Please note that with effect from 6th December 2024 our Scopay system will automatically notify you, on a Friday, if your child’s account goes into arrears. In such circumstances you will receive an automatically generated email setting out the amount by which the account needs to be credited in order to bring it back into a positive balance.
I hope that you will find this helpful.
Our Christmas Dinner will be served this year on Tuesday 10thÌýand Wednesday 11th December at a cost of £4.70.Ìý It is always a very popular choice and will, this year, be ticketed.Ìý If your child would like a Christmas Dinner, please pre-order and paid for it via Scopay.
Payment will need to be made by the end of the day on Tuesday 3rdÌý December 2024.
Pupils will then need to collect their Christmas Dinner Ticket from Pupil Services.Ìý In order to ensure smooth service, pupils must have their ticket in order to get their Christmas Dinner!
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If you child is eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), they may collect their ticket directly from Pupil Services at no additional cost.Ìý Please note this will use the whole of their FSM allowance for that day so there will be no funds available for other purchases unless their account is topped up in advance.
One of the most popular online games among young people is Roblox.Ìý Last week, Roblox announced some significant updates which are available to users, and to parents.
These safety updates include limits to the way that children under 13 can communicate and the ability of parents to exercise remote control – i.e., from their own device, rather than the child’s.
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Full details are available in the link below, which is an article from the Roblox website.
The Internet Matters website also has a full guide to parental controls on Roblox:
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On Wednesday, Year 9 were treated to a lively poetry performance by the wonderfully entertaining poet, Adisa the Verbalizer. Adisa’s visits to ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ are always considered as one of the highlights of the Year 9 curriculum. linking in perfectly to their work on multicultural poetry, so it is great to be able to welcome him back in school.
Adisa engaged and entertained all of Year 9 in the Hall, with his powerful, vibrant and energetic performance as he happily demolished stereotypes and peoples’ perceptions of poetry. There were poems that had us laughing out loud and poems that made us really stop and think.
Year 9 should also be commended for their thoughtful questions.
Adisa then expertly led two creative writing workshops in the Library, with a focus on being truthful and personal through the liberation of writing and building confidence in sharing our thoughts and ideas.
These invoked great emotion and produced some powerful poetry written by our Year 9 pupils.
A powerfully productive, poetry-filled day was experienced and we’re already looking forward to, hopefully, seeing Adisa again next year.
If you have any stories and/or photos that you would like to share, please contact us at pupilservices@sweynepark.com
Congratulations to Jack, Barnaby and Alex on being selected for the U15 Essex Saracens player development Programme (PDG).Ìý
All three boys have undertaken numerous selection training sessions over the past few months. They will now follow a rigorous training programme and inter county matches.Ìý
I look forward to watching you all!Ìý
Mrs HerronÌý
The Hopeworx Food Hub is a local charity which runs a food bank to provide emergency food parcels to help those who find themselves in a crisis. They also collect daily surplus food from supermarkets and other outlets and coordinate collection by other charities which, in turn, provide support to families in need.
Hopeworx have often helped a number of families within our school community and are always looking for donations, especially at this time of year. In particular, they provide approximately 100 Christmas Hampers to local families, please see the list of items below they would like to collect.
If you would like to make a donation, you can either take items directly to their centre at 33 Brook Road, Rayleigh, SS6 7XJ or Pupil Services, by the 5th of December.
Thank you
Wool4School is an annual student design competition encouraging budding fashion and textile designers to showcase their creativity and innovation using wool. Students create a unique design made from wool, taking inspiration from the Wool4School brief. From fashion design to architecture, visual arts, and beyond – there’s no limits to their area of design.
Next week, the Caterlink menu will be ‘Lunch Week 3’.
ClickÌýhereÌýto see the menu.
