July 2019 Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

The last few weeks of the academic year are always extremely busy. We have had the Summer Fair, the Year 6 Fun Day followed by the Prom, the Year 6 Leavers Assembly, the Year 6 event at Robert Clack, the Summer Concert and the theatre performance of the story of the Lion King. The end of the year is a good opportunity to reflect upon the year that has passed and to celebrate our achievements.

Over the last few weeks Year 6 have done us proud; they demonstrated exceptional behaviour during the Year 6 Prom, the two activity days and the leavers assembly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents who supported these events and especially to Mrs Mehmood who coordinated 2 of the events with the Year 6 Team.

The time has come to say goodbye to our Year 6 pupils. The class of 2019 has worked extremely hard this year both in their learning and in developing the necessary social etiquette ready for secondary school. I know they are ready for the start of their next chapter and I wish them all the best of luck. Continue to make us proud!!

It is also time to say farewell to staff who depart this week: Mrs Peters, Miss Bowes and Mrs Pearson. The Chadwell community would like to thank you all for your contribution and dedication to the pupils of our school. We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours.

So another academic year draws to a close and the 6 weeks of Summer holidays are just around the corner. I would like to thank all parents and carers for their continued support this year and wish you a restful Summer holiday. See you all in September!

Mr Walker

Headteacher

Summer Break

We wish you a wonderful

Summer break!

Please note, the school

re-opens to pupils on

Wednesday

4th September 2019 at

09.10am

Mrs Peters, Teacher in Dyson Class

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the

parents, governors and staff of Chadwell Primary School.

You’ve all helped me to grow one way or another. I’ve

served the school in various

capacities and have gained invaluable experience. I’ve

been at the school for almost 10 years and would continue another 10

years if my journey to work was

easier.

I will join a school closer to home and will serve in the capacity of class

teacher and phase leader. I’m actually looking forward to my next

challenge. Thanks again for all your love and

support.

Mrs Pearson, Office Admin

I joined Chadwell Primary School 10 years ago as a Learning Support

Advisor and later joined the office team in 2017. Both my children

attended the school so I knew the school well

before I joined. I have enjoyed my time here at Chadwell and it has been

a difficult decision to depart but new beginnings and exciting times await

me! I would like to say a big thank you to all parents and staff for

making my time here at Chadwell an enjoyable one and I wish you all the

best of luck for the

future.

Miss Bowes, Teacher in Jackson Class

This is my fourth year at Chadwell Primary and I have really

enjoyed my time at the school. I was lucky enough to secure a job here back

in 2015 when I was a student teacher and since being at Chadwell I always

felt a sense of community. Everybody was

always very caring and supportive and that’s what drew me to want to work

here. I have had the privilege of meeting and

working with fantastic children and parents and this school will

always have a big place in my heart.

As some of you may know I live just outside of Southend.

Everybody always says – How have you managed the journey for this long?

It was very difficult to make the decision to change schools but I have se-

cured a teaching post about 10 minutes from home. I will miss everybody

very much but I

definitely won’t miss the rush hour traffic!

I wish everybody at Chadwell all the luck in the world and all the best for the

future. I hope to see you all very soon.

Miss Bowes x

Staff would like to say a big

thank you to parents and

children for all the lovely

gifts they have

received, they are

greatly appreciated.

Thank You!

Holidays During Term Time

Taking holidays during term time will affect your child’s

schooling as much as any other absence and we expect

parents to help us by not taking children away during term

time. Remember that savings you think you may make by

taking a holiday in school time are offset by the cost of

your child’s education. There is no automatic entitlement

in law for time off in school time to go on holiday. Pupils

will not be permitted leave of absence in term time for

holidays or any other activities.

In the event of you requiring leave for your child during

term time, it will be necessary to request this in writing to

the school’s leaverequest@chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk

email. This will then be recorded as an unauthorised

absence and will result in a penalty fine.

At present, the penalty fine is £60 per child per parent

which rises to £120 if the fine is not paid within 21 days.

School Start Times School starts at 9.10am each day.

The gates open at 9am and will close at 9.10am.

In order for our children to gain the greatest benefit from their

education, it is vital that they attend school regularly and should also

be at school on time every day unless the reason for the absence is

unavoidable.

Children arriving late for school will be

recorded in the late book. Consistent

lateness will be followed up and may result in the

Education Welfare Officer being informed.

Late Arrivals

For those children who arrive late to school due to an

unavoidable appointment, they must arrive by

11am at the latest.

