Mrs Barhey 
The time has come for me to move on to a new chapter in my teaching and learning journey at the end of this term. It has been a real privilege to teach 5S since January and to be part of such a supportive and caring school community. I will truly miss the children and staff whose enthusiasm, curiosity and kindness have made my time at Almond Hill a very special one. Thank you for all your support towards your children and to me. As A.A. Milne once wrote, "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." I leave with many fond memories and wish you all the very best for the future. 

Mrs Ogilvie 
I have really enjoyed my time here at Almond Hill and will be sad to leave the children and the friends I have made.  Thank you to everyone for being so welcoming when I first arrived.  

From September, we will no longer be using Premier for sports during the day. This does not affect our wrap around care facility – they will continue to be our provider. This does mean that unfortunately, we will be losing Mr Miah at the end of term. I am sure parents will want to wish him all the best in his next school. He has been a wonderful addition to Almond Hill and has worked incredibly hard across the school delivering a brilliant sporting provision. Thank you and good luck Mr Miah!  

That being said, I am pleased to tell parents we have appointed a dedicated Sports Coach. Miss Harris will take on that role in September working alongside Mrs Bond (PE Subject Lead and Physical and Mental Well-Being Lead) to continue to improve the sporting provision for our children.  

Congratulations to Mrs Hanmore and Miss Hunter who have both been appointed as Pastoral TAs. They are joining our expanding pastoral team and will work alongside Mrs Burgess and Mrs Barker delivering specialist interventions and pastoral provisions for the children.  

Miss Paszek is joining the cover supervisor team and will provide lesson cover for teachers when needed. Congratulations on your new role, Miss Paszek. 

Some parents may already have noticed we have a new member of staff in our office. Miss Powell has joined the office team as the Finance Assistant. She will arrange trips, visits, clubs and sporting events for the children.  

Mr Jennings – Class Teacher 
I am thrilled to be joining the team at Almond Hill this July. Over the past three years, I have been training to fulfil my passion for becoming a Primary Teacher, and I’m incredibly excited to begin this new chapter. During my training, I had the pleasure of completing a placement at Almond Hill, and ever since, I have secretly hoped for the opportunity to return. I feel very fortunate to now be part of this wonderful school community. I am really looking forward to meeting your children and working closely with you to support their learning and development. I strongly believe in creating a safe and nurturing environment where children can grow academically, socially and emotionally into well-rounded individuals. Outside of teaching, I have a keen interest in technology, and I enjoy keeping active, particularly at the gym. I look forward to meeting you and your children. 

Mrs Mitchell - Teaching Assistant  
I’m delighted to be joining Almond Hill as a teaching assistant in September. I come to this role from a large primary school in Stevenage. I have also previously spent time helping at a smaller school, in the village where I live. I have two children, who will be in years 7 and 9 in September.  Before having children, I worked at a professional advisory company, advising local authorities on large scale development and regeneration projects. Outside of work, I love gardening and playing tennis.  I am very much looking forward to getting to know your children and supporting their individual growth and learning in the months ahead. 

Mrs Wright – Pastoral Team
Hello, I’m MrsWright and looking forward to joining the pastoral team in September. I have 17 years experience working in special schools. For the last 4 years I have been a pastoral support worker; running interventions, being part of the behaviour response team, being a Therapeutic Thinking Tutor and a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. I work closely with pupils, their families and outside agencies to offer them the best pastoral support possible. I am also mum to 3 teenage daughters and love music - I can’t wait to meet all the Almond Hill pupils and families soon. 

Mr Tuck - Teaching Assistant
Hello everyone. I am Mr Tuck and I am excited to be joining Almond Hill in September as a teaching assistant. I enjoy many different sports and have a keen interest in football. I support Liverpool FC.  

Please remember to monitor your child’s phone (if they have one) as there have been unkind anonymous text messages recently joking about knife crime circulating. We would always suggest parents report any threats of violence to police.  

It was a pleasure to chat with parents at the Navigating the Online World Safely information session after school this week.  There were some signposts to helpful parent guides under the following categories: entertainment & search engines, social media, broadband & mobile networks, devices and gaming.  Needless to say, there are many more parental settings required than on a device setup.    

https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/page/2/ 

Helpful and interesting information regarding mobile phone options was also available: 

https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/alternatives  

We would encourage all parents to download the Arbor app for a user-friendly experience.  You will receive notifications when we send you in-app messages. . 

Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arboreducation.parentapp&hl=en_GB&pli=1  

App store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/arbor-parent-app/id1448707412  

As you will have noticed, we have started to use Arbor School Shop for payments. Please note that when using the school shop, you won't be sent an email or confirmation of your purchase, but you can see which items you've been invoiced for.  
 
A guide is available if you need help with purchasing from the school shop: https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/5068444710813-Purchasing-School-Shop-items-on-the-Parent-Portal-or-Parent-App   

We are streamlining the apps we use to make it easier for parents and going forward, we will use SchoolGrid for lunches, SchoolCloud for parents' evening and Arbor for everything else.  

Please see below a letter from the Director of Public Health regarding immunisations. 

Recently, our cook found gum stuck to the bottom of one the plates in the dining room. Please can parents remind children they are not allowed to bring chewing gum to school.  

The new date for our lower school sports day is Friday 27th June 9.00am-12.00pm 

With a backup date of Thursday 17th July should the lower school date need to be cancelled again. If this date is needed, the sports day will take place in the morning. 

Although we have allowed 9.00am-12.00pm for the sports days, they may finish earlier than this (but not later) especially if the races are over quickly! Parents can come round to the field after drop off. The gates closest to St Nicholas Church will remain closed but unlocked during sports day for anyone who will be arriving after 9.00am. All children must go to class first to register as normal and then will be brought out to the school field for sports day. We know that not all parents are able to attend in school events so we will be taking some photos which will be uploaded to Seesaw.  

A reminder of your child’s house colour has been sent via email. Ideally, children will participate in their house teams so please can they wear a t-shirt in their house colour if possible.  Please do not worry if your child does not have an item of clothing in their house colour. We do not expect parents to purchase anything. We have bibs for anyone who hasn't got a top in their colour. 

School will be selling light refreshments and baseball caps so please bring cash with you. Please make sure your child has their water bottle with them. 

Toilets will be signposted - for safeguarding reasons, please ensure you follow the signs to our 'visitor' toilets. 

The drop off car park will be left open to reduce parking outside. For safeguarding, all internal gates will be locked during the event so the drop off zone cannot be accessed through the quadrant. Parents will need to leave the school via the St Nicholas Church gate and walk down to the drop off zone from there. If the gates are not open for any reason when you need to access your car, please speak to the office.  

Feedback from last year’s sports day: 
Last year, we asked parents for their feedback on the sports day and I wanted to come back to that this year. It was mentioned that the marathon was too long for some children. The marathon will be kept to 2 laps again this year but this event is aimed at long distance runners and any child participating knows how far they will be running. Some people asked if they could provide their own seating – particularly for those with disabilities. We do bring the biggest chairs we have available but appreciate these aren’t aimed at adults. Parents are welcome to bring their own chairs but we would ask that these are put at the back or to the side of our seating. Please do not rearrange the seating we have provided. We would also politely request that spectators remain seated to allow those at the back to watch the events. Please can I also ask that gazebos are not brought into school for the sports days. Last year, we borrowed a PA system from a local school and unfortunately this did not work. We have another one this year and are hopeful you will be able to hear us this year! 

We used different technology this year and we are hoping that parents were able to hear us. Please could you feedback below. We do have a plan B for next time if needed.  

Mrs Lyons and Miss Andrews will be hosting this workshop to give parents the opportunity to discuss any worries or concerns they have around online safety (and mobile phones in particular). Like you, we are not experts but it is a good opportunity for us to look at these issues together and come up with some ideas to help support each other. This will take place from 3.30 until 4.30pm on Tuesday 1st July. Children are not permitted to attend this session so we will be offering a creche.  

We are struggling to find enough adults to support trips and visits. By their nature, trips and visits require higher staffing/adult ratios than regular lessons. Due to financial restrictions for increasing staffing and competing demands for time of teaching assistants, we are increasingly finding it difficult to find enough adults for sports trips, smaller groupings when visitors come into school and local trips such as the regeneration visits in the local area. We are really committed to keeping costs down whilst keeping these supplementary activities going but need any help families can offer. If we are not able to increase the number of volunteers over the next few weeks, we may have to take the decision to cancel some events and certainly will have to be mindful of what we plan for next year. I know many parents work and are not able to support school events in this way but if you do have the time and we make a request for parental/family support, please consider it as we wouldn't ask if it wasn't necessary to keep them going.  

