Whole School

• Road safety

Please see attached leaflet for a reminder on how to Keep the Zig-Zags om the road Clear.

This includes stopping in the middle of the junction when there are zigzags, as the offence covers up to the middle white line of the junction. Please note that if you stop on the Zig-Zags you will be fined £130!

 Walk to School Month

October is Walk to School Month where we can celebrate the many benefits of walking, including improvements to our health and the environment. If you have to drive, please try to park safely away from the school entrance and ensure that you leave enough time to have a 5 to 10-minute walk to school. This will not only reduce congestion, pollution and safety around the school gates but it will encourage children to walk more.

To celebrate the start of ‘Walk to School Month’, Tuesday, 3rd October will be ‘Happy Shoes Day’.  The children can wear their favourite pair of ‘happy’ shoes to school (no heels, please) to make it even more fun to walk to school.  We hope you will support your children in walking, scooting or cycling to school as often as possible throughout October.

• Coffee morning

5th October, Thursdays 9.00am to 9.30am – Parents and Carers are invited for a Coffee morning in the training room. We will be sharing how we intend to provide more opportunities for creative play during lunchtimes.

 

• School Lunch – Seasonal Taster Day

5th October – Jacket Potato Day with Beef Chilli Con Carne or Vegetable Korma, Cheese, Beans or Tuna Mayo – Take your pick! All comes with a chunky salad and you can have Chocolate Cake and custard for dessert!

 

Nasal Flu Immunisation – Reception to Year 6

Please be reminded that the school’s nursing team will be visiting on 12th October 2023 to carry out nasal flu immunisation. If you haven’t yet completed the flu immunisation consent form, please do so as soon as possible via the link below. Please note that the link will expire on 9th October at Midnight.  (If you’ve already filled out an e-consent using this link, you DO NOT have to fill out the online form again. The school nursing team will have the records stored already.)

https://london.schoolvaccination.uk/flu/2023/haringey

Year 1 and Year 2  

Please bring in a small plastic bag for your child’s wellies so that they can hang them on their peg. Thank you.

Year 4 – Trip to the British Museum

Tuesday, 17th October – Year 4 will be going on a trip to The British Museum.  We will be looking for parent volunteers to join us. If you would like to come, please speak to your child’s teacher.

Friday, 20th October we will be ending our Roman topic with a Roman day, children can dress up for this.

Year 5, Swift Class – 6th October

Parents, Carers and Grandparents are warmly invited to their child’s assembly, which will take place on Friday morning at 9.05am in the Main Hall. Please stay and have a cup of tea or coffee with us afterwards.

Year 6, Toucan Class – 2nd to 6th October

School Journey to Tollesbury

Friends Of Coldfall Wood – Activities and Events

• The Ecology of Coldfall Wood

Sunday, 1st October, 11 am. to 12.30 pm – Join us for a guided walk with Linda Dolata.

Linda has run a field centre, is a guide at Kew Gardens, belongs to the Ancient Tree Forum and owns a small wood in Essex so will have much to share with us. Explore the way that the trees, plants, fungi and animals in Coldfall are interrelated, with a look at the way the wood has changed and how it’s continuing to develop. We’ll focus on how the wood was managed historically, the impact of alien plants, the importance of fungi in maintaining the life of the wood, and anything else we see that’s interesting. Suitable for adults and accompanied children aged 11 or older. Meet at the Eastern entrance on Creighton Road opposite the entrance to Fortismere School (nearest to Muswell Hill)

• A Photography Walk with Mike Segal

Sunday 8th October 2 pm to 4 pm – Join us for a walk in the woods with Photographer Mike Segal, to see what opportunities there are to capture images at this wonderful time of the year. All levels of experience, and all types of cameras (from SLRs to camera phones) welcome, as are children accompanied by an adult.

To book an event please follow the link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coldfallwood

 Friends of Coldfall Wood & Muswell Hill Playing Fields – Get Involved – We meet on the first Tuesday of each month except August, 7:30pm, at the Clissold Arms, 105 Fortis Green Road, London N2 9HR.

You can also volunteer in other ways.

For more information, contact us info@coldfallwoods.co.uk  www.coldfallwoods.co.uk

On-going Reminders

• Can we please remind parents and carers to make payments for any outstanding charges that they have on their Arbor account. Thank you.

• Please be reminded of the following information regarding drop off and pick up from school:

Breakfast Clubs (EYFS and Early Birds) – Entry and exit via Everington Road only. Please drop your children off no earlier than 8.00am.

Activity Clubs – Entry and exit via Coldfall Avenue and Everington Road. Children should be collected at 4.40pm. Any late pick-ups will be from the school office.

Night Owls and EYFS After School Club – Entry and exit via Everington Road only until 6.00pm.

Please do not stay on the school site once you have dropped off or picked up under any circumstances. Please do not prop the gates open.