We will be including some general reminders in our Weekly Notices sheet in the coming weeks for the benefit of our new parents/carers, which we hope you will find useful. The Weekly Notices and Reminder Sheet is sent out every Friday and includes dates of forthcoming events, school visits and workshops and important messages and reminders  about school life.  

Parent/Teacher Meetings

Our Parent/Teacher Meetings take place on the following dates: 

Nursery

Tuesday 7th November from 4.00pm-6.30pm- Face to Face Meeting

 Wednesday 15th November from 4.00pm-6.30pm-Virtual Meeting

 Thursday 23rd November from 4.00pm-7.30pm-Face to Face Meeting

 Tuesday 28th November  from 4.00pm-6.30pm - Face to Face Meeting

Reception to Year 6

Tuesday 7th November from 4.30pm-6.30pm- Face to Face Meeting

  Wednesday 15th November from 4.30pm-6.30pm-Virtual Meeting

Thursday 23rd November  from 4.30pm-7.30pm - Face to Face Meeting

Please book your appointment(s) via Arbor if you have not already done so.

May we please remind you that your child or children may not accompany you to the virtual or face to face meetings and you will not be able to attend your meeting should you bring your child with you. Thank you for your co-operation.

Reception – Year 6 Nasal/ Injectable Flu Vaccination session: 05/12/2023

This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and sometimes causes serious complications. Vaccinating your child will also help protect more vulnerable family and friends by preventing the spread of flu.

This year we will be offering both nasal and injectable (halal) flu vaccination and the parent can make an informed choice on the consent form

Please use the link provided to access the electronic consent form https://sav.hrch.nhs.uk/flu/2023/sutton 

Please complete one consent form for each child to ensure your child receives their vaccination.

The deadline for submitting your e-consent form is midnight on Tuesday, 28th November 2023.

Please complete the consent form even if you decide you do not want to vaccinate your child against flu this year. 

If you have any queries, please contact the relevant immunisation team below.

Sutton Schools: HRCH.ImmunisationTeamSuttonMailbox@nhs.net Tel: 0203 903 3371

Contact with your Child's Class Teacher

Due to the large number of emails coming into the office,  we would ask that if you have a question or concern  about your child, please talk to their teacher at home-time in the playground. If a longer meeting is required, please arrange a telephone appointment with the class teacher via the school office, indicating the reason for your request so that the teacher is prepared and able to deal with your concerns.

Alternative Home Time Arrangements

We would like to ask that,  if your child is being collected from school or after school club by another person and they are not on your list of contacts who do have permission to collect, please send with your child a written note to their class teacher that morning. This will save time and ensure that the teacher is aware that someone else is collecting your child that day.

School Uniform Sale

We are now accepting donations for our second uniform sale of this academic year that we are holding on Monday 11th December 2023 from 3.00pm-3.45pm in the playground (weather permitting). 

Please can we politely ask that you bring coins for any payments as it is not always possible for us to provide the correct change. Cash payments only.

Our last sale raised just over £80 for school funds which is  great and parents and carers were very glad to be able to buy these items at a very low cost. Thank you for your support.

Could we please remind parents that, if your child takes home another child's fleece or jumper, you please return this back to the school as soon as possible.

Your School Photograph is Ready!

Vancols Photographers are pleased to confirm that the School Photographs are ready to view using the QR code on your proof card.

If you have already scanned the QR code on the Proof and registered you will receive an auto email notification.

If you have not done it yet, don’t panic, you can still view by scanning the QR code on your Proof and following the instructions.

If by chance you have not received your Proof or it has been lost you can call Vancols Parent Line on 01206 273711, for class photos you will need the school number. For individual photographs you will need the pupil’s admission number from the school database.

The online cut-off date for orders to be placed for free postage back to the school is Wednesday 8th November 2023. 

Applying For a Starting School Place

All parents and carers who wish their child to attend a primary/infant school must make an application through their home local authority from 1st September 2023 but before midnight on 15 January 2024. To do this, please visit the Sutton website at www.sutton.gov.uk/admissions

Local authority will need your child’s legal full name and date of birth. An application can only be made from a single address and only a single application made for each child.

The address used in an application must be that where an adult or adults with legal responsibility for the child live. Address information will be checked.

Please click here for more information from our local authority.

The Mayor recently launched his “Love your Lunches” Schools Challenge. The Challenge invites London’s school children in Years 3 to 6 to celebrate all that is amazing about school lunches by making a creative piece of work on the theme ‘The best thing about school lunches is...’.  

By entering the challenge, pupils will have the chance for their work to feature on the Mayor of London’s communications platforms with further fantastic prizes to be announced shortly. Updates will be posted online.   

We hope that this is an exciting opportunity for children to showcase what they enjoy about their free school lunch, and what it means for them.

The deadline for entries is Monday 20 November 2023 at 11:59pm. 

If you would like your child to take part, you can find out more about the challenge, including terms and conditions and how to enter on our website here: The Mayor of London's Universal School Meals creative challenge | London City Hall 

If you have any queries in the meantime, please do send them to freeschoolmeals@london.gov.uk.

CASUAL CYCLE INSTRUCTORS

£12.79 - £14.10 per hour

The Sustainable Transport Team is seeking to recruit Cycle Instructors in the Sutton and Kingston areas to deliver Bikeability, the national cycle training programme for children. As one of our professional trained instructors you could earn up to £422 per week (Casual rate) to deliver our standard Bikeability courses involving 20 hours of contact with riders plus time for course administration and travel. Our Bikeability sessions are typically 10.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00, plus travel time. All instructors must train on a 4-day Professional Course. So if you are a regular cyclist, have good road sense, are a good communicator and enjoy working outdoors, then this could be just the job for you. If appropriate you will receive further training in First Aid, Safeguarding and Cycle Maintenance.

The next professional course is:

4-day Course on Thu 30 November, Fri 01 December and Thu 07 December, Fri 08 December 2023 - Kingston

This professional course is recognised nationally and sought by all Bikeability organisations.

For an informal discussion about these positions please telephone Eric Chasseray, Sustainable Transport Officer on 020 8547 5826 or email eric.chasseray@kingston.gov.uk