We are excited to announce the summer reading challenge! All children are encouraged to participate. At the bottom of the newsletter, you will find the instructions and sheets that children will need in order to take part in the challenge. The ‘Reading Challenge sheet’ is split into 4 sections. The bottom 3 sections are ‘pass’ sections and the top one is a ‘shoot’ section. Children must play 3 passes (one from each section) and then take a shot (a reading challenge from the top shoot section). A goal is scored once all 4 challenges have been completed and then children can ask their teacher for a football sticker which is then placed in the goal on the back of the sheet.  

Every child in the class that scores the most goals will be allowed to choose a book to be bought and presented to the class library of their next class. If it is a Year 6 class, then they will be allowed to spend some time with our Year 3 children and will find out what books they would have liked to see in the Year 3 class libraries and they will be invited to donate their books to the next Year 3 children. At Almond Hill in Year 6, our behaviour curriculum is all about community spirit and giving back – what a great legacy to leave to the next cohort of children to join our school. In addition to this, the team (class) who score the most goals in total will be invited to suggest a small team reward they would really enjoy for example a picnic or games afternoon 

The reading challenge will start on the 16th June and continue throughout the summer term and will officially end on Friday 11th July.  

Over the last few weeks of the summer term, every year group will be taking part in activities/tours linking to the regeneration of Stevenage. We have been working with the Regeneration Team at Stevenage Borough Council for the last year. We are going to be building on the activities that the children took part in last year. 
Year 4 will be going for a tour of the New Town and looking at some of the completed projects as well as ones that are due to/have just started. They will be looking at the timeline of Stevenage town and will be completing an activity there. Year 5 and 6 will be going on a tour of the Old Town to look at/compare some of the old buildings with those that they saw last year. They will be acknowledging the importance of history within the town and looking at different pieces of art throughout. They will be completing activities based on a mix of geography, history and art. 

The dates are: 
Year 4 = Tuesday 24th June 
Year 5 = Tuesday 1st July 
Year 6 = Tuesday 8th July  

Since the update on last week’s newsletter regarding the changes to free school meals entitlement "The DFE has just announced that free school meals (FSM) transitional protection will now continue until September 2026 (when FSM eligibility will be extended to all families receiving Universal Credit). This means that changes recently communicated will not go ahead. All families remain protected and eligible until the end of the 2025/26 academic year." 

This week the school field was bouncing with energy (and dodgeballs) as students faced off in one of the most exciting tournaments of the year. Thanks to the amazing leadership of our student government The Cold Capybaras. While players were ducking and diving, our student government was behind the scenes making it all happen. From organising teams to keeping the energy high, they delivered afternoons of fun, laughter, and school spirit. Great job to everyone who played - and an even bigger shoutout to the leaders who made it happen!   

Following direct guidance from the local authority, we have decided it is right to end the tradition of children bringing sweets or treats into school to give out to classmates to celebrate their birthdays. 

We have an increasing number of children in school with severe allergies or other dietary needs and it is an unnecessary burden on staff to be checking for allergens every time treats come in from home. In contrast, when we are making and tasting food at school as part of the curriculum, we are able to carefully ensure that all allergies and other dietary or cultural needs are catered for appropriately when purchasing food and risk assessments are written and shared before any event to ensure all members of staff are aware of any specific needs and to limit risks. 

We appreciate that some will be disappointed by this decision and others will be very pleased. We can assure you that if your child wants their birthday to be celebrated at school, we will still do this through singing to them and through other class-based traditions. 

With sports day fast approaching, I wanted to give a quick reminder of the plan. Our sports days will be held on the following dates:  

Year 3 and 4 - Thursday 5th June 
Year 5 and 6 – Friday 6th June  

Although we have allowed 9.00am-12.00pm for the sports days, they may finish earlier than this (but not later) especially if the races are over quickly! Parents can come round to the field after drop off. All children must go to class first to register as normal and then will be brought out to the school field for sports day. We know that not all parents are able to attend in school events so we will be taking some photos which will be uploaded to Seesaw.  

