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Summer Term 2023
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Spring Term 2023
Easter Egg Hunt 1 Thursday 30th March World Book Day Film Night - Friday 3rd March  Quiz Night - Friday 3rd February 2023 After a long break the quiz is back! Mr Horner as your quiz master. Always a great night out and many laughs. Friday 3rd February at 7pm £30 per table (up to 6 people) To book a table please email Chestertonschoolassociation@outlook.com  Upcoming events Spring/ Summer 2023
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Autumn Term 2022
Posted 30th NovemberChristmas Film NIght  Posted 16th November Christmas events (see images below) Bake Sale On Friday the 2nd of December, we have a Festive Bake Sale after school. This time it's Beech Class's turn! Weather permitting, this will be on the school playground. Wreath Making Workshop Why not having a go at making your own Christmas wreath instead of buying one in a shop? Make your own unique design to display proudly on your front door, or give as a wonderful present! Florist Michelle Hinton will be running a wreath making workshop on the evening of 8th December at the school hall. There are only 20 spaces available for this amazing event, so book your place quickly! Details on the cost and how to book are on the poster. Christmas Raffle Extravaganza Chesterton School Association will be holding our much anticipated Christmas Raffle Extravaganza!! We have many amazing prizes, including an annual pass for Blenheim Palace, afternoon tea for four at the Weston Manor, Cotswold Wildlife Park entrance tickets and many more. We will be revealing more prizes on our social media channels, so don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Tickets will be available for purchase from 28th November. We will have a stand at school pick up each afternoon all week. Alternatively, you can purchase tickets at the school office. £1 per ticket or £3 for a strip of 5. Prize draw on Friday 2nd December    Posted 4th October Upcoming events Term 1 Disco - 14th October Bake Sale - 21st October (Ash) Term 2 Bags 2 school - 3rd November 2022 Cauliflower cards - Nov/Dec Bake sale - 2nd December (Beech) Christmas film night - 13th December 2022 Dress down day - 16th December 2022 Posted 16th September Annual General Meeting Our AGM – followed by a social event – will be held at the School Hall on Thursday 29th September (7-9pm) After the AGM, we invite all parents to stay for free drinks and nibbles. It will be a great opportunity to meet other parents, exchange stories and simply have some fun on a Thursday evening! |
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Spring Term 2021
Posted 19th MarchEaster Bake Sale We are excited to announce that following the fantastic support of our Summer and Christmas cake sales we will be returning with an Easter Cake Sale. Our cake sale is open to all and will be located at the main entrance to the school from 3.00pm on Monday 29th March. We please ask that you wear masks and maintain 2 metres distance between people outside of your family whilst waiting. You can pre-order your cakes and fudge (After Eight mint, milk chocolate and creamy vanilla) so please don't wait, get your orders in. If you are unable to come to the cake sale but would like to contribute to the School Association, please do drop in an envelope with your donation to the school office or donate to Chesterton School Association, Lloyds Bank Sort: 30-90-77 Acc: 01103501. Please do tell family, friends and neighbours. We look forward to seeing you all there.  Posted 12th March Easter Raffle Pease enter our Easter Raffle, full details here and see the picture below for the fantastic prizes. The draw will be held on Friday 26th March. Tickets will be sent home in the children's book bags on Monday 15th.  |
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Autumn Term 2020
Posted 4th DecemberFestive Film Nights, Friday 11th December 3.15pm for: Lower School and Upper School Posted 1st December Christmas Tree Prize Draw - Monday 7th December Download the poster Posted 30th November Christmas Cake Sale - Wednesday 9th December Download the poster   Posted 22nd October Dress Down Day Friday 6th November Download the poster Posted 15th October Annual General Meeting via Zoom, Tuesday 20th October Another year has flown by! As always, many thanks to all our volunteers this year who have been amazing - we couldn't have done it without you. A School Association is only as good as the people supporting it and we are always grateful for those who give up their time. Our Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom this year on Tuesday 20th October at 4pm: to formally report on our achievements and let you know about current positions that we are recruiting for. If you would like to join the call on Tuesday, please contact the school office for details of the Zoom login. If you are interested in a role or would just like to get more involved in the organisation and running of events, then please let us know (we are a friendly bunch!). We are always keen to encourage more volunteers to help and, no matter how much time you can spare, you'll be very welcome to join us and your participation will be much appreciated. Please get in touch:
A bit about what we do:- Chesterton School Association exists to fundraise for items not covered in the school's budget. This year, we have been asked to contribute to the funding of many things including the following:-
In order to raise funds, we have been busy with many activities such as: film nights, discos, Christmas cards, quiz nights, affiliate schemes, a virtual auction and bake sales to mention a few. We hope to see you at the AGM if you can spare us some time. Posted 5th October WOW! The response to the first School Association Virtual Auction has been amazing and we are looking forward to announcing the total funds raised when the money has all been collected. I would like to take this opportunity to pass on the gratitude of the Committee to Jo Hales for hatching the plan and Di Messum for all her involvement in helping to make this a fantastic event. The work that goes on behind the scenes is considerable but being part of the School Association is rewarding and beneficial to your children, so please do get involved at any level! We would also like to thank all of our generous donors and bidders, without whom the event simply wouldn't have been possible. If you have bid on an item and won, you should receive an email notification today. As this is our first time using the auction platform, we apologise for the few glitches that have happened along the way! Collection of remaining items can be made from school on Saturday 10th October from 10am-12. If you will have a problem with this, please email chestertonschoolassociation@outlook.com to make alternative arrangements. Best Wishes, The School Association Posted 24th September - Welcome Welcome back to school and, for all those new to Chesterton, welcome! We would like to introduce you to, or remind you of, the wonderful work that the School Association (PTA) does in fundraising for the school. All funds raised go directly to enhance your child’s experience at Chesterton, both inside and outside their classrooms. In the past, we have bought: An entire Oxford University Press book range for the whole school. Mud kitchens and indoor play house area for Reception. Interactive classroom and Main Hall screens. iPads. Reading Raffle books. Reading Diaries. The list goes on and on.... and we couldn’t do this without the support of all parents, carers, teachers and of course pupils at the school, attending and supporting our events. You may have seen our chalkboard, just outside the school gate which we use to advertise upcoming events, so keep an eye out for it! In the coming weeks, we will issue the date of our AGM. We are inviting all Parents and Carers to come along (although this is likely to be a virtual meeting this time, via Zoom). You can find out what we do and get involved. We are always looking for new members to join the School Association. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us on chestertonschoolassociation@outlook.com , message us via Facebook or ask the School Office, who will contact us. Best wishes, The School Association NOW CLOSED Posted 24th September- Virtual Auction (download the poster) This Friday we are launching our first ever Virtual Auction to raise funds for the School’s new outdoor play equipment. We have 65 Lots of amazing items which you will be able to bid on, anonymously, from 9am on Friday 25th September until 9pm on Friday 2nd October. You can bid as many times as you like within the auction week, and on as many Lots as you desire! Attached is a list of all the Lots. |
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Messages during the C-19 lockdown
Posted 13th July - End of Year Cake Sale! We hope this email finds you safe and well. As you may already be aware, our vital school fundraising has been significantly affected this year with the loss of the Summer disco, Summer Fayre amongst other fundraising events we would normally run. We wanted to end what has been a very different school year with a fantastic sweet treat for you all. We would also like to show our appreciation to our wonderful teachers for all of their hard work, particularly during the recent months. Our cake sale will be located on the grass next to the flag pole from 2.45pm and we please ask that you maintain 2 metres distance between people outside of your family whilst waiting. There will be signs to direct you. Year 6 students will finish their day at 3.30pm after which we hope our teachers will join us. You can pre-order your cakes so please don't wait, get your orders in! If you are unable to come to the cake sale but would like to contribute to the school association, please do drop in an envelope with your donation to the school office or donate to Chesterton School Association, Lloyds Bank Sort: 30-90-77 Acc: 01103501. We are currently raising money for new outdoor play equipment. Please do bring along, family, friends and neighbours. We look forward to seeing as many as possible there.  Posted 20th April - 'Virtual' whole school Easter dress-down day, Friday 3rd April - see our amazing photos  Posted 30th March - 'Virtual' whole school Easter dress-down day, Friday 3rd April and Easy Fundraising Dear School Community, Chesterton School Parents, Carers, Children and Teachers have all shown an amazing amount of adaptability to the current situation where we need to be isolated from each other. The School Association wonders whether we can take this even further and have a 'virtual' whole school dress-down day with an Easter theme. Use your imagination to make a costume or dress in Easter colours, decorate a bonnet or try to look like the Easter Bunny. The sky is the limit... Dress up on Friday 3rd April and send your pictures to zphillips@chesterton.oxon.sch.uk. The School Association will present a first, second and third place certificate to the most interesting outfits. Mr Horner has promised some house points too. We will also ensure that a prize gets to you when we are back at school. * Please do not buy any items to take part. We obviously do not want people to be spending money or making extra journeys at this time. Don’t worry if you are not able to send an entry. We know that everyone’s situation at home is different and that it might not be possible for you to take part. Please click here for a message from the Easyfundraising team to us |
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Latest Updates - Term 3, 2020
Fun Quiz Night Download full details In conjunction with the School Association, we are running another of our fun quiz nights to raise funds for the school! Don’t worry if you’re not a quiz egghead, those who attended last time will remember that a good time was had by all and there was definitely some friendly competition and a lot of fun and laughter! Team and individual spot prizes will be on offer too. Date: Friday 7th February 2020 Venue: Chesterton School Hall Time: 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start, until approx. 10:30pm) Cost: £30 per team (Max 6 in a team, over 16s only please) Alcoholic refreshments, soft drinks and snacks will be on sale throughout the evening. If you are interested in attending, please complete the form which was sent home with your child today. We have also sent home a flyer for the School Discos next week, closing date 22nd January. Lower School Upper School |
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Latest Updates - Term 2 2019
Bag2School Download full details Please find attached details of the Bag2School collection taking place on Wednesday 13th November. Bags will be distributed to children after half-term but we thought it would give you an opportunity over half-term to get items ready for the bags. Quiz Night Download full details Don't forget that the Quiz Night is held on the first Friday after half-term (Friday 8th November). If you are interested in signing up a team please complete the reservation slip. Moose on the loose From Monday 4th November onward, there is a Moose on the loose around school! The naughty Moose will be visiting each class for one week on the run up to the Christmas Fayre, which is on the 13th December. Each class visited by our cheeky guest will have the opportunity to choose a name from a printed list. This will take place on the end Friday of each class visit. Naming the Moose will cost 50p per name and the winner will be able to take home the Moose after the Christmas Fayre! Don't worry parents, Moose is not life-size! All proceeds will go to the School Association and be used for valuable school resources. We can’t wait to see what Moose gets up to over the next 5 weeks. We are sure there will be a bit of mischief as Moose journeys through the school... Oh and one more thing... the Moose smells of chocolate! Just when you thought it couldn't be more appealing! Quiz Night W are running a fun quiz night to raise funds for the school. Don’t worry if you’re not a quiz egghead, as the emphasis will be very much on fun and some friendly competition! Team and individual spot prizes will be on offer too. Date: Friday 8th November 2019 Venue: Chesterton School Hall Time: 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start, until approx. 10:30pm) Cost: £30 per team (Max 6 in a team, over 16s only please) Alcoholic refreshments, soft drinks and snacks will be on sale throughout the evening. If you are interested in attending, please complete the form which was sent home with your child today. |
