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Inspiring a Lifetime Love of Learning
Welcome
Notice Board
Swimathon - can you come along and support us on Saturday 19th October for this year's swimathon? Details here- Swimathon Letter Oct 2019
Don't forget to look out for regular updates on our learning in school on our Facebook Page!
For information to start the year please see our Welcome Back Letter Sep 19
Ongoing Notices:
PE kits need to be brought into school on Wednesdays and Friday. (Children will change into these during the day, ready for PE in the afternoon.)
NEW WRAP AROUND CARE OPTIONS
from Sep 2019 - please see CVS Breakfast and ASClub 2019
2019 - 2020 School Dates:
Autumn Term 2019
Term 1 - (INSET 1&2 -Mon 2nd/Tues 3rd Sep) Wednesday 4th September - Friday 25th October 2019
(AUTUMN HALF TERM - Mon 28th Oct - Fri 1st Nov (INSET 3- Mon 4th Nov)
Term 2 - Tuesday 5th November - Friday 2oth December 2019
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Spring Term 2020
Term 3 - Monday 6th January - Thursday 13th February (INSET 4- Fri 14th Feb) 2020
(SPRING HALF TERM - Mon 17th Feb - Fri 21st Feb)
Term 4 - Monday 24th February - Friday 3rd April 2020
EASTER HOLIDAY
Summer Term 2020
Term 5 - Monday 20th April - Friday 22nd May 2020 (Friday 8th May 2020- Bank Holiday)
(SUMMER HALF TERM - Mon 25th May - Fri 29th May)
Term 6 - Monday 1st June - Friday 17th July (INSET 5 - Mon 20th July) 2020
SUMMER HOLIDAY
Our School
Cheselbourne Village School is a First School for children aged 4 - 9 years old, with a Pre-School provision called Caterpillars for children aged from 2 years 9 months up to school age. We also hold a weekly Parent & Toddler group for younger children and their grown ups called Scarecrows on Tuesday mornings in the village hall. Find out more below...
Scarecrows Toddler Group & Caterpillar Pre-School
Caterpillar Pre-School runs everyday in term time for children from 2 years and 9 months up until they are school age.
It is led by Miss Fiona McIntyre with support from Miss Claire Bagwell and Miss Amy Gatrill and is overseen by our EYFS teacher Mrs Mowlam.
Based in the Pod at the back of our wonderful, small village school it provides a well-resourced learning environment set up to provide exciting learning opportunities for your little ones.
We are a happy, caring and friendly school that can give your children an individual and unique start to their school experience. Best of all is the seamless transition we provide for your child’s move to Reception through their familiarisation of the school from their time spent at Caterpillar Pre-school.
Find out more in our Caterpillar Welcome Pack 19-20
We also offer wrap around care for the children that attend.
We are pleased to offer daily wrap around childcare in the form of our Breakfast and After School Clubs.
Breakfast Club runs every day from 7.45 - 9am. It costs £6 and includes breakfast, supervision and a range of play activities.
We also offer an After School Club for preschoolers alongside our school children. This runs every day from 3-4:15pm. This costs £6 and includes a drink and snack, supervision and range of play and craft activities.
For both these options, children can either be booked in for one-off or regular weekly sessions.
Please contact the office to book and see CP Parent notification and booking form for Sep 2019 for details.
Scarecrows is based in the Village Hall across from the school and runs every Tuesday from 8:50 - 10:30am during Term Time. It is run by Miss Fiona McIntyre who also oversees our Pre-School.
Scarecrows is a fun and friendly group for adults, younger children and babies in our community. Each session involves plenty of play, games, craft activities, cookery, singing, snacks and cups of tea or coffee for the grown ups. It is a great way for children and parents to meet other families that they are likely to be at school with.
Butterfly Class - Early Years & Key Stage 1
Butterfly Class comprises of children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 at different times of the day. This happy mixed-age class is taught by Mrs Jacquie Mowlam (Class Teacher), Miss Amy Gatrill (Teaching Assistant) and Miss McIntyre (Cover Supervisor).
