CHILTHORNE DOMER CHURCH SCHOOL
Main Street
Chilthorne Domer
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8RD
Head Teacher: Mr Stewart Biddles
TEL
& FAX.: 01935 840407
E-MAIL: office@chilthornedomer.somerset.sch.uk
WEBSITE: www.chilthornedomer.ik.org
Thursday 11th May 2006
Dear Parents
SATs week is nearly over and the children have worked extremely hard. We are
very proud of the efforts they have all put in, right across the school and
particularly in Year 6 where the tests are so much more formal and rigid. To
celebrate the children’s achievements, we have booked a bouncy castle for
Friday afternoon, and all the children will have some time to have a good
bounce and get rid of some of their post-test energy! Friday afternoon will also be non-uniform. The
children will need to come in school uniform but may get changed at lunch-time
into their mufti clothes.
The next Governors’ meeting will take place on Tuesday 23rd May. As we
are always keen to hear parents views, we have decided to hold an ‘open forum’
for the first fifteen minutes of each Governors’ meeting. At this forum parents
will be able to raise any issues, good or bad, that they would like to be
discussed by the board of governors. Once all points have been raised by
parents, the meeting will convene and the issues will be discussed as a part of
that meeting. The governors will then contact parents directly to inform them
of the outcomes of the discussions. We really want parents to be as involved as
possible in the life of the school.
A cricket club for Year One and Two children begins tomorrow (Friday). It will be run by
an official cricketing coach and take place from 3:30-4:15pm, for the next ten
weeks. If you would like your child to take part, please complete the attached
form and return it to the office. This club is open to all children in Year One and Two, boys and girls, and there is no
limit on numbers. This is happening as a direct result of the parents’
questionnaire. We noticed that you have asked for more Key Stage One clubs, so
we are now able to offer, gardening, art and cricket after school for children
in Key Stage One. Let me know what else you would like to see more of, or
perhaps you have a talent to share with the children…
Is your child interested in flute lessons. Flute lessons have been very
popular this year and we are now trying to organise the lesson structure for
next year. If you are interested in your child learning to play the flute,
please call in at the office for more information.
Along with this letter is a commemorative coin to celebrate the 80th
birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This coin is a present from the
school governors to the children to mark this special anniversary of our Queen.
We hope that it is something they will look back at in years to come with
fondness, thinking of their wonderful days at primary school, much like we do
now when we unearth those Charles and Diana coins and mugs from our own school
days.
This is the last week to collect Tesco computers for schools tokens. If you
have any tokens, please send them into school so that we can add them to our
collection. The box in the lobby is filled to the brim, well done and thank
you.
Kilve Camp was enjoyed by all who were lucky enough to come along. Can I please ask
those of you that have monies outstanding to send it into the office as soon as
possible. Also I hope that you enjoyed the photographs that were sent home. If
you would like to keep the CD, please would you send in £1 to help us to cover
our costs. Many thanks to those of you that have already paid.
Next Wednesday (17th May) is Water Day. For the afternoon of next
Wednesday children across the school will be joining together in their house
groups to partake in lots of very wet activities, including water fights and
‘soak the teachers’. For this day the children will need to come to school in
their normal uniform but bring with them a change of (old) clothes and a towel,
as they are likely to get very wet! The children will also need a water
pistol/fairy liquid bottle to join in some of the activities. It promises to be
a very exciting and enjoyable day! (Although the teachers are threatening to
strike if they get too wet!)
South Somerset District Council are running several events over the half term
holiday for children of primary school age. For more information contact them
through the Yeovil Tourist Information Centre on 01935-845946.
As school attendance plays such a large part in children’s attainment we will be sending out
letters to all parents whose children’s attendance is below 90% (with the
exception of Reception children who start school late, where it will be below
80%). This will be done on a half-termly basis. I appreciate that there are
usually very good reasons why children’s attendance can fall below this level,
however, when attendance reaches a certain level I am obliged to contact the
Educational Social Worker to discuss the situation. To help prevent this from
being needed, I hope that a regular update on your child’s percentage of
attendance will be useful to you.
It looks like it will be a long, hot summer. I look forward to enjoying
it at school with you and your children.
Yours sincerely
S Biddles