Haslam Park Primary School

Haslam Park
Primary School

School information

School Day

The school day starts at 8: 45am for all pupils and ends at 3: 15pm for all pupils except Reception. This is 32.5 hours a week.

The Reception school day ends at 3: 00pm so that parents in Reception class can safely collect these younger children first. This is 32.10 hours a week.

School Uniform and PE Kit

See School Uniform Policy

All children should wear school uniform unless they have a medical exemption.  We consider that it helps our pupils to identify with their own school and that it fosters a sense of belonging and community spirit.

We suggest the following: 

Black or grey trousers, shorts or skirt, grey/ white socks, white/teal polo shirt/school shirt, teal sweatshirt/ cardigan, black school shoes. 

Uniform is available to purchase from Whittakers School Uniform Shop, Bolton:-

106 Deansgate
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 1BD

You do not need a branded jumper. You can get any teal school sweatshirt from supermarkets, the market or online. We also have a large stock of pre-loved uniform in the school shop please ask.

PE Kit

Thank you to all parents who send PE kit into school regularly.

School PE kit is:

  • Teal or white short or long sleeve T shirt

  • Navy or black shorts

  • Navy or black tracksuit bottoms or leggings for outside

  • Black pumps

  • No long headscarves are to be worn for safety reasons. Long hair needs to be tied up.

  • No earrings or jewellery are to be worn for safety reasons

  • Please make sure that your child can remove their own earrings on PE days.

  • Please check all kit is named.

  • If your child does not have correct named kit in school, we will phone home and ask you to bring it.

  • If you have any questions, please ask in school.

 

School bag

Please buy a book bag from Parent Pay.

Dinner Money, School Menu and Free School Meals

Haslam Park Primary School is responsible for the collection and reconciliation of all school dinner money. Parents are responsible for providing a lunch for their child (ren); this may take the form of a paid school meal, application for free school meal entitlement or a packed lunch from home.

School meals should be paid for IN ADVANCE unless there is a current free school meal entitlement in force.

Enquiries regarding free school meals should be directed to the One Stop Shop in Bolton 01204 331590.

School meals are paid for using the ParentPay cashless system.  All parents and carers are able to log onto the site to pay for school for all their children.  Money should be added to the ParentPay account before Friday evening of the previous week to ensure the money is in the account in time for orders.  If meals have not been paid for then the parent/carer will be advised to bring a packed lunch/healthy snack to school for the child/children.

School meals are £13.25 per week, £2.65 a day.

Reminders will be sent to parents who have not paid for school meals on a Monday and a call on Tuesday to bring a packed lunch in if debt is not cleared. This is to protect the parent from building up a larger debt. School reserves the right to request assistance from the Local Authority in re-imbursing any outstanding dinner money.

If your child is absent from school and meals have been paid for, these will be carried forward as credits and the following week’s payments adjusted accordingly.

If your child would like to change from having a school meal to bringing a packed lunch, school should be given two weeks notice as the kitchen orders food in advance.

 

Infant free school meals in England (Universal Free School Meals)

Your child will be able to get Universal Free School Meals at the moment if they are in:

  • - Reception
  • - Year 1
  • - Year 2

This is a Government run scheme to ensure that all younger children receive a school meal every day but this scheme will end when they move into Year 3.

Benefit related Free School Meals

If you are entitled to benefit related free school meals you should apply for this, school gets extra money for each child who claims and is entitled. 

https://bolton.portal.uk.empro.verintcloudservices.com/site/empro-bolton/request/edbens_fsm

Please inform the school office if you are in receipt of any of the below mentioned qualifying benefits or would like the school to check if you are entitled. The school will receive extra funding if you do qualify and your child will continue to receive a free school meal if the Universal Free School Meal Government funding finishes and when they move up to the junior classes. At the moment food vouchers are issued to all children in receipt of benefit related free school meals at school holiday times.

Qualifying Benefits:

*Income Support
*Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
*Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
*Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
*The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
*Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
*Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
*Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be
less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
*Children, who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get
free school meals.
Your child may also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is younger than the compulsory age for starting school in full-time education. 

If your child is eligible for free school meals, they will remain eligible until they finish the phase of schooling or until the Government inform us of changes to be made. 

If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask at the school office.