Saxton Newsletter 24.05.24

Have A Positive Attitude!

We are delighted to have received an award of grant funding from Enfinium which will enable us to start work on developing our woodland area so that it is more accessible for outdoor learning. We hope that the work will start at the end of June.

We are in the time of year when the weather can do different things in one day. Please ensure that your child is equipped for all conditions by ensuring that they have suncream applied before coming to school, and bring a coat and hat with them each day.

After School clubs are now live on Parentpay! We have the following clubs running next half term -

Tuesdays - Dodgeball & Gardening

Thursdays - Cricket & Choir

The clubs will only go ahead if there is enough interest in them, so please sign up!

JUNE

3rd June School Re-opens

11th June The Great School Science Share - Sycamore

12th June Kwik Cricket Event - 10 pupils from Y3/4

17th June Seaside Day at Monk Fryston - Willow

JULY

3rd & 4th July Sherburn High Transition Days

4th July Whole School Transition Day

4th July Tadcaster Grammar Transition Day

5th July FOSS Summer Event

10th July Reports out to Parents

11th July Open Classrooms

12th July Jorvik Viking Centre - Sycamore

17th July Y6 Crucial Crew Trip

19th July Leavers Assembly

22nd July Training Day - School Closed to Pupils

23rd July School Closed

SEPTEMBER

2nd Sept Training Day - School Closed to Pupils

3rd Sept School Re-opens

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

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