School Attendance

  

 

  

Just a quick reminder to parents and carers about school attendance. As a school we regularly monitor attendance and punctuality and have noticed a decline in our whole school attendance and an increase in children arriving late in a morning.

Parents, carers AND school both have a legal duty for attendance, which is why we regularly remind parents about it, and it is a legal requirement for each and every child to access regular education.

We do understand that there are a lot of illnesses going around, but we ask that parent's follow the NHS guidelines regarding school attendance which can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind parents and carers about not taking holidays in term time. The government have implemented much stricter fining strategies from August 2024 and not only has the fine amount gone up in price, it also comes with stricter guidelines. If parent's take 3 holidays within a rolling 3 year period, they could end up being prosecuted and taking to court. This is not something that has been set up by our school, it is something that has been enforced by the government and we want to make sure all parent's are aware of the implications of this to protect them from fines and the possibility of prosecution in the future. The official guidance on this can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66bf300da44f1c4c23e5bd1b/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance_-_August_2024.pdf

I have attached some more information regarding school attendance to this post and encourage everyone to read through it when they get the chance. All of this information can also be found on our website (https://www.leacp.lancs.sch.uk/page/?title=School+Attendance&pid=204)

School Clubs for Next Term

Here are the links to sign up for extra-curricular clubs starting Summer term.

EYFS & KS1: https://forms.office.com/e/EWXUiUEXT4

KS2: https://forms.office.com/e/cUwjPjvAvV

Please only complete these once you have spoken with your children to decide which clubs they would like to join.

Please only choose one club for your child as most clubs are normally oversubscribed. If your child doesn't get a place, then they will be placed on a reserve list. Children who don't attend their club regularly will lose their place and it will be allocated to a child on the reserve list.

The forms will close on 02/04/2025 at 10am and parents will be informed of which clubs your child has a place at in the new term.

Thank you!

School Milk for Next Term

We now need to place our order for milk next term, so if your child would like to receive a carton each day, please complete the slip below and return no later than Monday 31st March 2025.

Milk will then be ordered according to the number of replies received.

Milk is now available to order for all children in school from EYFS to Year 6. If we do not have this permission form, we cannot provide your child with milk.

If your child is not eligible for Pupil Premium funding, you need to pay £20.50 towards the cost of supplying the milk please.

Please make payment via the cashless system (SCO Pay Milk Summer 2025) as we are no longer accepting cash into school. If you haven’t yet set your cashless account up on SCO Pay, please contact the school office by email to c.smith@leacp.lancs.sch.uk or 01772 726408 and we will arrange for a copy of the access letter to be sent to you.
Please complete the form via below for each child requiring milk:

https://forms.office.com/e/66qSHnEZnk

Easter Lunch

The kitchen are holding a themed lunch on Monday 31st March in preparation for Easter. If your child normally pays for their lunches, please pay £2.70 on SCOpay if they wish to take part!

Breakfast Club

Please could I remind parents that an adult should be dropping children off at the door for breakfast club and only children who have been booked on to via SCOpay will be admitted in the morning. There are only a certain number of places available each day and if your child is not booked on then unfortunately they will be turned away at the door. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this matter.

Parking Around School

Please can we ask that all parents park safely and respectfully in and around school. We have had a number of complaints recently from both our neighbours and other parents about some families parking unsafely. This involves parking over driveways, parking on dropped kerbs and blocking other vehicles in. We appreciate that everyone is dropping off their children at the same time but safety and respect for our neighbours and school community as a whole is a priority. I have shared Lancashire County Councils parking guidelines again on this post. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Coffee Mornings or Afternoons?

We are currently planning our coffee morning timetable. In order to make these successful, we want to ensure we are offering them at the right time for our parents.

Please complete the short form attached to indicate what time suits your family best.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xVkhfgE9F0OI5hKWAe03V2v239j_SqdHpElOzXnPFD1URUtTREwzMUhZTllNWUVZSUw3MEVLTzMxQi4u

Thank you!

Picture News

Each week we will be posting this week's "Picture News" discussion. As part of this, there is also a 'take home' section to open discussions about news articles at home. If you have any comments/interesting opinions that your children make following these discussion, please add them to the comment box below so that we can add them to our 'Picture News' scrap book!

This week's story:
New data has shown that 2024 was the Earth's hottest year on record, warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius. Around 200 countries had agreed to help keep the temperature rise below this figure because scientists say that increase could cause more extreme weather. This includes events such as heatwaves, storms and wildfires.

Things to talk about at home:
Share what you know about climate change with others at home and ask others to share their understanding.
Do you think more could and should be done to tackle climate change? If so, what and by whom?

Parental Questionnaire response

Please find attached the response to the recent parental questionnaire that was completed during the most recent parents' evening.

Parental Questionnaire Response

School Attendance

We have noticed an increase in children being both absent from school and increasingly late over the past few weeks.

Whilst we appreciate that this time of year is rife for bugs and illness and the weather is poor it is still important that your child attends school regularly and punctually. If your child is unwell at school we will contact you to agree the best way to proceed based on the best interests of the children within school.

When children are late for school it can have a negative impact on their learning and missing only 5 minutes a day equates to loosing 3 school days worth of learning! When children arrive at school they engage in their early morning work or 'Fix It' challenges during the registration period. If your child arrives at school after 8:50am, registration has already closed and children will miss out on these tasks.

Please do consult the NHS website for guidance if your child is feeling under the weather (https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/) as they have up to date guidance on when you should send your child to school or if you should keep them at home.

Fore more information on our school attendance expectations please do follow the link to our website (https://www.leacp.lancs.sch.uk/page/?title=School+Attendance&pid=204) or if you would like to know more about the expectations put on all schools by the government please follow the following link to the Education Hubs blog (https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/03/improving-school-attendance/).

As always, if you are struggling with your child's attendance please do reach out to your class teacher, one of the office team or Mrs Green our pastoral lead as we are all here to help and are happy to put targeted support in place for families that feel they need it.
 

Cold Weather Procedure

With the weather going colder this week, we just wanted to confirm the procedures for updating parents if there are any impacts upon school due to the weather.

If there are any changes to the entrances to school, or if the school has to close at short notice we will notify parents where possible by 8am in the morning. Contact will be made by Dojo and the text system.

If you have any queries please get in touch with via the office or by email to contact@leacp.lancs.sch.uk

Changes to Parking

Following on from previous changes already made, the car park is now out of bounds to all parents at all times. This includes dropping off for Breakfast Club, collecting/returning children for appointments, collecting children from School’s Out or for children arriving late in the morning.
There is one disabled space in the new part of the car park which maybe used with a valid blue badge displayed clearly.