Headteacher’s Blog
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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End of Term
Fri 28 May 2021Welcome to my blog,
I hope that you are all excited about the half term break and have something planned for the week, even if it is lying in the garden in the sun. This week saw some of our Y6 children represent the school at the Swindon Quad Kids Athletics, and Eric came second overall out of the boys and achieved Silver - well done.
We also had two of our Y5 children take part in the Quad kids Wiltshire County Championships last weekend, with both doing extremely well and Ellie C winning the Gold medal - well done, Esha and Ellie.
Bullying & WhatsApp
Please may I remind parents that WhatsApp is age limited to 13 years of age. We are having some trouble in year groups with inappropriate messages being sent. We are dealing with each incident as it occurs but children in primary school, should not have access to this APP. If you are giving your child permission to use this social media APP, then please may we ask that you monitor this with more rigour please so that fall outs do not spill over in to the school day - thank you.
We have always prided ourselves that our pupils do not bully. We have incidents where our children fall out but this has never led to bullying. Since the return to school, we have seen some bullying occur in different year groups. Bullying is where it is sustained over a period of time and not a one off incident. We are encouraging our children to report this to staff, so that we can deal with this quickly. If parents could have conversations with your children over the half term break about difference and this is fine, that would be great.
Final Term of the Year
We come back to school on Monday 7th June and we come back with the measure that are in place today carrying through. This means that parents do not need to wear a facemask whilst walking through the school grounds but if you need to come in to the school office, a mask must be worn.
Children will remain in their hubs: EYFS: KS1: Lower Key Stage 2: Upper Key Stage 2. I will relook at the measures in place around June 21st when the government are releasing more details and hopefully the DfE, will update all schools.
We have looked at residentials and I know that you are all keen for this to happen. According to the DfE and the roadmap for England, these can go ahead (see DfE website if you are unsure); however, the two residentials are in Wales, so we are just waiting for the Welsh government to agree that these can go ahead and we will be on for a great time. As soon as we can, we will give the green light and get all details to parents as quickly as we can. Thank you for your responses.
A big thank you to Ms Stott who is completing a marathon of a challenge on Sunday to raise money for the school. Thank you to all those who have sponsored her efforts and I wish her all the very best of luck on Sunday in completing the challenge - well done and thank you.
I would also like to say a big thank you to Chiseldon Fundraisers, who have been working hard to raise money for the school in different ways, and have found this more of a challenge during lockdowns but they have persevered throughout and have been raising that bank balance - well done! Don't forget they are working today after school selling sweets. I think you're doing an amazing job, so thank you on behalf of the school and all the children.
I hope that you all have a wonderful half term and that you get to enjoy some wonderful family time. I would like to thank the entire team for all their hard work over the course of this term - they truly are a brilliant team and I enjoy working with such great professionals.
I will see you all after school or on Monday 7th June.
Mr A
Stars of the Week
Nursery Travis & Bella-Rose Reception Niamh & Reuben J Year 1 Grace & Jack Year 2 Blake & Indigo Year 3 Brooke & Beau Year 4 Robert & Charlie F Year 5 Elle W & Thabo Year 6 Jessica & Isabelle Housepoint Winners
EYFS Alex W Key Stage 1 Tayla, mollie, & Jack Lower Key Stage 2 Robert Upper Key Stage 2 Marley 
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Huntington's Dress Down Day and more...
Fri 21 May 2021Good afternoon,
Thank you so much to everyone who made a huge effort in dressing in purple or came to school in non-school uniform to support the Huntington's Diseases Charity - as a school we raised £233, which is amazing. I know the family will feel completely supported and I am sure that the charity would welcome any money raised - well done everyone!
Next week if the final week before the 1/2 term break. May I say a very well done and thank you for the continued support you are all showing the school by following the rules and helping keep us all safe. I do not want to jinx things but by doing this, we have managed to keep virus free (touch wood).
Next term, I am planning on letting the children know the next year's class teacher early, so that we can build in transition for all our children. I feel passionately about this this year, as they have had such a tough time with COViD and being in and out of school. I am planning on giving them time with the new teacher every Monday morning for a few weeks. I will update you further, so that you know when this is taking place. If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Below are our Stars of the Week and Housepoint winners this week. Children have been working extremely hard to impress their teachers and create some fantastic work.