They have lots of fun in their learning, have a look at what they're learning about at the moment - EYFS Topic Web Autumn 19 / Butterfly Topic Web Autumn 19 Year 1 / Butterfly Topic Web Autumn 19 Year 2
Kingfisher Class - Key Stage 2
Kingfisher Class is made up of children from Year 3 & 4 and Y2 for Maths and Literacy. They are lucky enough to be taught by two teachers Mrs Emma Collett (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) and Mrs Mary See (Thursday & Friday).
They have lots of fun in their learning, have a look at what they're learning about at the moment - Y3 4 Class Topic Web Aut 2019
Parent Zone
We are very lucky to have such fantastic parents supporting our school and we like to encourage you to become our partners in your child's education. Your involvement both in our school & in your children's journey through it is integral to helping your child develop a lifetime passion for learning.
We have an 'open door' approach to education and we hope you feel welcome to visit us. Your child's teacher is always glad to discuss points about your child's education and welfare with you.
Cheselbourne School Friends (CSF)
Newsletters & Useful Information
Uniform
School Meals
Attendance
Breakfast and After School Club
Extra-Curricular Clubs
DASP Music & Instrument Lessons
Parent Communication
Forest School
Cheselbourne School Friends (CSF)
Welcome to the Friends of Cheselbourne Village School!
We are a group of parents, family, friends & staff of the school who get together to raise money for the school and organise enriching events for the children, families and local community. We would love you to get involved in whatever capacity you are able, our meetings are fun, social and informal!
We normally raise about £3,000 per year - which we are very proud of considering we are such a small school! This money is spent on a variety of things including; equipment for the school, school trips (both educational & fun), swimming and much more.
Events have included:
Halloween Disco, Easter Bingo, Big Barn Night, Christmas Fair
Current Friends representatives;
Chair - Donna Treasurer - Nerys Secretary - Lucy
Please keep an eye on the website calendar to find out the date of our next meeting and future CSF events!
AUTUMN TERM - CSF NEWSLETTER - Aut Term
Newsletters & Useful Information
NEWSLETTERS
Friday 11th October - Newsletter T1W6 / Library Clubs
Friday 4th October - Newsletter T1W5
Friday 27th September - Newsletter T1W4 / Home School Agreement 2019
Friday 20th September - Newsletter T1W3 / Attendance Letter to Parents
Friday 13th September - Newsletter T1W2 /CVS Forest School Letter Sep 19 / CVS Forest School Medical Form Sep 19
Information for parents to support their children at home:
Circles of Safety- 
Reading Parent workshop 25.9.19
Information from the academic year 2018-19
New Parent Information - Parents’ Meeting Powerpoint Summer 2019
Click Pantosaurus for more information.
'Speak Out. Stay Safe' campaign - NSPCC Website / Talk PANTS / NSPCC Parent Advice / Information for Parents.
E-Safety information - following our e-safety input to parents- please click on CVS E-Safety Parent Presentation 12.2.19 (Staff are always available to speak with you about any concerns or questions you may have on this subject.)
Resources from our recent Maths Workshop:
Butterfly Class - Home Maths Handout- Butterfly Class 23.1.19 / Parents Maths Workshop Butterfly Class 23.1.19
Kingfisher Class - Back to School Maths Night 4.2.19
Help Your Child With Reading Poster For Parents / Useful phonics websites and apps
Uniform
Please find below our full school uniform list. We believe that the children should take pride in their appearance and always come to school looking smartly dressed in the correct uniform. All of the Cheselbourne uniform is available to buy at Tesco's (link below) or in our second hand school uniform shop. We may also be able to provide help to any families who need support buying their child's uniform, if this is the case, please speak to Mrs White in the office.
