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Buying School Meals Online… Message from Devon County Council:
I am pleased to advise you that it is now possible to purchase school meals for your child online. This can be done at almost any time and from any internet connected personal computer using a debit card.
There are a few simple rules to be observed. You will need to conclude your transaction before 08.00 hours on Monday morning so that the school office can receive confirmation of your purchase. The minimum purchase is ten meals but above this the number is variable so you can purchase up to a term’s worth.
Your purchase online uses secure technology and your card details are not held on the server. This is more secure than paying in person or sending your child with cash and more convenient than sending a cheque by the same route. You will receive confirmation of purchase at the time you complete the transaction.
By your using the internet the school should benefit as the administration needed to handle school meals is expected to reduce, allowing the resources used to be directed towards other, more useful tasks in school.
To access this service go to http://shop.devon.gov.uk/dcc/ If you would like to know more, the website has further information. There are some frequently asked questions (FAQs). We have printed a selection of these on the reverse of this letter, PTO.
I do hope that you will find the facility to pay online useful. If you still prefer to use cash or cheque, then that option remains open.”
“It’s Your Neighbourhood” scheme - Sep '11
Green-fingered, bug-loving, pupils at Kingsbridge Community Primary School are celebrating their Level 3 ‘Developing’ award in the “It’s Your Neighbourhood” scheme, run as part of the Britain in Bloom competition. Stunning flower meadows were created by Year 3 pupils at the school’s entrance and by the playing field, enabling children to study pollinating insects and improve their artistic skills during an inter-school art competition based around flowering plants.
The Britain in Bloom judges were delighted to see children allowed to venture right into the middle of the flower beds, surrounded by colour and buzzing insects, to pick their favourite blooms, instead of being restricted by the usual “please keep off” signs seen in other public spaces.
Pupils also toured the judges around the ‘Never-ending Nature’ eco-garden to show off the wildlife-friendly areas, and the bountiful vegetable plots with unusual composting and recycling features.
Graham Price, project manager with Kingsbridge in Bloom, visited the primary school last Friday to announce the award and present the certificate to the pupils. The Level 3 award (out of a possible 5 levels) represents a great starting point for the school demonstrating their successes towards the objectives of the scheme: community participation, environmental responsibility and gardening achievement. The pupils are now excited and keen to carry on with the new planned improvements to the school’s outdoor environment; encouraging more wildlife, growing more vegetables for school dinners and producing dazzling flower displays for all (people and wildlife) to enjoy.
The Community Garden -Sep 11
The Community Garden is at the top of Fore Street, was set up in 1995 and is run entirely by volunteers. Their own website is www.kingsbridgegarden.co.uk
We were shown around by Rosemary Speed, who explained how the garden is run for the benefit of wildlife as well as ourselves. Highlights included the wormery, the herb garden and of course the famous composting toilet!
The children were able to pick raspberries, carrots, cherry tomatoes and apples and returned with lots of ideas for our own plot. A big thank you to Rosemary and all the other volunteers for letting us share their beautiful garden.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
The children staged a very successful production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Gardening with Dig Down South West
Our green fingered pupils planted vegetables in April as part of the school’s inclusion in the “Dig Down South West” campaign, aimed at getting young children interested in gardening.
Kingsbridge Primary has been selected by Dig Down South West, which is sponsored by Cornish Mutual, as one of 50 schools across the area to receive baby plants to create their own vegetable garden.
The aim of the campaign is to get five to eight year olds to understand where food comes from and encourage them to grow and eat their own healthy produce.
Our Year 3 children planted runner beans, potatoes, French beans, tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, spinach, calabrese, lettuce and strawberries in raised beds on the school field and in the greenhouse.
We have also relaunched the gardening club inspired in part by a fantastic set of equipment gained from collecting Morrison’s “Let’s Grow” vouchers. Over 15,000 vouchers were collected by the school which were exchanged for a greenhouse, toolshed, water butt, compost bins, potato planters, wheelbarrow, spades and forks.
Parent Governor Martin Longley, who is overseeing the “Dig Down South West” campaign and other gardening initiatives said: “This is a great opportunity to use the extensive grounds at Kingsbridge Primary School to educate the children about gardening and how the vegetables they eat are grown.
“We now expect the children to take care of the plants, water them, weed the beds and watch them grow. We are hoping for a very good crop of delicious home grown vegetables this summer.”
