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Dunmow St Mary’s Primary School
High Stile, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1EB Telephone 01371 872340 Facsimile 01371 875144 E-­‐mail [email protected] Friday 15th July 2016 Dear Parents, Notice for Parents of Children in Year 3 from September 2016 -­‐ Free School Meals Automatic entitlement to a free school meal finishes at the end of Year 2 and only children from low income families are eligible from Year 3. If your household income is less than £16,190 per year, or you receive Income Support or an equivalent benefit, you will need to make an application in August if you want your child to receive a free school meal from September. Applications can be made from 1 August 2016 online atwww.essex.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals or by calling 0345 603 2200. Leavers’ Service at St Mary’s Church Monday 18th July This will start as soon as all the children are down to the church. We are only taking Y3-­‐6 to allow more room for parents who wish to attend so we may well be ready to start by 9.35/40 am. Please make sure you are there in plenty of time if you wish to attend. School Target Awards This week we would like to congratulate the following children: For using ‘talk for writing’ skills to improve their writing Harriet Barnett 3RG, Robert Carter 3LC, Ava Bloomfield 1CA, Leon Maguire Pike 2LH, Abigail Gypps 2LH, Ivy McCarthy RLEB For getting better at working out different calculations: Matthew Sweet 4KE, Brooke Mulley 5EW, Ophelia Gibbs 1AM/KF For improving their understanding of what they have read: Abigail Prier 5LO, Chelsea Paveley 5LO, Ruby Pham RLB, Tallulah Terry 2AC For helping to make behaviour at lunchtime outstanding: Harry Yiu 6JM, Edward Lodge 6BH, Alex Austin 4RS Board Games Day We are pleased to announce that we raised £287 for the NSPCC with our Board games afternoon (and we had fun doing it!) Staff Changes I apologise that I missed Mrs French off the list of staff who were leaving last week. Mrs French is going to work at a school nearer to her home and we wish her the best of luck for the future. Music.ly If your children use an app called Music.ly please check their accounts as we have had reports of someone befriending children on this site then downloading pornographic videos. 2
Driving in High Stile We have had several reports from concerned parents about cars driving too fast and aggressively in High Stile. We appreciate that the traffic is frustrating but please drive very carefully and slowly near the school. I would hate to have to be writing to you to say that a child had been hurt due to inconsiderate driving. Clubs There will be no clubs in the last week of term except MRFC Football on Monday and Multi skills on Wednesday which will still go ahead. Sports Xtra Clubs have finished. Clubs will start again week beginning 12th September. A new clubs list will be issued at the beginning of term. Cheerleading Club – there will be a performance to parents of Cheerleading Club Y3-­‐6 on Tuesday at 3.30pm. Outstanding Dinner Money Please ensure that any outstanding dinner money is paid on Monday. We must have our accounts balanced and all debts cleared for the end of the school year. Please include payment for any meals to be taken up to and including 22nd July. Please be reminded that dinner money must be paid in advance and that meals cannot be provided on credit. Arrangements for Y6 end of term The Y6 children will be given a t-­‐shirt with their class names on as a leaving present. We would like to thank the PTA for funding these t-­‐shirts. Next Thursday (21st) they can wear these t-­‐shirts with the bottom half of their school uniform. On Friday they can again wear their t-­‐shirts but with their own clothes. This is so they can bring into school any uniform that you have no further use for and can donate to school. This would be much appreciated as it can be sold in second hand uniform sales. Also on Friday they can bring a clean white t-­‐shirt or shirt or an autograph book. This is so they can collect signatures. Friday is the only day that they will be allowed to do this. Please make sure they have their own pen for this purpose if you wish them to do this. Thursday is also the leavers BBQ and disco. This will take place in the hall and on the back playground. It runs from 5.30 – 7.30. Children should be dropped at school at half past five and they should walk around the front of the school to the back playground. At half past seven please pick your children up from the back playground. The main door into school will be locked. Again, we would like to thank the PTA for funding this leaving party. Please find attached the Goodbye Year Six lunch menu for next Thursday 21st and details of the menu for Friday 22nd. Yours sincerely Clare Griffiths Monday 18th July Y3-­‐6 to church for Leavers’ service Tuesday 19th July Y6 show 1.30pm this is a change from the previously published time of 2pm Wednesday 20th July Y6 show 7pm Thursday 21st July Y6 leavers’ BBQ and disco 5.30 – 7.30pm Friday 22nd July last day of term