School Meals - cost for first half of autumn term 2016
9th September 2016
School Meals – First Half of Autumn Term 2016 (6 September to 20 October 2016)
The daily cost of a school lunch from September is £2.20.
The cost for school meals for the first half of the autumn term 2016 is as follows:
Nursery 30 lunches x £2.20 = £66.00
Year 3 and Year 4 33 lunches x £2.20 = £72.60
Payment
Parents/carers can choose to pay for the cost of the full half term or to pay on a weekly basis (£11.00 per week). Cheques should be made payable to NCC. Please write your child’s name, class and ‘school meals’ on the back of your cheque. If you are paying by cash, please place money in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name, class and ‘school meals’.
Please note, if your child’s school meals account is in arrears by more than two weeks, we will ask you to provide them with a packed lunch until payment is received. If you need any information about payment details/amounts due please contact Mrs Shevlin who will be very happy to help. If you are having any difficulty in paying for school meals or any other school activities please arrange to speak with me so we can work together to manage payments.
Free School Meals
If you think your child may be entitled to Free School Meals, you can apply for this benefit online www.northumberland.gov.uk/fsm , over the telephone on FSM 01670 623592 or by completing a paper application form which is available from our school office or FSM office, Wansbeck Square, Ashington, NE63 9XL or email FSM@northumberland.gov.uk . To be eligible for FSM you need to be in one of the following categories:
To be eligible for help you need to be in one of the following categories:
- Receive Income Support(IS) or Income-based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA).
- Receive Income Related Employment Allowance (IREA).
- Have an entitlement to Child Tax Credit (CTC), but not Working Tax Credit (WTC) and the family's annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) is not more than £16,190
- Receive support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- Receive the guarantee credit element of Pension Credit.
Reception, Years 1 and 2 – why you should still apply for Free School Meals - Since September 2014, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have been eligible for free school meals. If you are entitled to claim for FSM as detailed below, no matter what year group your child is in, it is important to our school that you register for this benefit. Where a child is entitled to and claims FSM we can register them for Pupil Premium funding – this is currently worth £1,300 a year per pupil for our school. Children entitled to FSM are also entitled to
- free milk at break-time for the time he/she is entitled to free school meals.
Yours sincerely
Miss J Ainsley
Head Teacher