Headteacher’s Blog
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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Sports Day and more...
Thu 24 Jun 2021Welcome to my weekly blog
Things are forever changing whilst we live through this pandemic and my only concern at this moment in time is to make sure that your children receive the best education we can offer whilst keeping them as safe as we possibly can - we continue to make sure that we follow all advice from the DfE in relation to trips, visits, face to face meetings and hubs. As the Prime Minister has delayed further relaxation of the rules, our roadmap is now out of date. We are not moving to Sage 3 until 19th July 2021, when hopefully the new measures will be released - for us at school, that is likely to be September.
We All Sang Together
If you have not had a chance to look at the video, please head to our Facebook page, where you will see all our children joining in with the theme of 'we all sang together' with other Wiltshire schools around lockdown. The children were brilliant.
Talented Pupil
A wonderful well done to Logan C in Year 3 who has been on trial for Reading Football Club for the past 3 weeks and has done so well, that the club have now signed him to play for their under 9's - what an amazing talent - one day you could play for Liverpool 🤩 (he did say Manchester United but I thought Liverpool 😂) A superstar in the making ⚽️
Residentials
Thank you so much for your support with the residentials this year. It surely has been a tough few years for our children and I am so pleased the 'Call of the Wild' and PGL are offering our pupils the very best and staying within the recommendations and restrictions to protect our pupils whilst we are there - we are very grateful that they are helping provide valuable experiences for us all.
Sports Day
As much as I would love to have you all back in school, cheering from the sidelines and having as much fun as we do on a yearly basis - this is not going to be the case this year.
The DfE states;
'Sports days can go ahead. In line with the rest of the system of controls, pupils must remain in their bubbles, and early years children should remain in their consistent groups as is usual for your setting. Sports equipment should be cleaned regularly throughout the event. Spectators must adhere to current social distancing requirements. Where events take place outdoors, spectators can gather in separate groups of up to 30.'
For us here at school that would mean that we would need either 4 sports days and we would bust on spectators or 7 sports days with 1 adult from each household being allowed to come to be a spectator. Plus we would need to make sure that we are cleaning all of the equipment in between each of the sessions, which would not be feasible. Therefore, I am sorry to say that we will not be holding a sports day for parents to come and support this year.
Each hub will hold sports events and we will go live on Facebook for parents to watch and support from a distance - I know that this may be a disappointment but this is the best I can offer this year.
Leavers Events
We will be hosting the following leavers events: the Y6 BBQ & Disco (although no dancing; but it will be fun); Leavers Assembly - this will run like last year - it will be outdoors, chairs in pairs and at least 2m apart, adults will need to wear a mask to enter the building and we would ask adults to carry out a lateral flow test 30 minutes before the assembly starts. Y6 End of Year Show - although Y6 are preparing a production, this will be a live event. We are not able to hold indoors events as the hall is not big enough and as there are 27 children in the class, only 1 parent would be able to attend. The production will be done in front of Y5 so that the children have an audience and we will go live for parents to watch. Again, I am so sorry that I cannot have you in school as this is the last year for so many of you, where I have been the head for all of your children. It is such a shame that we have to end a great parent/school relationship under such strict measures but at least we will have the outdoor assembly.
As ever, I am at the end of the phone 01793 740349 or email head@chiseldon.swindon.sch.uk if you have any concerns or need some reassurance around the measures that are in place.
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mr A
Stars of the Week
Nursery Chloe Mae & Grace Reception Sophie KP & Jack T Year 1 Rumaisa & Theo Year 2 George T & Thomas C Year 3 Sidney M & Sophie D Year 4 Thor & Steven Year 5 Reuben & Dylan D Year 6 Layla-Grace & Alex Housepoint Winners
EYFS Freddie C, Grace, Lilly Mae, & Sophie KP Key Stage 1 Oscar S Lower Key Stage 2 Jack T Upper Key Stage 2 Alex & Imogen 
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New Classes 2021
Fri 18 Jun 2021We are back! Mr H and myself have been away with some Y6 children in Wales and what a week it has been. We had glorious weather and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
We have now arranged the Y4 and Y5 residentials and after speaking with the children today, they are really excited about having some time away with their friends - I know Y4 have already been putting in sleeping requests for who they would like to share a room with, to Mr Urban.