Children arriving later than 11am will be refused entry and will be

asked to return at the start of afternoon

registration (1pm).

92 children spent the last Tuesday of term, 16th July, practising for our final

music concert of the year. The morning was spent setting up the hall and

the choir, drumming club, orchestra, recorder clubs and soloists rehearsed

their pieces.

In the afternoon, we performed two short concerts as a practice to years

1-2 and then 3-5. In the evening, it was extremely hot but the children

waited their turn to play and sing with patience and enthusiasm. Thank you

to parents who persevered with that airless hall!

We heard songs from the musicals, exciting drummers (led by Ashton),

recorders en masse, beautiful flute solos, solo singers, jolly violins and

more!

Thank you so much to all the children who worked so hard to learn their

parts. You make me very proud! It isn’t possible without children who are

willing to learn their part and attend. Thank you to Obijulu who spent his

birthday being our stage manager and playing percussion for the orchestra.

Also thank you to Mr Nordon, Miss Khan, Mr Halilaj, Mrs Bhogan-Rai,

Mr Wolfers, Mrs Ozdemir, Ms James and Mrs Smith who all stayed to help

with the concert in some way.

Finally, thank you to Mrs Pearson who has helped to administrate the music

lessons this year.

I do hope your children would like to continue with the clubs next year and

we look forward to seeing you at next year’s concert!

With best wishes,

Mrs Peugniez

Parent Survey

Dear Parents and Carers,

This year, you will be aware that we moved to our first online format for the

parent survey, which produced a low response. 474 surveys were issued but only

116 surveys were completed, representing 24% of the parent/carer school

community. We hope it will be higher next year. The response rate was too low

to draw any firm conclusions from the results but nonetheless I met with two of

our governors to look carefully at the responses we did receive and we

identified a number of themes which we thought would be best addressed

through the school newsletters over the next few editions. In this edition, I will

focus on Questions 2 and 3:

Question 2: I find it easy to contact the school whenever I have a question

89.5% of parents agreed with this statement.

There are a number of ways in which you can make contact with the school:

1. Many parents/carers will know that their child’s class teacher is the initial

point of contact. If you are wanting to have a quick chat with the class teacher

at the end of the school day, you must be prepared to wait until after they have

dismissed the whole class. This might mean you hanging around for longer than

you might want to. The best way to communicate with the class teacher,

especially if you are wanting to have an in depth conversation about your child,

is to arrange an appointment either via the school office or directly by speaking

with the teacher at the end of the school day. For those parents/carers who are

working, please make use of the email system and contact the school via the

contact@chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk email address. In the subject box, please

make sure that it is clear who the email is intended for so that it is forwarded to

the correct member of staff. Teachers are always happy to meet to discuss any

concerns or answer questions that parents may have about their child or the

curriculum.

2. On the school website, https://www.chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk, the

contact page also has details of a range of email addresses for different

purposes: https://www.chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk/contact-us.

Question 3: The school encourages me to play an active part in my child’s

learning. 79% of parents agreed with this statement.

How can parents/carers support learning at home?

To support parents/carers who want to help at home, the school has worked

hard to include lots of extra tools on the new school website to give parents/

carers a clearer picture of what their child is studying at school and when. This

will help parents/carers to start a conversation with their child about what they

are learning at school but also enable parents/carers the chance to look ahead

at future learning if they wanted to plan day trips during the school holidays.

At any point, if you need further information about your child’s learning,

please remember that you can always make an appointment with the class

teacher to discuss this further.

1. On the school website, https://www.chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk under

the ‘Our School’ tab there is a wealth of information that parents to access to

support learning at home. The Curriculum link has details of the curriculum

coverage for each year group for the whole year. It also has a summary of our

Curriculum Intent https://www.chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk/curriculum-

overviews

2. Under the same ‘Our School’ tab there are details about Learning Links,

Reading and the End of Year Expectations for each year group.

3. The monthly newsletter showcases details of events that pupils have

experienced at school, which parents can discuss with their child and might

decide to visit a place of interest that is linked to the work they are doing at

school. https://www.chadwellprimaryschool.co.uk/newsletters

4. Each September there is a parent meeting for each year group. The

purpose of the meeting is for parents/carers to meet the new team who will be

working with their child and discuss the year ahead. Parents/Carers are also

formally invited into school twice a year to attend a Consultation Meeting with

the class teacher.