Cheselbourne School Uniform List:
- Cheselbourne Logo Sweatshirt
- White shirt or polo shirt
- Grey school trousers, skirt or pinafore
- Black shoes with flat heels and nonslip soles (not trainers)
- Grey, Navy or White Socks or Tights
Summer Options
- Grey shorts
- Blue & White Gingham Dress
PE Uniform (to be kept in school in a draw string bag)
- Pale Blue Polo Shirt
- Navy Blue Shorts or Skirt
- Navy Blue Sweatshirt & Tracksuit bottoms (if needed for colder weather & clubs)
- Trainers or Plimsoles
Hair & Jewellery
All hair should be neat & tidy for school. Long hair (for safety and hygiene) should be tied up please.
For the safety of all children, the only jewellery allowed in school is a small stud earring. Children will be asked to remove these for PE lessons.
School Meals
We are proud to be a Healthy School! At lunchtimes we encourage children to eat healthily, with polite table manners and learn valuable social skills whilst eating together. If your child has a packed lunch, please support us by sending them in with a healthy, nutritious lunch that does not contain any unhealthy food or sugary treats.
Our Hot School Meals are provided by Local Food Links.
Universal Infant Free School Meals
Since September 2014 the Government has financed a hot school meal for every pupil in Reception, Year 1 & Year 2.
Free School Meals
If you are eligible for free school meals, we would like to encourage you to register even if your child is currently in Reception, Year 1 or Yr 2. Our school is eligible to receive additional Pupil Premium benefits for each child that registers. These may include; Free Uniform, Additional Tuition, Free School Meals continuation in Yr 3 & Yr 4, Support with School Clubs, Music Lessons etc.
Milk Scheme
Children who are younger than 5 years old qualify for Free School Milk and this will be provided by the school to drink at morning breaktime. Children older than 5 can still have milk but there will be a charge for this. Please see Mrs White in the School office.
Attendance
Breakfast and After School Club
We are pleased to offer daily wrap around childcare in the form of our Breakfast and After School Clubs.
Breakfast Club runs every day from 7.45 - 8.45am. Children can either be booked in for one-off or regular weekly sessions. It costs £5 and includes breakfast, supervision and a range of play activities.
We also offer an Early Bird Drop off from 8:30am. This cost £1.50 for 15 minutes supervision before the start of school.
Our new After School Club also runs every day from 3:15-4:15pm. This costs £5 and includes a drink and snack, supervision and range of play and craft activities. Children can either be booked in for one-off or regular weekly sessions.
Please contact the office to book and see CVS Breakfast and ASClub Booking form 2019 for details.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
Alongside our Breakfast and After School Club we also run a range of extra-curricular clubs throughout the year, please see below.
NEW WRAP AROUND CARE OPTIONS
from Sep 2019 - please see CVS Breakfast and ASClub 2019
Extra-Curricular Clubs:
We are fortunate enough to be able to offer after school clubs throughout the week. We have great feedback from the children and their parents about the many benefits of these clubs in terms of new skills for the children and extended childcare hours for working parents. We offer a range of clubs that are either sport based or creative. If you would like to book your children onto any of the clubs, please contact the school office.
Clubs on offer for Autumn Term 2019 - Clubs Letter Aut 19
DASP Music & Instrument Lessons
Our school is a member of DASP. This group comprises thirteen first schools, three middle schools, one special & one upper school. There are many benefits to your child being a DASP citizen, one of which is access to DASP music lessons held at school during the school day. Lessons are offered for a variety of instruments. If you are interested in learning any of the below instruments then please ask in the school office for more information or click on the link below:
Instruments you can learn...
Violin, Cello, Recorder, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Cornet, Trumpet, Tenor Horn, Euphonium, Ukulele, Acoustic Guitar, Drumkit, Orchestral Percussion, Keyboard, Classical Piano, Jazz Piano, Singing
Parent Communication
You are partners in the education of your child and we want you to be as involved as possible! We would love to hear from you. There is always be a member of staff available to speak to at the beginning or end of the school day and you can also contact the school via email if you need office@cheselbourne.dorset.sch.uk.
We sincerely hope that you and your child will be happy at Cheselbourne. If you do have any concerns or things that you would like to discuss, please get in touch with the Headteacher so that these can be resolved as swiftly as possible. If you feel your concern is not solved then we have a Complaints Policy.
