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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 19 Apr 2024Welcome back.
I do hope that you have had a wonderful Easter break and that you had a lovely time with family and friends. This term is a 6-week term and ends on Friday 24th May at 13:00. There will be no clubs on this day.
Friday clubs will start next week, Friday 26th April and the list of new clubs will come out to you via email on Monday. Friday clubs are not compulsory, but if you do sign your child up for a club, they must attend this weekly.
A slight update regarding Chiseldon Primary School joining the Brunel Multi-Academy Trust. Our application is going before the regional directors' office next week. Once I have received confirmation of their decision, I will, of course, update all parents/carers.
Stars of the Week
Nursery Theodore I & Edie R 🤩 Reception Jaziel D & Elliot M 🤩 Year 1 Zayne S & Zayn I 🤩 Year 2 Amber E & Alyssa S 🤩 Year 3 Junior T & Mackie C 🤩 Year 4 Amelle D & Robert M 🤩 Year 5 Koby C & Bobby A 🤩 Year 6 Esmae D & Beau D 🤩 Well done to you all for a great start back to school.
House Points
Our top house point winners this week are:
St.George Beatrice WT 🥳 St.David Frankie B 🥳 St.Patrick Tristan B & Jasper M 🥳 St.Andrew Esperanza EM 🥳 This week's winning house with 310 house points is St. Patrick 🇮🇪 well done on earning lots of points for your house.
2nd St. George
3rd St. David
4th St. Andrew
Attendance
This week's winning class with 94.8% is Year 2 🏆 well done for having good attendance.
Whole school attendance is currently 95.1% which is 0.5% above national.
Top Doodlers
50-day streak in Maths & Spell is Tristan B
100-day streak in Maths is Frankie B, Alex S, Lucas S, and Beatrice WT.
100-day streak in Spell is Frankie B & Beatrice WT.
250-day streak in Maths is Imogen L & Alfie C.
500-day streak in Spell is Hugh R.
Wow! Well done for working so hard over the Easter break and keeping your streaks going - amazing.
Maths: Year 4 🧮
Spell: Year 2 📝
In other news...
Monday
Y5 pupils leave for the Call of the Wild trip - I'm sure that they will have a fabulous time.
Earth Day
Y5 (those not attending) Debating Competition with MSC group.
Tuesday
St. George's Day - children in this house can come to school in non-uniform.
Thursday
Y1 Trip to the Tower of London
World Penguin Day
Another fun-packed week at school. We have been sent a Summer Term calendar of special days - some of these are great and we are thinking about celebrating them. We do not want to put pressure on dressing up, but if the children do want to, then that would be fine. Days include World Penguin Day, International Harry Potter Day, World Laughter Day, VE Day, and National Leprechaun Day to name a few. I will send out all the dates in an email so that you can decide which ones you would like to celebrate.
I hope that you have a fabulous weekend.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 22 Mar 2024What an amazing Shakespearian Week we have had at school. Hearing all the children using Shakespearian insults and singing double, double, toil and trouble...
I am sure that some of them have cast a spell over us all. To remind you all that the last day of term is Thursday 28th March and we break for two weeks. The first day back is Monday 15th April.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Sienna P & Sachin B 🤩 Year 1 Ben S & Olivia M 🤩 Year 2 Freddie C & Ethan S 🤩 Year 3 Bella M & George H 🤩 Year 4 Tayla P & Grace C 🤩 Year 5 Imogen D & Alumair AU 🤩 Year 6 Jacob L & Jamie L 🤩 Lovely work around Shakespeare, well done to you all.
House Points
This week's winning house with 285 house points is St. George 🇬🇬 well done on earning lots of points for your house.
2nd St. David
3rd St. Patrick
4th St. Andrew
Attendance
This week's winning class with 98.1% is Year 5 🏆 well done for having good attendance.
Whole school attendance is currently 95.16% which is 0.56% above national. We are currently in the good zone. Let us keep there and see if we can get our whole school attendance to 96% by the end of the year.
Top Doodlers
Well done to Sophie KP & Alex W for achieving a 50-day streak in DoodleMaths
Well done to Alex W for achieving a 50-day streak in Doodlespell.
