Newsletter 39 14th July 2017

Newsletter 39 14th July 2017 York Road, Chingford, London E4 8LA Telephone 020 8529 6827 School website: www.chaselaneprimary.waltham.sch.uk Dear Parents and Carers, ParentPay Have you activated your ParentPay account yet? Please ensure this has been done before your child returns to school in September, because the school will not be accepting any further cash payments for trips/breakfast club/music fees and school lunches (school dinners are free for all Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 children). As an alternative method of payment, the school will also be able to provide a barcode per payment item, which can be used in many local convenience Paypoint stores. If you have mislaid your activation letter, please contact the school office. Leavers Assembly Parents/Carers and our Governors are invited to a very special Leavers Assembly which will be held in the hall for Year 6 children and their families on Tuesday 18th July at 9.10am. The assembly should last about 30-40 minutes. Attendance Period: 3rd July 7th July 2017 Congratulations to the following classes for achieving the highest attendance percentage in their Year Groups. Year Group Class Attendance Percentage Reception Swallows 97.3 Year 1 1AK 97.9 Year 2 2LG 97.2 Year 3 3AW 98.5 Year 4 4MS 99.2 Year 5 5MT 98.7 Year 6 6TC 97.9 The minimum target for attendance as set by the Government is 96%. During the above period our overall school attendance for week commencing 3rd July was 96.3% Year 3 Induction meeting (current Year 2 parents) We look forward to welcoming our current Year 2 parents to a meeting on Monday 17th July at 2.45pm. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the meeting. Year 3 trip to St Edmunds Church On Monday 17th July, between 1.30pm and 3pm, Year 3 will be taking a local walk to St Edmunds church to finish their RE topic. If there are any parents/carers (who hold a CBL check) who are able to accompany the children please let the class teacher know. Year 3 Recorder concert Year 3 children have been working hard all year learning the recorder. Parents are invited to attend a short recorder performance to showcase their talents on Tuesday 18th July at 2.45pm in the hall. Cost of school meals From September 2017, a small increase of 5p per day will be added to the cost of school meals. Therefore, the daily cost will increase to 2.20 and the weekly cost will increase to 11.00. Your ParentPay account for September will reflect this increase

School Uniform Shop open in Summer Holidays The school uniform shop will be open between 2pm and 3pm on Wednesday 30th August 2017 in the Community Room to purchase any items of school uniform. Prefects/Play Leaders/Buddies/Peer Mediators Thank you to those children who submitted their applications to become prefects in Year 6. Several interviews took place this morning and the remainder will be conducted on Monday. Exercise Books Children will be bringing home their finished exercise books. I hope you enjoy looking through their wonderful work with them. Music Lessons It is usual practice that the school sends out a renewal letter for the following term s music fees at this time. However, because we are moving over to ParentPay for our music fees in September, all payment letters and permission slips will be circulated at the beginning of September. If your child currently plays a musical instrument they will automatically be included in lessons next term, unless their summer term music fees remain outstanding, and their place will be withdrawn. If your child does not wish to continue with lessons, please indicate this on the permission slip in September. Children moving into Year 4 in September will be invited to express their interest in learning an instrument early next term too. Summer Holiday topic homework Letters have today been circulated to children moving into Year 1, 2, 3, and 6 next year. Over the holidays, families are encouraged to get together to create a fantastic project, that can be displayed in the hall over various dates in the Autumn term for children and parents to share. Scooters in the playground Parents are respectfully reminded that all scooters are to be left in the school bike area or taken home after the morning drop off. The school cannot take responsibility for scooters left in the playground. Thank you. Summer Holiday activities Please click on the attached link to take you to a programme of summer activities in the borough, many of which are completely FREE! https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/walthamforest/fsd/files/summer_daze_201 7.pdf Summer cycling courses are also being run in Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Leyton and Chingford throughout the holidays by Cycle Confident on 0203 031 6730. School Nurse Drop in sessions The school nurse will be offering a drop in session on the following dates:- 20th September 3pm to 4pm 18th October 3pm to 4pm 15th November 3pm to 4pm 13th December 3pm to 4pm Lost property There are still an accumulation of children s glasses and watches in the office. If these are not collected by the end of term, they will be donated to a local charity shop.

