Dear Parents
We are pleased to be able to tell you about our new on-line payments system called
Schools Cash Office (SCO).
We are excited about this new system, which will help you pay for school meals,
trips, swimming lessons and just about everything you might send money into school
for. By logging onto your child’s account you will be able to make payments, view
your child’s payment history and see payments due. You will be able to see the
school meals taken by your child and view their current balance.
Payments can be made on-line by debit cards (sorry not credit cards) and can be
made for several items at once and more than one child. There is an administrative
fee of 29p, which will be added at the very end of the payment process.
If you prefer to continue making payments by cheque, you will now be able to send
in one cheque for more than one item and for more than one child. You will then be
able to view your child’s account on-line to see that cheque payment, once we have
had an opportunity to input the payment onto the system in the office.
An explanatory letter is being sent out today, which will contain a link to the website
and a password to create your child’s account. It will guide you through the process.
If you do not receive this letter, please contact the school office.
This system is operational now. However, we are disappointed that it is this
weekend that the operators have chosen to do some scheduled maintenance and
will temporarily have to close the site! Have a look after the weekend - we hope you
feel it will be an efficient way of paying money into school.
Running Club
Running Club will re-commence on the Monday straight after our half-term holiday.
A message from All Saints’ Church, Gt Chesterford
Just a reminder that our Family Service will be at 11.00 am this Sunday, 16th
February.
A message from The Friends
Some dates for your diary (more details to follow):
Pancake Race:
Tuesday, 4th March
Easter Bunny Hunt:
Saturday, 5th April
Social/BB at the Plough:
Friday, 27th June
Class Assemblies
Please note: The Class 2 assembly scheduled for Friday, 6 th March has had to be
rearranged because of Book Week. It will now be on Friday, 28th February. The
Year 3 assembly which was originally on the 28th February will be re-arranged.
Book Week
Thank you to all parents who have already offered to read to the KS1 children during
Book Week. The children do love being read to and we would be pleased to hear
from any further volunteers. Here’s an update of our planned activities:
Monday, 24th February
Paul Lyalls (poet) will be visiting and working with the children and after school he
will be selling signed copies of his book ‘A Funny Thing Happened’ for £5 each.
Monday, 3rd – Thursday, 6th March
Travelling Book Sale will be in the School Hall after school each day: 3.20-4.15pm.
Wednesday, 5th March
Gillian Overitt (children’s fiction) will be visiting and working with the children and will
be selling signed copies of her book (flyer to follow) and a short story at £1.50.
Tag Rugby / Netball Club
Tag Rugby Club has now finished. Mrs Mitchell’s Netball Club will be resuming for
the same Y6 children as previously attended. First session will be Friday, 28 th Feb.
Letters sent home:
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Book Week Reading Afternoon
Raspberry Pi volunteers
SCO Online Access Information
Dinner money costs for next half-term
Dates for your Diary:
February
17-21st
24th
26th
27th
28th
Half-Term holiday
Hockey Club starts – All years
Classes 1 & 2 start swimming
Class 3 trip to Saffron Walden Museum
Primary Music Festival at SWCHS
March
3rd-7th
4th
7th
7th
17th-20th
Book Week
Class 2 trip to Pizza Express, Cambridge
Dressing up Assembly for Book Week
Class 5 trip to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Comenius visit to Ireland
April
4th
22nd
Last day of Spring term
Return to school for Summer term
(Monday 21st Bank Holiday)