It’s been another fantastic week at Henry Chadwick! The children have been working really hard, and it’s been great to

see them reading and sharing their home reading journals in school too. We have also achieved sporting success, reaching

the finals of the area football tournament and performing superbly in the netball competition too; well done to you all and

thank you for representing the school so well. Years 5 and 6 have enjoyed their visit to the Buddhist monastery in Kings

Bromley, and I know they are really looking forward to Laches Wood next week – a true learning adventure! On a personal

note, I continue to be amazed by our children. They are a real credit to you all, and I thank you again for your support as

we help them to achieve the incredible things they so richly deserve.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Mr C Gaffiney

26th September —

30th September

2016

Henry Chadwick

Community

Primary School

CHADWICK CHRONICLE

Reception/Nursery — Evelyn for settling well and

making new friends.

Years 1 and 2 — Henri for growing in confidence in

his new class and trying new learning.

Years 3 and 4 — Lucy and Ronni for being Super

Scientists!

Years 5 and 6 — Loz for being mature, responsible

and brilliant in helping his peers.

Learn to Live At Henry Chadwick Every Day Counts…… Every Minute Matters

http://www.henrychadwick.staffs.sch.uk

EXTRA SESSION OF PE

For the remainder of this term all

children will be offered an extra

session of PE. This will be

scheduled for Friday afternoons and

children will take part on a

rotational basis. This additional PE

session will take place during

celebration assembly—by rotating the

children involved no-one will miss out

on attending Friday’s assembly every

week.

PFA FUNDRAISER

FAMILY BINGO EVENING—Friday, 7th October

A family bingo evening has been organised by the PFA and will be held on Friday 7th October at 7pm in the school hall. There will be a licensed bar and lots of fun for all the family, with adults and children all participating and eager to shout BINGO! Please come along and join in the fun, whilst at the same time helping to raise some money for your child’s school. All money raised will go towards purchasing new equipment for the children. We hope to see you there …

Diary Dates

Date Event

w/c 26th September

Y5/6 Laches Wood Outdoor Education Centre— Monday—children

to arrive at school at 8.30am, the coach will be leaving school at

9am; leaving Laches Wood on Friday at 2.30pm to return to

school. Regular updates will be sent by text throughout the

week, including the expected time of arrival back at school.

Further information regarding activities available on the website.

Tuesday 27th September First Drama Club (3.30pm—4.15pm)

Wednesday 28th

September New Parents School Lunch (details on website)

Wednesday 28th

September

King Edward VI School, Lichfield, Open Evening for admission to

Year 7 in September 2017 (6.30pm-8.30pm in Bader Hall

Thursday 6th October Census Day—Special Menu !! Roald Dahl’s Birthday Celebrations—

GOLDEN TICKET plus other prizes.

Thursday 6th October

Mr Keen, Principal of the Hart School, Rugeley, with

Ambassadors to speak to Year 5 and 6 pupils and parents in the

school hall

Thursday 6th October The Friary School, Lichfield, Year 6 Open Evening (6pm—

8.30pm) - see website calendar for further details.

Friday 7th October PFA Family Bingo (7pm) in school hall

Monday 10th October

Academy Photos—Families, Individuals and Siblings. Families at

8.15am followed by individuals (with siblings as appropriate)

during the school day

Monday 10th October Full Governing Board Meeting (7pm)

Tuesday 11th October

The Hart School, Rugeley, Y6 Open Evening (7pm—8.30pm) for

Chase View, Henry Chadwick, Redbook Hayes, Colwich, Hob Hill

and Bamford—in the Lower School Hall

Wednesday 12th October

The Hart School, Rugeley, Y6 Open Evening (7pm-8.30pm) for

Churchfield, Western Springs, St Joseph’s, Hayes Meadow, The

Croft, St Mary’s and Etching Hill—in the Lower School Hall

Thursday 13th October Parents’ Evening (3.30pm—6.30pm) - slips need to be returned

to school this week.

Thursday 13th October Nether Stowe School, Lichfield, Y6 Open Evening (6pm-8pm).

Presentation by the Headteacher at 6.15pm and 7pm.

Friday 14th October Non-Uniform Day in return for donations for the PFA Christmas

Fair Tombola

Friday 14th October

Making Christmas Cards Day—PFA Fundraiser. The children will

be able to design their own Christmas Card (Cauliflower Cards

Ltd) which will be available for parents to purchase in time for

Christmas. Further details will be sent home with the children

on the 14th October—orders and finished cards must be re-

turned to school on Monday 17th October to enable the order to

be processed.

Monday 17th October Parents’ Evening (3.30pm-5.30pm) - slips need to be returned to

school this week.

Tuesday 18th October PFA Bags2School Collection—more details on page 3

Thursday 20th October Harvest Festival in School (2.30pm) - Collections for local Food

Bank

Friday 21st October PFA Halloween Disco (6pm-7pm Nursery, Reception, Y1/2);

(Juniors 7.15pm-8.30pm)

Monday 23rd October to

Friday 28th October Half Term

Monday 31st October Return to School

Friday 18th November BBC Children in Need—The Big Spotacular

Friday 25th November Flu Immunisations (Nasal Spray) for Years 1, 2 and 3 (further

information to follow)

Friday 25th November PFA Christmas Fair (5pm-7pm)

Changes/Additions

New Entries to the

Diary Dates are in

Green

Swimming for

Years 3 and 4.

