Welcome to the Cuddington & Dinton C of E School
We are a primary school spread across two village sites: the Infant site based in Cuddington and the Junior site based in Dinton. Our 164 pupils range between the ages of 4 and 11 and this year is our first at our full compliment having just established our first Year 6 class in September.
The school is privileged to enjoy strong links with supportive local communities and the church, relishing the history and traditions of our villages whilst moving our school and, most importantly, our pupils’ education forward.
We welcome visits from prospective parents and extend a warm invitation to local residents to attend our events and services outlined in our calendar.
The communities covered by our catchment area are Cuddington, Chearsley, Nether Winchendon, Dinton, Upton, Westlington and Ford.
Primary school catchment areas can be seen on the link below.
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/schools/Bucks_Primary(3).pdf
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'Get Set' London 2012 Olympic Partnership
We are delighted to announce that we have become of the London 2012 'Get Set' Olympic Partnership. We as a school have shown that we demonstrate a commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values and that we will use these and opportunities in school to inspire our pupils in their learning. Watch this space for more news on how we are going to be involved!
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Annual Ball 2012 - 'Heroes and Villains'
The theme of Cuddington and Dinton CE School Ball has been revealed as 'Heroes and Villains'.
Taking place on Saturday 19th May 2012, as well as the usual excellent dinner, dancing, auction and casion, we are delighted to announce that Tony Hadley will be performing with 'The Satelites' during the evening.
Tickets are now available from Susan Osborne on 07970 878 595
or email at susan.osborne@virgin.net
View the flyer here for more details.
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Junior Site Fire Update - Press Release
To view this month's press release following the close of planning consultations, click here.
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School Admissions 2012
Download our Admissions Policy for 2012 here.
For further information about admission to primary schools please look at the Bucks County Council website linked here.
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Cuddington Christmas Fayre
The raffle at the Christmas Fayre was kindly orgainsed to support the children at our school and raised £100. A big thank you to Maggie and Rosemary for facilitating this.
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Chearsley PCC
Thank you to the Reverend Cannon John Wynburn and the trustees of Chearsley PCC for donating £1000 to the Junior Rebuild fund.
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Dinton Fete
A big thank you to Sylvia and the Dinton Fete Committee for their donation £500 towards the Junior Rebuild fund.
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CONSULTATIONS | OUR PLANS
Plans for the rebuild of the school have now presented to:
_ The Full Governing Body
_ The Staff
_ The Children
_ The Parents
_ The Local Community
If you would like to see the presentation please click on the links below. Once you have looked through we would like very much to receive your comments and hear your suggestions. Please use the feedback form below to send these to us.
Presentation A & B
Consultation Feedback Form.
Thank you - The Rebuild Working Party.
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Open Mornings for Prospective Parents
Is your child starting school in September 2012?
Were they born between the 1st September 2007
and 31st August 2008?
We would like to invite you to our open morning sessions
to come and see our exciting village school in Cuddington.
We look forward to meeting you.
Thursday 13th October 10.30 – 11.00 a.m.
Thursday 3rd November 10.30 – 11.00 a.m.
For further information about admission to primary
schools please look at the Bucks County Council website.
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All aboard The Golden Hinde with Year 4
Year 4 have returned safely from their voyage aboard The Golden Hinde. Touring the Tudor portraits in the National Portrait Gallery before spending the afternoon living the life of a sailor, the children then stayed the night 'sleeping' on the Gunner's deck among the cannons and powder kegs! View the full photo gallery here.
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INVITATION TO SHARE IN THE VISION | 03rd October 2011
Invitation to share in the vision for the rebuild & extension of the fire damaged buildings in Dinton.
As many of you will know earlier this year our school buildings in Dinton caught fire and sustained serious damage. Rather than simply rebuild the school, the Governors and School would like to take the opportunity to improve the facilities and accommodation provided by the school buildings and create a ‘best in class’ and inspirational educational environment for the children.