Parent/Carer support at home, in both academic and social development,

ensures that children thrive as learners. Thank you to those parents/carers who

left their contact details, requesting someone make contact with them. We are

in the process of working through this list so you will hear from us in due

course. Mr Walker

New Year Group Introduction Meeting

Dear Parents/Carers

At the start of each academic year, parents/carers are invited to attend an

‘Introduction to the New Year Group’ meeting, led by the team of staff of the

new year group your child is moving into. During the meetings, staff will share

with parents/carers an overview of the year and explain the End of Year Expecta-

tion documents. All meetings are scheduled for after school, starting at 5pm

and will last for approximately 1 hour. Please make a note of the appropriate

date in your diary.

The Year 6 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Monday 9th

September

2019 at 5pm

The Year 2 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th

September

2019 at 5pm

The Year 4 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Wednesday 11th

Septem-

ber 2019 at 5pm

The Year 1 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Thursday 12th

September

2019 at 5pm

The Year 5 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Monday 16th

September

2019 at 5pm

The Year 3 Parent/Carer meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th

September

2019 at 5pm

There will also be a Consultation Meeting on Thursday 31st October, when

parents/carers are invited to schedule a 10 minute appointment to meet with

the class teacher.

Mr Walker

Free School Meals (FSM)

Is your child entitled to Free School Meals?

Universal Free School Meals are given to children in

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2!

NOTE: if your child is going into Year 3 in

September, please be reminded that you will need

to pay for their school meals.

If you are in receipt of any benefits, please speak to

Miss James.

The cost for school dinners for years 3 - 6 is £2 per

day, paid in advance online.

(Those with joint family income over £16,190 or

receiving Working Tax Credits are not eligible for

free school meals).

Summer holiday events at

Valentines Mansion & Gardens

We’ve got lots of children’s events coming up at Valentines Mansion

during the summer school holidays. See below for a full list – we would be

really grateful if you could add these to your listings.

If you require any further questions, please let me know.

Valentines Mansion & Gardens, Emerson Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 4XA

Nearest tube: Gants Hill on the Central Line (5-minute walk away)

Ample car parking on site (charged for)

Jolly Jellyfish & Crazy Crabs

Transform paper plates into cool mobiles, using a variety of craft

materials, including twigs from Valentines Gardens.

Date: Wednesday 31 July

Time: 11.30am-12.30pm

Age: 5yrs+

Tickets: £5

Bookings: No refunds or exchanges. Pre-booking essential via

Valentines Box Office.

Wonderful Weaves

In this hands-on workshop, children will have the chance to get creative and

learn to weave. Using cardboard looms and colourful yarn, they will make a

lovely keepsake to take home.

Date: Wednesday 7 August

Time: 11.30am-12.30pm

Age: 5yrs+

Tickets: £5

Bookings: No refunds or exchanges. Pre-booking essential via

Valentines Box Office.

Bollywood Dance Classes

Summer holiday events at

Valentines Mansion & Gardens

Cats & Dogs

Join us to make your very own cardboard cats and dogs and decorate your

pets using a variety of craft materials.

Date: Wednesday 14 August

Time: 11.30am-12.30pm

Age: 5yrs+

Tickets: £5

Bookings: No refunds or exchanges. Pre-booking essential via

Valentines Box Office.

Origami Insects

Have fun making cool caterpillars and lovely ladybirds using the intricate art of

origami. You'll have something to show off to your friends and teachers back at

school!

Date: Wednesday 21 August

Time: 11.30am-12.30pm

Age: 5yrs+

Tickets: £5

Bookings: No refunds or exchanges. Pre-booking essential via

Valentines Box Office.

Flying High

This workshop for the little ones is sure to leave them feeling sky high! Get

crafty and create hot air balloons hanging from a happy cloud.

Date: Wednesday 28 August

Time: 11.30am-12.30pm

Age: 5yrs+

Tickets: £5

Bookings: No refunds or exchanges. Pre-booking essential via

Valentines Box Office.

New ISS School Meals Login Details

Perfect School Uniform

Our school uniform is very important to us. We feel it helps us to

develop our community identity and adds to the sense of pride

belonging to Chadwell Primary School.

Below we have explained what our “Perfect School Uniform” consists of and have

provided some visual examples.

Our uniform is made up of:

Plain white or light blue blouse, shirt, or polo shirt

Plain navy or grey school skirt or trousers

(No jeans, jogging bottoms or ankle length skirts)

Navy sweatshirt with the school logo

Blue/White gingham dress

Any religious head coverings should conform to uniform colours (ie: blue, grey and

black). Items of clothing worn in school should be clearly marked with your child’s

name. Any hair grips or hair accessories should be plain, simple and in the school

colours.

