School Virtual Office

On this page you will find links to all the latest letters sent to parents. The last letter will always be at the top. All are in .pdf format. You can download the latest Adobe Reader from here.


g Newsletter of 10th February 2012
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Parent Consultation on Academy Status

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SATs Information Evening

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Year 3/4 Curriculum Letter Spring 2012

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Newsletter of 10th January 2012 Spring 2012

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Foundation 2 Curriculum Letter Spring 2012

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Key Stage 1 Curriculum Letter Spring 2012

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Year 5/6 Curriculum Letter Spring 2012

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Christmas Newsletter

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Newsletter of 5th December 2011

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Consultation Feedback

g DARE Graduation Ceremony
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Christmas Carol Service at St Peter’s Church, Toton

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Foundation and Key Stage 1 Christmas Production 2011

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School closure due to National Industrial Action 30th November 2011

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Newsletter of 15th November 2011

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Newsletter of 21st October 2011

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Children in Need Appeal 2011

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Operation Christmas Child

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Individual School photos

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Key Stage 2 Pupils and Parents Primary Stem Challenge

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Number Bonds and Times Tables in Key Stage One

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Why not be a Book Saver

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Newsletter of 6th October 2011

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Numeracy Open Morning

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Change to Harvest Menu

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Family Bingo Night

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Phonics Presentation

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Foundation Stage Meeting

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Cake Friday

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Kingswood 2011 Arrival and Kit letter

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Kingswood 2011 Final Information

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Phonics Meeting for Parents of F2 Children

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Newsletter of 16th September 2011

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Book Week 2011

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Newsletter 9th September 2011

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Years 1/2 Reading

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Toton Library Visits

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Newsletter of 21st July 2011

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Newsletter of 4th July 2011

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Hawaiian Beach Party

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Multi Skills Letter

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Target Grouping Letter

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Nottinghamshire Summer Guide

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Industrial Action

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Newsletter of 27th May 2011

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Newsletter of 13th May 2011

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Year 5 and 6 Curriculum Letter

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Year 3 and 4 Curriculum Letter

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Key Stage 1 Curriculum Letter

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Foundation 2 Curriculum Letter

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Visit to Greens Mill

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Multi Skills Activities at George Spencer

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Summer/Autumn Menu

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Newsletter of 15th April 2011

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Royal Wedding Street Party

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Easter Egg Competition

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Newsletter of 1st April 2011

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Newsletter of 23rd March 2011

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Parents' Forum

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Newsletter of 18th March 2011

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Newsletter of 11th March 2011

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The Big Write

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Beetle Drive

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Dance Festival at George Spencer School

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ICT Club

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Visit to Eureka

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Parents' Evening

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SATs Meeting Postponed

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Foundation Letter to Parents

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Newsletter of 27th January 2011

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Change to Holiday Pattern 2010-2011

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Newsletter of 18th January 2011

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Whole School Open Morning & Foundation Information Meeting (including Letters & Sounds)

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Chetwynd Road Parking Patrols

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Valentine's Day Meal

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Upper Key Stage 2 Topic Letter

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Lower Key Stage 2 Topic Letter

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Key Stage 1 Topic Letter

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Key Stage 1 Topic Letter Space the Big Bang

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Foundation 2 Topic Letter

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Newsletter Amendment

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Newsletter of 11th January 2011

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Parking Problems on Chetwynd Road

   
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Newsletter of 21st December 2010

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Christmas Snowmen

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Newsletter of 2nd December 2010

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KS2 Parent Questionnaire

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School Closure/Cake Friday

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Newsletter of 24th November 2010

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Christmas Arrangements

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Foundation and Key Stage 1 Christmas Production 2010

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Christmas Carol Service at St Peter’s Church, Toton

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Christmas Dinner 2010

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Newsletter of 16th November 2010

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Consultation Feedback

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Newsletter of 4th November 2010

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Reading Sheet for Parents

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Operation Christmas Child

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Individual Photographs

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DARE T Shirts

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Partake Theatre Group visit

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Meeting for Parents of pupils in Key Stage 2 participating in the Kingswood residential visits

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Reading in Foundation

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Harvest and Bonfire Meals

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Newsletter of 5th October 2010

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After School Activities

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Harvest Festival

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Reading at Chetwynd Road

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Book Week

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Times Tables

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Newsletter of 21st September 2010

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Years 5 and 6 Curriculum Letter for Autumn 2010

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Years 3 and 4 Curriculum Letter for Autumn 2010

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Foundation 2 Panda Curriculum Letter for Autumn 2010

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Key Stage 1 Curriculum Letter for Autumn 2010

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Welcome Booklet

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Swimming Lessons

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Newsletter of 8th September

   
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A big thank you to all of you for making this year’s Summer Fayre a great success. We managed to raise a staggering £2,016.34 !