School App Parents are reminded to download the new school app to have quick access to the school website, school events and important news as it happens. Simply download the free app from either the itunes App Store, Google Play or Windows Store. The app is called School News. Once downloaded, launch the app, select Find my school button which uses the phones GPS to locate all the schools in the surrounding 20 miles, or you can type in the schools postcode and click on Get my school button. Our school's postcode is: E4 8LA. You will then see a list of schools that use the app. Click on the school you wish to view news & events for. Further information is available on the school website, under News & Events. If you have any questions, please email the school office on admin@chaselaneprimary.waltham.sch.uk. Friends of Chase Lane Year 6 Leavers Disco The Year 6 leavers disco is being organised by Friends of Chase Lane and is planned for TODAY from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. All year 6 children should have come home with an invitation letter. Children may arrive from 6.15pm to take photographs outside the front of the school if they so wish, but please remember that mobile phones will not then be permitted in school. Thank you. If you have any queries or require further information then please do contact Friends Committee via email friendsofchaselane@hotmail.co.uk Friends of Chase Lane School and Nursery Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Tuesday 12th September 2017-7.30pm You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of Chase Lane on Tuesday, 12th September 2017 at 7.30pm at Chase Lane Primary School. All parents/ carers are welcome and we would love to see some new faces. The active support of as many parents as possible is the best way to enable Friends of Chase Lane to succeed. We have a very small core committee team at the moment and will be delighted to welcome new active members to increase our contingent. Please join us at the school for a report of the year, to elect new officials, and to discuss forthcoming events. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information, please email friendsofchaselane@hotmail.co.uk School closing for the summer holidays Please remember that school closes on Wednesday 19 th July for the summer holiday one hour earlier at 2.25/2.30/2.35pm. We reopen on Tuesday 5 th September 2017. Yours sincerely Carolyn Houstoun Head Teacher

13 th July 2017 Dear Staff, Parents, Carers Friends of Chase Lane have had a great year over 2016/17 many thanks to all of you who have helped! The Friends of Chase Lane AGM will be held on Tuesday, 12th September 2017 at 7:30pm at Chase Lane Primary School. The main objectives of this meeting are to provide a summary of all the activities over the past school year and to elect a new committee. All parents of the school are automatically part of Friends of Chase Lane and everyone is welcome to join in with any activity, whether on the committee or not. However, a committee needs to be elected to represent everyone and to lead fundraising activities. In particular we would welcome parents from reception and some more dads too! The committee is a diverse, friendly and sociable group and plays an integral part in raising funds in support of our school. If you are interested in joining, either in a named position or as a committee member, please complete the form overleaf or simply turn up at the AGM meeting. You can nominate yourself or another parent (but please do secure their agreement first!). In total we require 10-15 active members, including Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Vice Treasurer, and Secretary. There is a brief description of roles overleaf. Over the last year, the Friends committee elected to hold 7 evening meetings. The purpose of the meetings is to plan fundraising initiatives throughout the year and discuss how funds and resources can be used effectively for the benefit of the school, staff and pupils. Some major events are then normally organised by a sub-group of the committee and this can of course include non-committee members. Come along to the AGM and get involved in supporting our great primary school. For more information email friendsofchaselane@hotmail.co.uk or contact the school office. With thanks Mrs Laura Russell Chair Friends of Chase Lane Primary School

The PTA committee require members as follows: Chair The Chairperson s main responsibilities include running all PTA meetings, overseeing any event sub-committees and maintaining the momentum for fundraising throughout the school year. Vice-Chair A supporting role to the Chair, deputises as required and shares responsibilities with the Chair as above. Treasurer The Treasurer is responsible for coordinating and recording all PTA monies including float provision, banking monies, issuing cheques and producing regular simple accounts. Vice-Treasurer A supporting role to the Treasurer, deputises as required. Secretary The Secretary s roles are minute taking at meetings, producing and distributing all PTA paperwork, maintaining noticeboards, advertising events where appropriate and general administration tasks. Communications - Produces Friends newsletters and ad-hoc notices for parents. Committee Member Attends Friends meetings and gets involved in planning, owning and running events throughout the year. We want representation across all year groups, from reception to year 6. New parents to the school are warmly welcomed.... Friends Committee Nomination Form 2017/2018 I would like to become a member of the Friends Committee for the 2017/18 school year. I (please print name)....wish to take up the position of: Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer Vice-Treasurer Member Telephone... email. Proposer: Signed.. Name......... Seconder: Signed..Name........