Issue 19

01/02/2019

Chaddesley Corbett Endowed

Primary School

Newsletter

Pupils who have read 3

times or more this week:-

Well done to Year 3,

outstanding readers

again this week!

Reading at least 3 times

each week has many

benefits for your child

and will really make

a difference!! S

Gold Award Achievers this week

Jolea Farley

Izzy Foreman

Thank you to the Parents/Carers who attended our

Achievement Assembly this week.

Thanks to funds

received from

Marcus Hart's

Councillors' Divi-

sional Fund, we

has been able to

buy bird watching

equipment, set up

bird identification

posts and join the

RSPB. Here are a

few shots of Year

6 working with

the new viewing

scopes. By devel-

oping a platform

where children can observe nature using appropriate equip-

ment, we can improve mental and physical wellbeing for all,

and safeguard the environment for the future. Daily contact

with nature is linked to better health, reduced levels of stress

and anxiety, reductions in obesity and improved concentra-

tion, which in turn will have a positive impact on the life

chances of all our children.

Last Thursday

Year 5 took part

in a Primary

Stem Chal-

lenge. They

spent time

learning about

what an Engi-

neer is and

what kind of jobs they do. Afterwards they were set

a challenge to build a railway station using Knex.

They had an hour to complete their design and were

given very specific criteria - two platforms, access for

everyone, a ticket office, cafe and toilets. All the chil-

dren enjoyed the challenge immensely and we were

very impressed with how they worked, their behav-

iour and the variety of designs they came up

with. The winning design was chosen by Sarah, the

STEM ambassador, and although it was a very hard

decision, first prize went to Peter Kenehan and Alex

Morgan. They will now go onto represent our school

competing against all the other Worcestershire

schools who have taken part in the challenge.

Year 1 had a thor-

oughly enjoyable

time at King

Charles I High

School on Friday

participating in a

multiskills event.

All children en-

gaged well, were

keen and enthusi-

astic and were

great ambassa-

dors for our school. Miss Campbell was extremely

proud of all of them. They took on challenges, learnt

new skills and improved upon techniques. She would

like to pass on her thanks to the staff and young

sports leaders of the high school who organised this

event to a high standard.

Ashlee Morgan and Alyssia

Duncan took their Bronze Music

Medal in Keyboard in December

and we are pleased to announce

that they both passed with

Excellence! Congratulations to

you both, we are very proud of

your achievement.

The Hive in Worcester has some fantastic educational events for children in the coming months that are accredited by

Children’s University, including activities during British Science Week in March led by The Royal Institution.

Please see below a copy of their children’s events leaflet

You can also find The Hive events published at www.thehiveworcester.org and on their Facebook page

@TheHiveWorcs

Guidance for being absent from school

Please think carefully about keeping your child at home. If they feel unwell, often it is some small

anxiety that once they are at school is dealt with easily.

If your child has a cold then please still send them in. Unless they have a contagious ill-

ness or sickness and diarrhoea please send them into school.

We would never allow a genuinely ill child to stay in school if we felt they really needed bed rest or

would be at risk to other children; so can assure you we’d ring you immediately.

If medication is required in school, eg. calpol, nurofen, antibiotics etc, as per our “Supporting Pupils with Medical Con-

ditions” policy, this can only be administered to a child if we have a completed medication consent form clearly stating

the dose and time for it to be administered. Forms can be downloaded from our website www.ccschool.co.uk, Parents

& Carers tab, Guidance for Illnesses tab and then click on the relevant tab depending on whether the medication is

prescribed or non prescribed. Forms are also available at Breakfast Club, if you are dropping your child off before

school and from the school office. Please feel free to ask for a form if one is not offered.

Persistent absence brings with it the risk of a fixed penalty notice from the Local Authority. There is no set number of

days allowed for absence because apart from exceptional circumstances, a parent must legally send their child to

school for all sessions while they are of compulsory school age.

Dates for your Diary

February Friday 8th - deadline for deposit for the Kingswood Residential visit (current Yr 5 pupils) Tuesday 12th - EYFS & KS1 visit from the Animal Lady Friday 15th - Break up for half term Monday 25th - Return to school

March Tuesday 5th - Parents’ Evening - 3.30pm - 5.30pm Thursday 7th - Parents’ Evening - 3.30pm - 7.00pm Monday 11th - Thursday 14th March - British Science Week (Parents/Carers welcome to come in and help during the afternoons of the 11 and 12th. Science presentation on the 14th) Friday 15th - Teacher Training Day (School closed to pupils)

April Friday 12th - Easter Service led by KS2 at St Cassian’s Church Friday 12th - Break up for Easter