News

This week our children achieved an overall percentage of 95% (Nursery not included). 

OFSTED Inspection

The inspection last week was successful.  The children were extremely well behaved and keen for the school to be seen in the best possible light. The positive feedback we received from the Inspectors reflects the whole school community.

The report will come out later in December and copies will go home to all parents.

Thanks to all Pupils, Parents, Staff and Governors for your valued contribution to the School!

Year 5 Victorian Day

Wednesday 9^th December, to end our Big Question topic we cordially invite parents to come to the dining hall at 9.15 am for an official clean hand inspection.

Please help your child to design and wear a Victorian costume on the day.  Don’t forget clean hands and handkerchiefs.

Year 6 Cross Country Finals

On Tuesday 17^th November Roshaun Williams, Josiah Davies and Hari Sangar represented Chorlton Park in Manchester Cross Country Finals.

Parent Survey

The Parent Survey came out this week, please complete it and return it to the school office or in book bags by Friday the 4^th December.

Those parents who complete the Parent Survey and hand it in to the office by 4^th December will be put into a prize draw for vouchers for a family trip to the cinema or bowling or ice skating.  There will be 3 sets of family vouchers in total which will be picked at assembly the week commencing the 8^th December, remember to include your name / child’s name / class to be in with a chance.  Good Luck.

The newsletter has come out on Monday this week instead of last week’s Friday edition.  This is because Friday was Eid.  We hope our children enjoyed their celebrations on Friday.

Winter Fair

Mr Almond and Mrs Gilmore are collecting for the raffle.  They are looking for donations of; wine; biscuits; sweets; cakes; posh nibbles; Christmas themed food; new toys; new books; toiletries; fair-trade goods; baskets for raffle prizes.

Raffle day -If you have anything to donate please bring them in to the school office.

6RH Winter Fair

It is the winter fair on 5^th December and 6RH are running a stall called the teddy tombola. If you could contribute any unwanted teddy bears use would be very grateful.

Please send any unwanted teddy bears to 6RH or the office.

Children in Need

This year the school raised £649 which is almost a 20% increase in what was raised last year.  Well done to all the sleepy-heads who came in to school in pyjamas.

The year 6 girls raised over £20 on their cake stall.

Nursery News

Eid Mubarak!

Our colour next week is yellow.

We have been very proud of the children and parents and ourselves this week.  Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm, and happy, smiling faces in the mornings this week.

Please remember to sign up for Parent / teacher meetings if your child is due to move out of nursery in January.

Our Nativity performance will take place on Tuesday 8^th December.

School Dinners will be on Week Two Menu this week.

This Newsletter is available on the website     www.chorltonpark.manchester.sch.uk

This week our children achieved an overall percentage of 94% (Nursery not included). 

Safety

Dogs on the school site

We have noticed that some parents are bringing dogs on to the school grounds. We are sure that these pets are well trained but unfortunately we cannot allow dogs on the school premises.

Riding cycles

A pupil was nearly knocked down by a Parent riding a bicycle. Please dismount when on the playground.

Parent Survey

The Parent Survey came out this week, please complete it and return it to the school office or in book bags by Friday the 4^th December.

Those parents who complete the Parent Survey and hand it in to the office by 4^th December will be put into a prize draw for vouchers for a family trip to the cinema or bowling or ice skating.  There will be 3 sets of family vouchers in total which will be picked at assembly the week commencing the 8^th December, remember to include your name / child’s name / class to be in with a chance.  Good Luck.

Eid Mubarak

Wishing you all a happy Eid Ul Addha.

Enjoy your celebrations, from all the staff at Chorlton Park.

School Dinners will be on Week One Menu next week.

Chorlton Park is selected as a feature ICT school by Specialist School and Academy Trust

15 school leaders visited our school on Thursday to see our curriculum and how we use ICT and multimedia to inspire learning.

The day started with a class assembly by 2JS and a tour of school (have a look on the blog). Then there were visits to ICT lessons and presentations by our staff about our work.

Mr Sutton, (Geography and ICT), Miss Davies (using Macs to create rainforest presentations), Mrs Scannali (using professional art packages).

We also talked about our developments the big question (Ms Habershon) and links with parents (Mrs Blackburn).

Presentations;

Mr Woods – the use of net books in year 5

Miss Keeley – ICT in early years

Ms Wray and Miss Humphreys issues based curriculum

Mr Sloan on blogging

and much more.

The visitors were very excited about what they saw and were inspired. They were particularly pleased with the behaviour, and politeness of our children.

Thanks to all the staff and our special helpers Roshaun, Eve, Milad and Grace who were extremely professional guides for visitors for the day.

Punctuality and attendance

Thanks to everyone that is making an effort. Please make sure that your child is in school by 9.00am.

Holidays

We will not be able to authorise any absence for pupils with attendance below 90%. Please check with school before tickets are booked to avoid school action.

Winter Fair

Mr Almond and Mrs Gilmore are collecting for the raffle.  They are looking for donations of; wine; biscuits; sweets; cakes; posh nibbles; Christmas themed food; new toys; new books; toiletries; fair-trade goods; baskets for raffle prizes.

 Raffle day -If you have anything to donate please bring them in on 27^th Nov. 

Nursery News

Thank you to every one for wearing pyjamas and the donations.

Please can parents who received play bags return the CDs next week.

Next week we will be having a stripy table.

6RH Winter Fair

It is the winter fair on 5^th December and 6RH are running a stall called the teddy tombola. If you could contribute any unwanted teddy bears use would be very grateful.

Please send any unwanted teddy bears to 6RH or the office.

