Issue 204 - 21st March 2018

Inside this issue:

Sports Relief (p.2)

Easter Bonnet Parade (p.2)

Useful Dates and Reminders (p.3)

PTFA & Community News (p.4)

Awards & Menu (p.5)

Dates for your diary: (Subject to change*)

Y6 SATs Meeting @5pm 22/03/18

Y4 Music Share Concert 23/03/18

Easter Egg Hunt w/c 26/03/18

Easter Service at Church 28/03/18

Ducklings Stay & Play 29/03/18

Break Up for Easter 29/03/18

Return to school 16/04/18

Grandparents’ Afternoon 24/04/18

KS1 Maths Workshop 25/04/18

Y2 SATs Meeting @ 3.30pm 25/04/18

Y4 Roman Visit 30/04/18

Sponsored Bounce 09/05/18

KS2 (Y6) SATs w/c 14/05/18

KS1 (Y2) SATs w/c 21/05/18

Y6 Residential Visit w/c 21/05/18

Half Term Break w/c 28/05/18

Our Lanterns Are Home! The police have returned our

school lanterns and the whole

school is thrilled! Our lanterns

were stolen a little over a year

ago; however, because of the

hard work of Staffordshire Police,

BBC Crime-Watch, our whole

school community and members

of the public, along-with

everyone’s sheer determination to

see these historic items returned -

we now have them back.

We would like to thank:

Staffordshire Police, BBC Crime-

Watch, Chancel parents & pupils

and members of the public for

their tremendous support.

Y1 Visit to Sudbury Hall All of the children in Y1 enjoyed their

visit to Sudbury Hall last week - here

are some of the photographs:

Without a sense of caring, there

can be no sense of community.

Anthony D’Angelo

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Chancel will be celebrating Sport Relief on

Monday 26th March 2018.

Children can come to school dressed as their

favourite sporting hero or wearing sports clothes for £1

Lots of events will be taking place on this day:

Conquer the obstacle course - 50p

Lunchtime games (run by Sports Crew) includ-

ing: Beat the Goalie and Archery - 20p

Glow in the Dark Dance - Free

All proceeds will go to Sport

Relief let’s celebrate sport and have fun!

Easter Bonnet Parade This afternoon, Reception, Y1 and Y2 showcased

their fantastic selection of Easter Bonnets. The

children looked absolutely amazing and the effort

put into creating the bonnets was evident to see.

Although it was difficult to choose winners from

each class, the following children were awarded

best design for their bonnets:

Reception—Oscar K & Molly O

Year One—Courtney P & Sam M

Year Two—George H & Saskia S

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Y5 Residential Visit Year 5 were safely dropped off at Shugborough this

morning; where they will staying for two nights and

three days, enjoying their residential visit. Children will

need to be collected from Shugborough at 2.00pm on

Friday 23rd March. We will remain in contact with

parents, via text, providing regular updates of activities

and how children have settled.

Y4 Visit to DEWA Chester As part of their Roman Topic, Y4 will be visiting

Chester, on Monday 30th April, to take part in the

Roman Experience. The cost of this visit is £20.50, each

pupil must wear school uniform, and bring a coat. All

pupils will need to bring a packed lunch and drinks

from home (no glass bottles or fizzy drinks please).

Milk - Next Term Milk is available for pupils in Years 1 to 6

from Monday 16th April to Friday 20th July at

a cost of £12.80. If you would like your child to have

milk, please ensure payment is made on ParentPay by

next Monday 26th March 2018. Milk is also available to

pupils in KS2, each day from our tuck shop. Children in

Reception requesting milk will be notified individually.

Y6 SATs & Residential Visit Meeting Mr Newton has arranged a meeting to take place,

tomorrow 22nd March, for Y6 parents. During this

meeting parents will be given information about the Y6

SATs (due to take place week beginning 14th May) and

the Y6 residential visit to Standon Bowers (due to take

place week beginning 21st May).

On this evening only, homework club will run until

5.00pm; this should enable more of our working parents

to attend. We hope you will be able to join us, while

asking those all important questions in support of your

children’s educational journey.

Easter at Chancel Next week, children will be taking part in an Easter

Egg Hunt, with prizes donated by our PTFA.

On Wednesday 28th March, at 10.00am, we will be

holding our Easter Service at St Augustine’s Church.

Children have been learning songs and preparing

poems for this event; which will be led by pupils in

Year Four. We hope you can join us.