Parents need to be aware of our PRIVACY-NOTICE-CVS-parents which is what the school adgeres by to ensure it is GDPR (General Date Protection Regulation, May 2018) compliant.
Parent View
Parents can make a difference to our school by posting your comments on what we do well on the Parent View website. This is an OFSTED website and views of parents are used to inform inspection decisions.
Forest School
Weekly Forest School is an important part of our delivering a rich and diverse curriculum. More information about Forest School can be found here.
Pupil Zone
School Day
Community
Topic Webs
Home Learning
School Houses
Green Team
Cheselbourne Student Voice
Clubs
Links & Games
Our School Garden
School Day
The school day starts at 8.45am. Please be in school in good time for the start of the morning session. Say goodbye to your parents or carers in the playground.
7.45am - 8.45am - Breakfast Club
8.45am - 9am - Settling in activities or Wake & Shake
9am - 10.30am - Morning Lessons
10.30am - 10.45am - Break time (& snack for KS1)
10.30 - 12pm - Morning Lessons
12pm - 1pm - Lunch followed by Break time
1pm - 3.15pm - Afternoon Lessons (2pm Break for Early Years and KS1)
3.15pm - End of the School Day
3.20pm - 4.15pm - After School Clubs (4:30pm finish for Art Club)
There is an Act of Worship each day with a chance for the whole school to be together. Each daily assembly has a different theme:
Mondays - New Week Assembly, led by the Headteacher.
Tuesdays - PSHE, School Council or Green Team Assembly, led by a teacher.
Wednesdays - Faith Assembly, led by either visitor or teacher, learning about Christianity and other world faiths.
Thursdays - Singing Assembly
Friday - Celebration Assembly, a chance to celebrate all the good things from the week!
Community
Cheselbourne Village Hall
We are lucky to have the use of the newly refurbished Cheselbourne Village Hall and large adjoining field for our lunches, sports activities and events. Just across the road from the school it is an ideal space for a school hall.
The hall is also available to the rest of the local community or hire for events. To find out more visit http://cheselbournevillagehall.yolasite.com/ or contact Alison Wright on:
t- 07594 428738 / e- cheselbournevillagehall@gmail.com
Community Speedwatch
Many residents of Cheselbourne are concerned about the traffic passing through the village and therefore the Parish Council has set up a Community Speedwatch. A team of volunteers uses a radar device to check on the speed of vehicles within the 30 mph zone. Drivers who exceed the speed limit are reported to Dorset Police. The team also reports on drivers using their phones or not wearing seat belts.
Please drive carefully on your way to and from school; there are many blind bends and narrow passing places and the road has to be shared with pedestrians, horse riders and many large farm vehicles.
More information can be found here: https://www.communityspeedwatch.org/
Robin Maslin, our Local Authority Governor and Speedwatch Co-ordinator can be contacted via the school office or the Parish Council website: https://www.hugofox.com/community/cheselbourne-parish-council-7854/home
Wessex FM
Click here https://www.wessexfm.com/listings/whatson/ to find out local events.
Topic Webs
Each Term the teachers prepare a Topic Web which we send home. This outlines the themes being taught and it is hoped that this will allow parents to support and reinforce the learning going on in school.
Here's what Kingfisher Class are up to this term: 
Here's what Butterfly Class are up to this term:
Butterfly Topic Web Autumn 19 Year 1 / Butterfly Topic Web Autumn 19 Year 2 / EYFS Topic Web Autumn 19
Home Learning
We believe that Home Learning helps support your child reinforce understanding of work done in school. It also helps parents see how children are doing with different subject topics and can often help indicate if there are any concerns with their understanding that can then be raised and addressed by teachers back in school. Details for how we set homework in each class are below:
Kingfisher Class Homework Y3/4
Links for help with brass -
The following (Dorset Music Service) videos may help:
Spellings – Spellings will be tested every Friday and new spellings handed out afterwards.
Literacy and Maths – One piece of Literacy and one piece of Maths homework will be handed out on a Friday. These pieces of work will be collected in the following Wednesday.
