Campsbourne Newsletter

Dear Parent / Carers,

Campsbourne Cricket Team so Close to Glory!

Wednesday 11^th October 2023, a cricket tournament took place at Alexandra Park School. Campsbourne played three games in total. In our first game we won 64 runs against Tetherdown School. Our second game against St Michael’s we won with 45 runs, taking us to the finals for the morning. In our final game we played against Rhodes Avenue, we were in the lead with 56 runs to beat. Rhodes Avenue had 51 runs and needed a 6 to win, on the second to last ball they hit a six making them the winners of the morning session tournament. Reported by Thomas Year 6.

Year 5 Charitable Work

Year 5 are raising money for kidscape as our charitable work this year. Kidscape is a charity that helps children who have been bullied or are being bullied. We are hosting a book swap on Friday 20th October, 3:15-3:30 in the gym. Children are being encouraged to bring in an old book they don’t read and exchange it with someone else’s book to refresh their home library! It will cost £1 per book to swap and all money raised will go to kidscape.

School Uniform on Halloween

We have been asked whether children can wear costumes on Halloween. We do not celebrate Halloween as a school, so children are expected to wear their normal school uniform to school on the 31^st October.

Alexandra Palace Firework Display and Park Access

This year the Alexandra Palace Fireworks Festival will operate over Friday and Saturday. This means the Park itself will be closed from 14:00 on Thursday 2^nd November until 15:00 on Sunday 5^th November. This will obviously impact those using the park as a cut through.

Alexandra Palace want to support those families who use the park for access to the school by providing access via Bedford Road and through to the school via the Wetlands path which runs around the outside of the Park and the Cricket Club. This avoids the live event site where they will have an abundance of vehicles and machinery working to ready the site for Friday’s event. This route will be open between the following times.

Alexandra Palace will be providing us with wrist bands which you will need to access this route. As soon as these have been dropped off we will let you know so either you or your child can collect them.

SEND children Parent/Carer Coffee Morning 

All families and carers are invited to attend our SEND parent coffee morning on Tuesday 7^th November at 9am (after morning drop off). Please sign in at the main office and we will make our way to meet in the school dining hall. We want to continue to build on setting up a group of parents that can meet on a regular basis to share ideas, advice, and offer support in a friendly environment. Come and join us for a coffee/tea and a chat. This term we will host Lizzy Ngotta, from the Haringey SEND Parent Carer Forum in attendance to support your questions about services offered in the LA and school community for SEND learners. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

Webinar for Parents Delivered by Haringey Education Psychology Service

Please see the attached flyer for more information about a webinar for parents delivered by Haringey Education Psychology Service. Webinars for Parents flyer Autumn Term 23

Managing Behaviour – Wednesday 18th October 12pm – 1pm

This webinar will focus on thinking about reasons behind behaviour and strategies to manage behaviour – for parents of primary aged children

Managing Children’s Anxiety – Thursday 9th November 12pm – 1pm

This webinar will focus on understanding and managing children’s anxiety – for parents of children of all ages

Future Webinars will be held in the Spring and Summer terms on the following topics:

• Sleep
• Emotion Coaching
• Reading/literacy
• Understanding different profiles of children with Autistic Spectrum Condition

Finding an NHS Dentist

If you need a dentist for you and your family please see the attached filer from Public Health Haringey with details of how to find one and some top tips on keeping our teeth sparkling! Finding an NHS Dentist & OHP Website 1 and QR Code

Campsbourne’s Eco Swap and Share Coat Drive
Winter is nearly here (finally) and it’s time for winter coats and jackets. If last year’s jacket is too small, bring it in and swap it for one that fits.
Please bring any unwanted CLEAN coats in good condition to either playground any morning next week (16-20 October) and look for someone standing with a big (hopefully) box of coats which will be available to take on Friday 20 October after school. Eco Coat Drive

The British Fashion Council says there are enough clothes on the planet right now to dress the next six generations of the human race – let’s do our bit and use pre-loved coats and jackets this year.

