Welcome Back Letter (April) – PDF Version
We hope everyone has had a great Easter break. Here is some information that we thought would be useful ahead of the new
term.
Wraparound Care: After-school Clubs and “Care Club”
A quick reminder that “Care Club” can be accessed before school (7:30am-08:45am) and after school (3:15pm-6:00pm). If you
wish to book your child(ren) into “Care Club”, please email Mrs. Godfrey (careclub@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk). You will then
be asked to pay for this via Parent Pay – unless paying via the tax-free childcare payment system. Following a price reduction, the
current cost is £1.25 for every 15 minutes. Please note you can book your child into Care Club up to a term in advance.
Next term is a short one (4 weeks), but we have a range of after-school clubs that your child can be booked onto. As previously,
these can be booked via ParentPay (https://app.parentpay.com/).
If your child is a recipient of “free-school meals”/FSM (Please note that this is not the same as “Universal Infant Free School
Meals”/UIFSM. See here for FAQs: https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals/faqs/), then as part of our Pupil Premium
Strategy, they will only have to pay half the cost of any wraparound care.
Any pupils that receive FSM (not UIFSM) result in additional funding for school. This funding is used for a number of different
benefits for those children (e.g. reduced costs for wraparound care and educational/residential visits and help towards uniform
costs – where required). Please see here (https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/) on how
to apply.
Celebration Assembly
Just a reminder that all parents, carers, grandparents etc. are invited to attend our weekly celebration assembly (Friday mornings
at 08:55-09:30). Here we give out any certificates for children for activities on TTRS, Numbots and Spelling Shed – as well as
present our weekly trophy to the highest class on TTRS. We also share some of our favourite things from the week, celebrate any
pupils that have received recognition awards, share any other significant events (e.g. sports competitions) and draw our winning
reading raffle tickets.
School Meals – Update
School meals are now under the control of the school – which initially has enabled us to keep to school meals cost at £2.80
(rather than the £3.20 – with a further increase due in June – that the managed service would have imposed). Our new menu is live
on ParentPay. Please remember to book your child’s meal in advance. We will be exploring how we can adapt and improve over
time – so any feedback will be massively appreciated.
School Website updates
As always, key information and dates are regularly updated on the school website. To receive automated email updates from the
school website, you can sign up here (https://browncleeschool.org.uk/home/parents-area/updates/news-subscription/).
A recent post went out regarding upcoming dates: https://browncleeschool.org.uk/provisional-confirmed-dates-for-next-term/.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact your class teacher on their class email or the school office
(admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk).
