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 25 th 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 [email protected] 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 Excel at learning Express your talents Care for others Kneller Road, Twickenham TW2 7DE T:020 8892 1242 [email protected] www.chasebridge.richmond.sch.uk 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!