Newsletters
Headteacher: Mrs Helen Calpin
Chair of Governors: Mr Chris Emsen
Email: snaith.primary@eastriding.gov.uk
Website: https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/
Newsletter Friday 28th March 2025
This week’s attendance 97%
School closes for the Easter Holidays on Friday 4th April and re-opens to children on Tuesday 22nd April.
It’s a Rap
We have been working hard to develop the school Rap created from the winning entries to our school competition. We are now in a position to record this, creating a music video next week. Therefore, while we will be wearing school uniform for this, we are inviting children to bring to school their sunglasses, bling or rap hat on Thursday next week. We look forward to sharing our final ‘music video’ with you. (Please do not worry if your child cannot be recorded we have taken account of this.)
Parking
Please could I remind all parents of the importance of respecting our neighbours at drop off and pick up times, respectfully not parking across drive ways and driving with courtesy. Please can I also remind you, the lay-by in front of school is a drop off and pick up area only, please do not wait here! Thank you
Jonathan Newman
Our Jonathan Newman award assembly will be held on Friday 4th April. If your child has a Jonathan Newman award please return this to school by Thursday. Thank you.
Free School Meal changes
If you feel you may be eligible for free school meals for your child please apply before the 31st March 2025.
Your child(ren) will be entitled to free school meals if you as the parent are in receipt of any of the following benefits:
- Job Seeker's Allowance (income-based)
- Income Support
- Universal Credit - Your annual income assessed by the Department for Work and Pension must be less than £7,400. Any pupil eligible for free school meals before 1 April 2018 when the earned income threshold is introduced will retain their eligibility until then end of universal credit roll-out which is March 2025
- Child Tax Credit (but NOT receiving Working Tax Credit) – provided your annual income, assessed by the Inland Revenue, does not exceed £16,190
(Please note: this amount is subject to change in April every year) - Employment Support Allowance (income-related)
- Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
The link to apply is: Free school meals
Children currently on Free School Meals will receive them until they leave the primary school. However, if you apply after the 31st March you will have to re-apply each year and if your circumstances change you may no longer be eligible for these benefits.
Remember, FSM pupils also receive food vouchers for each holiday period and have access to free and subsidised activities over the holidays too.
Reminder
All Nursery, Before and After School Club outstanding balances showing on School Gateway should be cleared by 7th April. If you will not be able to make this deadline please let the school office know.
Before and After school clubs for after Easter are now able to be booked and paid for via Arbor.
School Gateway App Communication
We now have 99% of our families registered for the new Arbor Portal. Therefore, from Monday we will no longer be using the School Gateway for communication. Please send messages to the school via the Arbor Portal/App.
School Gateway Payments
Y6 Residential 2025 – payment cut off date 1st April
Before and After School Club and Nursery - payment cut off 7th April
School Uniform Suppliers
Local Supplier – Clothes for Little People in Goole. https://www.theschooluniformshop.co.uk/primary-schools-snaith-primary-school-c-1_15.html
Pre-loved – purchase from the school PTA snaithpta@hotmail
Online Supplier -My Clothing!
My Clothing are offering FREE delivery on all school uniform orders placed at MyClothing.com this weekend (28-30 March). Just use code FREESHIP at checkout.
This is a great opportunity for parents to stock up on uniform essentials while saving on delivery costs.
Code: FREESHIP
Offer Valid: 28/03/25 - 30/03/25
Easter Activities
Please see the posters at the end of the newsletter for Easter Activities taking place in the community.
Carlton Co-Op – THANK YOU
We would like to express our thanks to the Co-Op in Carlton. Following being selected as one of their community champions, the PTA have been allocated £1063 . Thank you to everyone who has shopped there. This is a huge amount of money and will be put to creating new resources around school. A huge thank you to Co-op Carlton.
TESCO
We are pleased to tell you that we have been accepted by Tesco to be part of their Stronger Start In-Store Vote for funding for much needed sports equipment.
Voting will commence in stores from the first week in April 2025 until the end of June 2025.
The project with the highest number of votes across our region will receive £1,500, the second placed project £1,000 and the third placed project £500.
Stores which will vote on our project are listed below and are all in Goole
2180 Tesco Express Rutland Road Goole DN14 6LX
2593 Tesco Superstore Goole Boothferry Road DN14 6BB
Whenever you are shopping in Tesco stores in Goole can we please ask that you choose our project when voting with your blue tokens. Please ask your friends and families too!
