Welcome to our school
 

Welcome back!

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

We hope you have had a good summer. We hope to see as many of you as possible at our Parent Partnership Evening on Wednesday 8 September from 7 pm (details to follow). Here are a few housekeeping notes for the start of term.

Best wishes,
Sue Carpenter.

 

Correspondence

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

  • Day to day via class trays/book bags: please try to send in letters, dinner monies, etc in an envelope via your child’s book bag and tell them there is something to hand in to the teacher. We will send information to you the same way, so don’t forget to look in their bookbags.
  • ParentMail: the majority of our communication will be sent to you this way. New parents should sign up for this service by completing a form available from the office. In line with our application to become an Eco School, paper copies will only be sent where parents do not have internet access.
  • Website: latest information, letters home and newsletters are all available on this website.
 

School dinner costs

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

From September these will be:

  • £2 per meal; £10 for a five-day week; £74.00 for the half-term

All meals must be paid for in advance.  Please calculate your payment and submit a cheque with a note letting us know which days your child would like to have school dinners.  This pattern will then be recorded for the half term.  We appreciate that children in the Reception class may take a few weeks to settle into a pattern, so we will be flexible here.

 

School Office

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Office hours are 8.30am - 3.30pm, Monday to Friday during termtime. Please try to send in money on Monday and Friday mornings only. Cheques should be made payable to Barton CE (VA) Primary School, and we would be very grateful if you could make out separate cheques for dinner money, milk or trips.

Absence procedures

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

  • Sickness: please telephone or email the office before 9.00 am on the first day of absence. There is a 48 hr exclusion from the last bout of sickness or diarrhoea.
  • Other: in accordance with County Council policy absence will only be granted for exceptional reasons (not holidays). Any requests for absence should be made in writing in advance.
 

Uniform

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Uniform should be ordered through the School Trends website, www.stparent.co.uk. Enter the school as Barton School and the town as Cambridge. If you are unable to order in this way ask at the school office for an order form.

Break-time milk cartons

Wednesday, 01 September 2010

A daily 1/3 pint semi skimmed milk for your child will cost £12.78 for the whole of the autumn term (Reception children £12.42). Please order by submitting a separate cheque with 'milk' and child’s name written on the back.