Maths: Year 4 🧮
Spell: Year 2 📝
In other news...
Monday
Key Stage 2 First Aid Training
PCSO working with EYFS
17:00 Call of the Wild Parent Meeting - Miss Dickson's room
Tuesday
Spelling Bee
Wednesday
Tennis coach working with Y3, 4, 5, & 6.
15:30 - 17:00 Easter Disco
Thursday
Term 4 reports to parents
15:00 Easter Bonet Parade - Parents can come along and watch
15:25 Break up for the Easter holiday
I hope that you have a super weekend and we will see you for the final week of term on Monday.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 15 Mar 2024We are packing lots into this very short term. I had an amazing evening Wednesday when I went to the Wyvern theatre to watch our wonderful choir sing alongside other schools - you were all amazing! We were not allowed to take photographs, otherwise there would be lots added to this blog.
The children have celebrated Science Week and some have learnt that even if you kiss a frog, they do not turn into a princess or prince ☹️
Just to remind you we have changed the Easter Disco to Wednesday 27th March rather than Thursday 28th. 15:30 - 17:00.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Arla DS & Isla O 🤩 Year 1 Samuel T & Corey B 🤩 Year 2 Amy Grace C & Sebastian P 🤩 Year 3 Jack T & Enhar T 🤩 Year 4 Amelle D & Ryker H 🤩 Year 5 Harley S & Jack B 🤩 Year 6 Poppy R & Sophie D 🤩 Super stuff and some amazing work - I loved the artwork of Peter Rabbit 🥰
House Point Winners
This week house has worked very hard. This week's winning house with 269 house points is St. Andrew 🏴
2nd St. George
3rd St. Patrick
4th St. David
Top Doodlers
Well done to Chethana R for achieving a 50-day streak in Doodle Spell.
Well done to Niamh Calan for achieving a 500-day streak in Doodle Maths - that is brilliant work.
Maths: Year 5 🧮
Spell: Year 2 📝
Attendance
The winning class this week with 95.7% is Year 5 🏆 well done for being within the good zone this week.
The whole school attendance is 95.22%, which is in the good zone. National attendance for primary schools is 94.6%. Let us keep up the good work of being in school every day.
In other news...
Next week we celebrate Shakespeare Week with a dress-up day on Friday. Are you the next Hamlet? Romeo? Juliet? I cannot wait to see what you have been learning in Shakespeare.
Thursday
13:00 Y2 have a Dentist workshop
13:30 Rest of school attending church for Easter Service
14:45 Y3 Class Assembly
I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you next week.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 08 Mar 2024What a wonderful week at school - Nice to have a week with less rain!
This week the children have been celebrating World Book Day and it was brilliant to see so many children dressed up but more importantly the passion and love for reading which was shared within classes.
EYFS have had an exciting week with a visit to the Farm Shop and we have 7 chicks which have hatched. Thank you to the Three Trees Farm Shop & Cafe for opening up especially for us.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Nevaeh B & Kolby L 🤩 Year 1 Natalia L & Ocean-May 🤩 Year 2 Stanley & Bella-Rose 🤩 Year 3 Niamh & Dylan O 🤩 Year 4 Alfie & Calan 🤩 Year 5 Courtney & Thomas C 🤩 Year 6 Samuel W & Sidney 🤩 Super work, well done.
House point winners
St. David Lucas S🥳 St. George Ronnie and Arthur H🥳 St. Andrew Marlon 🥳 St Patrick Corey 🥳 Well done on earning lots of house points for your house.
The winning house this week with 444 house points is St Patrick Congratulations on earning so many house points.
2nd St. Andrew
3rd St. David
4th St. George
Top Doodlers
Well done to the following pupils on achieving different streaks:
50-day streak in Maths:
Corey B, Chethana & Zayne S 🌟
50-day streak in Spell:
Corey B 🌟
100-day streak in Maths:
Arthur WT🌟
Maths: Year 2 & Year 4 🧮
Spell: Year 2 & Year 3 📝
Attendance
This week's winning class with 98.35% is Year 3 🏆 amazing stuff! Well done.
Whole school attendance is 95.21% which is currently above the national, which is 94.6%. Remember, every day counts and we need to make sure that we are attending daily.
In other news...
