Chittlehampton C of E Primary School Fortnightly Newsletter Friday 13th October 2017 School contact details School Office: 01769 540286 Email: [email protected] Wendy Evans Website: www.chittlehampton.devon.sch.uk Head of School Breakfast Club: 07564379050 Celebrations The following children were celebrated last week: Taw Class Charlie & Ava - for great work and lovely friendships, Neila - for great writing, maths and taking pride in completing her work. Torridge Class Jodie, Noah & Tom - for great maths work and for working hard to understand their task, Lenny - for great literacy work, Cordelia & Finnley - for working well independently in maths, Charlie - for showing great determination in producing work, School Council (Anthony, Charlie, Cordelia, Matilda & Tom W) -for their enthusiasm and very impressive attitude in their school council roles, Netball Team (Abigail, Anthony, Charlie, Chloe, Eve, Finnley, Henry, Lucy W, Mercy & Rose - for great effort and teamwork with a special mention to Rose for showing great dedication and courage for putting herself forward to join Filleigh’s team. ~ The following children were celebrated this week: Taw Class Tom - for great improvement in his handwriting and for taking pride in his work, Maisy - for impressive maths and literacy, Neila - for great improvement and increased independent working in maths and literacy, Autumn - for independent working, great participation and effort in PE and Active Club. Torridge Class Abigail & Lucy W - for being a great help and taking care of younger children at playtime, Eve, Henry, Lucy W, Max and Rose - for working really hard at Homework Club, Whole school - for impressive behaviour the the Theatre Alibi performance, watching with respect for those per- forming and watching. As this is the last newsletter before the end of term next School Council Cake, Toy, Book and Cake Sale Friday we would like to wish you a good half term and The School Council are arranging a sale of cakes, books and remind you that school will start aging on Monday 30th toys on Wednesday 18th October to raise money for our October. sponsored child, Djbuenky who lives in Haiti. The sale will take place during break times and after school. If you have Parents’ Evening any books or toys you would like to donate please leave A reminder that Parents’ Evening is on Monday. them in the office before Wednesday and any cake dona- Appointment times were sent home this week. tions on the day, thank you for your support. Taw Class On Monday Taw Class will be going on an Autumn ramble. Please can the children bring in a coat and wellington boots, thank you. Autumn/Winter Dinner Menu New menus will be going home next week for starting after half term. Medicine Consent Form For you information there is now a medicine consent form, for staff to be able to administer medicines to children on the website. It can found in the key documents link which can be found under the Further Information tab. It can be down- loaded and printed so that parents can complete this if they are unable to get into school in the morning, i.e. children that travel by bus or come to breakfast club, and their child requires medicine during the day. Thank you. Torridge Class trip to @-Bristol Harvest Festival Service A reminder that payment of £27 per child is due by Well done to all the children for a lovely service last Friday and Monday at the latest, thank you. thank you to all those who donated produce for the Food Bank in South Molton. Internet Following our Internet awareness meeting in September, Gary Gates has now emailed some follow-up information – which I have copied below. He has also included parental guidance on You Tube accounts. This has been added to our parents’ support page on our website. His advice sheets on deleting search history and checking your personal on-line data on multi-media can be emailed to you, please let the office know your email address. I hope this is helpful and thank you for attending on 19th September. I would like to thank you for attending the parents and carers internet safety awareness session at school on 19th Septem- ber. Thanks for engaging in the session and showing interest in many of the points raised and albeit the topic can be quite seri- ous there were some moments of appropriate humour which I thank you for embracing. I hope you found the session in- formative and useful. As discussed I've attached some pointers for further reading and below in this mail is a link which I recommend you take a look at. The link below leads to BBC radio 4. Please read the article in full and listen to the audio clip at the end. The article con- cerns social media "bubbles". Please pay attention to item 2."like everything" in the 5 point article. As discussed at our recent meeting it may have some hidden negative consequences. http://bbc.in/2g2xgn4 Year 6 Secondary School Transfer With the deadline fast approaching (31st October 2017), please could parents be aware they need to apply either by using the online system www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or by contacting My Devon, the customer service centre on 0345 155 1019 to request an application form. The application form should be returned either to school or parents can post directly to the Admissions Team before 31st October 2017. Coffee, Clothes and Cake Sale Tomorrow, Saturday 14th October from 10.30-12pm Eliza Parsons will be holding a coffee, clothes and cake sale at Chittlehampton School. She is traveling to Uganda next summer with South Molton Community College as part of the Amigos charity project. The Amigos charity work with local people in Uganda to help them learn skills to build sustaina- ble futures. She is raising money to fund the trip and to donate directly to Amigos. If you have any clothes you would like to donate, please leave them at school and if you would like to donate cakes please bring them into school on Friday 13th October. All our welcome to the sale and thank you for your support. Soccer School Saints Southwest are running Soccer Schools during October Half Term from JUST £7.50** for a full course, 10am-3pm in Paignton**, Dawlish, Ottery St Mary**, Plymouth**, Crediton, Langport**, Exeter**, Dartmouth, Taunton, Kings- bridge, Newton Abbot** & Okehampton. Ages 7-12 can attend 10am-3pm. Ages 4-6 can attend 1.30pm-3pm. To BOOK please visit www.saintssouthwest.co.uk or call 01803 206350. After-school Clubs - Autumn Half Term Monday: KS2 Sports Club with Mrs Lessiter Tuesday: KS1&2 Board Games Club with Mrs Evans Wednesday: KS2 Spanish Club with Mrs Slow Thursday: KS1 Sports Club with Mr Parsons Year 6 Homework Club with Mrs Evans Friday: KS1&2 Storytelling Club with Mrs Brewer, Ms Maxwell and Mrs McLaughlin-Mills Diary Dates 16th October - Parents’ Evening 19th October - Torridge Class trip to AT-Bristol 23rd-27th October - Half Term SOUTH MOLTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUTUMN EXTRAVAGANZA LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN SHOWCASE THEIR PRODUCTS TO EITHER ADVERTISE OR SELL IN THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS A CHANCE TO START YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND HAVE LOOK AROUND THE NEW SCHOOL REFRESHMENTS & RAFFLE THURSDAY 19TH OCTOBER 6-9PM FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK A STALL: [email protected] or Tel 01769 572129 .