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Safe Food in School Policy: Important Reminder

We would like to remind all parents and carers to regularly review our Food in School Policy, which can be found on the school website here.

To keep all of our pupils safe, please ensure that no nuts or sesame products are brought into school at any time, whether for packed lunches or breaktime snacks.

Please Check Labels Carefully!

While many families are aware of standard sesame products like humous or bread with sesame seeds, please be extra vigilant with hidden ingredients.

In particular, ready-made sushi (which frequently contains sesame oil, sesame seeds, or tahini) is increasingly being brought in for packed lunches. Please check the packaging of all pre-prepared foods carefully before sending them into school.

Thank you so much for your continued cooperation and support in keeping all of our children safe.

Extended Hot Weather Measures

With the warm weather set to continue, our school hot weather measures will remain in place until the very end of term. To ensure the children stay as cool, comfortable, and safe as possible, we ask parents and carers to prepare their children for school each day by noting the following guidance:

Relaxed Uniform Policy

Children may wear either their school summer uniform (no tie required) or their school PE t-shirt and shorts—whichever they find more comfortable.
Please do not send your child to school with a jumper or fleece.

Staying Hydrated

Please send your child to school with a clearly named water bottle. Ideally, these can be chilled in the fridge overnight or filled with ice in the morning. Children will have plenty of opportunities to refill their bottles throughout the day.
Please talk to your child at home about the importance of drinking more water than usual. Our staff will also be giving regular reminders in class.

Sun Protection & Cooling

Please apply high-factor suncream to your child before they come to school in the morning.
Children may bring a handheld fan to use during the day, at your discretion.

Please Note: Handheld fans must be used responsibly. If they cause a distraction to learning in the classroom, teachers may need to safely look after them until the end of the school day.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in keeping our pupils safe and comfortable during the final week of term!

School Milk Subsciptions

If your child no longer wants milk at school, please ensure you cancel your subscription to Cool Milk as we have a huge amount of weekly waste from unclaimed milk.

Changes to Our School Uniform and PE Kit Suppliers

We are moving our sports kit provision to Dolphin House who is our current uniform provider, their shop is based in East Twickenham.

You will only be able to order PE kit from Halbro’s online shop until 31st July. After this you should order sports kit directly from Dolphin House.

We will be introducing a second uniform supplier in the new year (2027)

Summer Admin Request

Please log into Arbor at some point before your child returns to school in the September and ensure we hold up to date information for your child.

Please check:

Home addresses
Parental and emergency contacts – phone number and email
Other adults authorised to collect your child (We will no longer be collecting this on a Google form)
GP contact details
Check medical conditions and dietary requirement information is accurate
All parental consents are either given or declined, ensure nothing is left empty.

Year 6 Leavers' Lunch & Menu Changes

On Wednesday 15th July, we will be hosting a special Year 6 Leavers' Lunch (please see the menu below for details!).

To accommodate this special celebration, our school lunch menu will shift forward by one day for the remainder of the term. This means that our popular fish and chips lunch will now be on Monday 20th July.

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STARS SUMMER CAMP!

Back by popular demand! Come and have fun this summer with your St Stephen's friends at STARS! Booking for our August Summer Camp is now open!

Sessions will run from Monday 3rd to Friday 21st August, from 08:30 - 4:30
Breakfast is provided, however, please bring lunch, snacks and a bottle of water. Water fights are planned, so please bring spare clothes.
Drop off and pick up are from the Winchester Road gate

AUTUMN STARS BOOKINGS

2026-27 STARS bookings have been confirmed. Autumn sessions to half term have been loaded into ParentPay.
Please see letter attached to this weeks newsletter for the full details.

PAYMENTS

Please make sure your ParentPay balance is at least £0 for Breakfast and Afterschool Sessions. Only cleared balances will be successful for 2026/2027 places.
If your balance is not cleared before Monday 13th July, we will not be able to confirm your Autumn bookings.
Please transfer Childcare Vouchers promptly and email finance with a confirmation.

INSET

We will be running a STARS session on Wednesday 2nd September. This will be opened in ParentPay on Monday 13th July.

Stationery Donations

Thank you so very much to our kind supporters who have brought in stationery supplies so far or used ParentPay to contribute towards our stationery supplies. We are incredbly greatful!

If you would like to donate towards additional stationery, we have two options:

Please contribute to the ‘Stationery Contribution Pot’ on Parent Pay
Alternatively, we have created an Amazon wishlist with items we need across the school. We would welcome children to bring items into the school office to share with their class.

Trip Payments

Year 5 please review your payment schedule for Hooke Court in ParentPay. Instalment 4 is now overdue (26th June). Instalment 5 is due by 17th July.

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