Sunday 10th March
Ramadan Starts
Monday
The Hobbit Production - Whole School
Wednesday
Tennis Coach in for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6
Choir performing at the Wyvern Theatre - Evening
Friday
St.Patricks Day (17th March). Children in this house can come to school wearing something green.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 01 Mar 2024Sorry for the late blog. I hope that you have had a great week. I know that the children have enjoyed their week, particularly the author coming in to school and reading his new book, Nuts.
Next week we celebrate World Book Day and I know that Miss Dickson has sent you all emails about how we are going to be celebrating this on Thursday - if you have not received an email, please pop in to the office and make sure that we have the correct email address for you. The majority of our communication now comes via email, so please keep this up to date.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Piper R & Lucas S 🤩 Year 1 Travis & Oliver 🤩 Year 2 Sebastian S & Alex W 🤩 Year 3 William & Leon 🤩 Year 4 Rumaisa & Mollie 🤩 Year 5 John & Beatrice🤩 Year 6 Ellie & Logan 🤩 Super work, well done.
The winning house this week with 273 house points is St Andrew 🏴 Congratulations on earning so many house points.
2nd St. Patrick
3rd St. David
4th St. George
Top Doodlers
Well done to the following pupils on achieving different streaks:
50-day streak in Spell and Maths:
Beatrice🌟
100-day streak in Spell and Maths :
Phoebe🌟
Maths: Year 5 🧮
Spell: Year 2 📝
Attendance
This week's winning class with 96.75% is Year 2 🏆 amazing stuff!
In other news...
Living Eggs are back in the EYFS. I know the children really enjoy watching our chicks hatch and taking care of them over the next week or so.
Thursday
World Book Day
I hope that you have had a great weekend and that you are enjoying the sunshine today.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 23 Feb 2024Welcome back.
I hope you had a wonderful half-term and enjoyed some family time. We are now back for Term 4. This is very short term; the last day is Thursday 28th March, ending with our Easter Disco.
This week the children have been celebrating Arts Week and our theme is Nature. Some of our pupils managed to get out on their walk, whilst the weather allowed. Those that didn't will hopefully be getting out next week.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Ivie R & Terrance J S 🤩 Year 1 Edward I & Charlie C 🤩 Year 2 Poppy M & Esmae H 🤩 Year 3 Brody GH & Lilly-Mae L 🤩 Year 4 Theo R & Jibril S 🤩 Year 5 Iyla T & Max S 🤩 Year 6 Charlie C & Ewan C 🤩 Super work, well done.
House point winners
St. David Frankie B 🥳 St. George Arthur H 🥳 St. Andrew Ewan C, Brooke C, Ellie D, Hannah S, Marlon S, Arthur WT 🥳 St Patrick Alex S 🥳 Well done on earning lots of house points for your house.
The winning house this week with 271 house points is St Andrew 🏴 Congratulations on earning so many house points.
2nd St. David
3rd St. Patrick
4th St. George
Top Doodlers
Well done to the following pupils on achieving different streaks:
50-day streak in Maths:
Alex s, Ethan S, Lucas S, Frankie B 🌟
50-day streak in Spell:
Frankie B 🌟
100-day streak in Spell:
Arthur WT 🌟
365-day streak in Maths:
Hannah S 🌟
Maths: Year 2 🧮
Spell: Year 2 📝
Attendance
This week's winning class with 100% is Year 6 🏆 amazing stuff! Well done on being in school every day this week.
Whole school attendance is 95.0% which is currently above the national, which is 94.6%. Remember, every day counts and we need to make sure that we are attending daily.
In other news...
Tuesday
EYFS local walk
Wednesday
Tennis coach working with EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2.
Thursday
Stuart Lloyd local author reading his book NUTS.
Friday
St. David's Day. Children in this house can come to school wearing something yellow.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 09 Feb 2024How lovely the final day of term has been. Thank you for joining in and celebrating the end of Mental Health Week with Dress to Express. There has been a wonderful array of colours across the school.
It was lovely seeing many of you either at parent meetings or at our Topic Celebration. I do enjoy seeing all our parents come in and work with their children in such a fun way.
