it in their locker. On P.E. days children will change in class for their P.E. lesson. Of course, we will ensure that children bring their P.E. kit home at the end of the terms to be washed.
A Polite Reminder
Please can you ensure that if your child brings a water bottle into school, that it contains only water to be sipped throughout the day. Of course, children may bring in juice/squash to have at lunchtime to have with their lunch.
Breakfast Club
We shall be operating our breakfast club as normal. We would like to remind parents to book their child’s place the day before. We have had a number of children arrive at the club without notice.
We also ask that you accompany your child/ren to the breakfast club entrance.
School Dinners
Please use the link below to view a guide on how to order your child’s school dinner.
https://chandcoparents.myschoolmealorders.com/login
Home packed lunch
Just a polite reminder that no sweets, chocolate bars or fizzy drinks are permitted in children’s packed lunches.
If your child has a yoghurt in their packed lunch, please remember to pack a spoon in there too.
Free School Meals
If you have access to the internet and would like to apply online for Free School Meals, please use the following website:
http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals.
Bikes and Scooters on the school site
Could we ask that children who ride their bikes or scooters into school, push them up to the bike rack once they are on the school grounds and push them back down to the pedestrian gate after school. We have had a couple of instances whereby younger children have nearly been hit by children riding their bikes and scooters down the hill.
Driving onto the School Site
Under our safeguarding rules, we have a duty to control the public access to our site.
Under our risk assessment, we have a duty to control the movement of vehicles on our site.
For insurance purposes, we are required to limit vehicular access to staff, essential visitors and – under certain circumstances - blue badge holders.
Access to the school is clearly signposted to notify all non-essential visitors that they must not drive on site.
Essential visitors are required to make prior arrangements with the school.
Any parent/guardian driving their vehicle on to our secure site, without prior agreement, is trespassing, and their insurance will be invalid.
Knowingly, ignoring our rules is therefore putting staff and pupils at risk. Should an accident occur, the driver will not be covered by their insurance.
Finally, the school gates and car park are checked periodically by our caretaker. Anyone ignoring our rules, could find themselves delayed for some time and inconvenienced by not being able to leave the site.
We would therefore appreciate your cooperation in keeping our staff and pupils safe whilst they are at school.
Wellington Boots
Please can you ensure that all children have a pair of wellington boots in school with them. Every class will attend the Woodland Area for a weekly planned lesson and it can be muddy depending on the weather.
Late arrival at school
When your child arrives late at school, he/she misses the teacher's instructions, their morning task and possibly the introduction to the mathematics lesson. Your child may also feel embarrassed at having to enter the classroom late. School begins at 09.00am. Please help your child to be punctual.
School opening hours School Office opening hours
08.45am - 3.15pm 08.30-12.30 & 13.00-15.30