Parentmail 8.9.23

Dear Parents/Carers,

It’s been a pleasure to see all our pupils back at school this week and we look forward to welcoming our new pupils and their families over the next few weeks.  Thank you for ensuring that your children are protected from strong sunlight and that they have enough to drink in this hot weather.

RAAC

I am sure that you are all familiar with news reports about RAAC in school buildings.  We have been informed by the local authority that, fortunately, we have no RAAC at Lakeside.  Please also see the attached letter from Cardiff Council regarding this.

PE Lessons

Please can pupils wear their PE kit to school on their PE lesson day, as detailed below.  Thank you.

School Meals

It’s really important that you book your child’s meal in advance (by 8am each morning) so that the kitchen can prepare the correct number of meals for children.  This applies to ALL school meals, including Universal Free School Meals.  The Parentpay booking system means that the Kitchen will only have enough food for the orders booked, so if you do not book your child’s meal, it is unlikely that there will be a meal available for them at lunchtime.  If this happens, the school has been advised to contact parents/carers and ask them to bring in a packed lunch for their child to eat.

Please see below two video links.  These will show you how to book and/or cancel your child’s school dinner.  It is very important that you cancel your child’s meal if, for example, they decide to bring a packed lunch to school or if they are absent.  Meals are prepared based on the orders booked via Parentpay, so if a child does not eat the meal, the food goes to waste.

Some parents/carers have found that the second video – how to cancel – is not very clear.  To cancel, you will need to go to the Parentpay Home page, select the child whose meal you wish to cancel and navigate to find the meal highlighted in green (this process is the same as the booking process this far!)  Then, you click on the meal you wish to cancel.  The green highlight will disappear and the date will go grey.  This is the only way to know that you have cancelled.   You can check that the date is no longer highlighted by going back to homepage and navigating again from there to the meal choices.

https://parent-support.parentpaygroup.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6265244826257--VIDEO-How-to-book-a-meal#-video-how-to-book-a-meal-0-0

https://parent-support.parentpaygroup.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6266671066513--VIDEO-How-to-cancel-a-meal-booking

Sickness and Diarrhoea

If your child has vomited or had diarrhoea, NHS guidelines are that they need to be clear for a full 48 hours before returning to school. Please do not send your child back to school before this point to avoid spreading the illness. Thank you

After-school Clubs

After school clubs will start week beginning 18^th September.  Please see the attached for details.  There will be a Dancefit taster session during the school day on Monday 11^th September for Years 3 to 6.  If your child would like to join this session, please send a note in for their teacher, giving them permission to attend. The session will be at 2pm.

In addition to the clubs listed in the attached document, Chess Club will also be restarting from Monday 18^th September, for Year 2 pupils.  A letter will be sent home to Year 2 parents/carers next week, with further details and information.

Year Group Information meetings

Year group curriculum information meetings for parents and carers will be held in September and October as follows.  These are where you find out what learning projects the children will be doing, which visits and trips are planned, and how you can help your child at home.

Upcoming events / Term dates

September 2023

Monday 4^th September – INSET DAY

Tuesday 5^th September – INSET DAY

Wednesday 6^th September – Y1 – Y6 Pupils back to school

Thursday 14^th September – Year 5 Trip to Llancaiach Fawr Manor

October 2023

Thursday 5^th October – flu vaccinations

Tuesday 10^th October – Wear Yellow for World Mental Health Day

Friday 13^th October – Wear Red/something ‘Welsh’ for Shwmae Day

W/C Monday 23^rd October – Parents’ Consultations

Friday 27^th October - Break up for half term

Monday 30^th October – Friday 3^rd November – half term break

Friday 22^nd December – Break up for Christmas

Term dates

2023-2024 academic year

Additional INSET days TBD