A reminder of your child’s house colour has been sent via email but another will be sent after half term. Ideally, children will participate in their house teams so please can they wear a t-shirt in their house colour if possible.  Please do not worry if your child does not have an item of clothing in their house colour. We do not expect parents to purchase anything. We have bibs for anyone who hasn't got a top in their colour. 

School will be selling light refreshments and baseball caps so please bring cash with you. Please make sure your child has their water bottle with them. 

Toilets will be signposted - for safeguarding reasons, please ensure you follow the signs to our 'visitor' toilets. 

This week, we have been celebrating ‘Walk to School Week’, by making as many active journeys to school as possible. Your challenge over the May holidays is to continue this ECO-tastic work, by making even more journeys by foot or wheels! Remember - catching a bus or train are also great ways to travel alongside others. We challenge YOU to make an active journey every day of the May holidays! Record your active journeys however you like – you could create a diary, make a poster or take photographs to share with us in school! 

This week for Healthy Eating Week, we have been comparing foods and discussing how/when we can make healthier choices. During the half term, we would like Year 3 and 4 to name as many different fruits and vegetables as you can using the letters of the alphabet. You can present in a way of your choice. Children in Year 5 and 6 can do this too OR you can choose to create a glossary of any key words you have learnt this week and write a sentence for each. 

Every term, we try to do something to promote kindness in our school, community and nationally. Our kindness ambassadors would love you to write poem about kindness that the school could learn in the last half term. If you see yourself as a budding poet, this could be the task for you!  

We are so lucky at Almond Hill to have lovely school grounds and outdoor spaces to enjoy. We have the field, playgrounds and the jungle gym for playing games but we want to use the Quad to create a space where you can relax and feel calm. We need your help! Your home learning project is to design a relaxation space for all children to enjoy!  

Mrs Lyons and Miss Andrews will be hosting this workshop to give parents the opportunity to discuss any worries or concerns they have around online safety (and mobile phones in particular). Like you, we are not experts but it is a good opportunity for us to look at these issues together and come up with some ideas to help support each other. This will take place from 3.30 until 4.30pm on Tuesday 1st July. Ideally, children will not attend this session so we may offer a creche if this helps parents attend.  

Please ensure you have read the email sent to parents on Wednesday regarding the year 6 graduation events. Tickets are available on the Arbor School Shop now.  
Monday 14th July - 6S  
Tuesday 15th July – 6B  
Wednesday 16th July - 6C  

In October, we communicated that we had changed the way we would like parents to report absences. Previously, we asked parents to phone the school office on the day or to email.   

Now, you can report on the day absence in the following ways:   
by phone (01438 233660 option 1)    
by completing the form on our website   
by submitting on to the Arbor Parent Portal (How to Guide)   

Please do not use the year group emails for this or admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk. The year group emails are not regularly monitored and there are so many emails coming into admin and with only one person managing this box,  they may be missed. You will still be contacted by the office team to check absence if you have emailed one of these as it may not have been passed on and we have a duty to check children’s attendance.   

We also reinstated the online form for requests for time off in term time. If you are requesting time off in term time for holidays, a religious festival or other events, please submit the form on our website. You will also find a form here to inform us of medical appointments.  Please be advised that the government does not consider holidays to be an exceptional circumstance. These are highly unlikely to be authorised and may incur a fine.   

Please do not send communication through School Gateway as this is not regularly checked and although you are able to message us, we are unable to reply.  

Changes to collection – on the day   
As previously requested, please do not email these changes in. As you can imagine, the school email address gets lots of email daily and it is monitored by one person. This means that some requests/emails may not be seen straight away so it is important that if there is a change to collection, you call the school office. These changes need to be called through by 2.45pm to ensure they are delivered to your child’s class teacher in time for the end of the school day. We cannot guarantee messages will get through to the class teacher before the end of the day otherwise.  

Year Group Emails  
The year group email addresses are a way to communicate with the class teachers for non-urgent queries. They should not be used to report absence or for anything that requires an immediate response as they are not monitored daily. 

