HIGHLIGHTS

On Saturday 12 November we had seven PE staff out with various teams taking part in both local and regional competitions.  It was wonderful to hear of so many of our students being involved in sporting competition representing the school at the weekend.

During the half-term break, two of our students took part in a workshop supporting young women and girls with HIV in Malawi.  During their trip they set aside a day to support the charity in Limbe a suburb of the city of Blantyre in the south of Malawi.  The students took art resources donated by the school and helped the participants create pictures of lake Malawi, arguably the most dominant physical feature of Malawi in geographical terms.  Thank you to Imaan Year 12 and Ariana Year 9  for supporting this wonderful charity and sharing the Charters ethos of being kind and supportive to others through our values of Unity and Respect.

NEWS

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NOTICES

The Flu Booster is scheduled to take place at Charters School on 9 December 2022 for Years 7,8 and 9.

Please ensure that you have completed the consent form before 9am Tuesday 6 December after which the online form will close.  

Visit the Immunisation page of the website for full information.

Christmas lunch for Years 7 - 11 will take place on Tuesday 13 December and will be held over two periods of 45mins.  For full details and menu, please click here.  Tickets cost £3.50 and are available on ParentPay  The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday 30 November.

Year 11 students, please note that the closing date for Sixth Form applications is Friday 9 December 2022. Please use the link below to complete your application.

Year 12 Application Form for September 2023

We have received a request this week, asking us to highlight how families wishing to support the school can do so. Details of our Fund the Future and Unity Fund can be found here and we would like to thank all those who already support our school in this way.

Don't forget our Supporting Your Child sessions:

Monday 21 November
Supporting your child with their reading - Book here

There is a new FOOD BANK launching in Sunningdale and we would like to share the information with our wider Charters School community.

SHARE Food Bank is partnering with Hope Church, Sunningdale and will stock a range of fresh produce and bakery items that are end of day or surplus stock. All foods will be donated from local supermarkets which Hope Church will then SHARE with the local community. This is food that the supermarkets cannot sell and would otherwise go to waste!

No voucher/referral is needed to attend the food bank and ANYONE can collect a bag of food and also enjoy a tea/coffee and slice of cake.

The food bank will operate in the run up to Christmas, on the following Tuesdays from 12.00 - 1.00 at Hope Church Sunningdale, The Hope Centre, High Street, Sunningdale, SL5 0NG:

22 November
29 November
06 December 
13 December

Please spread the word.

We continue to subscribe to National Online Safety and so just wanted to take this opportunity to flag our standing feature on the website. We have also added something new this week.

Standing Feature: Parents Course Ages 11-14 and Parents Course Ages 15-18 These courses provide a brief introduction to the main issues likely to be faced as a parent and a teenager and are extremely well reviewed. They are split into small chunks so you do not have to do the content all at once.

If you have not yet created an account or your child is new to Charters and so you did not know about this, you can sign up here: http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/charters-school

Simply fill in the requested information, check and accept the terms and conditions and click register. It will then ask you to identify that you are a parent by simply clicking a button. It may take a few days until you are able to access the Watch List.

As always if you have any concerns with your child’s e-safety then please contact their Tutor or Head of Year to access advice and support.

 

Thames Valley Police are having a week of action in relation to knife crime. They have recently installed knife amnesty bins in the local area at the following locations, as outlined in this press release:

• Tesco, Dedworth Road, Windsor
• Vansittart Skate Park, Windsor
• Desborough Park, Maidenhead
• Near Boy in the boat statue, Maidenhead

Further information on this subject can be found below:

Letter from TVP and RBWM

Knife Crime Parent Leaflet from the Home Office

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