*You don’t need to bring a coat to take a coat and donations to HSA are optional.

HSA Annual General Meeting – you are all invited! The Campsbourne School Home School Association Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 21st November at 8pm. Come and find out what the HSA has achieved this last year and discuss plans for the year ahead. We will be reviewing the accounts and annual report and also saying good bye and thankyou to outgoing committee members and welcoming new members. More details on roles in the Committee will follow. The meeting will be held virtually on zoom (joining details below). We would love to see anyone who can make it.

Topic: Campsbourne HSA AGM 2023

Time: Nov 21, 2023 08:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84122577262

Meeting ID: 841 2257 7262

Halloween Costume Sale: Friday 20th October after school 

Grab a hauntingly good bargain, as well as raise some monstrous funds for our fantastic school! We continue to focus on reducing our consumption at each Campsbourne HSA event and what a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle this Halloween! Have a look at home, dig out those old costumes that don’t fit your children anymore, dust off the cobwebs and drop them in the box by the school office window by Friday the 20th of October. At school pick-up time on that Friday, there will be a table in each playground where you can get your hands on a “new to you” spook-tastic Halloween costume or accessory! Please bring your 50p and £1 coins for a cash-only costume sale … with frightfully low prices!

Updates from the HSA

This week: two ways you can support the HSA from the comfort of your own phone!

Tatler’s Boards – can we use your garden? The HSA has a partnership with Tatlers Estate Agents. For our Fireworks event (4th November), they have agreed to pay us £15 for every Tatler’s board they can put up in front gardens. We can have up to 50 which is £750 for the school!  So we’d be so grateful if you would be prepared to have a board. There is a post on Classlist that you can respond to, or you can contact Ruth Stubbles or Carmen Melinas (also both on Classlist!) directly.   We’ve got to send details to Tatlers next week so quick replies are super helpful. Thank you!

Did you know that you can raise money for Campsbourne HSA while you shop?! We are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can help us for FREE. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to you! All you need to do is sign up and remember to use easyfundraising whenever you shop online. It’s easy and completely FREE! These donations really mount up, so please sign up to support us at http://easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cshsa So far £3,634.95 has been raised for Campsbourne through 102 supporters, the top person bringing £477.86 through the door, just from shopping online, at no additional cost to them! Join us and raise money from the comfort of your own phone!

To contact the HSA, ask questions or offer your time and energy to keep things running please email hsacampsbourne@gmail.com

Black History Month at Hornsey Library

Hornsey Library are hosting a range of activities which you can find out more about in the attachment. BHM-Events-Hornsey-Library-2023

UBELE Initiative Black History Month Celebration on Sunday 15th October from 12 – 5pm at Wolves Lane Centre, N22 5JD

Join UBELE Initiative for a day of community activities for the whole family including live drumming, face painting, art, mindfulness and green skills run by Black Rootz. It’s free entry, food and drink for all! We really want our site at Wolves Lane Centre to be a vibrant hub of community activity and would love to see as many families there as possible! For more details see the attached flier. BHM Wolves Lane Flyer

Autumn Half Term Holiday Club

We are now open for bookings for our half term holiday club. If you require spaces please book asap so we can arrange staffing. You can find the timetable of activities here.

Harvest Festival Collection and Assembly Moved to Wednesday 18^th October

We have moved this years Harvest Festival Assembly to Wednesday 18^th October which gives us two more days for donations which will be given to Hornsey Food Bank and can be left in our collection points which will be placed in our main halls. If you are unsure what to donate the following items are often needed (non-food essentials are also accepted):

Weekly Attendance and Punctuality

Congratulations to Moore Class in the Infants and Kapoor Class in the Juniors for registering the highest attendance for the second week running! Well done to EVERYONE for such great punctuality THANK YOU!

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Jonathan Smith
Head Teacher

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