As you will have noticed, we have started to use Arbor School Shop for payments.  After half term, all payments will be done through Arbor except for those that are ongoing on School Gateway (i.e Legoland and Crucial Crew for year 6, Grafham for year 5 and Shuttleworth for year 4). 

Please note that when using the school shop, you won't be sent an email or confirmation of your purchase, but you can see which items you've been invoiced for. 
 
A guide is available if you need help with purchasing from the school shop: https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/5068444710813-Purchasing-School-Shop-items-on-the-Parent-Portal-or-Parent-App  

A reminder that for Years 5 and 6 swimming will be added to the school reports. The expectation as per the National Curriculum is that all children can swim 25 metres by the time they leave KS2 so your child’s school report will now state whether or not they can swim the required 25 metres. We have the data for children who were assessed in the pop up pool but there were parents who told us their child could swim due to external lessons. If this is the case for your child, please send evidence in (i.e their most recent swimming certificate) so we can add this to our information.  You can email a photo to admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk. Please do this by Friday 30th May as reports will be written in June. 

I am pleased to be able to tell you that we will no longer be charging for the TTRockstars badges. We want to ensure this reward is inclusive and that all children are able to have their badges when they are earned. It will also mean that the process will be more efficient than before as we know it could sometimes take a while before children were given their badges. Miss Simmons will be giving the badges out during celebration assembly on a Friday. Please note, as with the Top of the Hill badges, if a badge needs to be replaced due to being lost or damaged, this will be chargeable.  

A reminder for parents that new regulations came into effect recently which means we need to recycle food waste (at a cost to us).  Therefore we will be asking children to take home all food waste and packaging in their lunch boxes.   

We are really lucky to be able to offer our children a variety of extracurricular activities like the choir, sporting events and matches as well as local visits. When we invite your child to specific events, it is really important you respond to the consent within the timelines specified on the invite. We know that Arbor does not allow you to decline an invitation (we have suggested this as a change) so would appreciate it if you could respond to the email invite and let us know if your child cannot or does not want to participate to give us time to invite another child.  

Looking at our Arbor, we can see that many of our parents have not logged in for some time. We will be moving over to making payments in Arbor instead of School Gateway over the coming weeks and so it is important you are able to gain access. Not only that, Arbor allows you to make changes to your emergency contact details and child profile. Please can I ask all parents to login.  

If you haven’t logged in for more than 30 days, you will need to use the URL below and open that on an internet page before gaining access to the app.  

https://almond-hill-junior-school.uk.arbor.sc 

We would be very grateful for any help maintaining our wonderful allotments. If you are interested and can spare some time to volunteer, please get in contact. We would love to hear from you!

admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk   

Our pastoral team are looking for donations of any unused/unwanted picnic blankets. If you have any at home that you'd be willing to donate, please give them to your child's class teacher. Thank you.

Please remember that the internally run clubs will ALL start next week. Clubs will run for 8 weeks to 23rd June (excluding bank holidays and half term). 

For children in Years 5 and 6, please add your consent to Arbor (under notices) if your child is permitted to walk home independently after clubs. We expect all children in Year 3 and 4 to be collected promptly at 4:15pm. 

We expect children to attend clubs regularly and we keep an attendance register. Please inform the school office if your child is unable to attend for any reason. We will follow up with parents whose child has not attended. 

Year 4, 5 and 6 will be teaching RHE in the summer term. It is part of our policy to offer parents the opportunity to ask questions and view the resources that will be used in lessons, the vast majority of which is statutory. These meetings will be held online via Teams and links for these are in the list of dates above.

Thank you to those parents who completed the survey before Easter. We had approximately 45 responses but the feedback is roughly 50/50 for each answer. This is not enough for us to make a decision on how to move forward so would really appreciate some more feedback. If you haven’t already submitted the form below, please do so this week.  

Thank you for everyone who made contributions towards their child’s lessons in the pop up pool. I can confirm that a total of £2,111.50 was paid. We are very grateful for all contributions but we are left with a deficit of £9,293.50 which will need to be taken out of the school’s budget. As I have previously mentioned, swimming must be taught as part of the National Curriculum and therefore we must prioritise this over extracurricular activities. We will continue to use this service and aim to continue to improve how we operate when we begin again in the Autumn term and will send information out nearer to the time.  