Thank you so much for your support.
PTA
Easter Egg Donations
Thank you to everyone who donated Easter Eggs for the Wonka Bar prizes and the Bingo Night which is taking place next week. We truly value the support everyone gives to the school and have been blown by your generosity.
We would like to give a special shout out to –
Coolledge/Fairhurst Family
Stansfield Family
Thornton Family
Schofield Interiors
Lady Garden & Home Services
Londis at Carlton.
Family Bingo Night Thursday 3rd April
Please see the poster below.
Bag 2 School – Thursday 24th April
The PTA have arranged for a ‘Bag 2 School’ collection for Thursday 24th April. Bag 2 School is a company that specialise
in good quality second hand clothing that can be re-used. All bags are weighed and we will be paid by the total weight collected. Due to storage space, please DO NOT bring your bags to school before this date. On the day, please leave your bag on the grass area by the school gates before 9am. Thank you.
Dates for your Diary
(Please note that more events will be added – but a few key dates to start adding to your diary.)
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Spring Term |
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4 April 25 |
Break up for Easter |
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Summer Term |
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Tuesday 22 April 25 |
School reopens |
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12-16 May 25 |
Y6 SATs week |
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23 May 25 |
Break up for half term |
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2 June 25 |
School reopens to children |
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11 June 25 |
Y6 Growing Up Talk |
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13 June 25 |
Sports Day (KS1 am KS2 pm) |
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2-4 July 25 |
Y6 Transition Days at The Snaith School |
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7-9 July 25 |
Y6 PGL Residential |
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18 July 25 |
Break up for Summer |
Useful Links
School Uniform
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/page/?title=School+Uniform&pid=81
School Meals
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=2994&type=pdf
School Holidays
Term Dates 2024-2025
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=2891&type=pdf
Term Dates 2025-2026
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=3038&type=pdf
An Absence from School for Exceptional Circumstances Request Form, must be completed for all absences (not medical). https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/page/?title=Attendance+%26amp%3B+Punctuality&pid=77
Please can I remind parents that school is not able to authorise any holidays during term time. Therefore, it is important to consult these dates before making any booking. Penalty Notice Fines are issued on a per parent per child basis for term time leave of 5 (10 sessions) or more consecutive days.
As school is in session during these times, if your child does not attend school due to an unauthorised absence, school will not provide work for this period of time as children are expected to attend school to undertake their learning.
Penalty Notice Fines are also considered, if a child has 10 sessions of unauthorised absence in 10 school weeks.
We are committed to improving achievement through attendance, and any pupil whose attendance falls below 97% becomes a cause for concern. Attendance below 90% is classed by the Government as persistent absence. If a child’s attendance falls below 90% we refer all cases to the Education Welfare Office at East Riding Council, who is likely to contact parents directly to give support and discuss the matter.
(Parent, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for the child, or who has care of them).
Community Notices
Easter Activities
Trans Pennine Trail
Please see below details of the Trans Pennine Train Easter Activity Pack
We’re delighted to let you know that our latest Children’s activity pack is now available to download free, from the Trans Pennine Trail website in time for the Easter break.
Once again, the pack contains lots of exciting holiday activities that will keep young minds entertained during the February half term break.
Bursting with fun and engaging activities, they will be encouraged to embark on a Spring Scavenger Hunt and take part in a Great British Spring Clean litter pick challenge.
They’ll be able to get creative by making Spring Lamb cupcakes and creating their own Easter Egg decorations while solving the Easter Word search and bringing vibrant colours to life with picture colouring before diving into the next instalment of Mandy Mole’s exciting adventure along the Trans Pennine Trail.
It’s a fantastic way to celebrate Easter and the beauty of spring!
The pack is aimed at primary school children with help as necessary from their parents or carers, and older children may enjoy some of the activities too.
The activity pack can be used ‘on the go’ by downloading it to a mobile or can be printed at home. We’d obviously prefer parents to download the pack themselves. But we can send out printed copies to people who don’t have a printer or are unable to access the website if they get in touch with us.
Download it from our Children’s page at: https://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/welcome-to-our-childrens-page/
COMMUNITY NOTICES
