Saxton Newsletter 17.01.25

3 Before Me

We have started 2025 really well, with attendance in the first week of term rising to 97.4%. Thank you for supporting us to work towards our target.

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

Date for your diary – Sports Day will take place on the afternoon of Friday 23rd May.

Do you have a water butt that is in good condition and could be donated to school? The Eco Warriors are looking to put one in the Willow outdoor area to collect rainwater and would prefer to recycle rather than purchase from new.

We are delighted to host a trainee teacher from the University of Zurich for a school placement from 2nd - 20th June. This is part of the university's cultural enrichment programme. The teacher will be in our school every day for those three weeks.

Whilst the university supports students to find a school placement and travel to the host nation, they aren't able to organise accommodation. We are therefore reaching out to families and friends to see if anyone has accommodation that the student could use. This would be a paid arrangement that would be organised privately between the individual and the host.

If you have a room, or annex, or even an Air BnB that you might be able to offer, please let us know. The student would not have their own transport, so this would need to be taken into consideration, although school staff will happily help with this if we are able.

Did you know that the NHS Pharmacy First Service enables children and adults to get convenient access to healthcare advice and treatment where appropriate, for seven common conditions without the potential delay of having to wait for a GP appointment? Accessing the service may mean that can help children feel better and back to school as quickly as possible, as well as supporting parents/carers to also get better if they are unwell with one of the conditions covered under the service.

There is no need to make an appointment; parents or carers can pop into their local Boots pharmacy with their child and ask for help under the service.

Support for the following conditions can be accessed under the service, free of charge (unless NHS prescription charges apply):

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

23rd Jan KS2 Playground Playoffs - come to school in PE Kit

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

23rd May Sports Day

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.

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