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It’s that time of the year again – Summer Fayre time - when we can all come together and celebrate our wonderful school community.

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Sports Day Reminder

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It is hard to believe that the school year is shortly coming to an end and that we will be saying goodbye to our Year 6 children soon. 

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This week all of the children have been finding out more about each other!

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You will be aware that we are having our Summer Fayre on 2nd July from 5pm to 8pm. To make it an extra special day our Chef is planning a special Seaside Menu for lunch.

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Last half term Mrs Hawker and Mrs Shipley ran a Dads and Lads club called ‘It’s a Man Thing’ every other Wednesday evening, which was a great success

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Our ‘new style’ class photos have arrived and a proof copy accompanies this letter.

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Our Summer Fayre is on Friday 2nd July. The gates on Chetwynd Road will open at 5pm and close at 8pm.

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In the meantime I will be running a Kwik Cricket club until the end of the school academic year in July

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Newsletter - After a week and a half in China Mr Robins has returned, avoiding ash clouds and industrial action!

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Tesco have now finished giving out their latest promotion vouchers

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As you will know, Years 5 and 6 will be performing their version of Grease at the end of term.

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We have just been informed that we have managed to secure tickets to take our  Years 5 and 6 to the Royal Concert Hall .  

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As the summer approaches and we look forward to warmer weather we would like to remind you that children’s skin is very sensitive to the sun

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We are pleased to inform you that we have organised a visit to Twycross Zoo for the Foundation Unit

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As part of our work on Sex and Health Education, Michelle Brown, our School Nurse, will be delivering lessons to our Year 6 pupils on personal hygiene and sex education.

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Our visit to Sherwood Forest is on Tuesday 11th May, during the school day

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The Year 1 children have been invited to take part in a Dance Festival at George Spencer School on the morning of Friday 30th April

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Upper Key Stage 2 Summer Curriculum Letter

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Lower Key Stage 2 Summer Curriculum Letter

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Key Stage 1 Summer Curriculum Letter

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F2 Summer Curriculum Letter

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Welcome back to the start of a busy and exciting Summer Term. We hope you all had a nice Easter.

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To further prepare our Year 6 children for their SATs in May, at the request of  the children, we will be running a weekly maths booster session after school

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As part of our celebrations on 23rd April, we will also be having a St George’s Day dinner

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St George's Day Menu

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On Friday 23rd April we are having a St George’s Day celebration in school

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Our new topic for after Easter is going to be ‘Robin Hood’ which will involve historical work on Castles, a design and technology project as well as lots of Literacy and Numeracy work.  

   
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As we get ready for the Easter break I would like to express my gratitude to everyone for a fantastic term

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The time is approaching for us to organise our school swimming programme for 2010-2011, in partnership with the Local Authority School Swimming Service.

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We are pleased to inform you that, following our recent inspection, the school has been judged as ‘Good’ overall; an achievement we are all very proud of.

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Extended Football Coaching

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We are delighted to inform you that, once again, we are organising Residential Trips for all our Key Stage 2 children, in the new academic year.

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You will be aware that we had to postpone our visit to Attenborough Nature Reserve

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We have been making progress with the school garden!  Thanks largely to the efforts of Mr Rayatt and with the help of other volunteers, we now have raised beds (which are ready to use) and bark-covered paths for all weather access.

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We are now in the process of putting together orders for milk for the Summer term 2010 for our Key Stage 2 pupils

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Milk is available in school for children in Years 1 and 2

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Milk is available in school for children aged 7 years of age and under

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Next week is National Science and Engineering Week and to help encourage the children to become mad about Science and keen scientists we will be celebrating this event in school with a whole week of activities

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We are writing to tell you about an exciting Chemistry Day planned for our pupils in Year 5 and 6

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Thank you to all parents for your overwhelming support during our recent Ofsted inspection and to all our children who showed themselves off to their very best and represented the school so well.

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We have therefore decided to postpone our planned visit to Attenborough Nature Reserve.  A new date will be arranged, and we will let you know this as soon as we can

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We would like to invite you to join us in a new and exciting venture.

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Can we say a big thank you to Miss Baggley and all the children who participated in the Broxtowe Borough Council’s School residency programme at the Lakeside Arts Centre on 14th February

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Each term different year groups in school are raising money as an Enterprise project for school funds.  It is now the turn of the Year One and Two children

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The next fundraising event being organised by the Friends of Chetwynd Road is a Beetle Drive which will take place on Friday, 5th March 2010 from 6.30- 8.30pm

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Thank you to the Friends of Chetwynd for organising ‘Cake Friday’ on 29th January. It was a roaring success and demand out-stripped supply!!

