Dear Parent / Carers,
We are very fortunate to have a stable and committed staff at Campsbourne but every now and then someone needs to leave and this year we will be saying goodbye to our Early Years Lead, Natasha Crabbe. Natasha joined Campsbourne in 2019 and has been an inspiration for our Early Years leading from the front with her passion for teaching. Natasha has been successful in achieving a well earned promotion and will be joining a nursery school in south London as their headteacher. This is a well deserved promotion and one which we all wish her the best of luck with. They are very lucky to have her lead their school in these difficult times.
Celebrating Differences at Campsbourne
We were pleased to see the wonderful progress that our children are making in learning about diversity. As an inclusive and diverse community, our children shared a safe space across the week, in assemblies and activities that promoted understanding and acceptance of different cultures, backgrounds, beliefs and different neurocognitive abilities. Through storytelling, art projects and discussions, they shared their differences and this culminated into a celebration school assembly on Friday afternoon, followed by welcoming in the wider school community at our after school event. One of the highlights of our Celebrating Differences week was the neurodiversity performance that some of our year 4’s and 5’s participated in, as well as many of the children sharing their diagnosis’ of Autism, ADHD, OCD and Dyslexia. It was extraordinary and empowering to hear the children sharing what they find difficult and what they are really good at and as the other children listened, they also gained the confidence to share and discuss their differences.
Parent Survey
The parent survey will be closing next weekend so please try and find some time to complete it this week. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us understand how well we are doing and where we need to focus on making improvements.
Infant School Survey https://forms.gle/7a5S7z6KAS9RvJ2b8
Junior School Survey https://forms.gle/2gDftwRgAiLexyTH9
In addition to the Parent Survey I am also meeting with class reps this tern. I met with infant class reps this week and will be meeting with junior class reps on Wednesday 19th June 9:00 am to 10:00 am.
Latest from the HSA
This is your opportunity to raise loads of money for our kids and bag yourself some truly amazing prizes. From Spurs tickets, vouchers from your favourite local business, toys, and homemade delicious bakes. Plus many more! Click the link to start bidding now: https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/campsbourneschoolauction
Summer Fair
The Summer fair is next Saturday!! We’re all so excited for a wonderful Campsbourne community event and hugely appreciative of all the donations and volunteer efforts so far! The forecast is excellent so come on down and help us kick start the summer; we’ll have pints from the Goodness brewery, live music from Campsbourne’s choir and Sambassadors, all your favourite fairground games and stalls will be open and the Hornsey Fire station are bringing their finest fire engine for everyone to sit in! Check with your class rep if there are any volunteer slots you can help plug as we really can’t put a whole school fair on without all hands on deck!
HSA Picnic
A date for the diary – our HSA picnic is back! 3:30-5:30 pm on Friday 12th July – all Campsbourne families are welcome! We’ll have a bar, soft drinks, snacks and ice lollies for sale as well as music and live performances from some beautiful Campsbourne singers! This event will only happen if sports day happens on the 12th, if for some reason it gets postponed to the 19th there will be NO HSA picnic due to the year 6 leaver’s party! So fingers crossed for some nice weather for all these exciting events!
Free Family ‘Art in the Park’ Event – Sunday 23 June, 10:30–11:30
Katy Fattuhi, who runs ‘Art Club in the Garden’ is running a series of similar sessions with the Friends of Alexandra Park in various locations in the park. They are free for local families.
Enjoy some summer-inspired art and craft activities in the fresh air. We’ll be working with butterflies, bunting and sunshine (fingers crossed!) There will be fun for all the family! These sessions offer nature-based arts and crafts activities that connect children with the seasons and the natural world in Alexandra Park.
Places are limited please book by email: allyparkn10@gmail.com (include the number of children and adults attending)
Smartphone Free Childhood
I am sure many of you grapple with the issue of when is the right time to provide your children with a smartphone and whether there actually is a right time. Smart Phone Free Child Hood is a parent-led movement to protect children from the dangers and distractions of smartphones which we thought you might be interested in reading about. https://smartphonefreechildhood.co.uk/
Weekly Attendance and Punctuality
Congratulations to Gwen John in the Infants and Himid in the Juniors for registering 100% attendance respectively! Well done to Gainsborough in the Infants and Cameron class in the Juniors for 100% punctuality! THANK YOU!
| Infant Class | Attendance | Punctuality | Junior Class | Attendance | Punctuality |
| Gainsborough | 89.27% | 100% | Cameron | 95.54% | 100% |
| Gwen John | 98.33% | 97.08% | Hockney | 92.24% | 96.55% |
| Ofili | 95.37% | 98.61% | Kapoor | 97.00% | 92% |
| Riley | 95.96% | 95.98% | Whiteread | 91.96% | 95.98% |
| Hepworth | 97.77% | 84.20% | Thompson | 91.67% | 97.82% |
| Moore | 95.36% | 99.58% | Turner | 92.76% | 95.63% |
| Himid | 97.22% | 97.22% | |||
| Shonibare | 93.52% | 92.13% |
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Jonathan Smith
Head Teacher
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