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Latest Updates - Term 6 2019
Summer T-shirts and bags Please find attached an order form for Summer t-shirts and bags. The deadline to return your order to school is Tuesday 9th July. Summer Fayre Raffle Today (7th June) your child will bring home an envelope containing 5 strips of raffle tickets. These are for our fantastic Summer Fayre raffle and attached is a full list of all the prizes. Please could you try to sell the ticket strips enclosed, more will be available in the School Office from next week. Remember the Summer Fayre is 12:00-15:00 on Saturday 29th June, see you there! |
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Latest Updates - Term 5 2019
Bags2School Thank you Thank you to all the people that brought their unwanted clothes and items in for Bags2School. We have raised a superb £112.00! We will plan for another collection in October so fill your lofts as you collect in preparation Bingo Thank You The Bingo was a storming success and family fun was had by all. Thank you to Vanessa and Abs for arranging a fantastic evening. Thank you especially for all the time that you have given to the School Association over the years as Committee Members. We will miss your support as your year 6 children move on to pastures new! Monies This term the School Association has subsidised an aboriginal day for the Lower school and has purchased a new mud kitchen for Maple class. The totaliser/spenderiser will be updated soon so check the website to see how much money you have raised! Events to look out for next term: Frosty Fridays - your chance to buy an inexpensive lolly or ice cream afterschool on a Friday. Team Superschools! - Friday 28th June. Keep an eye on the board for more exciting information. Look out for Mr Horner to reveal a special guest The Summer Fayre 29th June - lots of games to enjoy and a BBQ. The Summer Party 19th July - A whole School celebration in the Playground and a last Chesterton Disco for our Year 6 children. Thanks to everybody that helps in any capacity to raise those much needed extra funds. You know who you are! BINGO THANK YOU A massive thank you to all the families who supported our bingo on Friday night, you made it an enjoyable evening and we hope you had as much fun as we did. The turnout was fantastic. A big thank you to all the helpers (adults and children) for setting up and clearing away on evening, manning the door/running the bar and for serving some excellent food for us all to enjoy, as without them, we would not have been able to run such a fun event. A special thank you to the bingo callers, Steve and Nick, for keeping everyone entertain. We look forward to seeing you soon at the Summer Fayre in June. |
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Latest Updates - Term 3 2019
Tesco Bags of Help Scheme The School Association have applied for a grant through the Tesco Bags of Help Scheme: 'Bags of Help is Tesco's exciting local community grant scheme where the money raised by the sale of carrier bags is being used to fund thousands of local projects in communities right across the UK. Chesterton has applied for an Eco Council Gardening Zone, including a tool shed and potting area to educate the Pupils in how to maintain the school's natural environment and keep it looking 'blooming' beautiful! Please support your school as much as you can by shopping in Tesco and popping a blue token in our slot. Remember... Every Little Helps |
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Latest Updates - Term 2 2018
The Chesterton School Christmas Fayre In one week's time, let the fun commence, Come to the hall to spend a few pence! Try the tombola or chance the spinner, Pick a carrot and you could be a winner Visit the Grotto, where Santa will be, Or stop in Beech Class for a cup of tea! There'll be biscuits, mince pies and cakes galore, Or a BBQ feast if you have room for more! The raffle has prizes so frightfully modern, from golf rounds to train rides to vouchers from Boden! The Moose on the Loose will be caught at last. Over five weeks in school, he has had such a bla We hope you are tempted to join in the fun, To raise lots of funds for your daughter or son. The money is ploughed straight back into school, to improve children's lives, one and all! See you on the 7th. Please remember that there is Dress Down Day on the 7th in return for a Children's Tombola gift and adult bottle tombola gift. The cardboard raffle pots will be in your child's book bag today and can be decorated before filling! Please note that bookings for Santa''s Grotto will be open from 15.20 and are in timed intervals. Book early to avoid disappointment. Looking forward... We have a festive film night on Friday 15th straight after school with tuck shop and popcorn available. Booking forms to follow next week. The Chesterton School Christmas Fayre The Chesterton School Christmas Fayre will be held on 7th December, straight after school from 3.15 pm until approximately 5.00 pm. Please pop along for the usual festive mix of Father Christmas, music, singing, stalls, fun games, cakes, the tea room and BBQ and much more. As it is only 2 weeks away, we are sending home some raffle tickets today to purchase and/or sell. This year, we have some amazing prizes and all proceeds from the sale of tickets will go directly back into the school to enhance the children’s learning. If would like to purchase any further tickets or have friends or relatives wishing to buy some prior to the Fayre, please call in to the office as they will be happy to issue extra tickets. Thank you for your support. As always, it is greatly appreciated. From 2nd November onwards, there is a Moose on the loose around school! The naughty Moose will be visiting each class for one week on the run up to the Christmas Fayre, which is on the 7th December. Each class visited by our cheeky guest will have the opportunity to choose a name from a printed list. This will take place on the end Friday of each class visit. Naming the Moose will cost 50p per name and the winner will be able to take home the Moose after the Christmas Fayre! Don't worry parents, Moose is not life-size! All proceeds will go to the School Association and be used for valuable school resources. We can’t wait to see what Moose gets up to over the next 5 weeks. We are sure there will be a bit of mischief as Moose journeys through the school... Oh and one more thing.... the Moose smells of chocolate! Just when you thought it couldn't be more appealing! |
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Latest Updates - Term 1 2018
