School Newsletter
18 January 2017
Celebration Assembly
13 January 2017
RH – Elijah, Lewie, Emily
RM – Iqra, Ernie, Oliver
1DJ – Rebecca, Faye
1T – Zachary, Rudra
2M – Ollie, Ishaan, Hollie,
Sophia
2T – Sophia, Jake
2TT – L’rai, Eva
3A – Luke, Holli, Grace
3J – Victoria, Tobias
4G – Finlay, Daniel
4RY – Billy, Mia, Ellie
5M – Ethan, Elvy, Lily
5T – Luke, Isabel
6B – Finn, Alfie
6H – Farrell, Lilly
6S – Nancy, Sarah
Parents’ Evenings
Our Parents’ Evenings will be
held from 4 to 6pm on
Wednesday 15 February and
Thursday 16 February.
All meetings with teachers will
be by appointment only.
A letter with further details
and an appointment booking
form will be sent home with
your child today.
Skipathon
Please note that the
British Heart Foundation Jump
Rope for Heart event due to
take place on Friday 10
February has been postponed.
Debt Recovery Policy
Please ensure that all
outstanding dinner money is
paid to us now.
Please can we remind you that
our Debt Recovery Policy states
that: “Payment for school meals
should be paid weekly in
advance via ParentPay. The
school office will reconcile each
week the payments received to
the meals ordered and any
discrepancy will, in the first
instance, result in a phone call
to the parent/carer to request
payment. Any parent/carer that
has not made payment by the
end of the week will be sent a
letter requesting immediate
payment. This will be sent with
the child and also emailed (if an
email address is available). If
payment is still not received
within 5 school days then the
parent/carer will be informed
that the matter will be
referred to the County Council
and recovery action will be
pursued.
Governors have decided on the
following policy regarding
unpaid meals:
A meal will be served until the
arrears reach 10 meals after
which point no further meals
will be served”.
Over the weekend please have this
family discussion - all classes will be
discussing this on Monday morning
What are you enjoying most
about your daily 10 minute
walk, jog or run around our
track and why?
Volunteers Wanted
We are looking for volunteers
to help out in our Reception
classes.
If you are interested in helping
us or require any further
information, please either call
into the school office or email
us at
[email protected]
You will need to apply for and
advanced Disclosure and Barring
Service (DBS) check.
Thank you for your support.
Lost Property
Once again, we have a huge
amount of unnamed and
unclaimed items in our Lost
Property Box.
Please come and look through
the box if your child has lost
any belongings in school.
Please ensure that all items of
uniform and all belongings
brought into school are clearly
marked with your child’s name.
Additional Dates for your
Diary
Thursday 26 January
Y4 Visit to the Potteries
Museum
Wednesday 14 June
9.30am Reception/KS1 Sports
Day
1.15pm KS2 Sports Day
Thursday 6 July
6 – 7pm Meet the Teacher
Monday 10 July
Reports issued
Wednesday 12 July
6.30pm Y6 production
Thursday 13 July
6.30pm Y6 production
Friday 14 July
7pm Reception Induction
Evening
PTFA
Trolls Movie - POSTPONED
We have just been informed
that the film Trolls (U) will not
be released until 13th February
and, therefore, cannot be shown
at our movie night on 27th
January.
Please accept our apologies for
the confusion.
However, fear not, bear with us
and watch this space! We will
work with the school to find a
date to reschedule the movie
night as close to the release
date as possible.
In the meantime, we hope to
see lots of you booking tickets
for Ice Age 5 on 3rd February.
If you have already booked
tickets for Trolls then we will
contact you to arrange a refund
or to hold your booking for the
event when a new date is known.
Thank you for your patience and
support.
ICE AGE 5 TICKETS
Please note that Ice Age 5
will be shown on Friday 3
February.
Please check the date on your
tickets as we may have
inadvertently sent some out
with an incorrect date printed
on them.
PTFA AGM
We would like to thank
everyone who attended our
AGM last night.
We are pleased to inform you
that the following appointments
were made at the AGM:
Chair: Jo Cooper-Rowley
Vice Chair: Jacqui Foetu Foster
Treasurer: Katie Johnson
Deputy Treasurer: Vickie
Murphy
Secretaries: Fi Star-Stone &
Ceri Watt
The next AGM will be held on 16
January 2018 and the next
committee meeting on
31 January 2017.
We would like to thank our
outgoing committee for all their
hard work and wish the new
committee the best of luck in
their new roles.
Thank you all for supporting
Barnfields and making a
difference.
PTFA Facebook Page
Like and follow our Facebook
page, Barnfields PTFA Events,
to find out the latest news and
more about our events.
Recent Letters
*KS1 and KS2 Movie Nights
*Y4 Visit to the Potteries
Museum
Travelling Book Fair
We will be holding a book fair
after school on Monday 6,
Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8
February.
Further details, including
details of a prize-winning
competition, will follow.
TV Stars Wanted
Crackit Productions is working
on a new TV show for ITV1
entitled ‘The Money Saving
Good Food Show’.
Their researcher is looking for
families from Staffordshire
who would like the opportunity
to help reduce their food
shopping bill and learn some
tasty new recipes to take part
in the show.
Please contact Paul Martin at
Paul.Martin@CrackitProductions
.co.uk for more information.
Cook’s Corner
Please note that we do not
serve pork at lunchtimes as
the children do not seem to
like it. Where pork is shown
on your menu, it will be
substituted with chicken,
turkey or gammon.
Mrs Giddens, who has
worked at Barnfields as a
catering assistant for nearly
25 years, will be celebrating
her 70th birthday next
Thursday 26 January. We
are sure you will all want to
join us in wishing her a very
happy birthday.
Please see your menu for
next week’s meal choices.
Mrs Branson
Barnfields Primary School, Lansdowne Way, Wildwood, Stafford, ST17 4RD.
Tel. 01785 356356. Fax 01785 356360. e-mail [email protected]
Visit our website at www.barnfields.staffs.sch. uk