Footwear

For safety reasons children should wear sensible footwear; Ankle boots, black trainers

and black shoes are acceptable. Knee length boots and UGG boots are not suitable for

school.

Jewellery

Jewellery that has a religious symbol is allowed to be worn; however it must be tucked

away at all times. Children with ear piercings are only allowed to wear small earring

studs but they must be removed or taped over for PE.

As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, the school is

enrolled with the National Online Safety scheme. Parents

are invited to sign up for the scheme and use the resources

included. You may work through the modules, particularly

the ones aimed at parents and help the school to achieve

full certification with the organisation.

Please visit https://lms.nationalonlinesafety.com/school/

ChadwellPrimary to create your account. Please select your

account type as “Parent” as this will help you to visit the

most useful sections of the website for you.

Your child will be bringing home a printed version of this

invitation at the end of term.

We trust that the guides on this site will be helpful in

keeping your children safe over the summer break and

beyond.

Thank you.

Year 1 Topic - Australia

To mark the end of their topic ‘Australia’, the children in

year 1 came together for a picnic. Making the most of

the weather, they danced, played games and enjoyed the

food they had prepared for the picnic. We’d like to thank

all the parents for the generous

contribution of fruits! The children have worked really

hard this year and we wish them all the best in year 2.

Year 1 Topic - Australia

Chadwell Primary School’s Production of

The Lion King

At the end of the last academic year I approached Mr Walker with a unique

idea of putting together a school production featuring children from Key

Stage 2. After many months of behind the scenes work we were able to

begin rehearsals in the Summer term. Despite having a background in

Drama and Performing Arts, a production being put together within this

school was uncharted territory, and produced a number of challenges

along the way.

Fortunately, these were challenges that were overcome thanks in no small

part to a team of dedicated staff members, unwavering support of

Mr Walker and the senior leadership team and most importantly the

incredibly hard work put in by a group of immensely creative, thoughtful

and talented students from within our school. A unique idea turned into

an unforgettable and awe-inspiring set of performances, enjoyed by many

within the school community. The importance of this event was

highlighted to me by a child handing me a note at the end of the final

performance that read: 'Thank you for helping me to face my fears.'

Following on from the success of our adaptation of 'The Lion King' we will

be looking to make this an annual tradition and will be holding auditions

for our next KS2 production in the Autumn term. More information will

follow in the coming months.

Thank you to all staff, students and parents who dedicated their time and

efforts into making Lion King the success that it was.

Mr Nordon

Governing Body Feedback on

The Lion King Production

The entire Governing Body would like to congratulate the

school and, most of all, the children who put such an

extraordinary effort into their performances of

'The Lion King'.

The children worked extremely hard to learn the dialogue,

songs and music and to keep the show flowing with all the

costume changes, entrances and exits of the large cast.

We are so proud of them and would like to collectively say

a big thank you to all the pupils, staff and parents who

helped to make the show a success. We really hope this

end of term performance might become a new fixture on

the school

calendar for us to look forward to in the future!

Well done to the following winners of the scooters who achieved

100% attendance either in the Autumn, Spring or Summer term.

There were some children who haven’t missed a day of school for

the whole of the academic year. One of our winners, Valerie in

Caruso class, requested that the scooter she won be donated to

charity, which was a lovely gesture.

Kian, Franklin Class

Iqra, Cousteau Class

Jaxxon, Carle Class

Valeria, Caruso Class

Ayle, Nursery AM

% Attendance

Well done Carle Class!

Well done Johnson Class!

0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 140.00 160.00 180.00

R Andreae

R Carle

R Donaldson

Reception

Attendance Lates

93.50 94.00 94.50 95.00 95.50 96.00 96.50 97.00

1 Cousteau

1 Johnson

1 Shackleton

Year 1

Attendance Lates

% Attendance

Well done Jackson Class!

Well done Morris Class!

94.00 94.50 95.00 95.50 96.00 96.50

2 Bell

2 Dyson

2 Jackson

Year 2

Attendance Lates

93.50 94.00 94.50 95.00 95.50 96.00 96.50 97.00 97.50 98.00

3 Banksy

3 Hepworth

3 Morris

Year 3

Attendance Lates

% Attendance

Well done Hawking Class!

Well done Gandhi Class!

