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CHANTRY COMMUNITY NEWS
www.sflt.org.uk 01474 350011 April 2019
Message from Mrs Duncan
Can I start by saying a massive thank you to you all for your continuous support of our school. It was
so lovely to see so many of you on parents’ evening and this confirms to me that we are all working
together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children. This term has been really busy with
all the children working hard to ensure the progress is the best it can possibly be. Our children are
well prepared for their national tests next term and I look forward to seeing their hard work pay off in
good results.
The build is coming along nicely and all the children have had the chance to visit the building site and
see what their new school will look like. They had some really great questions about cement and
sustainability! Can I thank you all for your patience while we go through the build—particularly at the
start and end of the day with the limited space.
Please can I remind you all that along with all the staff, we want the very best for your children. If you
have any concerns or issues please make contact with me and come in for a coffee and a chat. I would
much prefer to know about any issues and then hopefully I can deal with them.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and safe Spring break.
Excellent attendance raffle
Congratulations to our excellent attendance raffle winners. Every child who achieved
excellent attendance was given a raffle ticket at parents evening.
Easter Tombola
Thank you to everyone who has supported this fundraising event. We are currently
speaking to a local garden centre, as the money will be used to allow each class to take
part in a gardening project, which we are very excited about.
We are also buying a new gazebo as one got broken in the windy conditions when we
were setting up for the Christmas Market.
Well done to all the winners. Happy Easter !!
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Date Attendance Punctuality
Week beginning Dahl
Rowling 99% Rowling
25th February 2019 Morpurgo
Pullman
Week beginning Rowling 99.30% Sachar
4th March 2019 Dahl
Morpurgo
Week beginning Carle
Dahl 100%
Morpurgo
11th March 2019
Sachar
Week beginning Browne 97.8% Donaldson
Rowling
18th March 2019 Morpurgo
Week beginning Lewis Potter Rowling
25th March 2019 Rowling 99.3% Dahl
Week beginning 1st Rowling 97.9% Rowling
April 2019
Lateness
We have noticed that there has been some improvement in punctuality. This is
pleasing as it means that your child has a great start to the school day. Our gates open
After School Clubs
at 8:40am and close at 8:50am, any children coming through after this time are late
We are extremely proud of the thriving after
and MUST
school gooffer
clubs on to the office
to our to register
pupils. as late.
Some of the
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
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school time, you must go to the office and complete a ‘Request for Absence’ form, at
least one week before the requested absence date. Unauthorized absences could re-
sult in a Penalty Notice (this costs £60 per parent, per child, if paid within 21 days or
£120 per parents, per child, if paid within 28 days).
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How good is your child’s attendance?
365 DAYS IN EACH YEAR = 190 DAYS AT SCHOOL AND 175 NON SCHOOL DAYS
In school
everyday 8 days
190 absence 19 days
SCHOOL absence
DAYS IN 182 29 days
DAYS OF absence
EACH YEAR 171 38 days
EDUCATION
DAYS OF absence 48 days
EDUCATION 161 absence
DAYS OF
EDUCATION 152
DAYS OF
EDUCATION 142
DAYS OF
EDUCATION
Excellent Good Poor Very Serious Concern
poor
100% 96% 90% 85% 80% 75%
Attendance Attendance Attendance Attendance Attendance Attendance
This is the best chance of WORRYING SERIOUS CONCERN
success. Less chance of success, harder Gaps in education can mean your
to make progress and could lead child will not reach their full potential.
to a Penalty Notice. Could lead to a Penalty Notice or
even Court Action.
THERE ARE 175 175 days to spend on
NON SCHOOL DAYS holidays, family time
IN A YEAR and appointments
Sponsored Read
Thank you all so much for your amazing sponsor money for our sponsored read on
World Book Day. The project was organised in conjunction with our local Usborne
representative, Charlene Riviere. World Book Day exists to promote and develop
reading—we certainly achieved that.
We raised a total of £700 with some children raising a whopping £100 each! This will go
towards books for our school which is such a fantastic achievement.
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Dates for your diary
Last day of Term 4 Thursday 11th April 2019. School finishes at normal time.
