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Prospective Parents - September 2023
Thu 15 Sep 2022We run three school tours throughout November, during which time prospective parents have an opportunity to come and meet the leadership team, hear about our school vision and have a tour of the school. These will be held on:
Thursday 10th November - 9:30am
Thursday 17th November - 2:00pm
Thursday 24th November - 9:30am
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Good Bye Bawdsey Manor
Wed 18 May 2022Wednesday 19th May - On our way home
They've been a lovely group to take away. The PGL leaders all said nice comments about our school and how well behaved and lovely all the children were. We are very proud of them. On our way home. Thank you to our staff and our lovely year 6 for a great time at Bawdsey. -
Bawdey Manor 22
Wed 18 May 2022Tuesday 17th May 2022
Tuesday has been another fun packed full day with archery, sensory trail and Jacob's Ladder. The children again have thrown themselves into all of the activities, supported each other and cheered each other on when they found things challenging. Dinner was preceded by a very competitive game of Capture the Flag which the children absolutely loved. We're now finishing the evening with Passport to the World, a quest to find all the flags from around the world! I suspect everyone will sleep well tonight!Sharon Derbyshire
Headteacher
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Tennyson Road
Chelmsford
CM1 4HY
01245 354875
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Bawdsey Manor 22
Tue 17 May 2022The children have had yet another fun packed day of activities from raft building, trapeze, rifle shooting, to zip wire and many more as you will see from the photos. Everyone is happy and are having such a lovely time. We've had fabulous weather today and after dinner we took a walk along the beach, found crabs, and finished the day with team games including one where everyone had to impersonate a chicken! The teachers even took part to the children's delight! Alex won this, with a hilarious chicken impersonation, a memory that will stay with us forever! Every child is having a lovely holiday and all the adults have agreed, they are such a brilliant group to be away with. I think they will be sleeping well tonight, as will we!
From Mrs DerbyshireSharon Derbyshire
Headteacher
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Tennyson Road
Chelmsford
CM1 4HY
01245 354875
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Bawdsey Manor 22
Mon 16 May 2022Sunday 15th May
Arrived safely at Bawdsey Manor. The children have had a fabulous first day! The accommodation is first class. The centre is well run with beautiful grounds and there were no complaints for dinner with pizza, potato wedges, a self-service salad bar and chocolate profiteroles! The evening was rounded off with fun songs around the campfire. Every child has ended the day on a high! Let's hope they get some sleep, and the weather is good tomorrow!
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School Meals - Price Increase
Wed 04 May 2022Dear Parents / Guardians, 3rd May 2022
School Meals – Price increase from Monday 6th June 2022.
After many years of the price remaining unchanged, there will be a 30p increase in the daily charge for a school meal, effective from 6th June 2022. This will mean that the cost of a school meal will be £2.50 per day. Unfortunately, this increase has been necessary due to rising costs across the catering function which the school cannot afford to subsidise. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will continue to receive Universal Infant Free School Meals.
St Pius X is committed to providing high quality meals to all the children and believes that this is important to the overall development of children, including their educational progress. We are sure you will agree that £2.50 per day or £12.50 per week still represents good value as the children receive freshly made meals which are nutritionally balanced and contain locally sourced, seasonal ingredients.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Derbyshire
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FOOD ALLERGIES
Thu 04 Jan 2018Dear Parents/Guardians,
FOOD ALLERGIES
As you may be aware we do have several children with different food related allergies in school. Our school Cook, Mrs Hughes and her team prepare lunch for all the children each day and those children with a known food allergy are specifically catered for to ensure they do not become ill whilst at school. We currently have a pupil at school who has a severe nut and bean allergy.
We would like to ensure that this child is safe in school, therefore, a decision has been made to make the whole school nut free. All members of staff are being asked not to bring into school anything that contains or is made using nuts or nut products of any description. I would also ask all parents who provide a packed lunch or snack for their child to ensure it does not contain any nut or nut products. It may be necessary to read the list of ingredients on packets of food to ensure that they do not contain any trace of nuts.
I am sure that you as parents understand the need for these precautions that are necessary to ensure all of our children are safe in school.
If food containing nuts is found within a child’s lunch box or as part of a snack, it will be taken away. Parents will be informed by telephone and an alternative food item may be sought from the kitchen.
Thank you for your support and co-operation.