For years 5 and 6 swimming will be added to the school reports. The expectation as per the National Curriculum is that all children can swim 25 metres so if applicable, your child’s school report will now state whether or not they can swim the required 25 metres. We have the data for children who were assessed in the pop up pool but there were parents who told us their child could swim due to external lessons. If this is the case for your child, please send evidence in (i.e their most recent swimming certificate) so we can add this to our information.  You can email a photo to admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk. Please do this by Friday 30th May as reports will be written in June. 

After almost 20 years, Mrs Patterson will be leaving Almond Hill at the end of this term. Mrs Patterson started off as a Teaching Assistant working in the classroom before moving into the office where she has organised lots of wonderful trips, events, sporting activities, writing days, interesting visitors to school and the very much loved Grafham trip. She has played a key role in helping to create fantastic memories for the children and I am sure you will all join me in wishing her the very best of luck for the future.  

On Tuesday, we are inviting parents in to take part in a fun, interactive maths lesson with their children. The plan is to meet with Miss Simmons in the hall at drop off (8:45am) for a very quick chat about maths at Almond Hill. The hall can be accessed via the quadrant. This will be followed by a maths lesson (short, fun activities which use a range of maths skills) from 9.00 -10.00am in your child's classroom. It will be an opportunity for children to experience learning with you and maybe even for you to brush off those maths skills and support your children in the classroom. These types of events have always been very successful and children love having you in the classroom sharing their learning experiences. We look forward to seeing you then! As ever, you will be able to move between classes if you have children across the school.  

As with previous events, we will be using a QR code to sign parents in and out. Please ensure you have done this (there will be a paper sign in for those who are unable to scan in). QR codes will be available in the hall, the main office and outside by the drop off zone.  Parents can leave their cars in the drop off zone as this will remain open but the pedestrian gates will be locked at the normal time to ensure the school is secure. All parents will need to leave via the office and sign out using the QR code. If you parked in the drop off zone, turn right out of the reception gates and enter the drop off via the vehicle gate.  

Some parents have asked if younger siblings can attend the maths morning. You are very welcome to bring them but they remain the full responsibility of the adult they are with. Buggies can be accommodated in the building but will need to be left outside of classrooms most likely as there won't be room for the class, parents and buggies too. 

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. 

Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey. It does seem there may be some families that would benefit from this provision so we will set this up after Easter. Please keep a look out for more information.  

Government research has found that each day a child is absent from school results in a loss of £750 in future earnings. Currently, 150,000 pupils are classified as "persistently absent," meaning they miss at least one day every fortnight, a significant rise from under 800,000 before the pandemic. The report from the Department for Education said that children in Year 11 who have missed ten days of school each year were half as likely to achieve a grade 5 in their English and maths GCSEs, and that persistently absent pupils in secondary school will earn £10,000 less at age 28 than pupils with almost perfect attendance. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described the current situation as an "epidemic of school absence". New data released today is expected to show an increase in "severely absent" children, with around 150,000 missing school more than half the time. Phillipson said: "The case for tackling the epidemic of school absence could not be clearer: improved grades, higher wages, better life chances... the evidence clearly shows a link between not attending school and future earnings." 
The Times   London Evening Standard 

I thought this was an interesting and thought-provoking article which is why I wanted to share it with parents. Generally, whole school attendance has been a bit better this year. We had really good attendance on Wednesday last week (97.5%) although this may be because we had a school trip! Two classes in the upper school have had 100% attendance in the last two weeks which is fantastic and improved attendance in Year 6 will really help children to prepare and be ready for their SATs in May.  It is the job of school leaders to analyse trends in attendance data. In our school, children with SEND have improved their attendance rates over the last couple of years but the group that has the lowest average attendance is those entitled to free school meals. If your child has been absent, parents will know that I am quite quick to get in touch even when the absence may not seem to be a big issue however there is a body of data that suggests that even a small amount of absence can be a barrier to attainment and if attainment is negatively affected in junior school, very often this hinders progress at secondary school and their future prospects.  

Sometimes, it is necessary for me to write to families regarding their child’s absence. These letters are bespoke and take some time to write and I wanted to assure parents that the offer of support in these letters is genuine. I want all children in school and for them to be successful and happy both now and in the future. 

Please be reminded that from 1st April the new price for meals will be £3.45.