Dear Parents/Carers,

You will be aware that NEU teachers will be striking on Tuesday 2^nd May 2023.

Due to significantly reduced staffing, we will be running the following limited programme for invited students only.

These students will be invited in a separate message home.

The timings are as follows:

• 9:00am to 2:00pm for invited students to the Hub
• 8:30am to 3:00pm for specially invited Year 10 ICT students
• 8:30am to 1:00pm for all Year 11 students
• 8:45am to 3:00pm for all Year 13 students

We will be providing lunch and/or break for students invited in, but normal payment arrangements will apply. Pupils are expected to arrive in full school uniform, except the pupils for the hub. The hub pupils are to wear their PE kit.

Please look out for messages soon from us to check whether your child has been invited in.

Tramshed in Woolwich is hosting a Creative Careers Day on 29th April, starting at 11am.

 
There will be two separate spaces for young people and their parents to come and find out more about working in the Creative and Cultural Industries. This is a thriving area of our economy:

• 1 in 8 UK businesses are part of the Creative Industries
• 34% of all creative businesses are based in London
• Creative Industries contributing £116bn in GVA in 2019, growing twice as fast between 2011 and 2019 than the rate of the UK economy as a whole (DCMS 2021)
• October 2019 to September 2020 the Creative Industries accounted for 2.2 million jobs (DCMS 2021). The creative economy (Creative Industries plus creative jobs in other sectors) employed 3.2 million in 2018 (DCMS 2019).

 
Tramshed is hosting workshops and conversations in our newly refurbished venue at 51-53 Woolwich New Road SE18 6ES, to share information about skills and pathways into a creative career. All attendees can speak to highly experienced practicing artists who have worked with Lesley Garett, Bryn Terfel, James Brown, Quincey Jones, The Royal Court, Bloomsbury Festival, Breakin’ Convention at Sadlers Wells and the West End amongst many more. Lunch will be provided.
 
Please contact participation@tramshed.org for further information.
A sign-up for the event is here for young people and their parents. 
 
You can also sign up via the QR code in the above digital flier. 

Our catering team offers three different meal deal offers including a cold meal deal, a main meal deal and a hot deli deal. See the posters below for further details.

You can also view all the other menus and information about our catering offer here.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Re: Non-uniform day - Friday 21st April

On Friday 21st April, we are holding a non-uniform day, organised by the Sixth Form to raise money for Year 13 graduation in July.

Students can come to school in their own clothes and make a £1 donation on the day which will be collected by tutors during registration. 

Staff can also wear their own clothes and make a £2 donation.

Please note: 

• No sliders or crocs will be allowed for health and safety reasons (trainers are allowed as well as closed toe shoes/boots). 
• The school will not take responsibility for any expensive items of clothing that get mislaid.
• No doo rags or hoodies are allowed.
• Lanyards must be worn and school bags, PE kit or any other equipment needed for the day is still essential.

Please also consider that it is a school environment and students should be dressed in a way which is appropriate. 

Any inappropriate clothing worn may result in students being sent home. It also means that we may not be able to run events like this in the future.

Thank you for your continued support.

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you will be aware there have been significant prices increases in many food items over the last 12 months with some significant increases in many items.  

As a result, our catering company, Wilson Jones, have been forced to make some changes to the tariff. In order to minimise the impact on our families they have decided to expand price points, instead of applying a flat rate increase across the board.  This means is that there will still be items available at the current price points and also an increased number of options at these lower price points, however, the prices of the higher premium products will be increased.

The cost of a meal deal will increase from £2.60 to £2.75; this will include the price of a free school meal. We firmly believe, and evidence has shown, that if children eat healthily this will help them to achieve both their educational and lifestyle goals. 

Please be assured that we know the decision to increase prices has not been taken lightly and believe that the revised prices will still remain competitive with the prices charged in other local schools. 

These changes will come in to effect with the new menu change, following the Easter break. 

We would like to remind parents and carers that you may be entitled to claim for free school meals. Please contact the main school office if you would like help completing the application form. 

To qualify for free school meals you must be: 

• Receiving Income Support and Child Benefit 
• or receiving income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-based Employment & Support Allowance and Child Benefit 
• or receiving Child Tax Credit only with no entitlement to Working Tax Credit and with a gross annual income as assessed by the Inland Revenue of £16,190 or less (gross means before deductions for tax and national insurance) and Child Benefit 
• or receiving the guarantee element of State Pension Credit and Child Benefit 
• or being supported under Part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999 

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