We have always provided the facility to pay online via Scopay. Next week you will receive a letter about our plan to go cashless (apart from certain fund-raising events) from 1st February. This essentially means that for most requests for payment (such as school trips) we would like you to use your Scopay account. The letter will explain how you go about accessing your own account (each parent and carer receives a login when their child joins the school) if you don’t know how to do this. I would highly recommend that you download the Scopay app onto your phone/tablet if you haven’t done so already. This makes life much easier!

Please take time to look through the resources contained in the “Post presentation parent pack” which is found via the following link https://www.breckfoundation.org/post-presentation . This was mentioned in the talk on Monday. It provides guidance on parental controls, signs of grooming and sources of help amongst other useful information. If you need paper copies, please get in touch.

On Thursday 18th January we extend an invitation to you to attend a coffee morning hosted by our Home School Link Worker, Karen Burgess and our Inclusion Leader and Assistant Head Teacher, Kirsty Morgan. During this time there will be an opportunity for you to talk about any concerns that might affect your children’s success or happiness at school; discuss provisions available within school to support your child; provide valuable understanding and guidance on a variety of topics and put you in touch with services, activities and organisations in the local area; listen and offer support on issues that you and your family may be having; offer support and guidance on changes in family situations; suggest ideas and strategies for behaviour management and for establishing home routines for children.