Parents
Parents’ Information
Good communication between home and school is important and we use the following ways to help this happen: Covid Information Please see the ‘Attendance’ section under the ‘Parents’ tab for information regarding the staggered start and finish times and which days your child does P.E. Parent Consultation Evenings These are held in the Autumn and …
Year 3 Transition
The Year 3 teachers have created welcome to Chater Junior videos to give the children a flavour of their new classroom and where the key places in school are. For Mrs Hibberd’s Class see below For Mrs Robert’s Class see below The Year 3 teachers have also planned an activity for children …
Attendance
The School Day Due to the ongoing COVID 19 situation our start and end of day procedures have changed. In order to minimise the number of children coming into school through each entrance and to ensure that there is social distancing, the start and end times of the school day are staggered. Parents are asked …
Families First
Help and Support Follow this link for a directory of organisations, services and groups in Hertfordshire that can help you with problems you or your family may be facing, before things might get worse. Find support for mental health, financial matters , special educational needs, health and wellbeing and education and employment and much more. …
Meals
Children may have a school lunch, bring in a packed lunch or go home to lunch. School meals are cooked on the premises by Hertfordshire Catering Limited. There is a daily choice of well-balanced hot meals catering for our cultural diversity. With effect from 23rd April 2019 a school meal will cost £2.55 per day, …
SEND Support
Local community services to support families who have children and young adults with special educational needs or disabilities. http://dsplarea9.org.uk/
Online Payments
We use ‘School Gateway’ for all payments. This enables parents to make online payments via the School Gateway smartphone app or website. You will also be able to view school dinner money balances and top them up at any time. The service is available for school dinners, school trips and swimming payments. School Gateway …
Uniform
Uniform can be purchased online for delivery to your home at https://www.pbuniform-online.co.uk/chater Our school uniform: dark (bottle) green sweatshirt, jumper or cardigan or sweatshirt with Chater logo available from the Uniform Shop white or yellow shirt or polo shirt or polo shirt with Chater logo available from the Uniform Shop black or grey trousers, skirt …
Clubs
Due to the current COVID situation there are currently only a limited number of clubs running. Teachers will be running a club at lunch for their class once a week. If your child is interested in joining the club they should speak to their class teacher. Monday Dance Club 4J Tuesday …
Friends of Chater
Chater Junior School has an active Friends Association which raises money throughout the school year to fund a variety of equipment and activities which benefit all the children in the school. Events range from Christmas and Summer Fairs, to cake sales and school discos. We have funded the purchase of books and display shelving for …
Moving On
Click on the links below to the schools’ websites. (The figures below correspond to children transferring to secondary school in September 2020) Secondary School Number of Chater Pupils Watford Grammar School for Boys 16 Watford Grammar School for Girls 13 Westfield School 11 Rickmansworth School 5 Bushey Academy 2 Out of County 3 Croxley Danes …
Emergency Closures
Please visit www.hertsdirect.org website for details of all school closures. Please do not phone the school office, which in normal circumstances does not open until 8.30am, and in the event of a school closure will not be open at all. In the event of closure due to snow, messages will also be on the local …