ℯNEWS JANUARY 19, 2024
Tatler and Good School’s Visit CHS
We were delighted to welcome visitors from both prestigious good school guides this week and are pleased to report that they both enjoyed their visits immensely, were impressed with the quality of the children's work and their behaviour. Our visitors commended the kind and respectful behaviour of all our pupils with particular praise to some of our Form Six pupils who presented their work.
Second-Hand Uniform Sale
Thank you to our parent committee for organising and executing this term's Second-Hand uniform sale. We have successfully raised £200 for UNICEF and £145 for the CHS Bursary Fund.
Swimming at CHS
We have been thrilled with the children's progress in the water and are looking forward to showing off their skills, to their parents, at our upcoming Open Swim lesson later in the term. Learning to swim is a crucial component of the PE curriculum. From time to time, particularly when the weather is cold, requests to be excused from this statutory lesson are made but unless there is a specific diagnosed need to make adjustments for a child, we would request that if a child is well enough to be in school they should participate in the lesson and if they are ill they should stay at home tucked up in bed. Staff are experienced and if on the poolside they feel a child is not well enough to swim they will sit them out of the lesson.
Staying Warm in Cold Weather
Given the cold weather, we strongly encourage parents to ensure that their child is appropriately dressed, including hats, gloves, and scarves. We are allowing children to wear their ‘football skins’, under their games kit or long sleeved plain white vests.
Seasonal viruses
Both the common cold and flu are airborne viruses, transmitted through an infected person sneezing or coughing in close proximity. Therefore, if your child is unwell with symptoms associated with an airborne virus, we kindly request that you adhere to the school policy. If your child is running a fever before school, please keep them at home. If you have given your child any medication prior to school, you let the form teacher know.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/common-cold/
Bug Busting
We have been notified of a case of head lice in school. Please check your child’s head for evidence of head lice and treat as necessary. Any child with head lice in school will be sent home immediately for treatment to try to avoid the spread.
It would be useful for every family to do a head check this weekend so we can try and eliminate the recurring problem. Thank you for your cooperation.
One of the ways to try to contain the chances of the lice hopping from one head to another is to ensure children with long hair have their hair tied back - plaited or ponytails etc so that there isn't lots of hair floating around. (Green hair ties please)You may want to consider washing your children's hats too - just for good measure!
Here are some recommendations from a professional:
“Lice bugs are very hard to spot so parents should look for eggs (nits), not bugs. It’s important to start with dry hair and don’t get confused with dandruff. Nits are glued onto the hair strand and will not fall off. They can only be removed by squeezing between two fingers and then sliding it down the entire hair strand. They are about the size of a poppy seed, teardrop-shaped (not circular) and when placed on a white paper towel, they’re golden to dark brown or translucent in colour, not white. Check the “Hot Spots”: hairline near the forehead, behind the ears, the nape of the neck, and the crown of the head. If you had difficulty removing something from the hair, it felt stuck on the hair strand, and you had to pull it down the hair strand to remove it, then unfortunately it is likely a nit.”
Artwork of the week
Maxine in Form Four, for building a very successful coil pot. Carefully rolled coils creating a fantastic pattern, well done Maxine!
Pavement etiquette
Finally, may we politely remind you that the pavement outside No 47 can become very busy at the end of the school day and we have noticed pedestrians having to walk around clusters of CHS families sometimes having to walk into the road. Sadly, we have had a complaint. Please be respectful of our community. We have a staggered collection time to try to avoid overcrowding and therefore, we ask you to make every effort to collect your children swiftly, leaving the area outside the school free for the parents of older children. In addition, younger siblings should be collected at the same time as their older siblings to avoid children having to wait in the cold and on the pavement.
The school is situated in an enclosed square. Please try to keep younger children calm, not climbing on the railings or running up to the school door.
Hyde Park is right on our doorstep which is a great place to run off some energy and we are also very lucky to have an abundance of nearby cafes, which would be much better places for an end of the day chat.
Dates for the diary:
February
2 Feb - Open Swim F4, F5, & F6
2 Feb - J1 trip to Pizza Express
5 & 6 Feb - Parents Meetings
6 Feb - Safer Internet Day
9 Feb - Carnival Day
12 - 16 Feb - Half Term
29 Feb - Virtual Coffee Morning - Online Safety
March
4 - 8 March - Book Week
5 March - KS2 Author visit
7 March - EYFs/KS1 Author Visit
8 March - Poetry Recital at 2.30 pm
22 March - Open Day (children in half-day AM)
