Free school meals are a great way to ensure your child gets a healthy meal at school every day and that your school receives additional funding to support free school meal students. See the poster below for details of eligibility and how to apply.
Tips for Wellness
Here are some tips for parents & carers on how to help your young person with their resilience (including exam resilience) and respect.
Financial help for Sixth Formers
The Charity of Sir Thomas White offer interest-free loans to students living in Warwick who are going to University or College.
Further information can be found here and loan applications can be made here.
The Warwick Apprenticing Charity also offer bursaries of up to £1000 and support for outward bound trips to students with a CV34 home postcode.
Vandalism
We have received a complaint regarding vandalism to trees in Oakley Meadows by Myton students. If your children live in this area or travel through here on their way to and from school, please can you ensure they are not involved in this antisocial behaviour. Thank you.
MMR catch-up programme
Please find a letter here from the Immunisation Team about the MMR catch-up programme.
Job Opportunity at SYDNI Centre
The SYDNI Centre is a community centre in the heart of the Sydenham estate in Leamington Spa.
We are a registered charity which is needs led, provides a wide range of services and activities for the local community and beyond. We work collaboratively with a wide range of partner organisations, external organisations, and community volunteers to support people to gain confidence and improve their economic, social / cultural, health and wellbeing outcomes.
We have a vacancy for a Finance Administrator which is for 15 hours a week. SYDNI’s Finance Administrator will play a key role in the operation of the charity and its projects. The Finance Administrator will maintain accurate day to day financial records for the SYDNI Centre activities and services and work closely with the Centre Manager.
Contract: The role is externally funded and will be for an initial 12 months on a fixed term contract. The post will require an Enhanced DBS Check.
Salary Details: £25,350.00 FTE which equates to £10,140.00 per annum pro rata for 15 hours.
Closing date for Applications is Monday 19 February 2024 at 1700.
Holiday Entitlement (pro-rata): 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays per year (this is incremental depending on length of service).
Experience: The successful candidate must demonstrate a keen interest to work within a community environment. It is essential to have a working knowledge of accounting systems. You must have excellent people skills, be approachable, motivated and a sense of humour.
For more details and an application form, please contact Helen Jones, Centre Manager, The SYDNI Centre, Cottage Square, Sydenham, Leamington Spa CV31 1PT. Tel: 01926 422071.
Change of Venue for Foodbank
Due to a change of requirements, the foodbank Distribution Centre at Heathcote School will close on Monday 5th February 2024.
As from Monday 12th February 2024 this will be relocating to Heathcote Parish Church, Cressida Close, CV34 6DZ
Due to the low numbers currently using the morning session, there is also a change to the opening times which will now be between the hours of 12.30 pm and 2:30 pm with the exception of Bank Holidays.
See link for details.
Measles – Have you had your MMR?
There have been recent localised outbreaks of measles centred around the West Midlands. There is a risk of further outbreaks in other areas unless urgent action is taken to increase Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination take up in areas with low MMR vaccine rates.
Measles spreads very easily among those who are unvaccinated, especially in nurseries and schools. The best protection against measles for children and adults is to get both doses of the MMR vaccine. It is never too late to have these vaccinations.
The NHS has the following advice for parents on measles:
