Chowbent Primary School

ROCKSTAR MATHS DAY AT CHOWBENT - All day

To promote the 'Times Tables RockStars' learning platform, Numbots and enjoyment for maths, we will be holding a ‘Rock Stars Maths Day’ on Thursday 26th September.

Children are encouraged to dress up as a rock star on the day. As well as wearing rock star clothes, your child might decide to bring an inflatable instrument or microphone, wear cool looking sunglasses or have their hair styled to look like their favourite rockstar.

Please be as creative as you can together!

During the day, we will be giving children the opportunity to take part in times table and number challenges, maths problem solving and reasoning activities and exploring number in fun and exciting ways.

We may also have some visitors joining us to talk about how maths is used substantially in their jobs to inspire children to continue to be life-long mathematicians.

We look forward to seeing all of our Chowbent children dressed up on the day!

Mrs Taylor

We are looking forward to welcoming our new Reception children and families in September.

Please take a look at our indoor and outdoor learning environments which will be in place when your child starts school.

Thank you to Wigan Warriors who came into school last term to showcase their amazing Silverware. Only 2 other teams have won all four trophies so this is a major achievement 🏆. Well done Wigan Warriors and thank you 🏉

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Do you or another family member have some time each week where you could offer to come to school to listen to our children reading?

We are always looking for volunteers to join us, especially to listen to children reading, so if you are interested in becoming a reading volunteer, please drop me an email at:

[email protected]

Please let me know which days and times you could volunteer and we can get the ball rolling so that you can join us in the next academic year.

Please note that you will need to complete a DBS check. Also, we ask family members to listen to children reading from classes which their child is not in.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Taylor

WIGAN BOROUGH FAMILY HUBS

We are excited to be launching our third Family Hub on Saturday 3 August 🙌

📍 All families are welcome to come along to the launch event, which will be at the Family Hub on Formby Avenue in Atherton from 11am until 2pm. There will be lots of free, fun activities for all ages.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Hubs are a new way of bringing together all the support a family may need, from pregnancy through to young people turning 19, or 25 if they have a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND).

The Family Hub in Atherton is the third of seven that will soon be operating across the borough, which means if you live locally, you should always be able to find support in your neighbourhood.

Find out more by clicking on the image.

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Family Hubs Family Hubs are a new way of bringing together all the support a family may need, from pregnancy through to young people turning 19 (or 25 if they have a Special Educational need or disability (SEND).

As we come to the end of another busy school year, I think it’s a good time to reflect back on just how much has been going on, and for me to say a huge thanks to the Chowbent staff team, who always go the extra mile! Our thanks too, to our friends and families who work together with us to help out on trips and visits, volounteer or help raise funds for the children. It is very much appreciated.

As we prepare to say goodbye to Year 6 next week, I want to congratulate them on all that they have achieved during their time at our school. Although the SATs are not the most important thing that we do here, I did want to say well done to Year 6 on their SATs results this year. They have matched the national averages for reading this year, and exceeding them in Maths, Grammar and Writing! What a clever bunch you are!

Throughout the year we have been offering additional tutoring sessions for pupils who need a bit of extra help – these most usually happen after school in small groups or 1:1s. This year we were able to offer tutoring to an unbelievable 87 pupils across the school! That represents an outstanding amount of additional work from the school staff team who become tutors after school or during their lunch breaks. So a huge thank you to all of them for showing such commitment to our pupils.

So, here is a reminder of all the extras that have been going on this year, on top of the day to day delivering of quality teaching across a broad curriculum. I no doubt may have missed a few things, but its an impressive list all the same, made possible by our hard working Chowbent family –

