Snack time

Children will be offered a piece of fruit from the class fruit bowl each morning during our snack time, alongside a glass of milk (milk is free until a child’s 5^th Birthday – you will receive information regarding the Cool Milk Scheme).  However, children are also invited to bring their own piece of fruit or healthy snack each day.  Suitable items include fresh fruit, bread sticks, flaked fruit, dried fruit. Unfortunately biscuits, crisps, sugary snacks will need to be eaten at lunch time and not during our snack time.  We ask that snacks are clearly named if brought in a pot – children will be helped to pop these in their trays when they arrive in class of a morning. In line with our Healthy Schools initiative too, we ask that children bring water in their class water bottle – juice can be part of a child’s lunch drink.  The new EYFS curriculum has a huge push on teaching children about how to keep their teeth as healthy as possible.

We do have a child within class this year with a nut allergy, as well as other children and staff around the school.  Please be reminded that we are STRICTLY a no nut school.  Thank you for your help with keeping our children and staff safe.

School Lunches

Within the next couple of weeks, you will receive your log on details for our online payment and ordering system SCOPAY.  This will allow you to order your child’s school dinners and let us know if you would like them to have a cooked dinner, baguette or jacket potato.  In the meantime, we will ask the children each morning if they are having a packed lunch or school lunch.  Please take time to look at the menu (and look out for menu changes which are announced on admin dojo) and these should help you work out with your child which dinners they will enjoy and which they are unlikely to enjoy.  We will always let you know if a dinner hasn’t gone down well but we also encourage children to try new things.  Children can switch between school dinners and packed lunch but please order dinners online once accounts are up and running.

All children will be given their first reading book and reading diary before the end of the first full week back at school. Please look out for leaflets and handouts which will support you in developing your child’s reading at home, alongside the work we will be doing in class. We cannot emphasize what a difference it makes to a child’s progress when children read with family at home as well as school staff. We hope you will use information we send home to make reading at home a positive, nurturing time with your child and something that becomes a time of the day to look forward to.

We are delighted to let you know that our weekly Forest School session will continue this year and our allocated slot will be each Tuesday. To ensure Forest School is an enjoyable activity for children they will need a set of waterproofs in school because rain or shine, wind or sunshine, children will make the most of the school garden for this session. All in one suits or 2 piece outfits are fine for this – we recommend looking in the charity shops for these as children usually out grow waterproofs before they wear out. Forest School Kit should ideally be in a separate bag to their change of clothes bag as they will be stored in the cupboard until needed each week. Please name ALL items and bags. We are aware Forest School and PE are on the same day this year but Forest School kits will simply be worn over the top of PE kits.