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🌞 Newsletter for 10th December 2025

Dear Parents, Carers, Families and Friends,

It has been lovely to see so many of you at the Reception Christmas plays this week. Thank you for coming.

Here is some important news for this week:

🎄 Christmas Fair The Christmas Fair is tomorrow (Thursday) after school. Please come and join us!

📱 School App (Weduc / ReachMoreParents) Do you have the school app on your phone? If not, you might miss important messages.

Action: If you need help downloading or using the app, please come to the School Office. We can help you.

⚠️ Important Safety notices

Please read the following information to help keep everyone safe.

1. The School’s Community Code of Conduct

Thank you for reading our new code of conduct for parents and the community earlier this term. The rules are now finished and agreed upon.

You can read the full document on the school website HERE.
There is a summary of the Code at the end of this newsletter.

2. Important Safety Update: Food and Choking

We have new rules to keep your children safe when they eat. Please read this carefully.

Watching the children

Staff will always watch children when they are eating.
We have trained many staff in Paediatric First Aid.
There will always be a First Aid trained staff member in the room during lunch.

Packed Lunches (Food from home)

If you bring food from home, you must prepare it safely.

Cut round food: You must cut grapes, tomatoes, and strawberries into 4 long pieces (lengthways). Do not leave them round.
Sausages: Peel off the skin. Cut them into long strips. Do not cut them into round chunks.
Do NOT send these foods:
- No whole nuts or seeds.
- No whole raisins.
- No hard sweets or boiled sweets.
- No popcorn.
- No jelly cubes.

Food at School

Sitting down: Children must sit down on a chair or the carpet to eat. They cannot run and eat.
Hard Fruit: We will not give children raw carrots, apples, or pears at school because they are hard to chew. If you send these in a lunchbox, we will send them back home.

Telling Parents

If a child chokes at school, we will write it down and we will tell you.
Please tell us: Does your child have problems swallowing? Have they choked at home? Please tell a teacher.

More Information: Please see links to GOV.UK guidance and resources from NHS Start for Life https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/baby/weaning/safe-weaning/choking-and-gagging-on-food/

3. No Nuts in School (Food Safety)

We are a Nut-Free School, so please:

Do not put nuts in your child’s lunchbox.
Do not include food that "may contain nuts" (like Nutella or cereal bars).
Why? We have children with severe allergies. Nuts can make them very sick.

4. Leaves on the Street A parent told us about slippery leaves on the pavements outside school. The school cannot clean the public streets, but the Council can.

How to report it: Use the "Love Clean Streets" app or website.
You can send a photo of the problem, and the Council will fix it.
Link: https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-environment/love-clean-streets/

5. Clear Minds, Safer Homes We have some information from a campaign in Kent that might help your family.

Please scan the QR code or click HERE to read the leaflet.

❤️ 6. Family Support Tanya is our Family Support Worker. She is here to help if you have a problem or just need to talk.

Where to find her: She is at the school gates on Monday and Tuesday mornings.
How to contact her: You can speak to her at the gate, or ask the School Office to send her a message. She works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

📷 Photos and Cameras at School

Please read these important rules about taking photos. This is to keep all children safe.

1. At School Events (like Christmas Plays)

During the show: Please do not take photos or videos while the children are performing.
After the show: You may take a photo at the end.
Your child only: Please only take a photo of your own child. Do not take photos of other people's children.

2. On the Playground and Inside School

Please do not use cameras or phones to take photos on the playground.
Please do not take photos inside the school building.

Please Note: If staff see you filming or photographing other children, they will come and ask you to stop. Please do not be upset; we must do this to follow the school safety rules.

Many thanks for all of your help and support this term.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do come and talk to us at the school gates or get in touch to make an appointment for a longer conversation.

Take care, stay well, and stay warm.

Ms Harrison

The School’s ‘Community Code of Conduct’ Summary

At King Richard III Infant and Nursery School, we are proud to have a caring, respectful and inclusive community. This summary highlights the key points of our Code of Conduct, designed to support positive relationships and a safe environment for everyone.

🤝 Working Together

Families, staff, governors and children work in partnership to help every child learn and grow.
We encourage parents and carers to take part in school life whenever possible.
We all share responsibility for creating a positive and supportive atmosphere.

💛 Respect and Kindness

Everyone in our school community deserves to be treated with respect and fairness.
Unkind words or actions can hurt others and disrupt learning.
We show good manners, patience and understanding in all of our interactions with each other.

✌️ Peaceful Problem-Solving

Conflicts should be discussed calmly and respectfully.
Aggressive behaviour or language is never acceptable.
We listen, talk and find peaceful solutions together.

🛡️ Keeping Our School Safe

The school works with the Governing Body and Local Authority to keep everyone safe.
We may seek support from legal or police services when necessary.
Safety and wellbeing are our shared responsibility.

💬 Guidance for Parents and Carers

Be respectful and supportive in all communications with staff and other families.
Talk to the school directly if you have a concern.
Be a positive role model for our children through calm and respectful behaviour.

⚠️ What We Cannot Allow

Aggressive or threatening behaviour towards staff, parents, carers or children.
Offensive language, shouting or angry messages (in person or online).
Damaging school property or using social media to post negative comments.
Smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol or bringing dogs onto the school grounds.

🌟 Thank you for helping us to keep our school welcoming, respectful and safe for everyone.

15th October 2025 documents

World Book Day 2025!

This year we will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 7th March.

We are going to be having a theme of ‘snuggle up and read’ and will be inviting the children to come to school in their pyjamas to take part in a bedtime read in the hall. If your child would like to dress up as a character from a book that would also be fine but please do not feel that you need to buy a costume especially for the day. Alternatively, if your children would prefer to, they can wear their normal school uniform.

Throughout the day we will be sharing lots of stories, having a World Book Day Assembly and all of the adults will be reading to a different class than the one they would normally read to.

All of the children will be bringing home a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for one of 10 special World Book Day books or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more.

You can find your nearest bookseller at:

https://www.worldbookday.com/books-and-tokens/books/participating-retailers/

If you type in ‘World Book Day’ into Amazon, you can also find books for only £1.

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