Before and After School Club [BASC] News

Summer Club 2018 Chancel parents and carers have requested we once again look into offering this service. We

would like to offer Chancel parents the opportunity of using Summer Club for 4 out of the 6

weeks, during summer 2018, as follows: w/c 30th July; w/c 6th August; w/c 13th August; and w/c 20th August.

Summer Club will be open from 8.00am until 4.00pm each day, at a cost of £25 per day (children will require a

packed lunch). If you would be interested in this facility; please contact the school office or Mrs Cupitt to register

your interest and for further details.

Easter Raffle Before and After School Club are organising a raffle, for the chance to win a beautiful Easter Hamper. If

you, or your children would like to enter this raffle, tickets are available from Before and After School

Club and are also on sale during break-time. All money raised will go towards BASC Summer Party.

Threadworm We have had a few reported cases of Threadworm in school. Please follow the link below for advice regarding how to spot, treat and prevent Threadworm. Threadworm is very common in young children, if you would like further advice, please do not hesitate to contact the school office, or speak with your child’s class teacher. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/threadworms/

Ducklings Stay & Play We are once again inviting parents of children in Ducklings to join their children in a Stay & Play session. This will take place next Thursday 29th March, from 10 to 11.30am; when parents can come along and join in a range of Easter-themed activities. We hope to see you there, making memories with your children.

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If you would like to join the PTFA and support your child’s school,

please speak to any member of the PTFA. PTFA NEWS

Easter Activities in School

Easter Egg Hunt

Sponsored Bounce

Wednesday 9th May

Summer Fayre

Saturday 16th June

End of Year Discos

Tuesday 17th July

Family Quiz Night Our resident DJ organised a Family Quiz Night last Friday 16th March, 6—8pm. The quiz was

suitable for all ages and abilities, with a wide range of prizes up for grabs. It was a successful

evening and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We would like to thanks our resident

DJ for his time and continued support for our school; Mr Jenkins, for preparing all food for this

event; Chancel children and family members for supporting this event; and our dedicated PTFA

members who worked tirelessly to ensure it was an

enjoyable experience for all. We raised an impressive £297!

Gardeners Needed! Do you have some spare time each week, or fortnight,

when you could come into school, to help out in our

garden? Or do you have any gardening tools, resources

or skills you could donate towards the upkeep of our

garden? We have some very willing staff and children,

who would be happy to help

with ‘maintaining’ the garden

i.e. watering, light weeding,

tidying… If you, or someone you

know, would be interested in

helping to develop Chancel’s

garden; please contact the

school office - thank you.

Grandparents’ Afternoon Our School Council is once

again organising a

Grandparents’ Afternoon;

providing an opportunity for

Chancel’s grandparents to sit

together for a chat, while

playing board-games - your

grandchildren, will also be

able to join in with games such as: Frustration; Cards;

Dominoes… Light refreshments will be available.

Grandparents’ Afternoon will take place on Tuesday

24th April, 2.15 to 3.15pm - please let the school office

know, before Friday 20th April, if you will be attending.

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Safeguarding at Chancel

If you have any concerns with regard to a child’s welfare, or would like

some confidential* advice; please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Blankley

(Chancel’s Safeguarding Lead). Never assume someone else will report it!

*if a child is considered in danger of harm, this will be reported

to the appropriate authority.

Please be aware, that in

our efforts to keep our

children; and our

school site safe, this

school uses CCTV.

CCTV

Reception Poppy L & Noah S

Year One Amelia J & Kazik C

Year Two Nathan D & Jay B

Year Three Kieran D & George E

Year Four Aine H & Isobel W

Year Five Natalia C & William O

Year Six Verity P & Darcey B

Stars of the Week Learning Warrior

Reception Connor T

Year One Max E

Year Two George H

Year Three Martha S

Year Four Joe G

Year Five Laurna S

Year Six Alana I

1st Toucans (Y4) 98.1%

2nd Robins (Rec) 96.65%

3rd Owls (Y3) 95.5%

4th Kestrels (Y5) 94.5%

5th Chaffinches (Y1) 93.65%

6th Eagles (Y6) 92.4%

7th Kingfishers (Y2) 91.3%

Attendance

This Week’s Winning Team

In Our School Science Quiz

Lunchtime Awards

Freya E (Yr5)

Abigail I (Yr5)

Mackenzi M (Yr3)

Coaching Awards

Hayden T (Yr2)

Sienna R (Yr4)

Class of the week—Yr6

Our overall whole school

attendance was 94.58% ,

which is below our

target.

Y4

Shugborough

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