Term 4 starts on Tuesday 20th February. Remember, Monday 19th is our TD day - staff will be updating our safeguarding and Prevent training.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Tommy L & Esperanza EM 🤩 Year 1 Chethanna R & Lyla DS 🤩 Year 2 Sebastian P & Grace W 🤩 Year 3 Oliver S & Hashan R 🤩 Year 4 James W & Charlie S 🤩 Year 5 Kavisha R & Sade C 🤩 Year 6 Esmae D & Teddy C 🤩 An amazing effort to work so hard to be recognised by your teacher.
House point Winners
St. David Chloe A 🥳 St. Patrick Sade C & Imogen D 🥳 St. George Mollie C 🥳 St. Andrew Marlon S & Amelia H 🥳 Super work earning lots of house points for your house.
This week's winning house with 268 house points is St. George 🇬🇬 well done on earning so many house points.
2nd St. Patrick
3rd St. Andrew
4th St. David
Top Doodlers
Well done to
Mollie Clark for achieving a 100-day streak in DoodleSpell & Maths
Chloe A for achieving a 500-day streak in DoodleSpell.
Maths: Year 4
Spell: Year 2
Attendance
This week's winning class with 98% is Year 6 🏆 well done on being in school regularly.
Whole school attendance is currently 94.26%, which is currently 0.46% above the national. It is important to be in school every day so that we can maximise our learning.
In other news...
The first week back we celebrate Arts Week, so all our classes are planning exciting things to do with nature.
We now break for 1/2 term. Have a super time and I will see you all on Tuesday 20th February.
Mr A
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The weekly blog - keeping you up-to-date with school life; Stars of the Week; Housepoint winners and much more..
Fri 02 Feb 2024What an amazing week at school. Y4 went to the Steam museum and then performed a wonderful assembly to parents - well done to the parents who still remember the song about rationing.
Next week is Mental Health Week. We would like to invite all children to 'Dress to Express' by wearing bright colours or clothes that express themselves to school. This will take place on Friday 9th February 2024 - there is no cost just a celebration of themselves to promote Mental Health.
Also on Friday 9th, we will be celebrating Chinese New Year. The lunchtime menu will change - see email sent out from the office. Children will still be able to order the baguette but there will be no chips.
Stars of Week
EYFS Edie R & Alice M 🤩 Year 1 Ben S & Zayn I 🤩 Year 2 Inaaya A & Aubree D 🤩 Year 3 Sophie KP & Louis F 🤩 Year 4 Rumaisa S & Robert M 🤩 Year 5 Leo B & Amelia H 🤩 Year 6 Beau D & Ewan C 🤩 Well done on working hard and being recognised by your class teacher.
House Point Winners
This week's winning house with 297 points is St. Patrick 🇮🇪. Super work on earning so many house points.
2nd St. George
3rd St. Andrew
4th St. David
Top Doodlers
A big congratulations to Hugh R for achieving 500 day streak in DoodleMaths and to Sebastian P for achieving 100 day streak in DoodleSpell.
Maths: Y3 🧮
Spell: Y2 📝
Attendance
This week's winning class with 96.89% is Year 2 🏆 well done for being in school regularly.
Whole school attendance currently is 94.9%, which is 0.2% better national. Remember, every day counts and we must stay above 95%.
In other news...
This is our final week of the term and on Friday, we break for 1/2 term.
Mental Health Week
Safer Internet Week
Tuesday
Parent meetings for those that have booked this day. Meetings are in the classrooms.
Wednesday
Maths Whiz - who is going to be the year group champion?
Thursday
14:30 Topic Celebration - come along and join in the fun with your child.
Parent meetings for those that have booked this day. Meetings are in the classrooms.
Friday
Dress to Express - mental health week.
Chinese New Year - delicious food on offer.
PCSO presentation to Y5/6 on online safety.
School finishes at 13:00, with After School Care open until 18:00 for those that need child care arrangements.That is it for this week - have a super weekend.
Mr A
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Fri 26 Jan 2024What a super week! The pupils have been looking at the Holocaust and different parts of the Jewish faith. This is formed in celebration today and in remembrance of tomorrow's actual remembrance day around Freedom and what this means to us all.