95.00 95.50 96.00 96.50 97.00 97.50 98.00

4 Franklin

4 Hawking

4 Turing

Year 4

Attendance Lates

94.50 95.00 95.50 96.00 96.50 97.00 97.50

5 Gandhi

5 Luther King

5 Malala

Year 5

Attendance Lates

% Attendance

TIE-BREAKER! Well done Caruso &

Simone Classes!

96.20 96.40 96.60 96.80 97.00 97.20 97.40 97.60 97.80 98.00

6 Caruso

6 Mozart

6 Simone

Year 6

Attendance Lates

Gold Children

WELL DONE goes to our “Gold Stars” who achieved the highest behav-

iour award in school last month; we are very proud of them:-

NAM- Aarohi

NPM- Sarim

Andrea Class-Harman, Antony, Ryan, Harman, Mohammed-Saad, So-

fia. S, Sofia A, Ana’yiah, Oscar, Ema

Carle Class- Naureen, Nasreen, Naureen, Antony, Hasfa,

Donaldson Class-Hiba, Sabiha, Kevin, Raihan, Ariana, Karthi, Evie,

Isaaq, Raihan, Sabiha

Cousteau Class-Laxmi, Alkhansa, Iqra

Johnson Class- Orlane, Tasleema, Ethan, Ibrahim, Anas, Yumna,

Moraya, Stela, aaliya, Amy

Shackleton Class-Dilek, Prabhnoor, Amarah, Teya, Amaya, Iabrahim,

Inaaya, Krish, Bibek, Maaira

Bell Class-Lana, Evando, Prachi, Amaya, Angeli

Dyson Class- Dillon, Domo, Mariya, Sia, David, Jaya, Elisha, Sia

Jackson Class- Alesha, Ilayda

Bansky Class- Faisal, Fajar, Areebah

Hepworth Class- Kanak

Morris Class-Malachi, Mandjoula

Hawking Class- Umar S-A, Maisha, Kelsey, Jean-Patrick

Gandhi Class-Kabilan

Luther King Class- Kayaan, Zakariya, Alatin, Mariglen, Caleb, Marcus

Andreae Class-Mathilda

Carle Class-Dillon, Emma

Donaldson Class- Arian

Cousteau Class- Emya, Jodh, Adam

Johnson Class-Tyler, Chijindum, Tyle,

Shackleton Class-Ibrahim, Subeg, Inaaya, Krisha

Bell Class- Ana Sophia, Amya, Syeda, Sumayyah

Dyson Class- Amari, Believe

Jackson Class-Kevin, Adel

Morris Class-Kayan, Kai

Hawking Class-Judy, Mavaira Madalina

Franklin Class-Srinidhi, Poyraz

Turing Class- Khamil, Kai, Kashivi

Ghandi Class- Logan

Mozart Class- Ria A

Well Done to our Head Table Children

CHADWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL

2019/2020 SCHOOL TERM AND HOLIDAY DATES

AUTUMN TERM 2019

INSET days Monday 2nd

and Tuesday 3rd

September 2019

School CLOSED to Children

Term Starts for Children

Wednesday 4th

September to Friday 18th

October 2019

Half-Term Holidays

Monday 21st October - Friday 25

th October 2019

Term Starts for Children

Monday 28th

October to Friday 20th

December 2019

INSET ½ Day for Pupil Progress Meetings – Half-day for children (1.30pm fin-ish)

Thursday 31st

October 2019

Christmas Holidays

Monday 23rd

December – Friday 3rd

January 2020

SPRING TERM 2020

Staff training days Monday 6th January

School CLOSED to Children

Term Starts for Children

Tuesday 7th

January to Friday 14th

February 2020

Half-Term Holidays

Monday 17th February to Friday 21

st February 2020

Term Starts for Children

Monday 24th

February to Friday 3rd

April 2020

INSET ½ Day for Pupil Progress Meetings – Half-day for Children (1.30pm fin-ish)

Thursday 12th

March 2020

Spring Easter Holidays

Monday 6th April – Friday 17

th April 2020

SUMMER TERM 2020

Term Starts for Children

Monday 20th

April to Friday 22nd

May 2020

Monday 4th May 2020 – BANK HOLIDAY

School CLOSED to Children

Half-Term Holidays

Monday 25th May – Friday 29

th May 2020

Term Starts for Children

Monday 1st

June to Friday 17th

July 2020

*INSET day Monday 20th July 2020*

School CLOSED to Children