Headteacher for a Day

Today I (Alana) was Headteacher and Hailey was my Deputy Head for a day

A day of being a head teacher is wonderful, especially when you need to walk around every classroom and ask children about their lessons! We wore our Staff Lanyards with pride.  Also we hosted the assembly and gave out the badges, the birthday cards and the Bikeability certificates.  We also hosted chocolate milk tea for this week’s Dorchestars!  We ate lunch in Mrs Bell’s office – we even let her join us!. We also gave the head teacher awards to students that are outstanding. We have found out what the students have been learning about in class, the highlights that they told us about, for example, learning facts about the Philippines and the Japanese Art was very popular in Fern Class.

We have had a brilliant day.

Thank you.

Alana (Headteacher) and Hailey (Deputy Headteacher)

Friday October 13th, 2023

Harvest Festival Assembly

Our Harvest Assembly will be held on Wednesday 18th October from 9:00-9:45am.  We will be donating to the foodbank at the SOS SEN charity shop on Central Road in Worcester Park.  They have asked for basic cupboard long life staples, such as cereal / juice / tea / coffee/ pasta /tins-all types / crisps / sauces / biscuits / jelly / tinned fruit / tinned or packet deserts / long life milk / long life ready to bake bread / rice / crackers etc.

If you are able to provide your child with an item from this list, please send it to school on Wednesday 18th October.  The children will bring their donations into assembly so that we can give thanks together before donating the items to SOS SEN.

Parents are welcome to join us for our Harvest celebrations.

Around the World Tour

Thursday 19th October, 3:15-3:45pm

All parents and carers are invited to come into school for a tour around our classrooms and corridors, and find out which country your child has learnt about as part of our 'Around the World' day.  Please pick up your child as normal then come into the school - you can start in any year group you wish and move around the school to see the full range of learning.  There is a lift to access the upper floor if needed.

October Half Term Holiday Clubs

We are looking forward to welcoming children to our Holiday Clubs this half term.  Willow Club, which is open to all children, will run on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th October from 8:30am until 5pm, at a cost of £30 per day or £15 per half day.  On Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th October we will be running our inaugural Forest School Holiday Club.  This will run from 10am until 4pm and will be run by Riad.  Forest School Holiday Club costs £35 per day, and is available for children in Years 1-6.  Both clubs are now available for booking on School Gateway.  Places are limited so please book asap to secure a place for your child.

If you wish to pay by Childcare Vouchers or via a Government Tax Free Childcare Account, please email office@dorchesterprimary.com and we will arrange for you to be able to do this.  Thank you.

Open Events for Prospective Parents

We have several Open Events running throughout the Autumn Term for parents looking for places in Nursery or Reception for September 2024.  If this applies to you please register for one of the events using the link below.  If you know anyone else who is interested in finding out about all we have to offer here at Dorchester, please share this information with them.  Thank you.

Lunch Hall Reminders for children

Our new caters are certainly a hit with the children and staff - and we are so happy to know that everyone is enjoying their lunches so much more now. 

That being said, can we politely remind all families to speak to your children about the importance of remembering to tidy away all knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups and napkins. We have been finding lots of these either left out on the tables for someone else to collect, or at times, in the bin! If we all take responsibility for our own lunch bits, the whole lunch hall will be a better place for everyone.  We will also speak to the children in school - but if you can re-iterate the message at home you might just find you have less tidying up to do!

Thank you, from all the kitchen and lunch hall staff :)

CAKE AND DOUGHNUT SALE 19^TH OCTOBER

Please bring cake or doughnut donations to school Thursday 19^th October. Please leave all cake or doughnut donations in the school office or with your class teacher in the morning. We will be holding a cake sale after school that day, please find us outside the office.

Safeguarding

Are you worried about a child? https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/spotting-signs-child-abuse/

If you think a child could be at risk of significant harm, you can call the children's social care team at the council in Sutton (Go to their website)

020 8770 6001 (Monday to Friday, 9am and 5pm)     020 8770 5000 (out of hours)

Always call 999 in an emergency

Lunch Menu

Our menus are available here.  Next week is Week 1.

Upcoming Events

To view the school calendar click here.