Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• English as a Second Language Classes

  Thu 27 Jun 2024

  Adult Education Gloucester are offering ESOL English classes for adults/parents who speak some/no English!  On Fridays they are registering learners for September ESOL classes so please go along if you are interested.

   

  Students on a low income can now claim bus tickets for travel to the classes & Asylum Seekers can register as soon as they arrive in the UK (no need to wait 6 months).

   

  Friday weekly drop-in sessions are for information & registration for ESOL English classes (ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages).  They run at both the main centre in Commercial Road and in Bartongate Children’s Centre. It is also possible to book an evening online ESOL appointment.

  

• Holiday Free School Meal Vouchers

  Mon 24 Jun 2024

  Gloucestershire County Council is providing 2 weeks of vouchers at £15 per child eligible for free school meals, per week for the Summer 2024 holiday.

   

  The other 4 weeks of the holiday are supported through the HAF programme, which provides a meal for children attending the activities they are booked onto. For more information, please ask families to visit Gloucestershire HAF where they can also sign up to the Children’s Activities Booking System (CABS). The HAF programme is a separate scheme, and vouchers cannot be issued as an alternative.  

   

  Applications for holiday Free School Meal vouchers for Summer 2024 holiday will be open from midday 25 June 2024 until midday on 09 July 2024. Applications cannot be accepted after this date. Vouchers will be distributed to families the week commencing 15 July 2024.

   

  If you have previously signed up for the free school meal vouchers programme you do not need to do anything.  Vouchers will automatically be sent to you.  If you have not previously applied for vouchers, you must apply here: Holiday free school meal vouchers | Gloucestershire County Council. 

   

  If you do not receive their vouchers by 17 July 2024, please  check your spam/junk mailboxes for an email from selectcode@select-your-reward.co.uk, and ensure your mailbox settings allow junk mail.

   

  To find out more about the scheme, visit our FAQs | Gloucestershire County Council

• My Stage School Opportunity

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  My Stage School theatre school are starting Saturday afternoon classes for children.  They have a free taster session on Saturday 7th July for children to try out the class and parents to watch.  For details, see poster. 

  

• Holiday Activities & Food Booking - Summer 2024

  Mon 10 Jun 2024

  The Gloucester City Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) programme arranges a range of free activities for children eligible for Free School Meals and their families.  There are activity camps, open access play sessions, music workshops, fun fitness sessions, boxing, swimming and more.  The programme is available for 4 weeks during the upcoming summer holiday.  

   

  Bookings are made via a centralised booking system.  If you are using the system for the first time you will need to make an account.  To set up an account, go to https://gloucestershirecounty.coordinate.cloud/account/register or scan the QR code on the poster below.  

   

  Activities are available to browse from 17 June at 12pm and bookings open at 12pm on 1 July 2024.