Friday 22nd December 2023 will be a Non-uniform - Sportswear day for students. Students can wear PE kit or any other school appropriate non-uniform sportswear. We are suggesting a non-uniform donation of £1 which will be donated to our student council to plan activities in school. Full expectations around non-uniform days can be found at https://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk/uniform

Chaucer School will close at 12.20pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 for the Christmas Holidays. If your child is on FSMs grab bags are available and must be ordered by 12.30pm on Thursday 21st December 2023. These will be ready to collect at the end of school on Friday from the snack bar.

Please see information below from the Local Authority regarding vaccinations.

Information and requests from the Children & Families Directorate and the Public Health Team

Health services across the country are starting to see an increase in the number of cases of measles.

The most important thing to help prevent the spread of measles is to ensure that everyone is vaccinated.

It is important to have the MMR vaccine, and we are asking parents / guardians to take up the offer of an MMR vaccine if their children are not fully vaccinated.

The David and Jane Richards Family Foundation, one of the supporters and funders of the Dryden Wifi Project. Are looking for families who wish to sign up for unlimited free broadband in the Dryden Estate area. 

As part of our drive for improvement, Chaucer School is taking part in the Behaviour Hubs programme, a Department for Education-funded programme to improve all aspects of behaviour in schools. We have been paired with an exemplary lead school who will guide us through a year of support in which we will further develop new behaviour cultures to make sure that all pupils can learn in a calm, safe and supportive environment.

As part of this programme of support, we will be gathering the views of pupils and staff, to understand how they perceive behaviour in school. This will help us to identify areas for improvement. This survey will take place in school time and should last no more than ten minutes.

Your child will receive an invitation next week to complete the survey via their school email address, using Microsoft Forms. Students will be identifiable by year group, but not by name, as we may share the collated responses with our lead school and the DFE as part of the programme. If you do not wish your child to take part in this survey, please let us know by the end of this school week (Friday the 10^th of November) so that we can ensure your child does not receive the email to participate. 

The School Photography Company's photographer will be in school on Monday 6th November taking photos for all students in Years 7, 9 & 11

Due to worsening weather conditions school will close at 13:55pm If your child needs to stay in school until 3pm please contact the school office

We have just been informed that Ofsted will inspecting Chaucer School on Wednesday 11^th and Thursday 12^th October 2023, and they would like to know what you think about the school. Your views about the school are important.

If you are a registered parent or carer of a student at Chaucer, you can share your views by completing Ofsted's online survey, Ofsted Parent View, at: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Ofsted Parent View asks for your opinion on some aspects of the school, including the progress made by your child, the quality of teaching, how the school deals with bullying and poor behaviour. It also provides a free-text box for you to make additional comments, if you wish. The inspectors will use the online survey responses when inspecting Chaucer School.

To register your views, you will need to provide your email address, which will be held securely. It will not be used for any purpose other than providing access to the online survey. Neither schools nor Ofsted will have access to any email addresses.

Please complete the online survey as soon as possible, preferably by 11am on the first day of the inspection, as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, we will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection, although the free-text box facility will not be available after noon on the final on-site day of the inspection.

A reminder to all parents and students. Chaucer School is closed Monday 2nd October 2023 due to a staff training day.

MCAS has recently updated if you are experiencing any issues, please ensure you are using the latest version of the app. Further information on setting up MCAS can be found at https://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk/mcas if you need to reset your password at any time please visit https://www.mychildatschool.com/MCAS/MCSForgottenLogin

Grassroots trial: evaluation of an anti-conflict intervention

Information for Parents/Carers

The project will involve Year 7-9 pupils (and a small number of Year 10 pupils) in around 100 schools, starting in September 2023 and continuing until Summer 2024.

We hope you all have had a great summer. We look forward to welcoming ALL students at 8.30am on Tuesday 5^th of September ready to start the new school year, with some new faces, lots of new activities, and opportunities all day to learn and succeed. 

Please see the link below to our newly launched end of term Newsletter!