 Y5&6 Lancaster visit
 Y5&6 Liverpool Museum visit
 Wigan Warriors trophy visit
 Leigh Leopards Challenge Cup visit.
 Dr Bike, repair and safety bike check visit.
 Bikeability for Y5&6
 ATSA football and netball competition at
Chowbent.
 Year 6 Prom Night
 Y6 joined Parklee for The Hobbit show.
 Talented mathematicians joined Parklee for maths challenge group.
 Reading Scrap Book challenge
 Year 4 parent performance – wider opps.
 Young Voices Concert in Manchester MEM
 Key Stage 2 Summer Show – Robin & The Hoodies
 Sports Days – it stayed dry!
 Gulliver’s World visit
 Year 6 residential to York
 Viking workshop
 School Open Day & Evening
 Maths Competitions
 Harvest Celebrations
 Rock Star Maths Day
 Oceans – Eco assembly for school, plus Y5/6 workshops afterwards.
 YR/1/2 joined St. Richards for Alladin panto.
 Fishing workshops and fishing competition (we came second)
 Rock Steady Music assembly performance
 Lockerbie residential Week
 Book Fairs
 Cross Country Competition
 STEM workshop at Bolton School
 Chowbent school pantomime visit
 Wigan Warriors Sports Club after school
 Breakfast Club
 ATSA football league matches & Netball/Football Tournament
 Christmas lunch day and Christmas party days.
 School Nativity performances for parents
 Science Theme Week – visitors and activities.
 Mental Health Awareness theme day (Zones of Regulation)
 Swimming gala
 World Book Day 2024
 Y3/4 visit to Chester
 Chester Zoo visit
 Poetry sharing assembly
 School Art Exhibition
 Leavers Assembly/Prom
 MFL lessons - by Maddame Prince over Key Stage 2
 Wider opportunities musical tuition for Y4 from Wigan Music Services continues in school for Year 4.
 Swimming for Year 3

PTFA & Events
 Teddy Tombola
 Macmillan Coffee Morning
 Christmas discos
 PTFA Bingo Night
 PTFA Christmas Fayre

Community.
 Remembrance Sunday school representation.
 Walking Nativity
 Carol singing at Tesco and Hamilton’s Residential Home.
 Christmas service at Chowbent Chapel

I am looking forward to 2024/25!

Mr Randle

Coming Autumn 2024.....
THURSDAY 10TH OCTOBER
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TRI - KIDZ
Our children did amazingly well at the tri-kids event yesterday. They won both the boys and girls events which means they have qualified for the semi-finals on Wednesday 3rd July (This week).

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Have you got some time within each week where you would like to offer to volunteer to help in school?

Do you have a particular expertise that you would like to support children in school with?

Would you like to support children with their reading, giving them extra opportunities to read within the school week?

As a school we welcome parent/carer helpers to come in to school and work with children.

All volunteers will need a DBS check and an induction regarding safeguarding, fire and health & safety.

Please note that we tend not to ask parents to work within the class that their child is currently in.

If you are interested in volunteering in school please get in touch by dropping me an email at:

[email protected]

In the email, please state which year group you would like to work with and which days and times you are able to volunteer. Please also state which year group your child is in.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Taylor

Good Morning,

Unfortunately, we have been informed that our usual school crossing patrol officer is unable to man our crossing from the 10th June -14th June. Returning on the 17th June.

Please can all parents and children be especially careful when driving and crossing in front of the school on that week.

We are getting set up for our art exhibition. Please come and take a look! 3pm - 5pm

Today Chowbent took part in the ATSA fishing competition. The children had a fantastic day and came second. We are really proud of you boys for representing the school and doing such a great job. Thank you to our parent volunteer Holly and Mrs Ball for organising with ATSA.

Reminder - today is own clothes day information is on Dojo. Please donate £1 or a toy for the summer tombola.

On Friday GMP did an assembly with our Year 5 and Year 6 class about knife crime. Following that we had an exciting visit from the GMP police helicopter. It was an incredible experience for us all and took a lot of organising from GMP. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen and thank you to Park Lee Primary School for sharing this experience with us. I’m sure it is something the children will remember for years to come.

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Please use the link above to sponsor the Chowbent team for their midnight walk in aid of Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Chowbent Primary School Help Catherine Ball raise money to support Wigan and Leigh Hospice

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Thank you to our PTFA for raising funds and purchasing our Year 6 leavers hoodies.

The staff at Chowbent are doing the ‘Midnight Walk’ on Friday 14th June in aid of Wigan and Leigh Hospice. A cause close to many people’s hearts. Any donation big or small is greatly appreciated. Thank you ❤️
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Chowbent’s fundraiser for Wigan and Leigh Hospice Help Catherine Ball raise money to support Wigan and Leigh Hospice