Reading – A little bit of reading should ideally happen every night. Please record any reading in the yellow reading record book.
Times Tables – These will be handed out on a Friday and tested on the following Friday.
Butterfly Class - Reception, Y1& Y2
Spellings – Spellings will be tested every Friday and new spellings handed out afterwards.
Literacy and Maths – Either a piece of Maths or Literacy homework will be handed out on a Friday. These pieces of work will be collected in the following Wednesday.
Reading – A little bit of reading should ideally happen every night. Please record any reading in the yellow reading record book.
School Houses
We have 4 School Houses; Cherry, Copper Beach Sycamore & Willow
Each of you will have been allocated to a house, which you will stay in for your whole time at Cheselbourne. We encourage you to earn House Points for your House, these can be earned for hard work, helping others, achieving in any subject including PE etc. We count up the points each Friday in our Celebration Assembly and Houses are awarded rewards for their achievements along the way. Find out more - House Points
Green Team
The Green Team meet every Wednesday, led by Miss Gatrill and are aiming to become a 'Green Flag' School (We are already an Eco School!) The Green Team have created a Green Team Eco Code.
Use less energy
Save water
Help other people have enough food and water
Recycling is best
Look after wildlife
Grow plants in a pretty garden for bees, butterflies and people
GREEN IS GOOD
Cheselbourne Student Voice
Cheselbourne Village School Voice is a group of children from each class who have been elected to work towards making our school a better place for everyone.
We are:
Year 1 - Emily
Year 2 – Jake
Year 3 – Bea
Year 4 – Riley
If any of you have any ideas for how to make the school a better place then talk to us and we can take your thoughts and ideas to our council meetings. We are the voice of Cheselbourne’s children!
So far, some of our ideas for things to work on developing this year are:
- Making playtimes fun and safe for everyone.
- Helping to look after our school garden.
- Making and keeping our school looking beautiful.
- Helping to make all children good learners.
Clubs
After School Clubs -
Links & Games
Click here for links to Childline
Maths & Literacy
Times Table Rock Stars - Y2-4
Safer Internet 2018
Think you Know link
Reading & Phonics Workshop Resources:
Maths:
Our School Garden
Explore, Imagine, Play, Discover!
Wildlife & Nature are a big part of our school, we are lucky enough to be situated in a beautiful rural setting surrounded by nature. Whenever possible we try to get outdoors and explore and enjoy our surroundings whilst we are learning and this starts in our own school garden!
Latest News
Cheselbourne School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Summer Production 2019 - Peter Pan
Sports Day 2019
Cheselbourne Choir at Dorset Fest 2019
Farm Trip 2019
Bike Day May 2019
Hooke Court 2019
Football Mascots
DASP Music Roadshow
STEM Week
World Book Day 2019
Kingfisher Class Celts and Romans Day
Caterpillars Trip to the Farm
Books at Bedtime Feb 2019
Butterfly Class Trip to Pizza Express
Kingfisher Class Trip to Safewise
A Magical Service at Milton Abbey
Adventure Through the Wardrobe
2018 CSF Halloween Disco
New Facebook Page!
