1st December 2021Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Parent Update – 1.12.21
Dear all,
we are hoping to share our Christmas plans with you today, but so other information doesn’t get lost we have included this separately here. Happy 1st of December everyone!
  1. Christmas Lunches
  2. Milk Money
  3. PCR Testing
  4. Parent Pay Availability 
  5. Christmas Jumper Day – Save the Children 
1. Christmas lunches
Christmas Lunch for pupils in school is next Thursday 9th December.  There will be only 2 options @ Christmas Lunch and a vegetarian option.  Parents should book their meal on ParentPay as usual, but please be aware on this day whatever you choose, your child will be given a Christmas Lunch. If you have booked a vegetarian meal, then they your child will be provided the veggie alternative Christmas lunch. 
2. Milk Money
Milk money is live on parent pay.  Parents can now pay for the Spring term.  You have until Friday 7th January to paid, otherwise their child will not get milk.  Free school meal families do not need to do anything as they have automatically been added.
3. PCR Testing

The Local Authority are aware that some people have experienced issues when trying to book a PCR test if they’ve been asked to, due to an outbreak in a school and are asymptomatic. When you arrange a PCR test via the site at https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test under the heading Getting a PCR test if you have no symptoms, you opt for the “you’ve been asked to get a test by a local council” bullet. Please see highlighted bullet-point below. This will ensure that you can then go on and book a test.

Getting a PCR test if you have no symptoms

You can also use this service if:

  • you’ve been in contact with someone who’s tested positive
  • you’ve been asked to get a test by a local council or someone from NHS Test and Trace
  • a GP or other health professional has asked you to get a test
  • you’re taking part in a government pilot project
  • you’ve been asked to get a test to confirm a positive result
  • you’ve received an unclear result and were told to get a second test
  • you need to get a test for someone you live with who has symptoms
  • you’re in the National Tactical Response Group
4. Parent Pay Availability

Parent Pay are making some planned changes to ParentPay on Monday 6th December. As a result users will not be able to log in to ParentPay for approximately 8 hours after 18:00. They apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

5. Christmas Jumper Day

We will again be taking part in the Save the Children – Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 10th December. A small donation can be made via Parent Pay. Children can ditch the school jumper for the day and don a festive creation instead! Thanks for your support.

 

 
Phone: 0191 455 4504
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk