Parents
Parents’ Information
Good communication between home and school is important and we use the following ways to help this happen: Parent Consultation Evenings These are held in the Autumn and Spring Terms and are an opportunity for you to meet and talk with your childs’ teacher. Your childs’ work will be available for you to see and …
Attendance
The School Day Morning Session is from 8.45am – 12.10pm Afternoon Session is from 1.10pm – 3.20pm The school gates open at 8.30am and children should be in class and ready for registration by 8.50am. Children arriving after this time are recorded as being late. Parents are responsible for their children until they enter the …
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
The following clubs will be taking place in school this term. Please make sure your child is collected promptly if they are attending an after-school club. Thank you. Monday Game On – Tag Rugby (places limited) Years 3 & 4 12.40 -1.10pm Game On Football Team (places limited) starting 13/1/20 Year 6 3.20-4.30pm Tuesday Guitar …
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 2019) Secondary School Number of Chater Pupils Watford Grammar School for Boys 22 Watford Grammar School for Girls 15 Westfield School 13 Rickmansworth School 1 Bushey Academy 4 Out of County 2 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 …