Value for the Month: Wisdom

Whole School

• OPAL Homework – October: We have decided to ask our children and families to undertake a special OPAL homework each month. This is instead of an English or a Maths homework and is intended to encourage our children and families into natural spaces and the environment. Use fallen leaves to create your own piece of artwork and think about colour, pattern or shape. You could be inspired by the examples shown here, or come up with your own ideas. Have fun, and please take a photo to upload to your class’s google classroom. We’ll share some of the best examples on our Instagram account in November.

• Bringing in items late to school: If there is an item that you or your child has forgotten at home (like water bottles, clothing, bags, books, musical instruments, lunch or snacks, ets.) can these please be brought to the office NO LATER than 9.30am. Taking items to classrooms during school hours disturbs teaching and learning, as well as the office, so please try to limit dropping things off after school has started.  Thank you for your cooperation.

• Thursday, 9th October: Racial Equity Coffee Morning, 9.00am in the Staffroom. All welcome!

This is an opportunity to meet the members of the Racial Equity Group, hear about our recent staff training and share our plans for our upcoming Black History project. If you have any questions at all or would just like a coffee and a biscuit, please come along.

• Apply for Pupil Premium Funding: Some of our families may be entitled to Free School Meals funding (FSM), which can be used by the school to pay for additional support such as extra tuition, mentoring or after school activities etc. The school would receive this funding as Pupil Premium Funding. If you think that you may be eligible, you can check by going online to https://pps.lgfl.org.uk/ and clicking on “Check Eligibility”. We will receive a notification from Haringey if you are eligible.

• Drop off and pick up from school and from clubs: Please do not stay on the school site once you have dropped off or picked up your child/children, under any circumstances.
  • 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.
  • During the School Day – If you are dropping off or picking up your child, dropping off forgotten items, or coming in for a meeting/event, please enter and exit the school via the Everington Road gate. At certain times access is restricted to only the Everington Road Gate due to the need to manage safe access to the school site.

• Forest School Wellies
  If you haven’t already provided your child with a pair of wellies, please do so. These are an essential piece of equipment for Forest School, which takes place every Wednesday.

• Flu Vaccinations - Reception to Year 6 – IMPORTANT – Please complete even If you DO NOT want your child to receive the vaccine!

• Wednesday, 22nd October – 1st Visit
• Friday, 24th October – 2nd Visit
• Thursday, 20th November AM - Catch-Up session

Parents and carers are reminded to complete the online e-consent form to indicate whether you wish your child to receive the flu vaccination or not. Even if you do not wish for your child to have the vaccine, please complete the form in order to DECLINE (or CONSENT), so that the NHS Nurses can update your child’s health record accordingly.  👉https://ncl.schoolvaccination.uk/flu/2025/haringey

Nursery

• Applying for a Reception Place - The closing date for applications is 15th January 2026.

If your child is born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022, parents and carers need to apply for a reception school place via their local authority’s admissions website. Please see the link below for Haringey’s admissions website and further information on how to apply: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/schools-learning/schools/school-admissions/apply-a-school-place/starting-primary-school

Reception

• Tuesday, 7th October - The children will enjoy a Perform Drama Workshop. Please contribute £4 towards the workshop (£2.00 for PP families) via your child’s Arbor account under Activities then Trips. Thank you.

Year 3

• Monday, 6th October: Year 3, Stone Age Experience Workshop – at school

Year 4

• Design and Technology Week - During week commencing 6th October, we will be looking for two parents/carers volunteers per class to support our year 4 DT lessons. The children will be making macaroni and cheese, and we would appreciate your help with this activity.

We are also asking for a £1.50 contribution to help purchase ingredients for this topic. If you can support us by contributing, please send the money to school with your child.

• Pelican and Peacock classes will be changing the day of one of their PE lessons. Their PE days are now Monday and Wednesday.
• Puffin class’s PE days remain as Wednesday and Friday.

Year 5

• Swift and Swan classes will be changing the day of one of their PE lessons. Their PE days are now Thursday and Friday.
• Robin class’s PE days remain as Monday and Thursday.

Year 6

• Monday, 6th to Friday, 10th October: Wren Class to Tollesbury
• Secondary School Application: Please make sure that you apply for your child’s Secondary school. The deadline is 31^st October 2025. An e-mail was sent out to parents and carers with further information on 19^th September via Arbor. You can use the link below to book yourself for one of the online talks provided by Haringey: Secondary school open events and online talks about applying | Haringey Council.

If parents and carers have any questions, they can email Haringey at: schooladmissions@haringey.gov.uk or contact their customer service team on 0208 489 1000.

Coming up

• Monday, 13th to Friday, 17th October: Toucan Class to Tollesbury
• Thursday, 16th October: Year 4 Trip to The Verulamium Museum - Please also remember to make a £5 contribution towards the cost of the trip via Arbor.
• Monday, 20th to Friday, 24th October: Year 6, Woodpecker Class to Tollesbury

 

Save the date for upcoming FOC events: 

• Friday, 24th October – Spooktacular Halloween cake sale!

• Friday 7th November – Our Annual Fireworks Night - We are thrilled to invite all our Coldfall families to one of the highlights of the school year! Please come along and enjoy a fun evening with food, drinks and of course our amazing fireworks display. Doors will open at 5.30pm and the fireworks display will start at 7.30pm. Doors close at 8.00pm.

End of Term finishing times: Parents and Carers are reminded that at the end of each term the school will finish at 1.30pm. Please make arrangements to collect your child / children on time as there will be NO afterschool activity clubs or Night Owls provision on these days, thank you. To avoid confusion, please see below the dates when school will close earlier:

*19th December 2025 – 1.30pm         

 *27th March 2026 – 1.30pm             

 *17th July 2026 – 1.30pm

Monday, 27th to Friday, 31st October: Half Term Holiday – Coldfall Holiday Camp will be open during the half term holiday. Bookings are now open and can be made via Arbor.