Sydney Russell Primary School Would Like to Make an Appeal on Behalf of the Reception

SYDNEY RUSSELL PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Issue 4: Friday 25th September 2015

1. Great start! 4. Reception school dinners Congratulations to the children in the reception classes who have now completed their first week of structured education. The reception classes have started their exciting journey in Well done to the new year 1 class for completing their first education and we would like to concentrate the maximum week at Sydney Russell primary school. amount of time on this journey. In order to do so we need to reduce the amount of time selecting school dinners each day. As from Monday 28th September a new system will be used for the reception classes when selecting their meal. The parents will need to pre-select your child’s meal for the full three weeks by circling the appropriate lunch for each week on the school lunch menu (available at the office). You would then give this to the teacher with your child’s name at the top. If the teacher does not receive the completed menu 2. Appeal for cardboard (available from the office) for a child then their lunch will be chosen for them. This will increase the time your child spends Sydney Russell primary school would like to make an learning and avoid confusion and disappointment at lunch appeal on behalf of the reception classes. During the times. upcoming weeks reception are going to be increasing the children’s creativity and coordination skills by creating models using cardboard boxes and tubes. We would urge 5. PE kits any parent or friend who has any clean cardboard boxes or tubes such as cereal boxes and empty cartons to bring them Please be aware that there are still some children who into the office or give them to your child to bring into school have not brought their PE kits into school from reception, so that they can be passed to the reception teachers in year 1, year 2 and year 3. PE is a legal requirement and preparation for this exciting learning experience. contributes towards your child’s health as well as wellbeing. Please make sure your child has a PE kit in school as your child cannot participate in this lesson without it due to health and safety regulations. On the last day of term your child will then take their PE kit home.

6. Clubs after school

At present Sydney Russell primary school is not yet in a position to offer an afterschool or breakfast club, however 3. Are you entitled to free school meals? we have liaised with honeybees who are Ofsted registered with a grading of good. They have informed us that they Our school benefits from extra funding for each child that offer an afterschool club from 3pm to 6pm whereby the child successfully applies for free school meals regardless of which would get an opportunity to participate in activities such as year group they are in. We would therefore urge all parents table tennis, football, Arts and Crafts and many more. They from reception to year 3, who believe they would qualify, to offer a pickup service within the barking and Dagenham apply for free school meals even if your child is in reception, community as well as provide hot meals and drink. This year 1 or year 2 as this will be officially noted and the funding service is provided at a price of £13 a day with a discount for would be available to increase the learning provisions children with siblings. provided by the school. Please apply via the website below. Honeybees also offer a breakfast club that starts from 7:30am to 8:45am at an additional cost. If you want more https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals information or wish for your child to participate in this club please contact honeybees on 07791857173 or 07741458343. They also have a website at www.thehoneybees.co.uk. Their address is St Elizabeth Church Hall, Woodlane, London, Rm8 2nt.

Sydney Russell Primary School This is a club provided by an external agency and has no affiliation with Sydney Russell primary school.

Greig City Academy