Saxton Newsletter 10.01.25

Be Present

Our school attendance last week was improved, but still only 93.0%. We appreciate that there is some illness around at the moment, which does impact upon attendance. We hope that everyone has a good rest over the holidays and recovers so that we can improve our attendance in January.

Our collective worship value next week is humility. Please take time to talk to your child about this.

We were in the news this week – if you haven’t yet seen the article in the York Press you can read it here: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24788167.saxton-ce-school-saxton-near-tadcaster-silver-artsmark-award/

As an Artsmark school, we are contributing to the development of an arts festival in Sherburn this summer. You can see more and suggest ideas here - https://www.facebook.com/SherburnLibrary/posts/pfbid026oxxaRajfuidoxZjwEXtm6ZHsQtDMdNPapphMfVfZZsQnALHtHPopEyzEUpjikh1l?notif_id=1735738311857899&notif_t=mention&ref=notif

We are keen to understand whether there would be any demand for before or after school care run out of the school. Please send responses to the questionnaire about this so that we can fully understand this before we decide whether it is something we should look into further.

We are delighted to welcome two trainees who will be undertaking placements with us this term. Miss Amphlett will be based in Sycamore and Miss Joly in Willow.

We have noticed that a number of children are viewing TikTok and some of the content they are seeing is unsuitable for them. This is causing them to become inquisitive about things that are inappropriate for their age, and in some cases is leading to unsafe behaviour. Please ensure that your child’s access to online content is managed carefully. Guidance on this can be found on our website.

Monk Fryston CE Primary have 2 vacancies, please see the information below for full details. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact Mrs McLachlan admin@mf.starmat.uk or 01977 682388.

GTA - https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145778/EDV-2025-MFCEPS-40985

MSA - https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145778/EDV-2025-MFCEPS-54773

JANUARY

16th Jan SATs Information Session Y6 Parents

29th Jan Leeds Rhinos Assembly

FEBRUARY

11th Feb Safer Internet Day

14th Feb Year 5 Young Voices Trip

17th Feb School Closed

24th Feb School Re-opens

MARCH

6th March World Book Day

11th & 12th March Learning Review Appointments

21st March Comic Relief Red Nose Day

28th March Rocksteady Concert Village Hall

APRIL

1st April Easter Lunch

7th April School Closed

22nd April School Re-opens

MAY

5th May Bank Holiday

26th May School Closed

JUNE

2nd June School Re-Opens

26th June Willow Trip to Williams Den

JULY

2nd July Balance bike and Bikeability Day

14th July Y6 Crucial Crew Visit

21st & 22nd July Training Days - School Closed to Pupils

23rd July School Closed

All the menus are available on meal selector via ParentPay

Children can decide daily whether they are having a school dinner or packed lunch.

Please ensure you use our new meal selector to order lunches for your child for up to 3 weeks in advance, see the link below.

Each day there are 4 choices, either the hot dinner, hot vegetarian option, jacket potato with a choice of toppings or a sandwich. The sandwich and jacket potato always come with a selection of vegetables/salad on the side and have the full pudding choice for that day.

Packed Lunches - if you are sending grapes in your child's packed lunch, can you please ensure that these are cut in half.

If you are in receipt of certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals during all school years. To qualify you must be receiving:

• Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods (£616.67 per month)

• Income Support

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

• Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The guarantee element of Pension Credit

• Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)

• Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Please note that contributions-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.

Apply for free school meals

You will receive an instant decision on whether your application is successful. If it is, we will fully process the application in 5 working days and notify the school. Once the school has received this your child can begin enjoying free school meals. You should continue to pay until confirmation comes through. Schools may be able to arrange reimbursement of payment made while your entitlement is being confirmed.

Free school meals claims cannot be backdated. They are awarded from the date we receive the application, once eligibility is confirmed. This is because there is a legal requirement for a request to be made, before a free school meal can be provided. If you are not entitled to free school meals, you will be notified in writing.

Help raise money for FOSS and label your children's school items. The soft plastic labels can be stuck on machine wash-care labels of clothes, but can also be used on shoes, dishwasher items and general school items.

Please order via the website www.stikins.co.uk and quote Saxton school number 17524

Please be considerate when parking near the school crossing. If parked too close it can be very difficult to see if it is safe to cross, particularly at pick up time-thank you.

Please click here to be re-directed to ParentPay, where you can pay for lunches and other school related items.

Email: admin@sp.starmat.uk
Website: http://www.sp.starmat.uk/
Location: Dam Lane, Saxton, United Kingdom
Phone: 01937 557396
Twitter: @SaxtonCE

The STAR MAT website links and twitter page.

Website: web.starmat.uk
Twitter: @CEOTheSTARMAT