Dear Parent / Carers,
Congratulation to Luca for qualifying to compete in the London Junior Chess Championship from 28-30 December!
The London Junior Chess Championships originated in 1924 as the London Boys Championship and is one of the most prestigious youth chess tournaments in the country, run by the English Chess Federation. Luca has qualified to compete in the Under 12 category, where he will represent Campsbourne School and the Barnet Knights Chess Club (which is also run by Rob Willmoth, who administers the Campsbourne Chess Club).
The qualifying pre-tournaments were incredibly tough: each qualifier is 8 hours long with six consecutive chess games. Luca competed in four of these tournaments this autumn and winter, all of his own volition, and he qualified twice over, continuing to sign up for the qualifying tournaments just to gain experience and have fun with his opponents. Let’s cheer Luca on at the LJCC!
Christmas Shows
EYFS and Key Stage 1 Performances
Next week is the start of our season of Christmas shows starting with Reception (Monday), Year 1 (Wednesday) and Year 2 (Friday). For these shows there is a limit of 2 parent/carers per child.
These shows will start as soon as the children have changed and got ready so please don’t leave the premises. Parents will be able to wait in the dinning hall but we hope to start the shows at around 9.15.
Key Stage 2 Winter Concerts
The following week is when we are hosting our Winter Concerts. Year 3 and 4 are on Monday 18th and Year 5 and 6 are on Wednesday 20th. Both of these shows start at 2pm. For these shows there is a limit of 1 parent/carers per child.
Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day – Wednesday 13th December
Christmas lunch and Christmas Jumper Day will be taking place on Wednesday 13th December. If your child normally has packed lunch but would like a Christmas Lunch can you please contact the school office by Friday 1st December so we know how many children we need to prepare for. There is no fee for this lunch if you choose to have it instead of a packed lunch due to Sadiq Khan’s Free School Meals program for 2023/2024.
Last Day of Term is Thursday 21st December and there is no After School Club
Reminder that our Last Day of Term is Thursday 21st December and is a half day with children being picked up at 1.40 in the Infants and 1.45 in the Juniors. There is no After School Club on the last day of term.
HSA Reminders
Campsbourne Winter raffle – Tickets are now on sale for this amazing raffle which has tonnes of great prizes donated from local businesses. You can buy tickets with cash or card in both playgrounds every day next week at drop off and pick up. Tickets are £1 each and 6 for £5. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 15th December at the end of the winter concert.
Winter music concert – At pick up time on Friday 15th December, keep your ears open for some holiday- themed music being played by some very talented Campsbourne parents in the playground. Stay for a while, catch up with other families and enjoy the music. Some festive treats may also be shared around…
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Voluntary Parental Donations Update
How to Donate Money?
The school have been contacted by some parents regarding the universal free school meals offer which is in place for the 2023/2024 academic year. This is being funded by the Mayor of London for all primary school children in London state-funded schools to help with the cost of living crisis.
To date the Campsbourne Governing Body have chosen not to ask parents to help with general school funding through regular donations, as we believe that it is the role of central government to fund schools.
The introduction of universal free school meals for this academic year will save families £418.20 per child based on last year’s lunch fees. Some parents have said that as they are benefiting from the Mayor of London’s initiative, they would like to make a financial contribution to the school which can be used to support the school.
As this idea has come from some parents, the proposal was taken to the Governors who have agreed that we will provide parents with the opportunity to donate money to the school should they wish to. Any donations will be collected by the HSA since it benefits from charitable status, and then transferred to the school. If you would like to make a donation, the HSA bank account details are below:
Campsbourne HSA
Account Number: 71115146
Sort code: 40-04-37
Please use “Meals Donation” as a reference, so we can clearly identify your donation. If you do make a donation, please also consider completing a gift aid form (link below) so the school can benefit from the tax relief. You can email the gift aid form to admin@campsbourne.haringey.sch.uk
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467898/Charity_GAD_Single_Donation.pdf
There is no prescribed amount that parents are able contribute, and donations are entirely voluntary. This money will be used to help fund activities such as school trips and workshops which take place throughout the year, as well as playground and other equipment. The money from cake sales will continue to be used to fund the end of year trips which currently take place.
At the end of the school year we will inform parents about how much money has been raised and what it has been used to fund.
We will also review this initiative at the end of the year to see if this is something which parents would like to continue with.
If you have any questions about this, please contact the Head Teacher, Mr Smith at head@campsbourne.haringey.sch.uk
Weekly Attendance and Punctuality
Congratulations to Gwen John class in the Infants and Shonibare Classes in the Juniors for registering the highest attendance for the week ending 1st December! Well done to Gwen John for 100% punctuality and to everyone in the Juniors for such good punctuality THANK YOU!
| Infant Class | Attendance | Punctuality | Junior Class | Attendance | Punctuality |
| Gainsborough | 97.33% | 98.33% | Cameron | 95.71% | 98.93% |
| Gwen John | 98.33% | 100% | Hockney | 91.72% | 98.28% |
| Ofili | 97.04% | 97.78% | Kapoor | 94.62% | 99.62% |
| Riley | 95.36% | 98.93% | Whiteread | 96.79% | 98.97% |
| Hepworth | 92.67% | 96.33% | Thompson | 91.43% | 98.57% |
| Moore | 96.33% | 97.67% | Turner | 97.49% | 99% |
| Himid | 87.04% | 99.63% | |||
| Shonibare | 98.46% | 99.62% |
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Jonathan Smith
Head Teacher
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