Christmas Card Designs! Please ensure all designs are back by Friday 5th October at the end of the school day. If paying by cheque please make payable to Chesterton School Association. School Disco – Friday 5th October We have a lower and upper school disco on the above date. Please find attached the flyers for each disco. If your child would like to come along if you can hand in your completed slip along with payment to the school office by Friday 28th September latest. School Association AGM – Friday 12th October – 3.30pm, Beech Class The next AGM is fast approaching. We have the following roles that need filling for this academic year. Without these roles filled it will affect the future of the SA. Chairperson Secretary Catering For a full list of the job descriptions, please click here. If you would like to discuss any of these roles with a member of the School Association Committee then please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com For a full list of the different fundraising activities and how much has been raised last year along with how this has been invested back into the school. Please see the Totaliser and Spenderiser. |
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Latest Updates - Term 6 2018
100 ClubOur last draw for the 100 Club has taken place and we can announce the winners as follows: 1st - No 51 - School Association 2nd - No 3 - Miss Jones 3rd - No 19 - Posy Watson End of Term Party – Friday 20th July Tickets for the party will come home in book bags. Please bring your ticket with you on the night to avoid any confusion. If you are able to help on the night, then please let the office or one of the committee members know or email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com We would like to remind you that only parents who have agreed to help at the event will be allowed to stay during the party. Please can you ensure that your child/ren do not bring any electronic devices, including phones and cameras, with them to the party. There will be school iPads available to take photos. Chesterton School Summer Fayre - Saturday 16th June - 12-3pm The School Association have confirmed the stalls that will be in attendance at the Summer Fayre this Saturday. Details as shown below. It looks to be a great day. We really hope you can make it. We still need help on the day - Are you able to help on the day with set up or on one of the stalls? – Then please see a committee member or let the school office know. We are also still looking for donations of teddies and home grown plants for a couple of our stalls, so please drop them into the office if you are able to donate anything. Yet again, we have some amazing Raffle prizes including a Land Rover Experience Day, so please keep filling in your raffle tickets and handing them into the school office. More tickets will be on sale at the Fayre. Dress Down Day – Friday 15th June will be a non-uniform day, so do not forget to bring in your cups filled with sweets etc for the children’s tombola and a donation for the adult tombola. There is so much happening at this year’s Summer Fayre! Soak the Teacher will be coming back for its 3rd year, so please feel free to join in and throw a few sponges at Mr Horner and/or Miss Barrett! The school choir will also make an appearance at about 1.45pm. Other Stalls confirmed are:
Feeling hungry? Then pop in to the Tea Room in Ash Class for a cup of tea and a slice of cake or pick up a burger or sausage from the BBQ. We will also have our very own Ice Cream Parlour (so visit the Beech Class window for a special treat). We are also lucky to have Kirsty from Birchwood Therapy who will be running a Nail Bar, so you can all have your lovely nails painted. Chesterton Playgroup will also be coming along with a couple of fun stalls. So come along for a few fun-filled hours! |
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Latest Updates - Term 5 2018
Chesterton School Summer Fayre - Saturday 16th June - 12-3pm Planning is underway for this year's Summer Fayre. To run all the stalls that we have planned, we need your help. If you can help us by giving up some of your time to run the stalls, then please let one of the committee members know or email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com. This year's event is set to be another fun fayre with lots to see and do Thank you - Friday 18th May 2018 We would like to say a big thank you to all the families that joined us on Friday evening for a fun game of bingo. The turnout was fantastic and it was a very enjoyable evening. A special thanks to those families who helped set up and clear away on the evening; your help was very much appreciated. Also, thanks to our bingo callers - Dan Blakey and Steve Horseman - who definitely entertained us! Bags2School – Thursday 26th April Please keep collecting items for our next Bags2School collection. Your bags should be dropped into the School Hall for 9am on Thursday 26th April. Please do not bring them into school leading up to this date as we are unable to store them. However, for this collection we are able to store bags in Beech Class overnight. So please either drop into Beech Class on Weds 25th April at school pick up time or in the School Hall at drop off on the morning of Thursday 26th April. |
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Latest Updates - Term 4 2018
100 Club This term's draw has been made and the following tickets have been drawn out: 1st - £50 - No 64 - Toby Goddard 2nd - £30 - No 88 - School Association 3rd - £20 No 40 - School Association Silent Auction We would like to express our gratitude to all those parents and extended family members that donated items, services or time to the Silent Auction, either in an assisting capacity or by buying a ticket and joining in on the night. We would like to extend a special thank you to Chris Messum, one of our School Governors, who kindly donated the catering for the event which was certainly well received - thank you CanapéBox! If you want to find out more about their mouthwatering offerings, check out https://www.canapebox.co.uk/! We are pleased to announce that we have raised £1,798.14 towards our school funds and this amount will be added to our Totaliser. Silent Auction – Friday 23rd March Please support your School!! - Tickets still available - Adult £6, Child £4 : includes a Thai Green Curry. Last date to hand in form and money is this Weds (21st March). Tickets must be purchased in advance. We have secured some excellent donations which have taken a lot of time and effort and would like the generosity of those that have donated to be rewarded with a successful fundraising event. Booking forms can be found above. Please come along, as you will be sure to bid on a bargain! Silent Auction – Friday 23rd March Please support your School!! – Tickets still available – Adult £6, Child £4 includes a Thai Green Curry The Silent Auction is just over a week away, and we require further support with ticket sales to ensure a viable event. We have secured some excellent donations which have taken a lot of time and effort and would like the generosity of those that have donated to be rewarded with a successful fundraising event. More details will follow in your child’s book bag along with the donations secured but please come along as you will be sure to bid on a bargain. Non Uniform Day – Weds 28th March Forget the chore of ensuring that your child has to wear uniform for a day, and in return please could you kindly make a donation of £1 per child to the School Association, which will go towards our end of term Easter Egg treat for the children. Please hand into your child’s class teacher. Bags2School – Thursday 26th April We have arranged for another Bags2School Collection for after the Easter Holidays. Bags and details will come home before the Easter Holidays in book bags, but if you are having a spring clear out it would be much appreciated if you could keep the items until we have our collection. 