Spring break-Friday 12th April 2019-Monday 22nd April 2019 children are not in school
Start of Term 5-Tuesday 23rd April 2019 all children to be in school
Tuesday 23rd April-St George’s Day special lunch
Bank Holiday-Monday 6th May 2019
Last day of Term 5-Friday 24th May 2019
May break-Monday 27th May-Friday 31st May 2019 children are not in school
Start of Term 6-Monday 3rd June 2019 all children to be in school
Last day of Term 6-Wednesday 17th July 2019
Nursery Visit to Dear Zoo Show
On Wednesday 15th March, the nursery children travelled on the school mini buses to Woodville
Halls to watch a production of Dear Zoo. Everyone enjoyed joining in with the Dear Zoo song and
the repetitive phrase “I sent it back”. If you would like to watch the story with your child you can
use this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzl9IyeMWto .The children were very well
behaved and an enjoyable afternoon was had by everyone.
After School Clubs
We are extremely proud of the thriving after
school clubs on offer to our pupils. Some of the
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
clude: Football, Board Games, Art, Chess, Choir,
Creative Dance, Drawing, Hockey, Scrabble, Sew-
ing, Spanish and Film Club.
The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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Skills for Life – Term 4
We have had another busy term here at Chantry with the children taking part in a range of different
activities linked to the RECIPE. The most important thing that has happened this term is the launch of the
Skills for Life Passport. The passport contains a range of activities that are a mix of fun as well as
academic tasks and skills for the children to complete throughout their life at Chantry. The children were
excited to find out about the passports and are very much looking forward to showing the RECIPE values
when completing the tasks.
We have had many Skills for Life activities happening throughout this term with many of the RECIPE b
values on display. We have had visits from The Family Trust and an author for World Book Day, and many
of our classes have gone out on trips this term. Year 5 children showed respect, excellence and enjoy-
ment when taking part in a workshop to record an anti-bullying music video. All children across the
school took part in our ‘Own clothes and a red nose’ day for Comic Relief raising money for a very worthy
cause. Ms Hewitt and Coco came in to school to deliver Dog Awareness sessions to the children. They
now have a much greater understanding of how to behave around dogs and they all enjoyed meeting
After School Clubs
Coco.
We are extremely proud of the thriving after
school clubs on offer to our pupils. Some of the
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
clude: Football, Board Games, Art, Chess, Choir,
Creative Dance, Drawing, Hockey, Scrabble, Sew-
ing, Spanish and Film Club.
The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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Breakfast Club
Please can I remind parents and carers that breakfast club starts at 8.00am.We have
noticed that some children wait outside unaccompanied quite early. This is a concern
for us and we would ask that if your child is using breakfast club, they are dropped off
at 8.00am by an adult. Each session costs £1.50 per child.
After School Club
After school club should be booked a week in advance. Forms are available from the
school office. Each session costs £3.50 per child. The session finish at 5.00pm. Please
use the ramp entrance to collect your children.
Uniform
We have quite a few children who are wearing dangly earrings. These are not part of
our school uniform and if children are wearing these kinds of earrings, they will be
asked to remove them as they are a health and safety risk particularly when playing.
Plain studs are perfectly acceptable. If you are replacing white tops, please can you
start buying blouses or shirts as these will be our uniform in September. As always—
plain black shoes.
Health and Safety
Please ensure your children wait at the bottom of the main staircase in the morning
before school as we don’t want any accidents with falls or children getting squashed!
After School Clubs Many thanks for your understanding with this.
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are extremely be mindful
proud of the of safety around the gate. We have had some near
thriving after
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offer to with
our pupils. Some of the
cars that are parking on the road and pavements.
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
clude: Football, Board Games, Art, Chess, Choir,
PleaseDance,
Creative can we kindlyHockey,
Drawing, ask that parents
Scrabble, don’t stand around the school gate smoking. It
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ing,isn’t
Spanish
niceand
orFilm Club. for children to have to walk through this and we do have some
healthy
asthmatic children.