Have a great weekend and let's hope the weather improves.
Mr A
Stars of the Week
Nursery Alexey & Skyla Reception Jasper & Reuben J Year 1 Rumaisa & Guney Year 2 George H & Bobby Year 3 Charlie C & Teddy C Year 4 Zachary D & Sophia Year 5 Charlie J & Poppy Year 6 Suri & Charlie A Housepoint Winners:
EYFS Dylan O Key Stage 1 Bobby & Thomas M Lower Key Stage 2 Esther & Sophia Upper Key Stage 2 Esha 
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Easing of Lockdown Rules
Tue 11 May 2021Good afternoon,
I know that you are all excited about the new rules and cannot wait to hug me, but can we please refrain for the time being 😂
I am however, relaxing the rules around wearing masks on the school site, outdoors. Parents will no longer be required to wear face masks as you drop your child off at school - we are still not allowing parents in to the school building and all other rules apply, please see the roadmap published earlier.
We are still not holding face-to-face meetings as the restrictions we have in place are keeping us all safe. I will keep monitoring this and as we receive further guidance, I of course, will update you all.
Year group hubs will need to continue as these restrictions have not been relaxed in schools.
The great news is that we are able to go on residentials. I have organised a Y5 one to Pencelli, and it looks like that we are able to look at Y4 and Y6 to have an experience before the end of the school year, which we thought we would not be able to do back in March.
I am also pleased that if things continue, we will be able to return our residential trip to Berlin next year for our Y6 pupils - this is an amazing trip that allows the children to put their German in to practice whilst visiting their penpals.
Pyjamarama has been a great success and the children & staff looked great in their PJ's around the school. Thank you so much for supporting the school with a fun day for the children.
We had our sharing assembly this morning and you can see all the pupils who were celebrated this week for their amazing work. We are also celebrating our housepoint winners - parents may remember that our housepoints winners, were invited to a special meal with Mr Hatcliffe and I but due to the pandemic, this had to be postponed as hubs could be affected. We are hoping to start this again after the half-term as long as cases in Swindon continue to fall.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Mr A
Stars of the Week
Nursery Eleanor & Lucas Reception Oliver & Enhar Year 1 Tayla & Jibril Year 2 Leo & Thomas M Year 3 Ryan & Callum Year 4 Poppy & Ava Year 5 Rocco & Poppy Year 6 Ruby & Edan Housepoint Winners:
EYFS Samuel T Key Stage 1 John H Lower Key Stage 2 Sidney R Upper Key Stage 2 Dylan D 
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World Maths Day & More...
Fri 07 May 2021Good afternoon,
The weeks seem to be flying past. I hope you have all enjoyed the short week and are looking forward to the weekend, although the weather is not looking great.
This week, saw all the children take part in World Maths Day and Mrs Knott was busy organising the entire day. It started with a great assembly and then every class looked at fractions. Each class is designing a display in the school hall and once these are completed, I will post them so that you are able to see what wonderful work the children have done.
As we move towards the next official roadmap, it looks like Boris is going to be remove the need to wear facemarks in school. If this is the case, I will remove this requirement for parents walking through the school grounds.
Stars of the Week
Nursery Frankie & Aubree Reception Molly & Charlie A Year 1 Theo & Charlie S Year 2 Beatrice & Koby Year 3 William & Sasha Year 4 Finley & Daniel Year 5 Fraser & Darcy Year 6 Annabel & Julia Housepoint Winners:
EYFS Jack T Key Stage 1 Beatrice WT Lower Key Stage 2 Sophie D & Sasha C Upper Key Stage 2 Annabel RP Well done to all our stars of the week and housepoint winners, you are doing an amazing job.
30 Reads
You will be pleased to know that as restriction ease for schools, we are able to do more. I have explained to the children that from Monday 17th May, children will be able to start collecting their 30 reads.
I know that some have multiple reads but I have asked that they only collect one to begin with, so that I can get through all the children that have been waiting. They will be able to collect all their reads eventually, just not in one go.
Have fun!
Mr A
