We have been alerted to dangerous driving in the car park at drop off and pick up with some families driving at excessive speeds, accelerating and driving without due care. Our children are precious, please take care when driving and parking. Please can parents ensure children are supervised at all times in the car park and are taking care when getting out of the car to prevent injury from passing cars.

The local policing team are aware of this and will continue to monitor the driving and parking around school.

Thank you for your continued support to keep everyone safe. All drivers and pedestrians have a part to play to ensure safeguarding around our school site.

Assemblies this week focussed on water safety and safety during the hot weather. Please reiterate the key messages:

• children should keep themselves hydrated with water during hot weather
• they need to wear sun protection on their skin and a sun hat
• they should stay in the shade as much as possible
• children should never enter water alone, they should always be supervised by a responsible adult
• they should never jump into unknown water where there could be hidden hazards to cause significant injury
• they shouldn’t enter freezing water
• they should always be able to touch the bottom of the water to keep themselves safe
• if in danger they should adopt a star floating position on their back and seek help

A reminder that family holidays in term time will not be authorised and families may be eligible for a fixed penalty notice if they take holidays in term time. The current fine is £80 per parent, per child, per week. The is a national initiative to reduce attendance concerns. The fines are issued by the local authority, not school, and the money does not come to school or the Trust, it is retained by the local authority.

Children have 13 weeks per year of holiday time and 38 weeks of term time, when they are expected to be in school, learning and preparing for the next stages of their development.

Every day counts – attendance is directly linked to positive academic success and well-being, we encourage families to support us by ensuring pupils are in school, ready to learn during term time.

Thank you for your continued support.

• A reminder that the Free School Meals entitlement is changing in September. There are actions for some families to complete, please refer to emails sent out and contact the office with any queries.
• Arbor – a reminder that we will be moving to Arbor for all communication and payments from September. The use of Parent Pay will cease. Please look out for information about this as there will be actions to complete for all families. Please note, this may be during the school holidays. Thank you for your cooperation to ensure a smooth transition.
• Please clear any outstanding debt before the end of the school term. Thank you.
• We have a large amount of lost property, please see the office staff if you would like to look through it. Any remaining items will be donated to Little Stars at the end of term.
• Please inform the office of any changes to contact details, we must hold up to date addresses and parental contact numbers for all children, thank you for your cooperation with this.

The transition arrangements for the coming weeks are:

• Monday 29th, Tues 30th June, Wed 1st July – Y6 move up day to SJT
• Monday 29th & Tues 30th June – Y6 move up day to Grove
• Tuesday 30th July – new reception pupils in YR 1.15-3.15pm, current YR in the hall.
• Monday 6th & Tues 7th July – Y6 move up day to Thomas Adams
• Monday 6th July – Y5 move up morning to Y6
• Tuesday 7th July – Y5 taster day at Grove
• Tuesday 7th July – school move up day including new reception class. YR,1&2 full day, Y3&4 morning.

The confirmation of teachers and support staff roles for the academic year 26/27 will be sent out next week.