100 Club Draw 3 tickets were drawn before February half term. The numbers drawn were: 1st – 91 2nd – 68 3rd – 72 None of the above ticket numbers had been purchased so the money will be allocated back to the School Association. Good Luck in the next draw before Easter. Rapunzel – All Performances Sold Out This year, we have had an amazing response in selling the Panto tickets and sold out for all performances before half term! If you have sent in any requests since we broke up, then these will be returned back to you with any monies through your child’s book bag. So please keep an eye out for it - especially if cash is enclosed. Silent Auction – Friday 23rd March If you did not manage to get tickets for the Panto, then do not worry as we have another fabulous event organised for March. Flyers will be coming home in book bags this week. After the success of last year, we have decided to have another Silent Auction. We have been collecting lots of fabulous items such as 2 nights' accommodation in a Welsh holiday cottage, beauty vouchers, Tea for 2 vouchers and lots of other bits and pieces. This event is a lovely informal evening with a Thai Chicken Green Curry as a light supper and your chance to bid on items at your leisure. It is fun and you can pick up some bargains whilst catching up with friends. Thank you for your support. |
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Latest Updates - Term 3 2018
Chesterton Pantomime Troupe Present: RapunzelFriday 23rd February at 7.30pm and Saturday 24th February at 2pm and 7pm This year's Panto is set to be another fun filled, hilarious performance which is suitable for all the family! This is a key fundraising event for the school. Please support us by buying a ticket and coming along with your friends and family! We welcome everyone from outside the school community, so please spread the word and help sell tickets! The tickets are now on sale, a booking form was sent home with each child on Friday. Forms can also be downloaded from the link above Please hand in your booking forms as soon as you can. Tickets are limited to 100 per performance and are sold on a 1st come 1st served basis. Tickets will be issued and sent home with your child in their book bag. In addition, we are running a competition to design the front cover of the Panto Programme. Please hand in the form by Friday 2nd February. Extra forms can be downloaded on the above link or collected from the school office. We will need help at the performances on the door, bar and raffle. This will not affect you watching the show so if you are able to help it would be much appreciated, and will ease the pressure on the committee. Please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com if you can help! School Disco Update!! The school discos went very well on Friday, we made £312.80. Thank you for supporting this event! Stamps We are still collecting used stamps. Please continue to send any used stamps into the school office. |
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Latest Updates - Term 2 2017
100 Draw - October and December - view results hereChesterton School Christmas Fayre – Friday 1st December – 3.15pm onwards!! Cups/Bottle/Dress Down Day – Thursday 30th November It is non-uniform day this Thursday. All we ask is that you bring the plastic cups, sent home with your child last week, filled with sweets/small toys for the Children’s Tombola stall and a bottle of something for the Adult Tombola. Father Christmas is visiting us again this year and his Grotto will be near to Beech Class. We are lucky enough to also have our traditional Tea Room in Beech Class again this year - serving tea, coffee, hot chocolate, mince pies, cupcakes, cinnamon doughnuts and biscuits. There will also be a chocolate fountain! Christmas BBQ There will be a BBQ this year serving burgers, sausages and bacon butties near to Oak Class. Craft Stall This year, some of the parents and even a couple of the pupils have been making home-made crafts and decorations. Please visit this stall as there will be some amazing crafts available and I know the parents and children have worked hard to produce them. All proceeds to the SA. Choir Members of our choir will be performing some festive numbers at approximately 3.45pm. There may also be cameo appearances from some of our instrumental musicians. Help Required We still need helpers to help set up the fair and also to man the stalls on the day. If you are able to help, can you please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com Panto Performance – Rapunzel, Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th February We are pleased to announce that Chesterton Panto Troupe will be entertaining us again this year with their Panto Performance - Rapunzel. Each year, the actors and actresses put on an amazing performance full of fun and laughter and all the proceeds go to Chesterton School Association. This is one of the SA's main fundraisers of the year. The Panto this year will be on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th February, so please put these dates in your diary. Tickets will be on sale in Jan/Feb of next year. Your Panto Needs You !! Chesterton Troupe are looking for any amateur dramatic parents/grandparents/neighbours to join them and perform in this year's production. There are a few smaller parts that need filling, so this would be a fantastic introduction to the panto. If you are not into Am Dram, then do not worry as there are plenty of opportunities to help backstage with lightning, sound etc. If you require any further information, please contact Clare Kavanagh, Director on clare.kavanagh@nuffield.ox.ac.uk. Bags2School – Tuesday 7th November Please continue to fill your bags over the weekend, bring them in on Tuesday morning before the school drop off and leave in the school hall. Committee Meeting – Friday 10th November Our next committee meeting is on the above date, please come along after school. The meeting will be held in Beech Class. Christmas Fayre – 1st December 3.30pm – Can you help? The Christmas Fayre is in 4 weeks time and planning is underway. We have lots of fun stalls planned but, in order to run everything, we need parents/carers/grandparents to help with set up and running the stalls. If more people volunteer to help, it will mean that we can have a rota system and then we can all enjoy the fayre with our children as well. Mince Pies Is anyone able to help with baking some mince pies? We only need about 30 in total to sell on the day. If you are able to assist on a stall or help us with baking some mince pies, then please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com If you are not able to help on the day, then please consider contributing in some other way, be it a monetary donation or raffle prize etc. |
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Latest Updates - Term 1 2017