This Newsletter is available on the website     www.chorltonpark.manchester.sch.uk

This week our children achieved an overall percentage of 94% (Nursery not included). 

Punctuality

We have seen a lot of families make that extra effort to get into school on time and this has improved throughout the week. 

However we still have too many children who have been regularly late this week.  If you have been late this week please make that extra effort to be on time everyday next week.

Creative Skills for working with children.  Anyone interested in working as a volunteer, come in and see us in the Community Room on Tuesday 17^th November at 9am.

Home / School Computer Project

The school has been given a class set of palm top computers.  We are really excited because we have decided to send them home with children so that they can learn more at home with their families.

5MW are the first to experience this fantastic new technology.  We are hoping that other children will be able to take them home.  Martha and Bethan from 5MW said “It is a fun way to learn at home and we think everyone should get a chance to use them.”

By Martha and Bethan from 5MW.

After Half Term we will be on Lunch menu 3.

Children in Need

Next Friday, 20^th November is Children in Need day and Nursery to Year 2 children are welcome to Wear Something Different, for a small donation of just 50p. 

Good as New Clothes Swap

Friday 20^th November

Blue Peter Operation Smile Workshop

9-11am and 3-4pm in the Infant Hall.

Please bring good as new Children’s Clothes to the office from Monday 16^th November.  We also need your clean adult t-shirts, fancy materials, buttons, ribbons, fabric pens to make gowns for surgery.  For more information please see Operation Smile on the Blue Peter Website.

Year 6 WW2 Assembly

On Thursday Year 6 did an assembly about World War 2. We put our effort in to it when we only had a week and a few days to do it. The big question was how did evacuation effect children in Chorlton Park? 

The children and teachers worked really hard on this play. It was a mammoth task but we worked hard work with determination, 6RH also wrote a song called Imagine, it’s about remembering all the people who died in war.

Thomas and Edith, introduced every part of the play we hope you enjoyed them as much as other people did and we hope you enjoyed our wonderful singers, backing singers, actors, dancers and readers. Everyone did a super job and we hope you thought so as well. Also a special thanks to the Parents for coming and watching the play.

By Emma in 6RH.

Reception Meeting

Parents and Carers of children going into Reception in January are invited to a meeting on Thursday 10^th December at 2pm.

A Big Thank

On behalf of the parents and carers of children in Year 6 who went on the residential, we’d like to say a big thank-you to all the staff for making sure our kids had a fantastic and memorable experience at Ghyll Head. At Chorlton Park we are very fortunate to have teaching staff that are prepared to give up their time for the benefit of their pupils, something not all primary school children experience. All reports suggest it was cold and wet but lots of fun! Much appreciated. 

Nursery News

Book bags need to be returned to school on Monday so that we can check books and re-stock our libraries.

We do not have a colour for next week because we will have a Spotty Table.  Can you find something spotty to bring in for us?

For Children in Need on Friday we will be pretending to be feeling unwell and having a pyjama day in school.  We will all be coming to school in pyjamas and bring in a small donation for Children in Need.  Your child will need to wear suitable footwear for playing outside and need warm clothes such as tights or shorts under their pyjamas.  We will be using face paints to create spotty faces for ourselves and the staff will check with you to see if it is permittable to include your child in this activity.  It should be fun but everyone watch out for mapping teachers!!

Thank you to everyone who has returned the slips for the final Forest School Group of this year.  WE appreciated your quick response.  All the children who will be moving into Reception classes will have visited by the time we break up in December.  Groups of children who started in September will start visiting Paupers Wood in January.  Thank you – Nursery Staff.

This Newsletter is available on the website     www.chorltonpark.manchester.sch.uk

This week our children achieved an overall percentage of 91% (Nursery not included). 

Attendance Information

Please ensure that pupils are in school as often as possible.  Please request absences before holidays are booked. 

Pupils with attendance below 80% will receive a fixed penalty notice.  We reserve the right to investigate absences due to illness. 

In a serious case failure to follow the policy could result in the loss of a school place.

Punctuality

We are holding an early bird week.  If a pupil arrives on time, before 9am, they will get a sticker. To become an early bird they must get 10 stickers over 2 weeks.  The gate will be locked at 9.15am.

Please work with us to improve punctuality which we consider an important life skill.  The high number of children late has forced us to take a firmer line in future.

Drumming Club

There will be no Drumming Club for the next few weeks: 9^th and 16^th November.  There are still a few places available if you want to join on the 23^rd November.

School Dinner Money

The second half term dinner money is £63.00.

After Half Term we will be on Lunch menu 4.

Improving Safety at Chorlton Park

We are sending out a letter on Monday regarding safety.  If you have any concerns or ideas to improve safety in school please share them with us.

COSH News

Grace , Tia , Afua, Esi, Jacob, Ella, Eleanor, Megan and Sunny all helped with Britain’s Big Tidy.  They worked to tidy up the park by picking up litter and then put it all in the recycling bins. They also did a bit of cleaning up in the school grounds, so thank you very much.

“It was raining very, very heavily and we got drenched but when we got back we had hot chocolate.” “Afua was great at spotting rubbish.”

Nursery News

We have been finding pistachio nuts in the nursery playground this week, which, with nut allergy suffers is dangerous.

If you have pistachio nuts as snacks at school please can you make sure you child does not bring them into school in pockets etc.  Thanks.

Please can you remember to bring in book bags and blue bags on Mondays, it is important for some of our activities. 

The colour of the week next week is Pink.

This Newsletter is available on the website     www.chorltonpark.manchester.sch.uk