Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Open Classroom for Parents

  Wed 27 Apr 2022

   

  Dear Reception to Year 6 Parents and Carers,

   

  We are delighted to be able to invite all parents to an ‘Open Classroom’ event here at school on Wednesday 4th May from 3.15pm, finishing at 4.00pm. We really hope that parents are able to join us.

   

  Parental involvement in school is something that we have really missed over the last few years.  Because we have needed to do our parent consultation on the phone, and not in person, the children and staff want parents to be able to come in.  You will be able to have a look at their books and the lovely work they have been doing, look around their classroom and meet the teacher. 

   

  Please collect your child as normal at 3.15pm and then make your way to their classroom.  Infant parents, please access your child’s classroom through the door the children normally enter/exit from. Junior parents, please make your way through the gates your children enter/exit from and access your child’s classroom through the door the children normally enter/exit from.  If you have several children, please go to each class, ensuring you have time to do them all before 4.00pm.

   

  We look forward to seeing you here at school.

   

  

• After School Clubs Summer Term 2022

  Fri 22 Apr 2022

  We have been organising our extra curricular activities for this term. We are offering a variety of enrichment activities for the children, trying to cater for a range of interests and age groups. I am sure that you will join me in thanking our great team for giving up their own time to volunteer to run these clubs for our children. The list of clubs available this term are on the reverse of this letter.

   

  If your child would like to join a club then please log on to your ParentPay account where the clubs available for this term will be listed for you to select. To make this process fair you MUST ONLY select ONE club for your child. If you select more than one your child will be cancelled from all clubs selected.

   

  Booking opens from Monday 25^th April at 3.45pm where you will then be able to view and book your child onto a club. As there are limited places at each club, places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If a club is full then the ParentPay system will not let you book onto a club. If you have yet to use ParentPay and need your login details, then please call in at the school office.

   

  All clubs will start from Tuesday 3^rd May and will run until Friday 1^st July. Please note, the last session for Judo will be on Tuesday 21^st June.

   

  Gooch Judo will continue their sessions on a Tuesday. There is a £2 charge for this per week, £14.00 for the full term. There will also be a cost of £1.00 per week, £8.00 for the full term, for the Art club to cover cost of materials. Payment for the full term must be made via ParentPay at the point of booking. Please note, once payment is made, this is non-refundable so should your child be absent from school or no longer wants to go to the club, we are unable to refund this back.

   

  Once a child has signed up for a session, we do ask that children stay committed to their activity for a term and attend each week.  If for any reason they are not able to attend, please can you ensure that the activity leader is made aware.

   

  As always, Infant children will need to be collected at the end of their after school activity. We recommend that Junior children are also picked up from their activity, but this is parental choice. Please ensure you are punctual. Please indicate whether your Junior child will be collected or allowed to walk home on the ParentPay system when booking onto a club.

   

  CLUB	YEAR	DAY AND TIME	WHO
  KS1 Choir	Y1/2	Monday 3.15-4.15pm	Miss King
  Mindfulness and Wellbeing	Y1/2/3/4/5/6	Monday 3.15-4.15pm	Miss Marshall
  Rounders	Y4/5/6	Monday 3.15-4.15pm	Mr Leek & Mrs Nunes
  Tag Rugby	Y5/6	Monday 3.15-4.15pm	Mr Fell & Mr Spencer
  Judo	Y1/2/3/4/5/6	Tuesday 3.15-4.30pm	Gooch Judo (£14.00 for the term)
  Running	Y2/3/4/5/6	Tuesday 3.15-4.15pm	Mrs Elsagood & Miss Card
  Sewing	Y4/5/6	Tuesday 3.15-4.15pm	Mrs Harling
  Singing	Y2/3/4/5/6	Thursday 3.15-4.15pm	Mrs Nunes
  French	Y3/4	Thursday 3.15-4.15pm	Miss Woods
  Art	Y5/6	Thursday 3.15-4.15pm	Mrs Cvijetic (£8.00 for the term)

• Easter Holidays- Date we return back to school

  Fri 01 Apr 2022

  We break up today for the holidays.

   

  We wish everyone a lovely Easter.

   

  School will re-open for children on Wednesday 20th April 2022.

  

• Ukraine Appeal- Thank you!

  Tue 29 Mar 2022

   

  A big thank you to everyone who donated today for the Ukraine Appeal. 

   

  An amazing £592.33 was raised.

   

  Thank you!

  

• Relationship Education- Link to more information

  Tue 22 Mar 2022

   

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Big Talk Education will shortly be delivering Relationship Education to children in school.

   

  If you would like more information about the areas covered in each year group, please click on the link below and enter the password: Safe&Happy

   

  https://www.bigtalkeducation.co.uk/year-by-year/

  

• Comic Relief- Thank you!

