Police have made us aware of children across the north of Sheffield being members of huge WhatsApp and Snapchat groups that are sharing extremely disturbing images and videos. Please check your child's phone and talk to them about staying safe in the world of social media, and help safeguard children from viewing or sharing disturbing imagery.

Please use these links for advice on supporting families with online safety.

Chaucer School - Safer Internet Day - Resources for Parents & Carers.

Safeguarding (chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk)

https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/

Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity to focus on online safety with your child, whatever their age. This year’s theme is all about change and influence online, and the UK Safer Internet Centre have created a range of pages to help you talk about these issues and ideas with your child, no matter how much time you have and in an age-appropriate way.

Booking is now available for Year 7 parents evening.
You can book via MCAS or by calling the school office.

Year 7 Parents evening - Wednesday 6th March 2024

All appointments are face to face and are available from 4pm - 6.30pm.

On behalf of all the staff at Chaucer we hope you all have a wonderful holiday and look forward to seeing you all in 2024!
School will start at the normal time for all students on Monday 8th January 2024!

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