Saxton Newsletter 14.7.23

What a fab end of year treat funded by FOSS! Pizzas from The Pizza Box Co. followed by ice cream from Sprinkles Wetherby - we loved it! Thank you!

We were absolutely delighted with our KS2 test results that were announced this week. Despite the national headlines indicating that schools haven’t recovered from the pandemic, our Year 6 children continued to perform very highly and better than all other schools in the area. 100% met the standard in reading, writing and maths. We are extremely proud of every one of them.

We were sad to say goodbye to Mrs Pedley this week, and wish her well on her exciting new venture are a childminder.

We are pleased to provide your child’s end of year report today. Please do respond so that we know you have received it safely. If you would like to discuss it further please contact your child’s teacher.

We have changed our policy on document retention. This means that at the end of the year your child will be able to take all their work home with them, including the books that that they have completed since September. In some subjects, we may still retain some part-completed books if these have space that can be used next year.

We are delighted to have been selected as one of Tesco’s chosen community grant projects. If you shop at a Tesco store in Garforth, Sherburn In Elmet, Rothwell, Swillington or Allerton Bywater you should be able to use a token to vote for our scheme titled “Growing our Community Garden” which aims to improve access to our outside area. Please do support us.

Don't forget the fabulous KS2 production will take place in church at 6pm on Monday 24th July, and the Leaver’s Service at 9.15am on Tuesday 25th July.

Quick reminder that we break up on Tuesday 25th July and children return to school on Tuesday 5th September.

All the menus are available on meal selector

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

Please ensure you use our new meal selector via ParentPay 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.

We are delighted to be able to have volunteers into schools again, and would welcome parents to help us. If you are able to give any time to us, either on an ad-hoc or regular basis, you will need to complete a DBS application. Please contact the office for more information.

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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