Bag2School - Posted 18th OctYour child will be bringing home a bag from Bag2School, which is a company that specialises in good quality second hand clothing that can be re-used (please see below for a full list of what can be donated). The School Association receives commission for every Kilo collected! Last year we raised around £100 for the School just from recycling in this way. The more we collect, the more we raise! So please ask any friends or relatives if they would like to contribute any unwanted items. We have arranged to have a collection from school on Tuesday 7th November. Hopefully, this will give you plenty of time to have a clear out!! (Your bags should be dropped into the School Hall for 9am on Tuesday 7th November. Please do not bring them into school before this date as we are unable to store them). Thank you for your continued support and if you would like more than one bag then please ask at the school office. Alternatively you can use black bin liners as long as they are securely fastened. They will accept the following ‘good quality’ items for RE-USE: Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing, Paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around), Handbags, Hats, Bags, Scarves and ties, Socks, Belts, Soft Toys They DO NOT accept: Bedding, Curtains, Towels, School uniforms with or without logo, Household Linen, Bric-a-Brac 100 Club - Posted 16th Oct 3 tickets will be pulled out on Thursday! Will you be a winner? There are still lots of numbers available and there is 4 days before the first draw. If you would like to support school and choose a number then please complete the attached form or email Miss Jones on ejones@chesterton.oxon.sch.uk  Are you thinking about selling your home?If you are thinking of selling your home, would you consider using Barton Fleming estate agent? They are currently running a scheme whereby they will donate 10% of their commission fee on the sale of your home to our School Association. This scheme is eligible for parents but they have said they will extend it to grandparents and TAs/Teachers of the school. Barton Fleming fees are 1% inclusive of VAT. If you decide to use them and sign a contract, all you have to do is name on the contract which school your child/grandchild attends and Barton Fleming will contact us with a cheque when the sale is complete. Recent examples have been where they have issued Bure Park school with several cheques in the region of £250-£300. Find out more. Cauliflower Christmas Cards!! Your child has brought home their Christmas Card design; please support the School Association by purchasing cards or labels. Last year parents raised £213.00 buying the designs which are of very good quality. Please make your cheque payable to 'Chesterton School Association'. The deadline to hand the design and payment back is this Friday 13th October. I am afraid we cannot extend the deadline as Cauliflower Cards will be collecting the paperwork on Monday 16th October. Please hand the designs along with your payment to your child’s teacher or the school office. Thank you for your continuing support. Back 2 School Disco – Friday 29th September Your child/ren has been given an invitation to the next school disco. The Lower School disco will be from 5pm to 6.15pm and the Upper School disco will start at 6.30pm and finish at 8pm. Please hand your slip along with payment into the school office. If you do not have a copy of the invitation and booking form, they can be downloaded above under Dates If you are able to help at either disco, then could you please let us know either on the booking form or by email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com. Posted 5th Sept: a message from Mr Horner I would like to thank all the committee members for their hard work and dedication this year and extend my gratitude to all those willing helpers who have selflessly given up their time. This academic year, it will be even more important for the School Association to continue fundraising due to a decrease in Government funding to schools. We will ensure that the money raised is invested back into the school for a range of educational purposes and resources, such as educational visits and computer equipment. For us as a school community to succeed, your continued support will be required. Through attending events and helping to run and organise them we can raise funds together. We would be extremely grateful for more support from parents and would like to encourage you to attend the next AGM in October. YOUR SCHOOL ASSOCIATION DOES NEED YOU! We hope you all have had a lovely time over the summer holiday and look forward to seeing you at a SA event soon. |
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July 2017 Update
Reminder – End of Term Party – Friday 14th July 6-8pm Please can you hand your slips and money into the school office for the End of Term Party, the deadline to hand them in is this Friday. Thank you from Annie Dallas regarding the money raised for Harefield Hospital. I wanted to thank you all so much for supporting the school and myself in change the rules day and guess the time. I completed the nightrider London 100 k. It was an amazing experience and with your support the school raised £158.50, which is going towards fundraising for Harefield Hospital transplant ward Thanks again Summer Fayre 2017 Thank you for coming to support this year’s Summer Fayre. It was a fantastic day and luckily we all stayed dry as the weather cheered up. All of us except Mr Horner that is … he got a little bit soggy! Thank you to everyone who helped run a stall. You did a great job and we could not have done it without you. Another huge thank you to all of the people that came early to help set up or stayed late to help pack away. Every offer of help was much appreciated. There were lots of happy faces from the children enjoying themselves on the different stalls, including: Tin Can Alley, Teddy Bear/BFG Tombola, Penalty Shoot Out and much, much more. An update on the amount raised will be added to the Totaliser on the School Association notice board and on the school website. |
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June 2017 Update
Summer Fayre – Saturday 1st July – 12-3pm Plant Stall We will be having a plant stall at this year’s summer fayre so if you have any spare plants, such as tomato plants etc, and you would like to donate to this stall, could you bring them in on Friday. It would be much appreciated. 'Beat the Goalie' We are planning to run a 'Beat the Goalie' stall at Saturday's School Association Summer Fayre, but need some pupil goalies to take a turn between the sticks! Ideally, we would have a Year 1/2, Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 on duty throughout the fayre, so that our entrants get to shoot against someone roughly the same age. If your son/daughter would like to help out and is able to attend the fayre, please reply to this e-mail or ask them to let me know. We won't ask them to spend more than an hour helping out, so they can still enjoy exploring the fayre themselves. There will be an adult supervising the stall. Please indicate if they have a preference for time (eg. 12-1) or whether they are flexible. If I have lots of volunteers (fingers crossed!), I'll try to draw up a rota that gives everyone a chance to take a turn. If you have any questions, please ask. Kind regards, Mr Horner 100 Club Come and join the 100 Club at the Summer Fayre on Saturday. There are 100 numbers available at £15 each and 6 prize draws throughout the year. Prizes of £50, £30 and £20 to be won every time! Buy as many tickets as you like and if you have a favourite or lucky number, make it yours on Saturday - don't miss out! Download the poster Helpers Needed We still require helpers to run some stalls, please email the school office if you are able to help or we will have to restrict the number of stalls on the day which will be a shame as a lot of work has gone into organising the fayre. Raffle Tickets – each family was sent some raffle tickets home in the youngest child's book bag. Could you please try and sell each strip for £1 and hand the money back into the school office along with the 2nd strip. We have some fabulous prizes again this year. Beat the Goalie Update – for the 1st hour Mr Horner will be going in goal for everyone to try and beat – come along and see if you can get a few balls past him. Terry from Soccalife will be with us from 1pm so you can keep trying to score. Yours Chesterton School Association This Friday 9th June at 3.30pm is our last committee meeting for this academic year. The meeting will be held in Beech Class, please feel free to join us. |