Maths World Cup
Next week, the children will be taking part in the first-ever, global, physically active Maths World Cup. This is a great way to combine many mathematical skills alongside fitness and mindfulness activities. The children will compete in daily activities and will then go on to compete against other schools on Friday 25th June 2021. Wish us luck - we will let you know how we get on!
Teachers for Next Year
EYFS Mrs Brock
Miss Swift, Mrs Perre, Mrs Turay, Mr Davis
Year 1 Mrs Harris & Mr Hatcliffe Year 2 Miss Davidson Year 3 Mrs Jenkins Year 4 Mr Urban Year 5 Miss Dickson Year 6 Mrs Knott As I mentioned before, from next Wednesday and every Wednesday thereafter, the children will be working with their new teacher to help them prepare for September. This will also help the teacher find out and prepare for what children can and cannot do, so they can make sure that all children catch up quickly.
Stars of the Week
EYFS Sklya & Savannah
Molly M & Mackie
Year 1 Phoebe & Oscar Year 2 Teddy & Jonathan Year 3 Hannah & Logan Year 4 Olivia & Jack Year 5 Charlie H & Ellie C Year 6 Laila & Imogen Housepoint Winners
EYFS Molly M Key Stage 1 Blake Lower Key Stage 2 Sidney R Upper Key Stage 2 Alex Well done to some of our Year 2 pupils who went to the County Ground to represent the school in an athletics competition - they all did very well and were amazing - super stuff (see pics below).
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Transition Days...
Fri 11 Jun 2021Good afternoon everyone,
Welcome back to the final term of the year. I do hope that you have had a restful half term and managed to have some fun family time - I know that I enjoyed spending time with my children and a little bit of sunshine too.
Transition Days
As mentioned in previous blogs, I am planning to have transition days for the children this year, to help them be prepared for September. This will allow them to get to know their class teacher for next year.
Starting on Wednesday 23rd June and every Wednesday thereafter, the children will be in the their new class and completing some catch up work with the new teacher. This will allow the teaching staff to fully assess the children and put measures in place to support their learning when we return in September.
The children will find out their new teachers on Friday 18th June ready for the following Wednesday. I will then put this information to parents in my weekly blog.
Stars of the Week
Nursery Ben S & Samuel T Reception Vanessa & George H Year 1 Guney & Robert Year 2 Neve & Jaxon Year 3 Jacob & Eymen Year 4 Freya & Castor Year 5 Luke & Fraser Year 6 Drew & Isla & Harry B Housepoint Winners
EYFS Vanessa, Niamh, Tristan, & Charlie A Key Stage 1 Tayla, Rumaisa, Jack P, & Güney Lower Key Stage 2 Ewan, Sasha, George G, & Rosie Upper Key Stage 2 Suri Ideas
If you have any ideas that you would like to see in my blog, please feel free to suggest items. You can do this by emailing me: head@chiseldon.swindon.sch.uk or if your child has done something amazing out of school and you want me to include this in the blog, please email me the Information and photos and I will of course mention them in the blog.
COViD-19 Update
Currently there are no changes to our safety measures. This means that there are no face-to-face meetings with staff, unless this is in relation to SEN. Where face-to-face meetings are happening for SEN, we require a lateral flow test to be carried out 30 minutes before the meeting. Our hubs are staying in place to keep everyone safe and the weekly fogging of the school is still happening to make sure that we keep the virus out. if you have any symptoms, please get a test as quickly as possible and your children must STAY at home whilst you wait for the results. In the event of a positive test, you need to let me know as quickly as possible, so that I am able to close the hubs and inform all parents. You can contact me via telephone: 01793 740349 or by email: head@chiseldon.swindon.sch.uk. During the pandemic, the email is monitored during holiday and weekends. However, I will only respond to email regarding COViD. All other emails will be subjected to the 48 hour timescale. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
Hot Weather
As we are now experiencing some sun and warmer weather, may I please remind parents that children must come to school with a cap/hat (this should be red) to wear outside. If it is a particularly hot day, children will not be allowed outside if they do not have a hat with them. May I also ask that parents provide sun cream on hot days to protect the children. thank you.
And talking about hot weather, the sun is meant to be shining all weekend, so I do hope you have a lovely time, relax and enjoy some great family time and memories.
Mr A
