Headteacher’s update
What a great couple of weeks we have had! It has been so lovely to see all of the children, after the holidays and to welcome our lovely new reception classes to our school. It has been great to see how quickly the children have settled to their new classrooms and teachers and how incredibly brave our reception have been starting school for the first time.
We have particularly enjoyed welcoming Ruth Blaney to school, who will be helping us to get started with our OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project. We are very excited to be working with OPAL to improve our play offer. Ruth joined us in school and accurately identified what fantastically polite and respectful children we have here. We look forward to inviting you into school soon, to hear all about our plans.
As a reminder to those sending in snacks and packed lunches – please ensure that no products that contain nuts, including chocolate and nut based spreads such as Nutella, are brought in to school. Many thanks for your support with keeping all of our school community safe.
The school photographer will be in school on Tuesday 15th September – further details about timings will be sent separately.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Collective Worship
This week, we have focused on the big question, “what is the Bible”? Over the course of the school year, we will be getting to know the Bible and what its contents mean to Christians. We have already learnt all sorts of interesting facts about the Bible, including where it was written and how long it took. We all recognised that it is a very complex text but we are looking forward to exploring its contents and what we can learn from it.
School Photographer
The photographer will be in school on Tuesday 15th September to take individual school photographs.
If you would like to have a photograph taken of your child/ren with younger siblings who don’t yet attend school, please come to the school office at 8:15am. Please note, due to time restrictions, there may be limited opportunities for these photographs but we will accommodate wherever possible.
Children in Class 4H – please be at school for 8:30am on Tuesday 15th September, with any siblings who also attend our school, so you can have your photograph taken before going swimming. When you arrive at school, please go to the Key Stage 2 door where Mrs Hudson will let you in and go straight to your classroom with your sibling. You will then be taken down to the hall. Siblings can then remain in the school hall and a member of school staff will ensure they are taken to their classrooms.
School Menus
Please see below the menu options for school lunches:
There will also be ‘theme days’ throughout the year when there will be a special menu on a particular day. We will let you know about these on the weekly school newsletter.
Menus will also be available to view in the Parents’ Area on the school website on the ‘Meal Payment and Menu’ page.
All meals now need to be booked through Arbor. Please see the link on how to book Meal Menu choices on the Parent Portal or Parent App – Arbor Help Centre
If you have still not received login details for Arbor, please email the Admin Team on info@chur-ascen.edlt.org.uk and they will resend log in details for you. Please note that we have found emails sent from Arbor often go into the junk/spam/clutter.
For children in Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6) meals do need to be paid for and the cost is currently £2.65 per meal. Meals are also paid for in Arbor by ‘topping-up’ a meal account. If you have any difficulty with this, please contact the school office.
If you think you may be eligible for Free School Meals, please complete an application form:
Sept-2026-app-form-CP-FSM.pdf
School Shop
The School Shop is now available to purchase school uniform on Arbor.
Please see the link below on how to order:
Purchasing School Shop items on the Parent Portal or Parent App – Arbor Help Centre
Items ordered will be sent home with your child as soon as we are able to.
Please bear with us during busy times!
If you have any issues, please contact the school office.
Spare Uniform
We would like to thank everyone who has donated spare uniform for us to use. We have organised all of our uniform now and have found that we are short on just a few items.
If anyone has any of the following that they no longer need, we would be grateful for donations:
Girls skirts, girls trousers and boys trousers in ages ranging from 8 years to 12 years.
PE kits – black shorts & white t-shirts.
These are the only items we now require. Unfortunately we do not have the capacity to store any other uniform at this time.
Thank you for your support.
Open Days
If you have a child due to start school in September 2027, we are holding a number of school tours for anyone who would like to come and have a look at what we do!
We are very excited to show you around our lovely school and our tours are booking quickly! We now have some slots available on the following days and times:
Monday 12th October at 1:30pm
Thursday 15th October at 9:30am
Tuesday 3rd November at 9:30am
Thursday 5th November at 9:30am
Friday 13th November at 10am
If you would like to book one of our school tours or have any other questions please contact our school office on 01384 818760. If none of these dates are suitable, give us a call and we will do our best to arrange an alternative.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Autumn Term Dates 2026
Thursday 10th September 2026
Dear Families
Subject – provisional autumn dates
Please find below some provisional dates for this term. Please note that they are provisional and we will let you know as soon as possible if there are any changes.
14.9.26 at 3pm – year 3 and 4 meet the teacher
15.9.26 – school photographer
15.9.26 at 3pm – year 1 and 2 meet the teacher
16.9.26 at 3pm – year 5 and 6 meet the teacher
25.9.26 at 9:30am – years 4 to 6 sports day (rescheduled from summer term)
14.10.26 at 2:30pm – reception pupils’ welcome event at church, further details to follow from class teachers.
14.10.26 3:30 – 7pm – parents’ evening, booking information to follow
Week beginning 19.10.26 – year 6 pupils to PGL
Half term – 26.10.26 – 30.10.26
7.12.26 and 8.12.26 mornings – reception nativity for families
9.12.26 at 9:30am – Year 1 and 2 Christmas performance
10.12.26 at 2pm – Year 1 and 2 Christmas performance
17.12.26 9:30am – years 3 to 6 Carol Concert
Yours sincerely
Mrs L Mason
Headteacher
Sports Day Years 4 – 6
Our rearranged Sports Day for children in Years 4 to 6 will take place on Friday 25th September at 9:30am on the school field.
Parents/carers are welcome to bring a folding chair to sit on as there is no seating available.
Can children please bring a t-shirt in their house colours to wear on the day.
Titanic – Green
Crystal – Blue
Sunbeam – Yellow
Lion – Red
PLEASE NOTE – THIS IS ONLY FOR CHILDREN IN CURRENT YEARS 4, 5 AND 6 AS THEY WERE UNABLE TO HOLD THEIRS IN THE SUMMER.
A Fantastic Start to the New School Year for Years 1 and 2!
A Fantastic Start to the New School Year for Years 1 and 2!
We have been delighted to welcome our Year 1 and Year 2 children back to school this week. It has been a wonderful start to the new academic year, and we have been incredibly impressed with how quickly the children have settled into their new classes and routines.
The children have worked hard to follow our school rules by being ready and responsible to learn, using kind and respectful words, and showing kind hands and feet throughout the school day. They have demonstrated excellent behaviour, positive attitudes, and a real enthusiasm for learning.
We would like to thank parents and carers for your continued support in helping your children make such a successful start.
Please take a moment to read our Welcome letter and KS1 poster (below) if you have not already done so, as they contain important information about the term ahead.
Thank you once again for your support. We are looking forward to a fantastic year together.
The Year 1 and Year 2 Team
