Saxton Newsletter 21.4.23

We did incredibly well in the Big Walk & Wheel – thank you for supporting this. Our final position was 81st in the UK (17th in the North of England) which is absolutely amazing! We made a total of 450 journeys to school by walking or wheeling, which represents 78.6% of our children.

Don’t forget that FOSS are running a 100 Club with monthly prizes. Entry into the April draw has now closed but numbers from May onwards can still be purchased on ParentPay. The June draw will be a bonus month with higher prizes.

Bags will be coming home with your child this afternoon for the Bags2School scheme. This is a great chance to have a clear out over the weekend. The bags will be collected from 9am next Friday morning, 28th April. Please bring the full bags into school when you drop off your child. Thank you.

Thank you for your feedback about Maths at Monk Fryston and Saxton CE Schools. We had lots of interest in the idea of a maths information session for parents/carers. The general consensus was that an evening would be preferable so we have organised for the session to take place on:

Thursday 4th May, 6-7pm at MF School

The session will be informal and will include some information about the strategies we use to teach maths to your children (across all age groups); some top tips for supporting maths learning at home; and the opportunity to ask any questions you might have about our maths learning.

The session is intended for any adults supporting children at home (which might include grandparents etc.).

If you intend to come along, please book your space(s) using the Google form below:

https://forms.gle/KpTWK3HMhoSxCCcW6

We look forward to seeing you there!

We have vacancies at both Monk Fryston & Saxton Primary Schools. Click the link below for full details. https://monkfryston.n-yorks.sch.uk/frontpage-news/vacancies-at-both-monk-fryston-saxton-schools/…

Dates for your diary – Sports Day this year will be on the afternoon of Thursday 8th June.

Next week we will be on Week 2 of the Summer 2023 lunches menu. 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

The STAR MAT website links and twitter page.

Website: web.starmat.uk
Twitter: @CEOTheSTARMAT