Barming Pre-School and Primary School
Be Kind, Be Safe, Be Responsible And Make Good Choices
Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Safeguarding
Mon 30 Jan 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Re: Safeguarding
It has come to our attention that there is a man on Fant Lane that has approached some of our students travelling to and from school. This has been reported to the police and they are aware of ongoing concerns.
If your child travels to school via Fant Lane or the neighbouring area please advise them to be vigilant and wherever possible to travel with a friend.
Please remind your children of the following:
- never go anywhere with a stranger
- never accept gifts or sweets from a stranger
- never get in a car with a stranger
If your child is concerned about their safety, please remind them to call 999.
Thank you for your vigilance,
Kind Regards,
The Barming Primary School Team
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Breakfast Club Update
Fri 27 Jan 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
We know many of you are frustrated at the struggle to secure a Breakfast Club space for your child. We want you to know that we hear and understand your frustration, and are doing our best to resolve the issue for you.
For the next two weeks we have asked our lovely staff to step up and help, and thanks to their kindness, we are able to offer a few additional spots for the next two weeks. Those extra spaces will be activated at 10am tomorrow (Saturday) and will be on a first come, first served basis.
We are in the process of recruiting additional permanent staff, with a view to being able to offer you extra spaces from Term 4. This is dependant on several factors out of our control, so not set in stone yet.
In the meantime, we'd like to thank you all for your patience whilst we work through this, and hope to come back to you with an update shortly.
Kind Regards,
The Barming Primary School Team
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LAST CALL!
Wed 25 Jan 2023PTA DISCO - THIS FRIDAY, 27TH JANUARY
TODAY (WEDNESDAY 25TH) IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY DISCO TICKETS.
https://www.pta-events.co.uk/barmingpta
There will be NO tickets on the door.
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A LITTLE REMINDER......
Tue 24 Jan 2023A LITTLE REMINDER......
Due to our Open Classrooms event, all after-school extra curricular activities and tutor groups, are cancelled today.
After-school wraparound (paid) care is running as normal. -
PTA WINTER DISCO
Tue 24 Jan 2023PTA WINTER DISCO - Friday 27th January 2023
Please note that the deadline to book tickets is this Wednesday, 25th January - unfortunately no tickets will be available on the door. -
OPEN CLASSROOMS
Tue 24 Jan 2023OPEN CLASSROOMS
Don't forget you are welcome to come into school and view your child's books from 3:30-4:00pm today.
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Happy Christmas!
Fri 16 Dec 2022Well it hasn’t been quite the last week of term we had in mind, however, we’ve made it!
Thank you to all our PTA members for all their hard work this academic year… we really appreciate everything you have achieved so far!
Thank you to all of our families for your support during what has been a challenging few days. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas break and look forward to seeing you back on Wednesday 4th January!
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SNOW
Sun 11 Dec 2022Hi All,
As most of you are aware it is snowing.
Our updated Severe Weather Policy is online at the following address https://www.barming.kent.sch.uk/policies/
We will not be making a decision tonight, but we will decide early tomorrow morning. We plan on staying open unless conditions are too dangerous for staff and pupils to get in.
Please be prepared to make alternate provisions if you need to go to work and the school is closed.
Kind regards
Mr Laker -
Absence Reporting
Wed 07 Dec 2022Absence Reporting
Dear Parents/Carers,
Last week we sent a message out about reporting absences, and we have seen an increase in parents communicating with us. Thank you so much for this, it really does make a difference. Please can we ask this continues! The original message is below:
This is a reminder that you must contact the school to let us know if your child is absent. This must be on each day of absence and before 9.00am.
If we don't know why your child is not here, we have to call you and check, and if we can't get hold of you, their absence is marked as Unauthorised.
5 or more Unauthorised days can trigger Local Authority involvement and ultimately a Fixed Penalty Fine, which we would all like to avoid.
We have some older children who walk to school alone - if they don't arrive, it's very important we know that they are safe at home with you, and that you know if they have not arrived.
Keeping all our children safe and knowing where they are is why it is so important that school and home communication is good. We currently spend a lot of time checking where children are.
The Study Bugs app is a quick and easy way of informing the school, but you can also email the school office or leave a phone message. Thank you for your co-operation with this.
The Barming School Team.
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Glow Arts Light Trail - Cobtree Manor Park
Thu 01 Dec 2022Glow Arts Light Trail - Cobtree Manor Park
Please see the message below from the organisers of Glow Arts Light Trail:
We would love for you, the school staff, parents and every child at the school a chance to see the creative work on the trail, we can't stretch to free tickets for the whole school unfortunately but we can provide a unique discount code so that every child will go free with 1 full paying adult. That offer would be valid on all time slots on the following dates only - 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Dec.
The process to apply the code is as follows -
- Head to https://glowarts.seetickets.com
- Choose the preferred date/slot (certain dates only as specified)
- Add 1 adult and 1 child ticket
- Enter the code GLOWCHILD
Kind Regards,
The Barming Primary School Team