Can you please

ensure that

swimming kits are

in school on

Tuesday mornings.

This week’s

Assembly Theme

“Positive

Attitudes”

Can any remaining

Data sheets,

Photographic

permission sheets,

Acceptable Use

Agreements please

be returned to

school next week.

Thank you for your

support.

CHANGE OF

MENU CHOICES

FOR WEEK

COMMENCING

26th September

(Week One)

Monday—Chicken

and Bacon Pizza

Slab will change to

Ham and

Sweetcorn Pizza

Friday—Crispy

Battered Fish will

change to Fish

Goujons.

If your child wears earrings

at school could you please

send a small box (something

like a ring or bracelet charm

box would be ideal) to school

on PE days so that the

children can safely store

their earrings during the

lesson.

PFA FUNDRAISER—BAGS2SCHOOL

Are you thinking of having a clear out in your wardrobe to make way for new autumn

and winter clothes? – if so, please keep any unwanted items for the Bags2School

collection which is organised for Tuesday 18th October. It is a fundraising scheme

where the PFA get money based on the weight of the items that are donated. The

clothes are then sold to importers and wholesalers in many countries of Eastern

and Western Europe, Africa and Asia. This is an excellent opportunity to make

some space at home, help the environment by recycling unwanted items, whilst also

raising money for the school. Collection includes clothing, paired shoes, handbags,

hats, bags, scarves and ties, belts, lingerie and jewellery (no uniform which has the

school logo on please). Just bring your items into school on the 18th October. Thank

you ….

Collection Bags will be sent home with the children shortly—if you need a second

bag please just ask in the office.

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT

On Saturday, 17th September 2016, the children of Henry Chadwick were

the subject of a fantastic sporting achievement. We played in a Netball and

a Football tournament at St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School. The Football

team, consisting of captain Laurence, Alfie, Syd, Devan, Billy, Sam and Loch,

played superbly only losing out at the Semi-Final stage in a tight game that

was decided on penalties.

The Netball team of captain Emily, Louise, Amy, Isobel and Alice stormed

through to the final after winning all three of the group games. In a tightly

contested final the girls only just lost out.

Overall, a fantastic achievement which both teams can build upon for

future events. Well done to everybody involved and a huge thank you to the

parents who came along to support the school.

Win tickets to the British Golf Masters and help raise money for

the school ….

This world class event runs from Wednesday 12th October to

Sunday 16th October at The Grove, Watford, and we have two

tickets to be won. Each individual entry to the raffle is £2.50 or

you can have three entries for every £5.00. Please visit the

following web-page to enter the draw and be allocated your tickets:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Rachael-Essex

The tickets can be used on any one day of your choice at the British

Masters. All entries will close on the 6th October and the draw will

take place in school on 7th October. Children under the age of 16

will be permitted FREE entry to the event (maximum of four

children per adult ticket), so you can make this a family day out!

Either visit the web-page above or contact the school office,

Rachael Essex or Kate Allman for more details and to buy your

tickets direct.

HS2 Phase 2a Consultations 2016

West Midlands to Crewe

High Speed Two Ltd has launched three

consultations in September 2016 on plans for

the HS2 railway between West Midlands and

Crewe.

Wednesday, 5th October 2016

Kings Bromley Village Hall 12pm-8pm

Friday, 7th October 2016

Great Haywood Memorial Hall 12pm-8pm

Monday, 10th October 2016

Stafford Gatehouse Theatre 12pm-8pm

Wednesday, 12th October 2016

Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre

12pm-8pm

Lots more photos on the

website.

We’re on Twitter !

Check out our new Twitter feed

@HenryChadwickPS

Autumn 1 2016 Clubs (see website for further details)

CHANGE— Football Club has swapped with Drama : Football Club is now on Mondays

and Drama is on Tuesday

Football— Mondays 3.30-4.30pm

KS2 Reading—Tuesdays 12-12.20pm

Lego KS1 —Tuesdays 12.30-1pm

Drama—Mondays 3.30 to 4.15pm (starts Tuesday 27th September).

Lego KS2—Wednesdays 12.30-1pm

Homework—Thursdays 12.30-1pm

Street Dance—Thursdays 3.30-4.30pm

Gardening—Fridays 12.30-1pm

Multi-Skills—Fridays 3.30-4.30pm

MUSIC LESSONS

Guitar Lessons with

Mr Walters —Monday

after school.

3.30pm-4.30pm

Year 5 and 6 visited the Watmahathatuk Buddhist Temple and Monastery in Kings Bromley as part of

their RE topic, “Water in Religious Ceremonies”.

More photos on the website

SCHOOL COUNCIL 2016/2017

Well done to all those who have been

selected for this year’s School Council.

A great way to learn how democracy

works within our school community.