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May 2017 Update
Change the Rules Day – Friday 26th May FOR ONE DAY ONLY, with Mr Horner's and the teachers' full permission, the School Association invites you to change the rules in support of a brilliant charity that saves peoples’ lives. Edward Dallas’ mum is cycling 100k/63 miles overnight in June to raise money for the lung and heart transplant unit at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS trust where she works. This hospital gives people whose hearts and lungs don’t work properly new ones to help them live normal, healthy lives for many more years. The School Association would like to support Mrs Dallas in her difficult challenge, as well as helping the school. Therefore, the money raised will be split between the school and the NHS Trust; benefiting patients whilst they are in hospital. The Rules - Wear Uniform but Swap for ... You should wear your school uniform on the day, but you can change up to 3 rules (and no more!) from the list below. In return, we ask for a donation of £2.00 which you can give money directly to your teacher on Friday morning. 1. Crazy hair and/or hair accessories 2. Wear trainers to school 3. Wear brightly coloured odd socks 4. Wear a temporary tattoo 5. Wear a hat 6. Wear nail varnish 7. Wear your (school) jumper or hat back to front 8. Swap ONE item of school uniform for non-school uniform clothing ie Wear jeans instead of school trousers or Hoodie instead of school jumper (but we suggest not backwards!) or Coloured shirt/t-shirt instead of school polo shirt GUESS THE NEAREST TIME We will also be holding a competition to "Guess the Nearest Time" that it takes Annie Dallas to complete the 100K Cycle Ride 9th /10th June. There will be an Upper School, Lower School and parent competition at 50p a Guess. The competitions will be running from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th May and children should bring the money in during the week and hand to the school office. There will be an additional opportunity for parents to enter if they are attending our May Day celebrations or on the playground after-school on Friday 26th May. PRIZES A lovely Harefield bunny for Lower School ~ Chocolates for Upper School Bottle of wine for the parent competition School Association Committee Meeting - Friday 9 June - 3.30pm Beech Class Please come along. Everyone is welcome Film Night update The film night was yet another successful fundraiser raising £430 for the school. Thank you to Miss Jones and all the parents who stayed and helped. Our next event is: Change the Rules Day on Friday 26 May - £2 per child More details to follow in book bags! This will not only be a fundraiser for the school but also a fundraiser for Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. Edward Dallas’s mum is cycling 100k/63 miles overnight in June raising money for the heart and lung transplant unit at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS trust where she works. The money raised will go to benefit patients whilst they are in hospital. We will also have a sweepstake for everyone to guess the time that the ride is completed in! Watch this space! Summer Fayre – 1st July We are currently planning this year's Summer Fayre and will be asking for help to run the various stalls we have planned. More details will follow shortly but if you are free please put the date in your diary. Reminder - School Association Film Night - Friday 12th May 2017 Please can you hand your slips in for Film Night by Monday 8th May at the absolute latest. This is so we can cater for numbers and ensure we have enough help on the night. If you are able to help at this event can you please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com. We will probably need more help on the night as we have to adhere to a 1 adult to 8 children ratio. Tuck Shop price list Silent Auction We are very pleased to confirm a fantastic final figure of £1,617.19 for the Silent Auction. Well done to everyone who was involved and also to those who attended - this puts the totaliser up to 92%. |
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April 2017 Update
Silent Auction UpdateWe are pleased to be able to announce the final amount raised from the Silent Auction is: £1617.00. Keep an eye on the totaliser by the school gate and on the website for the total amount raised so far this year. Bags2School - Collection Friday 5th May Please have a final clear out of your clothes etc that you no longer require and bring in to the school hall before school on the morning of the 5th May. This is a great fundraiser and the last collection raised £116. Film Night - BFG - Friday 12th May - 5.15 to 7.30pm School Association Committee Meeting - Friday 28th April - 3.30pm Beech Class Please come along. Everyone is welcome Flyers and booking forms will be coming home in book bags shortly so please keep an eye out and hand your form in asap to the school office. We will be requiring volunteer helpers so if you are able to help out on the night can you please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com |
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March 2017 Update
