Friday 9th September 2016

School Dinners
Parents of children who have a school dinner will find an invoice in their Friday bag this week for the cost of the meals (except our infant children of course). Some of you may prefer to pay in advance whilst others may wish to pay weekly- the choice is yours! We are happy to receive payments weekly, monthly or for each half term. The cost is £2.20 per day. If you wish to pay for school dinners up to half term, the cost will be £74.80 (34 days @ £2.20 day) per child. Thank you to those who have already paid. Payments should be sent into school as soon as possible and any adjustments for days off etc. will be done at half term. Cheques should be made payable to: Lancashire County Council. If you child/ren aren’t currently having school meals but would like to please let us know.

Junior Swimming
Swimming lessons begin this Monday 12th September for years 3, 4 & 5 so please ensure that your child has their swimming kit with them this and every Monday.  Year 4, 5 and 6 children will go swimming from the summer half term with year 3 children remaining in class for extra tuition.  Included in pupils Friday bags is a letter from the swimming teacher together with a goggle consent form, which needs returning to school as soon as possible please. We need a new goggle consent form for all swimmers should they want to use them, thanks.

Infant trip to Clitheroe Castle
Our infant class will be joining Hornby school infants for a trip to Clitheroe Castle on Friday 30th September to support this half terms castle topic.  More details to follow.

QES Information Evening
Parents of year 6 children are invited to attend QES information evenings for prospective 2017 year 7 entrants on either Wednesday 14th September (Cumbria/N Yorks) Thursday 22nd September (Lancashire) at 6.30pm. Full information and the evening registration form can be found on the QES website www.queenelizabeth.cumbria.sch.uk

School Uniform & Book Bags
PTFA have sourced some lovely book bags with the school logo printed on the front. If you would like to purchase one please let the office know.  We have 22 available at £3.50 each, cheques payable to Leck St Peters PTFA please.  If you have received a book bag already please send your payment in as soon as possible, many thanks.
We have a number of polo shirts available in sizes 26″, 30″, 32″ & 34″. Please contact Emma Galley or school office if you would like to purchase one at £8 each.  An order will be placed for uniform in a couple of weeks please see Emma or let the office know if you would like any items adding for your child/ren.

Morecambe Football Club
Please make sure your child’s PE kit and trainers are in school for the Morecambe Football Club multi-skills session on Wednesdays. Given our ever changing weather, please always ensure your child has tracksuit bottoms or similar, a warm top and a waterproof in school just in case!

Forms, Forms
At this time of year we have to send home a number of forms to check that we are holding all the correct information about our pupils. Enclosed in the bags this week is a form titled Parental/Carer Consent and Medical Information Form for Educational Visits and Adventurous Activities. This form is for the whole academic year and will cover local and low risk visits made by the children, for example, museum visits, local school visits, local walks and days out.  For anything else, such as residential or farm visits, we will seek further permission from you.  Although you are only completing one form for all the low risk activities we will send home an information sheet each time to keep you informed of the activities.

Also included in the bag is a Pupil Data Collection Sheet for each child.  This form will be used to update the information we currently hold on the school database for your child(ren).  It is important we have the most up-to-date information, so please do let us know if anything changes during the year.

We realise that reception parents will have completed these just before the summer holidays, but we like to have a new form for each pupil in September so we know we are up to date.

 

Naming of Clothes
Every year we find that we have uniforms and shoes which cannot be reunited with their owners because they have no names on them. Please will all parents please ensure that their children’s clothes, shoes, PE kit etc. are all clearly labelled – laundry marker pen is fine if you don’t have labels. Please could you also ensure that your child has a coat to wear at school.

School Admissions September 2016 Intake
Lancashire County Councils online application system is now open for applications for 2016 – www.lancashire.gov.uk (search “school admissions”) The closing date for applications is:

Secondary school applications- 31st October 2016

Primary school applications – 15th January 2017.

In this week’s bag, parents of our year 6 children without older siblings will find an information leaflet. If you know of a child due to start primary in September 2017, please do let us know as we have a small stock of information booklets for new parents.

 

Infant Forest School Visit
The infants will be continuing their Forest School Adventures on Monday 19th September with a visit to the wooded area here at Leck School.  They will need appropriate outdoor clothing suitable for the weather.  If they have waterproof trousers please send them, as the ground is often damp even if it’s not actually raining.  More information to follow next week.

In this week’s bag

Medical form for each pupil
Data collection form for each pupil
School Meal invoice (if applicable)
A note to Infant parents about special books
Swimming note & goggle permission slip for year 3, 4 & 5 children

 

Dates for September