Congratulations to the football team who won their match 5-2 against Lawn Primary School - amazing job boys - well done.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Harleigh PM & Harrison T 🤩 Year 1 Harry H & Elena FK 🤩 Year 2 Jaxon N & Hugh R 🤩 Year 3 Molly M & Junior T 🤩 Year 4 Phoebe D & Lucas L 🤩 Year 5 Courtney R & Isla Rose S 🤩 Year 6 Sasha C & Brooke C 🤩 Amazing job on completing some lovely work throughout the week.
House Point Winners
St. Andrew William S 🥳 St. George Courtney R 🥳 St. Patrick Imogen D 🥳 St. David Poppy 🥳 Super work earning lots of house points for your house.
The winning house this week with 330 house points is St. Patrick 🇮🇪 Congratulations on winning the cup this week.
Top Doodlers
The following pupils have achieved a massive 500-day streak:
William S for 500 days in both Maths & Spell &
Zayn I for 500 days in Maths - amazing job boys!
Maths: Y5 🧮
Spell: Y2 📝
Attendance
The winning class this week with 94.21% is Year 5 🏆. Well done on being in school regularly.
May I remind parents that headteachers cannot authorise holidays during term time. This could result in a fine from the Local Authority. Headteachers are only allowed to authorise absence in exceptional circumstances. This will result in unauthorised attendance and if there are 10 sessions, which equates to 5 days, this may lead to a fine being issued.
In other news
Monday
Year 4 trip to Steam
Wednesday
Year 3 & 4 Football Tournament
Thursday
Year 5 & 6 Football Tournament
14:45 Y4 Class Assembly - parents welcome
17:00 Arbor workshop for assessment - parents welcome
That is it from me this week. We are going to be holding a 'Break the Rules' day in school, so watch out for our communication.
Have a fabulous weekend.
Mr A
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Fri 19 Jan 2024Another week has flown by and we are getting to grips with the new app and getting all the assessments and things set up for you. You should now be able to see where your child is in their learning for Reading, Writing, Maths and Science. We are working on the other subjects, which will appear before the end of the term. You may also have noted that there are two parent evening slots on the app - you can book your appointment from the 30th of January if you prefer the Tuesday appointment or the 31st of January if you prefer the Thursday appointment.
I have reminded the children today that they must come in via the large gates where Mr Hatcliffe and I stand - this is because we have a one-way system in place but also, I feel that it is essential that we say good morning to the children as they enter the school. Can you please make sure that you help them not get into trouble by coming in the right gate, thank you.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Lily H & Phillip C 🤩 Year 1 Roman E & Zayne S 🤩 Year 2 Stanley H & Poppy M 🤩 Year 3 Jasper M & Carter R 🤩 Year 4 Ayla A & Jack P 🤩 Year 5 Sade C & Kanyenna N 🤩 Year 6 Alfie C & Hannah S 🤩 Well done on working well throughout the week.
Housepoint Winners
St. Andrew Hannah S 🥳 St. George Oliver L 🥳 St. David Alfie C 🥳 St. Patrick Alfie R 🥳 Super job on earning lots of house points for your house.
This week's winning house with 286 house points is St. Andrew 🏴
2nd St. George
3rd St. Patrick
4th St. David
Top Doodlers
Well done to Marlon S & Arthur WT for achieving a 50-day streak in Maths.
Well done to Lucas L for achieving 250 day streak in Maths and Spell and well done to Oliver L for a 250-day streak in Maths.
A big shout out to Aflie R for achieving a 500-day streak in Maths - you are all superstars 🌟
Maths: Year 2 🧮
Spell: Year 3 📝
Attendance
The winning class this week, with 99.5% is Year 3 🏆 well done on being in school every day - every day counts!
Whole school attendance is currently 95.49% and National is 94.7%; therefore we are now 0.79% above national figures - Well done everyone, keep it going. Remember, every day counts, so please make sure that your child is in school every day.
In other news...
All week children will be learning about the Holocaust and the theme this year is Fragility of Freedom. Each class will look at this at age appropriate level and there will be a celebration of work on Friday 26th January for the pupils.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is Saturday 27th January. If you are interested to know more, please follow the link: Holocaust Remembrance Day
I hope you have a lovely weekend and the temperature is not too cold for everyone.
Mr A