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This year girls and women the world over are celebrating one hundred years of Girlguides

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Football Coaching Opportunity with Nottingham Forest Football Club

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Following our successful open morning this term, I am writing to invite you to our Parents’ Evenings on either 22nd or 23rd February 2010

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For those of you who haven’t yet heard, we are delighted to inform you that Miss Zuzarte had a beautiful baby girl

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Our topic for the next half term is ‘Attenborough and Living Things’.
As part of this project we will be visiting Attenborough Nature Reserve  and Sherwood Forest , incorporating our theme for after Easter which is ‘Robin Hood’

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Later in the Spring Term we’re hoping to put on a series of early evening sessions for ‘dads’ and their boys in Foundation and Key Stage 1

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Our Chef, Mr Giakalis, is going to cook a special Valentine’s Day Dinner at school on Friday 12th February

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Cakes (provided by the Friends of Chetwynd Road) will be on sale in the playground at the end of the day on 29th January.

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Please find, on the reverse of this letter, details of a fantastic opportunity, recently circulated to our Year 6 pupils, to be involved in an exciting event for Chinese New Year

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Please find enclosed a flyer from Broxtowe Borough Council concerning the Chinese New Year in February 2010

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As part of our topic for this term about People Who Help Us, the children in Key Stage 1 will be joining in with a fun-packed activity day based on this topic

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On Wednesday 3rd February at 5.30pm we will be holding an information evening for parents of Year 6 & 5 children, in the hall

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Chetwynd Road has secured the fantastic opportunity for 30 of our Year 6 children to play a key role in Nottinghamshire’s Chinese New Year celebrations

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Welcome back to an activity packed ‘Spring’ term. We would like to thank all the children for behaving so well in school and in the playground during these adverse weather conditions!

   
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With Christmas just around the corner this seems an appropriate time to take a moment and reflect upon the past term.

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Feedback from the recent parent and pupils consultation questionnaires

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You will be aware that Mrs Wilkinson is off sick at the moment, so the children in Dolphins have unable to do their baking this week.

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We wanted to let you know about our end of term festive arrangements.

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Christmas is coming, and it’s time to let you know about our Christmas Production. This year it will be performed on:-Monday 14th December at 2pm, andTuesday 15th December at 9.30am

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I have great pleasure in inviting you to our Year 3 and 4 Christmas Carol Service at St Peter’s Church on 16th December

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We have great pleasure in inviting you to our Christmas Carol Service in School on 16th December. This will be performed by our Year 3 and 4 children.

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As of January 2010, Years 3 and 4 will be learning about the Victorian people and their life during Queen Victoria’s reign

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Friends of Chetwynd are now taking orders for our School Calendars.

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The children in Mrs Wilkinson’s and Mrs Shipley’s classes will begin their swimming lessons at Bramcote Baths on Friday 4th December

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Newsletter of 19th November

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The date for the Christmas Meal is Tuesday 8th December 2009.  The cost for this will be the normal school dinner price of £1.90 per head.

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Pantomime visit to see ‘Cinderella’

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Children In Need Appeal

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We have organised a disco for Friday 27th November

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We are pleased to inform you that we have organised a visit to White Post Farm at Farnsfield for the Foundation and Key Stage 1

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Following our highly successful open morning this term, I am writing to invite you to our Parents’ Evenings on either 17th or 18th November.

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Key Stage 2 Phonics Letter

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Newsletter of 23rd October

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Individual School Photos

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Book Club Flyer

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I am writing to inform you that we are very lucky to have obtained the expertise of a recently retired piano teacher who is willing to teach singing to our pupils

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The children in Miss Tilbury’s and Miss Baggley’s classes will begin their swimming lessons at Bramcote Baths on Friday 23rd October

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The lunchtime behaviour at school is very good but the School Council has identified this as something we could get even better at.

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On Monday, the children watched a short video in a whole school assembly about ‘Operation Christmas Child’

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Our Chef, Mr Giakalis, is going to cook a special Bonfire Day Dinner at school on Thursday 5th November

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For all parents whose children are going to the Kingswood residential the final payment deadline is Friday 16th October

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As part of our ‘Creative Curriculum’, children in Lemurs, Leopards and Panthers class, are studying Africa

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The “Friends of Chetwynd” group has recently been re-established after many years without such an association

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As you aware all Year 6 children are in the process of completing the drugs awareness programme D.A.R.E.

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We are looking for volunteers who could spare a little time to help school out

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I am writing to inform you that we are currently able to offer following opportunities to our children.

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A reminder that next week is book week in school and on Friday 9th October all the children, and staff(!), need to come to school dressed as a character from a book

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Meeting for Parents of pupils attending the Kingswood residential

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Covering Letter for Parent Governor Vacancy

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Nominations for Parent Governor Vacancy

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Curriculum Letters (See Nav Bar)

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Newsletter of 14th September 2009

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Newsletter of 7th September 2009

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DARE Program starts

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Swimming Lessons for Gorillas and Cougars

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Newsletter of 17th July 2009