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school news
Thank You!
Thank you to all those parents/carers who came in to see us for Parents' Evening earlier this week. It was great to see so many of you and be able to fill you in on all the wonderful things your children have been doing at school.
If you were unable to make your appointment but would still like to speak with your child's class teacher, please contact the school office who will be happy to arrange something for you.
Lent Fundraising
This year, we will be raising money throughout Lent for Cafod, and two breast cancer charities.
Friday 24th March - Break the Rules Day
Children have the chance to break some of our school rules!! 50p per rule or £3 to break all the rules! Rules to be revealed on Monday!
Friday 31st March - Easter Egg Raffle
Raffle tickets will be sold for 20p a ticket or 6 tickets for £1.
Free School Meals
If you have recently had a change of circumstance, or for any other reason think your child may be entitled to Free School Meals, please visit https://parent.bristol.gov.uk/web/portal/pages/parents/travel-and-free-school-meals to apply.
Please remember that if your child is not entitled to Free School Meals, that meals are priced at £2.45 per day. Payments should be made through the School Gateway App.
Building Works - Filwood Broadway
As you have probably noticed, there's lots of exciting work going on in the area with the redevelopment of Filwood Broadway.
Next week, the demolition of the old cinema will begin and whilst we have been assured this should cause minimal disruption to school, there will be increased traffic around the site so we would like to remind families to be vigilant whilst travelling to and from school.
The development also means that the lane that runs behind the buildings on Filwood Broadway (from Hartcliffe Road to Barnstaple Road) will be closed for a period of time during the works. Whilst we don't know exactly when this closure will happen, please keep an eye out as we know many parents use this lane to access school and you may need to allow extra time to plan an alternative route to school.
wellbeing
INFORMATION
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HEADTEACHER AWARDS
Reception
Esme - for her brilliant throwing and catching skills in PE!
Year 1
Sydnee - for winning 'Beat the Goalie' by scoring 3 goals out of 3!
Year 2
Clay - For rediscovering his writing confidence and producing an excellent explanation text on frogs - keep up the good work!
The whole of Year 2 - for all being able to spell BECAUSE - amazing!
Year 3
Jenson - For being a great team player in PE this week. Jenson welcomed an extra member to his group and organised it to make sure that they could all be involved and take turns. Well done, Jenson!
Year 4
.Ralf - For writing an entertaining newspaper report.
Year 6
Bernice - for helping those around her with their work and being encouraging to others.
Attendance
Holidays during term time
Please can we remind parents that they should not be taking holidays during term time. We are very fortunate to have multiple half term breaks spread throughout the school year and these are the perfect time for holidays.
As well as being disruptive to your child's education, holidays during term time will also result in a penalty notice (fine) being issued to you. The current penalty notice charge stands at £60 per parent/per child.
The school holiday dates for both this school year and next are available in the 'dates for your diary' section at the top of our newsletter, so please use this as guidance when booking time away.
community
Here are some of the fantastic things available:
Knowle West Welcome Spaces
Welcome spaces are open to everyone and often offer different activities depending on which one tou visit. For more information, please visit: https://www.knowlewest.co.uk/welcomingspaces/
Food On Our Doorstep (FOOD) club
https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/children-families/food-club/
@ Inns Court Community Centre - weekly - Thursday 12:30-14:30, full. Friday 13:30-15:00.
£1 annual membership.
£3.50 each week for £10-15 worth of food
Open to all, drop in, no need to book
Food that would otherwise have gone to waste by retailers, wholesale & producers
Re:Work
A social enterprise at the heart of Filwood (or Knowle West as you probably know it), supporting the community with their day to day needs while helping young people struggling in mainstream education to get out into the world and learn new skills.
We're sure that Hannah will come back to visit us again soon, so if there's something specific you're looking for within the community, please come along to our coffee mornings, Friday 9.00-9.30am.