New School Year Sep 2018
Lyme Regis Trip, 25th July 2018
Robin Hood 19th July 2018
Calendar
Key Dates- September 2018
- 5th - Welcome Back to School, Start of Term 1 - Autumn 1st Half
- 12th - Parent e-safety session
- 18th - Parent 'Drop Off-Drop In'
- 26th - Macmillan Coffee Morning
- 26th - Parent Workshop 1 - Reading and Phonics at CVS
- October 2018
- 13th - Swimathon - 10:45am, Wareham
- 19th - End of Term 1 - Autumn 1st Half
- 19th - CSF Halloween Disco - 5:30pm, Cheselbourne Village Hall
- 30th - Start of Term 2 - Autumn 2nd Half
- November 2018
- 8th - Remembrance Service - 10:50am
- December 2018
- 12th - Christmas Service and CSF Christmas Craft Fair - 5:30pm, Milton Abbey
- 21st - End of Term 2 - Autumn 2nd Half
- January 2019
- 7th - Start of Term 3 - Spring First Half
- 8th - Clubs Start - Football (Y2-4) & Art (YR-1)
- 9th - Clubs Start - Tennis/Badminton (YR-4)
- 10th - Clubs Start - Ball games inc. football (YR-1) & Wild Art (Y1-4)
- 11th - Clubs Start - Multi-Sports inc. archery and dodgeball (YR-4)
- February 2019
- 18th - Half Term
- 19th - Half Term
- 20th - Half Term
- 21st - Half Term
- 22nd - Half Term
- 25th - Start of Term 4 - Spring Term Second Half
- March 2019
- 20th - Y3/4 DASP Singing Concert at THS
- April 2019
- 1st - Year 4 Hooke Court
- 2nd - Year 4 Hooke Court
- 3rd - Year 4 Hooke Court
- 5th - End of Term 4 - Spring Term Second Half
- 8th - Easter Holiday (from Mon 8th April - Mon 22nd April)
- 8th - CVS Arts Week
- 23rd - Start of Term 5 - Summer First Half
- May 2019
- 4th - Community Garden Makeover Day
- 24th - End of Term 5 - Summer First Half
- 27th - Half Term
- 28th - Half Term
- 29th - Half Term
- 30th - Half Term
- 31st - Half Term
- June 2019
- 4th - Start of Term 6 - Summer Second Half
- July 2019
- 4th - Transfer Day
- 5th - Family Picnic and Sports Day (from 12pm)
- 8th - CVS Arts Week
- 9th - CVS Arts Week
- 10th - CVS Arts Week
- 11th - CVS Arts Week
- 12th - CVS Arts Week
- 18th - Whole School Summer Performance (10am and 6pm)
- 19th - Leaver’s Service and end of year BBQ and Fete
- 22nd - Whole School Summer Trip
- 23rd - End of Term 6 - end of school year
- September 2019
- 2nd - INSET 1
- 3rd - INSET 2
- 4th - Start of Autumn Term 2019 (Children back to school)
- October 2019
- 25th - Last day of Autumn Term 1
- 28th - Autumn Half Term
- 29th - Autumn Half Term
- 30th - Autumn Half Term
- 31st - Autumn Half Term
- November 2019
- 1st - Autumn Half Term
- 4th - INSET 3
- 5th - Start of Autumn Term 2 (children back to school)
- December 2019
- 20th - Last day of Autumn Term 2019
- 23rd - Christmas Holidays (until Monday 6th January)
- 30th - Christmas Holidays (until Monday 6th January)
- January 2020
- 6th - Start of Spring Term 2020 (children return to school)
- February 2020
- 13th - Last day of Spring Term 1
- 14th - INSET 4
- 17th - Spring Half Term
- 18th - Spring Half Term
- 19th - Spring Half Term
- 20th - Spring Half Term
- 21st - Spring Half Term
- 24th - Start of Spring Term 2 (children return to school)
- April 2020
- 3rd - Last day of Spring Term 2020
- 6th - Easter Holidays (until Monday 20th April)
- 13th - Easter Holidays (until Monday 20th April)
- 20th - Start of Summer Term 2020 (children return to school)
- May 2020
- 8th - May Bank Holiday
- 22nd - Last day of Summer Term 1
- 25th - Summer Half Term (May Bank Holiday)
- 26th - Summer Half Term
- 27th - Summer Half Term
- 28th - Summer Half Term
- 29th - Summer Half Term
- June 2020
- 1st - Start Summer Term 2 (children return to school)
- July 2020
- 17th - Last day of Summer Term 2020 (for children)
- 20th - INSET 5
Contact
Prospectus
Admissions
- Cheselbourne Village School, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7NT
- 01258 837306
- Contact name: Mary See
- office@cheselbourne.dorset.sch.uk
- twitter.com/cheselbournevs
- www.facebook.com/Cheselbourne-Village-School-679896645714106/
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