  Fri 18 Mar 2022
  

• CHANGES TO SCHOOL DINNERS CONTRACT

  Fri 18 Mar 2022 Anna Cvijetic

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Moving to Chartwells

  The Governors and I are pleased to inform you that we are moving our catering contract for our children’s school dinners to a new company called Chartwells.  Chartwells will begin serving meals after the Easter holidays, on Wednesday 20^th April 2022. 

   

  We are delighted that all our current catering staff will stay working with us, moving over to the new company. Sue Murray (infants) and Sarah Gillett (juniors) will continue as our cooks leading their kitchen staff. 

   

  Chartwells came into school on Wednesday to meet the children and led an assembly introducing themselves and talked about what the school dinners would be like.

   

  School dinner price and ParentPay

  School dinner prices will remain the same for the rest of this year and the next academic year.  They will continue to be £2.40.  Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to 'universal' free school meals paid for by the Government. 

   

  From September 2021 our Reception and Year 1 children all have a school dinner.  Our Year 2 children can bring a packed lunch if they wish this academic year.  From September 2022 all our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will be having a school dinner.  Nursery, Year 3 to 6 children are welcome to purchase school meals or have their Free School Meal (means tested by the Government). 

   

  Payment of school meals will continue to be paid through the online system ParentPay. On ParentPay you will also be able to pre-order your child’s meals and there will be photographs and information on each meal on here (ingredients, etc).

   

  It is important that all school lunch debts up to and including 1^st April be cleared from your account please.  

   

  Who are Chartwells?

  Chartwells is the leading provider of contract catering and support services to the education sector in the UK.  Their team prides themselves on innovation and commitment to finding imaginative new ways to increase meal uptake and enhance student experience, making school food tasty and appealing.

   

  Chartwells is the education arm of the Compass Group UK & Ireland, part of Compass Group PLC, a world-leading food and support services provider.  The company operates across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote and Sport, Leisure & Hospitality with a broad client portfolio.

   

  What will Chartwells offer?

  There’s a great deal of importance placed on the vital role Chartwells play in educating young people on good nutrition and healthy lifestyles and additional education programmes.

   

  They will be investing into the school by refreshing the front of house service areas with new signage and display wares, where they will be delivering their Food Superheroes Primary Menu offer. Seasonal and nutritionally balanced healthy menus will change twice annually offering variety along with new dishes to stimulate inquisitive minds.

   

  Food Allergies and Special Diets

  We’ve always taken food allergies extremely seriously. If any pupil has an allergy, an intolerance or a medical condition that calls for a special diet - however simple or complex - Chartwells in-house expert team of nutritionists make sure they’re fully and safely catered for with special menus, procedures, and local training. They work closely with each student and their family to create an individual menu that they’ll like and eat, regularly developing special menus to deal with the common allergens as well as looking after more complex diet-affected metabolic disorders.  They also support diabetic dietary needs (especially type 1) by providing the exact amount of carbohydrate needed to manage insulin levels.

   

  Finally

  Chartwells are extremely excited to be given the opportunity to become the catering providers at Berkeley Primary School and are looking forward to show-casing their food offer to all pupils within the school from the 20th April 2022. Please have a look at the three weekly menu cycle on the school’s website.

   

  Best wishes

   

  Anna Cvijetic

  Headteacher

  

• Science Week

  Thu 17 Mar 2022 Anna Cvijetic

  In school this week we are celebrating Science Week. Our children have been completing a range of science experiments and science based workshops. On Tuesday the children were lucky enough to have an assembly by one of our Governors, Jocelyn Cole, who came to speak to the children about her career as a mechanical engineer.  It really inspired our children, especially our girls.

  

• Preloved School Uniform

  Wed 16 Mar 2022

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  If you have any preloved school uniform in good condition/ washed, we would really appreciate this sent into the school office.

   

  At the end of July this will be set out for any parents to come and take any items of uniform they may need for their child.

   

  Many thank for your co-operation.

   

  

• Comic Relief and Red Cross Ukraine Appeal

  Wed 09 Mar 2022

  Comic Relief- Friday 18^th March

   

  This year our school will be supporting Comic Relief on Friday 18^th March.

   

  We are asking children to dress in anything red/ non-uniform on this day.

   

  A suggested donation of £1.00 would be gratefully received.

   

  Please note, for Nursery children this will take place on Tuesday 15^th March.

   

   

  Red Cross Ukraine Appeal- Tuesday 29^th March

   

  Our school will also be supporting the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal on Tuesday 29^th March.

   

  Children can come to school on this day in anything blue and yellow/ non-uniform.

   

  Any donations for this appeal would be very much appreciated and will be sent to the Red Cross to help towards provision and supporting the people in Ukraine.

   

  Thank you for your continued support.