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Eid Mubarak to all the children, parents and community of Regents Park! Whether you are celebrating Eid today (Sunday) or on Monday 31st March, we hope you all have a wonderful time with your family and friends.
School will be open as normal on Monday 31st March for all children and staff not celebrating Eid on that day.
We are anticipating that ALL children will return to school the following day on Tuesday 1st April when we will celebrate Eid in school. On Tuesday, children can come to school in Eid/ party clothes. We will provide party food for children at lunchtime (children who don't normally order lunch can do on this day if parents let the office know) and we will be organising in-class parties for children in the afternoon.
Please note: We can only authorise ONE day of absence due to Religious Observance to children that are Muslim on Monday 31st March. Any other absence will be unauthorised unless it is for another authorised reason.
Thank you and Eid Mubarak once again!
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
We would like to continue to encourage parents to leave their cars at home or at least park away from school and walk the last 5-10 minutes to the school gates. This encourages children to be healthier, makes it safer around school and reduces the effects of air pollution.
As such, next week we will be taking part in The Big Walk & Wheel. We'd like to encourage children to either walk, cycle or scoot to school between Monday 24th March and Friday 4th April. Trips that children make on foot or by bike or scooter will be counted and we will be finding out which class has made the most - the class with the most trips will win The Golden Pedal.
When children arrive at school, they will be given a ticket by a member of staff at the gate to show they have either walked, cycled or scooted to school. Children who come by car and then park and walk/ scoot/ cycle must have travelled at least 5 minutes by foot/ bike/ scooter, i.e. they must not have parked on Arthur Street/ Camelot Way/ Dixon Road.
Bikes and scooters can be left in the scooter/ bike stands by the Nursery, in the playground or outside the office.
The Big Walk & Wheel is a national competition being run by Sustrans to encourage children to use alternative, healthier methods of transport to get to school. The total number of trips will be recorded nationally and the school may win local and national prizes.
We hope everyone will try and take part every day; if not, even one or two non-car days will help per week. Please support your children, keep everyone safe, help encourage children to be healthy and leave your cars at home if possible.
Thank you.
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/Carers,
Important Notice: sQuid payment system no longer available from 14th March 2025
We regret to inform you that sQuid, the system currently used for paying for school meals and trips, has gone into liquidation. As a result, sQuid will no longer be available for payments after Friday 14th March 2025.
We are arranging for a new cashless payment system to be put in place, hopefully starting from Monday 2nd June 2025.
In the meantime, from Monday, 17th March 2025, all payments must be made in cash and sent to the school office. If you require money bags for sending in cash payments, please email enquiry@rgntpark.bham.sch.uk with your child’s full name and class, and we will send a few home with your child.
Any outstanding balances on your child’s dinner money account should also be paid in cash. Mrs. Smith will inform you of the amount owed.
Although you will not be able to make payments on the system after 14th March, you have until Friday 11th April 2025 to request a refund if your child’s sQuid account is in credit. If you need support with how to do this, please contact the school office. After 11th April, the sQuid system will be inaccessible and reimbursements will not be available, so please ensure you have requested any refunds before this date.
We will let you know more about the new cashless payment system as soon as we can. We will offer parent support sessions before the May half term break to assist with setting up accounts once the new system is in place.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this transition. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
Yours sincerely,
Mr A Beale
Head Teacher