Weekly Update Friday 12th May

The children were full of excitement coming into school on Tuesday after their Coronation Celebrations on the weekend. Many of the children talked of the fun they had at the Palace Ruins, and thankfully the weather stayed nice on the day.

 

We are still making a plea for bottle donations. In the past, we have had about 200 bottles donated, and the stall was always a firm favourite. Currently we have around 30 bottles, and won't be quite the same! Please send in any bottles next week, but hey must arrive before Friday in order to have the raffle tickets put on.

 

Thank you so much to the parents who are helping behind the scenes for our summer fayre. It is the biggest PTA event of the year, and we are hoping to raise much needed funds for our school.

 

This week, we have been informed that the school dinner cost is going up to £3 per child in June per day. We only receive £2.41 per child per day from the government, leaving us to take 59p per day per child out of our school budget to subsidise the cost. I will be taking this huge cost, If 175 children have a dinner each day (our current figures) then this means we are paying a shortfall of £103.25 per day. This totals a huge £19,617.50. Myself and the Governing Body are going to look at this huge deficit, as our budget cannot sustain this shortfall. We are also looking to other school meal providers and costs by other companies.

 

We have noticed some children starting to being in flavoured drinks in their water bottles. It is strictly water only in water bottles, as per our policy. If children would like to bring in flavoured drink to have with their lunch in addition to their water bottle, which can be juice or squash, please make sure it is a clearly labelled bottle/carton. This will then be put in a different place to the water bottles ready for lunch time (please note, Prime and fizzy drinks are not allowed).

 

We are opening our pond and learning classroom on Monday afternoon with Mr Howell, who kindly donated money to redo the pond, his team of volunteers and our PTA who raised money towards the outside classroom. We will update with pictures from the event on our latest news.

 

Wishing everybody a lovely weekend

 

Mrs Riches