The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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Author visit
On Wednesday 27th February, all children from Reception to Year 6 were visited by
the author Billy Bob Buttons who came to talk to the children about how he became
an author and share his stories with them. He also gave the children tips and advice
on how they could write their own stories. What a fantastic day that was! A day of
fun, laughter and a brilliant example of how Skills for Life can support us!
Friday, MMister Maker visits Chantry Reception children
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During Term 4, Carle Class won the Walk on Wednesday Challenge Day competition for having
the best walk to school figures in the county. As winners, they were given the wonderful prize of
a story-time visit from Phil Gallagher of CBeebies, also known as Mister Maker. On Friday
22nd March 2019 the Reception children were very excited to receive a visit from Mister
Maker, where he read one of the class’s favourite stories, Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson!
Mister Maker loved the cards and pictures Carle Class made for him and was very impressed
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creativity and imagination. Carle Class then had the opportunity to ask Mister Maker
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being
school clubs on offer to our pupils. Some of the
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
clude: Football, Board Games, Art, Chess, Choir,
Creative Dance, Drawing, Hockey, Scrabble, Sew-
ing, Spanish and Film Club.
The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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Reception Visit Warren Wood To See Hansel and Gretel
On Tuesday 2nd April all of Reception went on an exciting trip in the school
minibuses to Warren Wood Primary Academy. They went to see a production of
Hansel and Gretel. All the children were really engaged in the story. They especially
enjoyed being the trees in the Scary Wood and helping Hansel and Gretel find their
way home. Luckily they outsmarted the Wicked Witch!
Skills For Life Trust Variety Show
On Thursday 4th April, we took our Year 3 children who had learnt a Toy Story dance
and our choir to perform in a trust variety show. They were a credit to the school and
performed really well. It is lovely to have the opportunity to work with our other
schools on such events. All the children certainly displayed our RECIPE values. A big
thank you to the parents who came to support and to the school staff for taking them.
Young Interpreters
Our 'Young interpreter' promotes additional support to our pupils who are learning English as an
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awareness and acknowledging different cultures and languages.
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The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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PE at Chantry Community Academy
This term has seen the start of our Skills for Life Trust interschool primary competitions. We travelled to
our trust school Warren Wood to compete in multiple football fixtures. As our football season is yet to
begin, this was our first competitive fixture of the year, however the children that represented our
Academy did so with excellence and continued to persevere even though they were playing against a
team who had clearly experienced more football so far this year. All the players enjoyed the occasion
and it was lovely to see friendships begin to be made with the children in the different academies. We
are looking forward to even more ‘SFLT games’ in the coming term with both basketball and cricket in
our future plans for term 5.
Our Take Pride sports competitions have been quiet this term due to other calendar commitments which
have limited us to one competition. We entered a team of 8 girls from Year 5&6 to their netball event, a
sport that most hadn’t ever played due to lack of facilities and they worked incredibly hard all day to
learn and master the skills and tactics used. They played with confidence and represented the academy
well. We are looking forward to having the facilities next year to build on this years performance and do
even better.
Swimming this term have been very successful, it has been Year 5’s turn to get into the pool during our
regular Monday afternoon slot. Our two Year Five classes were split in terms of those who have haven’t
been in a swimming pool before. The progress on display this term has been incredible, and the level of
excellence has been amazing. This year group already have 20-25 pupils that are ready to sit their Year 6
swimming exam.
This term we were invited to one of our trust secondary schools- Greenacre Academy, to take part in an
amazing opportunity that their Greenacre Sports Partnership had arranged- active school ambassador
training. This training was accessed by 10 amazing Year 5 pupils who represented the academy with
excellence. They developed their leadership skills, preparing themselves to be able to lead actives back
at school for their peers, they furthered their knowledge about healthy foods and life choices and most
importantly they had loads of fun with fellow trust schools, Warren Wood and Hilltop.
After School Clubs
We are extremely proud of the thriving after
school clubs on offer to our pupils. Some of the
clubs currently being enjoyed by our pupils in-
clude: Football, Board Games, Art, Chess, Choir,
Creative Dance, Drawing, Hockey, Scrabble, Sew-
ing, Spanish and Film Club.
The clubs broaden the children's horizons and en-
courage them to consider interests they might not
have otherwise thought of.
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