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Brooke V.C. C. of E. Primary School
Spring Term; Issue 9
13 March 2015
The Brooke
Report
Red Nose Day Special
What a great day!!
The situation she was in was
Y es, it has been Comic Relief
Red Nose Day. School
looked very different
very similar to where I was in
Tanzania; indeed Uganda
borders north-west Tanzania
today, a sea of red in and many of the problems the
the playground and countries face are very similar.
some very funny We were regularly approached
faces greeted us by desperate parents who
when we came in wanted money to buy the
to school this basics such as school uniform
morning. or books so that their children
People had could attend school. I am
taken a lot of delighted that we could do
time and something to help this year.
trouble to
dress in red So today as we all dressed in
and red, made funny faces for our
support Masquerade Parade, Decorated
the great causes cakes, Scooted and Skated,
that Comic Relief champions. bought wonderful cakes and
had a great Whole School
We had watched the video that Exercise every pound we raised
they produced about Ngoza, the will be doubled by the
young girl in Uganda whose government to help our small
parents had died and without change make a big change.
financial help would have had
no opportunity to attend school.
The video was both thought
provoking and inspirational as
she spoke about her desire to
attend school because without
it her life would be very poor.
Learning together, achieving together, growing together in God’s love.
WE’RE REDDY NOSE DAY
So whether you contributed to
the collection by dressing up in
red, or if you brought some of
the delicious cakes we had for
sale at the end of the day;
whether you made a funny
face mask to show in assembly
or you skated or scooted
Learning together, achieving together, growing together in God’s love.
EVEN-REDDER NOSE DAY
around and
around and
around and
around the
playground, all your money has
gone towards the grand total.
And finally a Great Thank You
to Mackenzie for being our
photographer today—super
photos Mack—Well done.
Learning together, achieving together, growing together in God’s love.
Cashless Payments
W ith the increase in the
number of people
enjoying school meals, the
our weekly Tesco or
Sainsbury’s shop, books or
gadgets from Amazon,
machine, whether computer
or table is compatible with the
system, then come and see
growing popularity of our bargains galore from ebay or a us, we will help as much as we
wonderful Breakfast Club and million-and-one other can. Also, should you reach
the daily offer of milk, our transactions over the internet, Monday morning without
office staff have been it is an increasingly normal having booked lunch, we are
handling more and more part of our lives. installing an iPad in the
money each week. So now, over the next three reception area for people to
Unfortunately the other work pages comes our ‘How To…’ be able to access the site at
hasn’t reduced in order to guide to using our cashless school.
make time for the extra hours payment system to book I hope this all helps to make
that counting and banking all school meals, pay for trips and this a smooth transition as we
this money has caused. all the other incidental seek to become more efficient
So the move to cashless payments. We have run it as a and effective in all we do.
payments is a straightforward ‘photo-story’ using the actual
decision to make. We are all screenshots you will see as you
getting more used to buying negotiate the site.
things online; whether it is If you are unsure whether your
1
We will create your accounts
for our cashless payment sys-
tem during the last week of
term (23rd March) and you
will receive a text message and
email advising payments are
due and providing you with a
password.
2 Using your computer or
tablet device you can visit
the SchoolMoney website
(there is a link on the
School Website too) and lo-
gon using your mobile num-
ber, email address & pass-
word provided.
3
You will then be asked to
enter your child’s name.
If you have multiple chil-
dren at the school you on-
ly need to enter one name
here to make payments
for all children.
4
You will then see a screen
with your payment options
for each child. On the left of
the screen you will find pay-
ments for trips, clubs, music
lessons, milk etc. and on the
right hand side of the screen
is the school meal choice.
5
Selecting the tick box
next to Dinner Top
Up will present you
with a drop down list
of weeks that are cur-
rently available to
book (usually up to 3
weeks in advance).
6
After selecting a
week you will be pre-
sented with a list of
meal choices for that
week. Please refer to
the School Menu for
details of the meals
on any given day.
You may also make 7
payments for other
items (trips, milk etc.)
or choose meals for
other children if appro-
priate. Once you have
made your selections
please click ‘Make Pay-
ment’.
8
You will then be
asked to enter your card
details before clicking
‘Pay Now’ to complete
your payment. Your card
details are NOT stored
on our system.
Come along to an Information Session
If you have any questions about how our cashless payment system will work we
are running two sessions after school on Wednesday 18th March and Thursday
19th March between 3.15-4.00pm where we will demonstrate the system and an-
swer any questions you may have.
Whilst we will be activating your account to enable you to access the system from
the 23rd March the payment options, meal choices etc. will all relate to the first
week back after the Easter holiday. This is to ensure you have time to access the
system and let us know of any problems before we break for the holidays. You
will then be able to make your meal choices, book breakfast club etc. at your lei-
sure over the break.
Brooke V.C. C. of E. Primary School
Prayer Space—March 16th-20th
High Green, Easter Service—March 27th 2pm
Brooke
Norwich Easter Holiday—March 28th to April 13th
Norfolk
Robin Cake Sale—April 17th
NR15 1HP
Class Photos—April 23rd
Phone: 01508 550419 Race For Life—April 24th
Fax: 01508 558754
E-mail: office@brooke.norfolk.sch.uk May Day Holiday—May 4th
Race For Life Cake and Toy Sale—May
8th
www.brooke.norfolk.sch.uk KS2 SATS Week—May 11th to 15th
Swallow Cake Sale—May 15th
The Promise—May 19 & 20th
Join us as we celebrate Half Term Break—May 23rd to 31st
Jay Cake Sale—June 19th
Sports Day—July 8th
Mothering Owl Cake Sale—July 10th
Last Day of School— July 21st
Sunday
And Finally...
Sunday 15th March
Seething Parish Church A s Red Nose Day 2015 draws to a close it is
wonderful that we could support it as
enthusiastically as we did, with children having so
10.00am much fun throughout the day. Our half-tern’s theme
A special service for all the family of Compassion has been well timed to coincide with
with Holy Communion this opportunity to think about and help to alleviate
the needs of others.
followed by refreshments
The more we can help our children to see the needs of
others and lead change, the greater hope we can have
Guest appearance by in a future where all people are respected, supported
Seething and Mundham and given the opportunities to thrive that we all take
for granted.
School Choir
Thank you for your support today. It
has been a day to remember, where we
gained nothing material; but had the
great joy of doing our bit to help others.
Learning together, achieving together, growing together in God’s love.
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