Medical Appointments During the School Day 

Please can we remind parents that unless it is an emergency, medical and dental appointments should not be made during the school day. Where appointments during school hours are unavoidable, you will need to provide us with medical evidence (proof of the appointment) in order for us to authorise the absence. 

If medical evidence is not provided, time off school will be recorded as an unauthorised absence. If there are too many unathorised absences within a certain time period, this can lead to a penalty notice (fine) being issued.

Please report any planned absences for medical appointments directly to the school office and NOT to Class Teachers or Teaching Assistants. 

Breakfast Club 

We would like to share a few reminders regarding our school breakfast club: 

• Breakfast Club should be booked and paid for before 7.30am on the day of the club 

• Doors are open from 8.00am and food is served until 8.20am, if your child arrives after this time, they may miss the opportunity to have breakfast. 

• If dropping your child off by car, please be vigilant of other vehicles whilst opening car doors to let children out and please park respectfully. 

World Book Day Vouchers

A quick reminder that if you've not yet had a chance to exhange your Book Token, this needs to be done by Sunday 16th March. There are some fantastic books available with the vouchers - for more details on where you can exhange them visit worldbookday.com/resources/booksellers 

Payments for School Clubs/School Meals 

Please can we remind parents to ensure that payments for school meals and after school clubs are made promptly. You may have noticed that reminders are now being sent each Friday to those parents with outstanding balances; please be aware that non-payment for after school clubs will result in children not being able to attend and that non-payment for school meals may result in us requesting your child comes to school with a packed lunch instead of receiving a hot meal. Whilst we understand that the cost of living has affected many of our families, as a school we cannot afford to subsidise non-payment of these items. If you have any concerns around this, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Reception Class Visit to Puxton Park 

Reception class enjoyed their first school trip to Puxton Park. This term they have been learning about animals so they found it really exciting getting to meet and greet many different animals at the farm. They even got to go on a very bumpy tractor ride. They thought the cows were a bit smelly though! 

Year 5/6 Girls Netball 

The year 5 and 6 girls netball team went out to a tournament at Merchants’ Academy  this week. The girls played five matches, back-to-back, coming away with one win, one loss and three draws. There was some excellent encouragement happening on court, in particular by Miley and lots of fantastic interceptions by Ayla and Merit. Everyone played brilliantly and we will hopefully see them on a netball court again soon! 

Lent Fundraising 

This year, we will be raising money throughout Lent for Cafod, and two breast cancer charities. 

Friday 31st March - Easter Egg Raffle

There is still time to buy raffle tickets for our 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. 

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