Dear Parents and Carers,

Our vision is for our pupils to flourish in an inclusive, inspirational place of learning where we are happy, respectful, kind and safe.

Year 5 Residential

Thank you to Mrs Pinkerton, Miss Harding and Miss Lazar for providing the wonderful opportunity to Year 5 to experience their 3-day residential down in Dorset. These are the memories that stay the longest so thank you to the staff for organising and giving up their time to attend.

Year 3 Class Assembly

Parents are invited to join us in the hall for Year 3's assembly; 9am on Thursday 8th May.  Come to the hall door on Church Road.

Parents Information Meeting for Year 1 Phonics Screening

Y1 parents are invited to hear Mrs Barnes discussing the Year 1 Phonics Screening check that your child will do in June at 3.15 on Tuesday 6th May. Mrs Griffith will look after the children in the Happy Hub for the duration of the meeting.

Film Night

Thursday 8th May until 4.15pm

Reception - Angry Birds 2 

KS1 Film - Despicable Me

KS2 Film - Angry Birds 2

If you would like your child to attend please pay the £5 on Parent Pay.

You can collect your child in the usual end of day way at 4.15pm.

Bags2School - Free Eco-Friendly Fundraising!

We will be collecting your unwanted clothes and footwear on Tuesday 6th May before 9am. Please bring any bags to the school car park before 9am. This is a win for you clearing out unwanted clothes and a win for the school to raise funds!

Please support us if you can by bringing any of the below items:

Mini-Marathon Runners

Well done to all the Mini-Marathon Runners - what a fabulous experience! Your medals are very shiny. Thank you for raising money for our school as well. 

Ascot Art Competition

Your entries were wonderful! It truly is a growing competition with so many schools now taking part.

We have exciting news: we have a winner! Rae in Y2 has won the age 4-6 category. How fantastic. You can see her art below that will be re-created on boards through the tunnel. Well done Rae - we're very proud of you!

Parent Tips

Even though the recommended age for a TikTok account is 13, we know that many primary agreed children access this app regularly. Hopefully, you will find this guide informative and useful.

Bikes and Scooters in the Playground

A gentle reminder that children (including pre-schoolers) should not be riding their bikes and scooters on the playground or in the carpark for safety reasons. Please do remind your children and help us with this one!

Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend - we'll see you back in school on Tuesday.

Mrs Griffith

Stars of the Week for w/e 2nd May 2025

Well done to all of our Stars this week

Reception – William for super focus and accuracy in his Maths work. Well done!

Year 1 – Anayah for an excellent description of Goldilocks.  Well done!

Year 2 – Harrison for excellent work in science when researching animals. You showed great focus, supported  others and shared your knowledge with confidence. 

Year 3 – Jayden for beautiful, neat handwriting across all of his work.

Year 4 – Kara Rae for working hard and persevering well in maths this week.  

             Joseph for making an enormous effort to start all tasks promptly.

Year 5 – Saffie for engaging in everything on our residential despite being apprehensive.

             Sam for being a fantastic role model on the residential – listening to the tutors, trying everything with a                 smile and being a great roommate.

             Flois for never giving up and for always noticing when others needed a boost.

Year 6 - Seth for being focused in lessons and applying himself to his learning.

House of the Week
The House with the most house points this week is Water!  Well done Water!

Charters School have the following vacancies:

Caretaker

Grounds and Site Operative

Midday Supervisor

For further details and to apply see the vacancies page of Charters' website https://www.chartersschool.org.uk/7545/vacancies-1

Summer Term Key Dates – 2025

Fri 2nd May - Reception Class Bake Sale

Tues 6th May - Bags 2 School

Weds 7th May - Y1 Parents Mtg for Phonics - 3.15 Y1 Classroom

Thurs 8th May - Y3 Class Assembly - 9am - School Hall

Thurs 8th May - PTA Film Night: finishes at 4.15pm 

Mon 12th May - SATs week for Year 6

Tues 13th May - Reception Class trip to Rushall Farm

Mon 19th May - Class Photos

Thurs 22nd May - Y2 Class Assembly - 9am - School Hall

Fri 23rd May - Last Y3/4 Swimming

Fri 23rd May - Eurovision Mufti Day

Fri 23rd May - End of Term 5 - 3.15pm 

Mon 2nd June - Inset Day

Tues 3rd June - Start of Term 6

Thurs 5th June - PTA Meeting

Mon 9th June - Y4 Residential to Phasels Wood

Thurs 19th June - Class 1 Assembly - 9am - School Hall

Mon 23rd June - Year 6 Residential to Mill on the Brue

Tues 24th June - Y3 Trip to Marwell Zoo

Thurs 26th June - Reception Class Assembly - 9am School Hall

Thurs 26th June - Junior Music Festival - Choir Perform at the Reading Hexagon

Fri 27th June - Bring a Bottle Mufti Day

Sat 28th June - PTA Summer Fair - Circus

Fri 4th July - Sports Day

Mon7th July - Last week of clubs

Tues 22nd July - End of Term 6 at 1.30pm 

Weds 23rd July - Inset Day