Parents/Carers Update

Buy discounted books and raise money for the school library

Scholastic Book Club is an excellent opportunity to purchase some very popular children’s and young adults’ books at sometimes very heavily discounted prices, all in time for Christmas. In recent years your purchases have raised over £1000 to be spent on new books for the school library!

We are at the moment running our latest Scholastic promotion. There are some great deals on some very popular books which would make fantastic Christmas presents. Please visit http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/highfields-de4/digital-book-club to browse the latest books available and order online. For every £1 you spend, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards which will be spent on new books for the school library.

All orders will be delivered to school and books will be sent home with your child, so there is no postage to pay. Alternatively you can arrange to collect them yourself from school. If you would like to purchase any books, please place your order online by Tuesday 6 December 2022.

Christmas dinner – 7 December

Christmas dinner will be served across both school sites on Wednesday 7 December.

If your child would like a Christmas dinner, please pay separately in advance via ParentPay - a message will be sent via Weduc when the payment is live on the site. The cost of the Christmas meal is £2.60 and includes a hot Christmas lunch (turkey or vegetable bake), a pudding and Radnor Fruits drink.

If your child does not wish to have a Christmas dinner, please ensure they come to school with a packed lunch as only a hot Christmas lunch is being served on 7 December. There will be no morning break snacks served on 7 December to allow the preparation and cooking of Christmas lunch.

2023-24 academic year and CPD days:

The term dates for the next academic year are:  4 September 2023 to 27 October 2023  6 November 2023 to 22 December 2023  8 January 2024 to 16 February 2024  26 February 2024 to 28 March 2024  15 April 2024 to 24 May 2024  3 June 2024 to 23 July 2024 School is closed to students on the following INSET days:  Monday 4 September 2023  Friday 27 October 2023  Monday 4 December 2023  Friday 22 December 2023 (disaggregated)  Friday 5 July 2024

Reminder: Autumn stakeholder surveys

Thank you to the parents/carers who have already completed the November survey emailed out on 18 November. If you haven’t yet done so, the survey is open until 11.45pm this evening (Friday 25 November). All responses are anonymous. We really appreciate your feedback.