Chalfont St Giles Infant School & Nursery Newsletter – 14^th October 2005
Newsletters:	Dear Parents/friends/Guardians 14^th October 2005 We are pleased that our relationship with you as parents is one of co-operation and understanding. However, we are occasionally finding that staff are not always being treated with the respect they deserve as professionals working with your children. We are proud of our Open Door Policy and are happy to welcome you into the school to discuss issues of concern. However, we would be grateful if you would recognise that this is a place of work and as such, we expect to be treated with common courtesy. Thank you for your understanding. Trolleys We have tried a new system with the lunch trolleys in the morning but have found that it causes potential road safety problems with children running back and forth unsupervised across the road to the Memorial Hall. We will therefore be returning to the old system of leaving the trolleys in the playground for depositing lunchboxes as of next Monday 17^th October. In order to make the process less time consuming for the LSAs, we would appreciate 2 volunteers from each class to take the trolleys over to the Memorial Hall once the children are out of the playground. If you would like to help, please see your class teacher. Harvest Festival Thank you to all the children for their generous donations of food and money yesterday. We all thoroughly enjoyed the service which offered us the chance to celebrate harvest but also to think of others at this time. Admission to Reception 2006/2007 Parents of children reaching the age of 5 between 1^st September 2006 and 31^st August 2007 need to complete and return an admissions form to Bucks County Council by 18^th November 2005. Booklets and forms are available from the office. Please note that a child attending our Nursery is not automatically entitled to a place at the school and the Infant School has no control or influence over the admissions process. You must complete and return the form to Bucks County Council by their deadline for your child to be considered for admission to this Infant School. Permission form for photographs Please remember to return a completed form for permission to use images of the children at the school, if you have not already done so. This form was attached to the last Newsletter. Midsummer Night’s Dream workshop Unfortunately, the workshop was cancelled because one of the actors had injured his knee and was incapacitated. We will either arrange this workshop for a later date, or book an alternative production. If you have not yet returned your workshop payment slip, please do so as soon as possible. Mid-day Supervisor Vacancy A reminder that we have a vacancy for a mid-day supervisor after half-term. The hours are 12 noon to 1.30pm Monday to Friday but this could be a job share. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs Whittington. Photographs Next Tuesday 18^th October, the photographer will be coming to the school to take individual photos of the children. If you have more than one child at the Infant School and Nursery, the photographer will automatically take a joint photo as well as individual photos. If you do not want this, please let the office know on Monday 17^th October, otherwise we will assume you want both (no obligation to buy). Thank you. Bonescan Appeal Day Next Thursday 20^th October we are supporting the Bone Scanner Appeal. Children are invited to come to school wearing black and/or white clothes for a donation which will be given to Amersham Hospital to fund their Bonescanner equipment. Further details are given in the leaflet distributed today. Half-Term We would like to wish all the children a very enjoyable and restful half-term. We finish next Thursday 20^th October (Friday is a Training Day for staff). We look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday 1^st November. After School Club As some of you might be aware, the After School club has been closed down. The good news is that an excellent new one will be starting after half-term! Information regarding the new club (The J.K. Club) will be sent out when we have a definite date. Safety at the end of the day The Y2 teachers are finding it increasingly hard to ensure the safety of their class at the end of the day, as children are being collected without the teachers’ knowledge. In order to rectify this, the Y2 children will be escorted to the wet weather shelter by their teachers and dismissed from there. Please could we ask that parents do not take their children until they are safely in the wet weather shelter. If it rains we would ask that parents vacate the wet weather shelter just before 3.15. This procedure will start from next Monday (17^th October). Lift Share If you are interested in a lift share on an occasional basis from Little Chalfont, please contact Mr Tennyson-Davies on 01494 763312. Dates for your Diary (amendments/additions in bold) 18^th October Individual photos 19^th October Infant Parents Evening – 5.30 – 8.00 20^th October Infant Parents Evening – 3.30 – 6.00 Perform workshops for Infants Bone scan appeal day School closes for end of first half-term 3.15pm 21^st October Training Day 1^st November School re-opens after half-term 10^th November Nursery open day for existing parents 5^th December Infant Xmas dress rehearsal for Nursery/Y3 – 9.45 6^th December Infant Xmas dress rehearsal for Grandparents – 9.45 7^th December Infant Xmas concert for parents – 9.45 8^th December Infant Xmas concert for parents – 9.45 9^th December Foundation Stage Xmas concert for parents – 10.30am and 2.15pm 12^th December Nursery consultation day for parents of children about to start Reception in January 14^th December New Reception induction day – 9.30 15^th December Xmas service at St Giles Church 16^th December Xmas Party day for Infants & Nursery 16^th December Last day of term for Nursery 19^th/20^th Dec Nursery visits to new parents 20^th December Term ends at 2.00pm 3^rd January Training Day 4^th January Term starts (except Nursery children) New Nursery children visit 5^th January Nursery starts 20^th January Diamond Assembly (Memorial Hall) 25^th January 7.30 – Clerked GB meeting in staffroom 27^th January Amethyst Assembly in Memorial Hall 1^st February Perform workshops for Infants 2^nd February Perform workshops for Infants 3^rd February Ruby Assembly in Memorial Hall 8^th February Infant Parents Evening – 5.30 – 8.00 9^th February Infant Parents Evening – 3.30 – 6.00 10^th February School closes for half-term 3.15pm 20^th February School re-opens 24^th February Emerald Assembly in Memorial Hall 3^rd March Sapphire Assembly in Memorial Hall 8^th March Public Open Day 9^th March Nursery open day for existing parents 16^th March Induction for new Reception children in April – 9.30 17^th March NAM Assembly in School Hall 22^nd March NPM Assembly in School Hall 23^rd March Nursery Consultation Day for parents of children about to start Reception in April 24^th March Pearl Assembly in Memorial Hall 28^th March Easter Service at St Giles Church – 9.15 29^th March Last day of term for Nursery 30^th/31^st March Nursery visits to new parents 31^st March Term finishes - 2.00pm 18^th April Term starts (except Nursery) New Nursery children visit 19^th April Nursery start 26^th April Perform workshops for Infants 5^th May Ruby Assembly in Memorial Hall 12^th May Emerald Assembly in Memorial Hall 22^nd May Arts Week 26^th May Pearl Assembly in Memorial Hall School closes for half-term 3.15pm 5^th June Training Day 6^th June School re-opens 16^th June Sapphire Assembly in Memorial Hall 24^th June Strawberry Fayre 29^th June Nursery open day for existing parents 30^th June NAM Assembly in School Hall Infant Sports Day – 10.30 4^th July Induction day for Y2 to Juniors and new Reception children/all children visit new classes 5^th July NPM Assembly in School Hall Infant parents evening – 5.30 – 8.00 7^th July Reserve Infant Sports Day – 10.30 Reports out 10^th July Nursery Consultation Day for parents of children about to start Reception in September 13^th July Leavers Assembly for Y2 parents – 9.30 14^th July Nursery Sports day – 10.30 18^th July Flower Festival at St Giles Church – 9.15 19^th July Last day of term for Nursery 20^th/21^st July Nursery visits to new parents 21^st July End of term - 2.00pm Yours Sincerely Mrs K. Whittington Headteacher A copy of this letter is available on our website 'www.csg-school.co.uk' Please remember to walk to school if possible, and not to park in School Lane or Staff car park. 'Our school is a happy, caring place where we work together to learn and succeed by doing our best'