The Headteacher and Governors of Cuddington & Dinton C of E School would like to invite residents from our local and catchment communities to visit the school to hear about plans for our proposed extension and reinstatement.
Monday 3rd October 2011 4.00pm-6.00pm
We are holding the event at the Dinton School site where proposed plans will be on display and there will be the opportunity to talk to us about the proposals. We look forward to seeing you there.
We are also in the process of arranging to be share the vision & plans with the parents and children of the school and will be contacting the parents seperately.
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Temporary Classrooms arrive
The first units of the four temorary classrooms arrived on Monday 22nd August. Installation and handover to us is due to be completed by the end of the week. Work will then start on equipping them and getting ready for the start of term.
There are many more photos on the FIRE UPDATE | Short Term Plans page.
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Temporary Classrooms
We now have a schedule for the installation of the temporary classrooms.
There will be four fully fitted classrooms plus a staff room as previously indicated.
Local residents have been informed about possible disruption. Details are contained in the leaflet that they have been given and to view it please click here
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Rebuild questionnaire
Please use the form on the attached article to feedback your thoughts and ideas for the reinstatement of the Junior site.
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Special Parents Meeting | 18th July 2011 | St Nicholas’ Church, Cuddington.
A special parents meeting was held on the 18th of July 2011.
The areas discussed were:
_ Mr Tomson | Update on extent of fire and damage.
_ Mrs Price | Short and Medium Term Measures.
_ Roger Pratap | Long Term Measures and the Role of the Rebuild Working Party.
_ Chris Blumer | Chair Conclusions.
Notes of the meeting are available here.
A record of the quesions and answer session is available in the FIRE UPDATE SECTION / Q&A
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Newsletter
July's Newsletter is now available - see under "Our School" to access it.
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“Alice”
Years 4 & 5 presented a most stunning production of “Alice” in the Bernard Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Parents, Grandparents and friends were enthralled by some quite brilliant performances and an overall standard that did the school proud. So many staff have to be thanked but Mrs Thomas and Mr Tomson in particular must be acknowledged for their contributions.
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WEBSITE LAUNCH
Dear Visitor,
We have decided to launch the website earlier than planned and a little before the website is actually fully complete to act as place that we can post the most up to date information about the fire at the Dinton site.
Please bear with us while the other areas of the site are fully populated with information and excuse any typos and mistakes while we get the website fully ready for the Autumn term 2011.
Thank you for your patience.
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DINTON FIRE UPDATE 03 | 11 July 2011
Temporary Classrooms
The attached document gives an indication of the type of temporary classrooms that we intend using for our pupils from the junior site at Dinton. The classrooms are all fully serviced and are designed specifically for use as classrooms.
The classrooms will be installed over the summer break on the infant site at Cuddington and be fully functional and ready to use for the Autumn Term.
There will be four junior classrooms, one for each year group plus a smaller staffroom unit.
Click here to download Classroom PDF
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DINTON FIRE UPDATE 02 | 07 July 2011
Long Term Planning
A working group of Governors has been set up in order to evaluate options and manage the implementation of work to reinstate the Junior site. Thorough consultations will take place with all stakeholders and the final decision will be made by the full Governing Body.
The group is being chaired by Mr Roger Pratap, who is one of our Foundation Governors, as well as being a parent. It will endeavour to take as much pressure off the school Leadership team as possible allowing them to focus on Teaching and Learning.
Until initial options have been investigated it will be impossible to give any precise timescales but as indicated in our last letter the completion of any work is going to be well into next year and we may even be talking about not being ready until Autumn term 2012.
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DINTON FIRE UPDATE 01 | 07 July 2011
Short Term Planning
For the next two weeks until the end of term we will continue to be using the Bernard Hall, St Nicholas’ Church and the Infant Hall for the Junior classes.
As preparation for next term the Governing Body has examined a number of options for the siting of temporary classrooms and has decided to locate the classrooms for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 on the Infant site paddock. These are very high quality and offer all the benefits of permanent classrooms.
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