Silent Auction UpdateBuy your tickets now to avoid disappointment! Here is just a small selection of the items that we have already procured for the Auction... Two guest passes for Bicester Hotel, Golf and Spa <> £50 voucher to spend at Bicester Village <> A beautiful wood and glass display cabinet <> Children’s craft sets and books <> A Blenheim Palace family pass <> Star Wars items <> Costume Jewellery <> A Disney wall clock <> A bottle of red wine donated by Majestic Wine Warehouse <> A Hamper donated by Tesco <> Various table lamps <> A wood and glass coffee table <> A set of skis <> A bread maker <> A silk scalf <> Two complimentary tickets for a production at the Oxford Playhouse <> Tea light gift set <> Afternoon tea at The Manor at Weston Hotel <> A Jessops metal camera case (new) <> Two Oxford United tickets for a home league match A meal voucher for The Red Cow <> A Mercedes T-shirt signed by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg <> A Wyevale voucher <> Afternoon tea at Bignell Park Hotel <> Various ceramics <> A 4 hole for Silverstone Golf Club <> Birthday cake made to order (several designs to choose from!) <> Vintage Child’s binoculars <> A voucher for 2 Life Coaching sessions with Future Path Life Coaching <> A glass bon bon holder <> Pirate removable wall stickers (new) <> Wooden surf/skim boards Tribal and Ytter brands <> Hello Kitty digital camera (new) <> Laura Ashley butterfly wall stickers (new) <> Insurgent wireless activity trackers (new)...and soooooooo much more! Remember, with incremental increases of only 25 pence and no reserves you could really grab a bargain! Don’t forget that there is also a lucky ticket number that will win a prize (child and adult ). Please continue to make donations and support the School Association in raising funds for our School! This year’s Panto was yet another success and excellent production from the cast and crew. We are very lucky to have the Panto each year and for all profits to be donated to the School. This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year and this year we have made £1370 that will be added to our totaliser!! Thank you to all of the committee members and volunteer helpers for issuing the tickets, buying stock for the bar, all the publicity surrounding the panto, helping run the bar on the night and selling raffle tickets, without whose help we would not be able to run these events so smoothly! See the photos Chesterton School Association. |
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February 2017 Update
Mother Goose – Panto – Friday 3rd March and Sat 4th March. We are so lucky that The Chesterton Village Pantomime Troupe are again performing this year. This event is the School Association’s largest annual fundraiser which raises approx. £1500 for the school. Ticket booking forms have been sent home in book bags and more copies are available from the School office. It really is a fun filled evening or afternoon family event. If you can support the Panto by coming along please hand in your booking forms asap as we are restricted on the number of tickets we can sell. PANTO UPDATE 27th Feb Saturday’s evening performance is now sold out! We still have tickets left for Friday night and the Saturday matinee performance but they are going fast!! PANTO UPDATE 23rd Feb Tickets are still available for this year’s Performances. Please fill in your order form and hand it into the office. Spare copies of the order form are available from the school office. This is set to be yet another amazing performance and good family entertainment!! The Buckingham Advertiser has also run a piece on their online news for more details and to see a photo of the children taking part in this year’s Panto please visit their website Can you help? The Chesterton Pantomime Troupe are looking for someone who has an interest in music to help out with the sound this year. This involves playing the correct music and sound effects as required, following prompts in the script. Attendance at a couple of Sunday rehearsals is vital, as is one of the technical rehearsals in the week leading up to the pantomime. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Clare Kavanagh, clare.kavanagh@nuffield.ox.ac.uk, 07946 451155 Panto Programme - Front Cover Competition We are also pleased to announce that the winner of the Panto Programme Front Cover Competition is Kit Carry. His design will be on the front cover of the programme. We would like to thank all the children who entered the competition. There were some fantastic entries. Mr Horner will be handing back their entries in assembly on Friday. Silent Auction – 31st March This is not something we have organised before but is set to be an exciting event with many items that you can bid on whilst mingling with other parents and children from the school. We will be having the event in Chesterton Community Centre and ticket booking forms will be in book bags after Feb half term. Below is a sneak preview of the items we have confirmed. If anyone can donate items or their time for something like babysitting or may be you have something your business can donate/offer, please do not hesitate to contact us via chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com <> Blenheim palace - Family ticket <> Bicester Village - £50 voucher <> Majestic Wine Warehouse - Beautiful bottle of red in a gift bag! <> Bicester Golf club - Guest passes to Health Club and Spa <> Sara Gauld - Birthday cake (she will also make a portfolio poster to go with it) Your continued support it much appreciated |
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December 2016 Update
Christmas FayreThe School Association Committee would like to thank everyone for coming to this year’s Christmas Fayre. We made a massive £1139.99, which will be added to the Totaliser on the Notice Board next to the School Gate. We would also like to thank the army of volunteers who helped set up, run the stalls on the day, and make mince pies, as without them the fayre would not have been the success it was. The money raised will help go towards 2 Interactive White Boards that are desperately needed for 2 of the class rooms. We have more exciting events planned for the New Year so keep an eye out for emails, Facebook posts, and leaflets in book bags. Christmas Newsletter: Download here |
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November 2016 Update
Film Night: The Animals United Film Night earlier this month was another great success with a very good turnout. We raised a total of £403 and would like to thank the children for coming. We would also like to say a big thank you to the parent helpers who volunteered to organise and run the event. |
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September 2016 Update
Chesterton School Association – Needs You!!! This year’s AGM will be held on Monday 19th September in Beech Class at 3.30pm and you are all welcome to come along (children are welcome to stay and play in the classroom). This year we have several members of the committee stepping down from their roles, some have served for a number of years and some have children in the last year at Chesterton. The School Association is therefore looking for volunteers to fill these officer roles so that the we can continue to fundraise for Chesterton Primary School. Last year the School Association raised in excess of £8000 and reinvested the money into the Maple Class Playhouse, interactive screens for each class room, continued development of the outdoor learning areas, subsidising school trips which included visits to Cotswold Wildlife Park and Thinktank Museum for Lower School and Upper School went to the West End to see ‘The Lion King’. It is very important that the Association continues with new parents and new ideas! All of our children benefit from the money raised; we play an essential role in school life. For all the new parents we have a Facebook page - if you can like this page then we endeavour to keep you informed of events. If you require any further information about what the roles involve then please email chestertonschoolassociation@gmail.com Kind regards Chesterton School Association. |
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Chesterton CE Primary School Alchester Road, Chesterton, Bicester Oxon OX26 1UN Tel: 01869 252498 office.3082@chesterton.oxon.sch.uk |