CHASE BRIDGE

NEWSLETTER

21st September 2018

It’s All Go this Autumn!

Updates, Notices and ... News in Brief Year 6 Parent Meeting – secondary schools and SATs—

Pleased to see so many of you there on Tuesday for the briefing

on important year 6 events. We covered the end of year

government tests (often called SATs), the year 6 residential trip to

Thames Young Mariners and secondary school applications and

transfer. I know some weren’t able to be there and so the

presentation shared on the evening is available on our website.

Click here to access the presentation.

School Dinners – Gold Award! - Congratulations to ISS and in

particular Sinead and her team in the kitchen who been awarded

the Food for Life gold standard. I am particularly pleased that ISS

are also helping us with our curriculum and all year groups have

elements in the curriculum that relate to different aspects of food.

ISS provide school meals in about 100 schools in Richmond and

Kingston and on Tuesday next week

we are hosting a celebration event

with ISS at the end of the day with

food tastings for children and parents

– come along and try some!

Coffee morning—Starting next

week Tuesday 25th

September upstairs in The Cab-

bage Patch house Mrs Wood will

be hosting a coffee morning that any

parents can drop in to. It’s a social time so you can meet and get

to know each other. Little ones are welcome to come as well.

After school clubs—these will start next week (week

commencing 24th September). Please remember to let the

office know if your child is not attending for any reason.

Chase Bridge Community Choir—Don’t hide your voice

behind the shower head

or shampoo bottle...!

Now the kids are back at

school how about fitting in

something for yourself?

“Tuesday night is one of

the few moments I have

for myself. I enjoy it very

much, it’s challenging,

emotional and enlightening and imbues me with a very nice

vibe.” Chase Bridge Community Choir is for parents and mem-

bers of the community to come together, sing, laugh, have fun,

and perform to family and friends.

We meet every Tuesday between 7.45 and 9.45pm at the

school. Our singers are of mixed ability from hardened singing

veterans to newbies who haven’t even flirted with a

karaoke machine before. Rehearsals are fun and engaging.

Studies have shown you get the same endorphin release from

singing as exercising. So come and set those endorphins free!

Check us out at chasechoir.co.uk and email us at

chasebridgecommunitychoir@gmail.com

Flu immunisation forms—these need to be returned to

school as soon as possible to Amy Gray. If your child isn’t

having the flu immunisation, you still need to return the

form with a negative response.

Boundless Dance—Miss Scott is teaching a Drama class at

Holy Trinity Church in Twickenham on a Monday evening from

6.00pm. If your child would like to sign up please check out

their website at www.boundlessdance.co.uk

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It feels as though we are getting properly stuck in to the autumn term now and it’s wonderful to see all the exciting activities, teaching and

learning that are going on throughout the school. The lead picture above is year 5—they’re all learning what is was like in a Victorian class-

room. They started with a fingernail inspection and so far no one has had to stand in the corner with the dunces cap on! There are little

snippets of what the different year groups are up to on the back page of the newsletter with links to the curriculum pages on the website

that give more detail about the teaching plans for the year and what you can do to help your children. Click here for our curriculum pages.

And now it’s autumn it’s conker season! Even at my age, when I probably should know better, I still get excited about finding beautiful conk-

ers. The children can bring them in and if they have them on a string have battles with them at playtime – I’m looking forward to it already!

Times, dates and places Monday 24th September

Little Chasers 9.00am

Nursery 3rd intake

6B to Crane Park

After school clubs resume

Tuesday 25th September

Parents coffee morning 9.00am at

Cabbage Patch

Year 3 Dance workshop

4M swimming

Wednesday 26th September

6M to Crane Park

Thursday 27th September

6C to Crane Park

Friday 28th September

Year 2 Local Area walk

6.00pm FoCB Welcome BBQ

Monday 1st October

9.00am Little Chasers

4M to Mandir

Year 6 Cycling all week

Tuesday 2nd October

Parents coffee morning 9.00am at

Cabbage Patch

4M swimming

9.15am School tour

Year 3 Dance workshop

Wednesday 3rd October

4D to Mandir

Thursday 4th October

4A to Mandir

Year 3 to Richmond Theatre

Monday 8th October

Year 6 cycling all week

Lots of Learning—snapshots from across the school

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Miss Harland (3H)

Mrs Tripi

Miss Miller Mi Mrs Forde

Reception have been busy settling in

this week to routines

Year 6 have been ‘down

by the river’ learning about

key scientific ideas.

Year 2 have been learning

new Science skills Year 4 have been learning

about the Taj Mahal

Year 5 have been making Victorian ‘Queen

Drop biscuits’ as part of their Victorian topic

Year 1 have

visited the pond

and had great

fun learning all

about pond life.

They discovered

pond snails,

water boat men

and pond

skaters.

Nursery

have been

busy settling

in and doing

lots of fun

things!

Year 3—in Mathematics we have

been experimenting with place

value! We know how important a

place value holder is!