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Changes in Free School Meal Entitlement

Changes in Free School Meal Entitlement

As of April 2012 there are changes to the qualifying criteria for Working Tax Credit and in turn how families will be entitled to Free School Meals.

There will be new benefit rules applied to Working Tax Credit claimants that could mean that some people will lose their Free School Meals entitlement, but, could possibly then be entitled through their receipt of Child Tax Credit.

At the moment, couples responsible for at least one child and working at least 16 hours a week between them can get Working Tax Credit. From 6 April 2012, in most cases, to qualify for Working Tax Credit their joint working hours will need to be at least 24 hours a week. This will mean if both parents work their joint weekly hours must be at least 24, with one of them working at least 16 hours a week, or if only one parent works, that person must be working at least 24 hours a week. If neither of these applies, Working Tax Credit will stop from 6 April 2012. Some of those coming out of entitlement may well qualify for Free School Meals if they still receive Child Tax Credit and their Annual Taxable Income, as assessed by HMRC, is below £16,190. 

The key thing to note is that if any parents lose their Working Tax Credit entitlement from April, it may be worth them contacting the Benefits Helpline (tel 0113 2224404) and asking for their eligibility to Education Benefits, Free School Meals and School Clothing Allowance to be reconsidered.

Fun fractions resource

Click on the link below to be directed to an interactive resource which will aid your child’s maths learning this week. If you have any problems loading the game below, you can access the same game on the BBC maths site for KS2.

Fraction Game BBC website

There is also a quiz which your child can have a go at.

Parachute PE

World Book Day

Animal Antics in Year 3

09 March 2012

This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect. The children have to complete the sequences on the worksheet counting forwards and backwards in 2s and 5s. It’s due in on Wednesday 14 March 2012.

09 March 2012

This week’s spellings are double consonants – they usually make the vowel sound before them a short sound (compare dinner with diner, for example). Your child will be tested on Friday 16 March 2012.

• better
• daddy
• dinner
• happy
• letter
• supper
• lolly
• button
• summer
• rabbit

Homework

Apologies: this week’s homework has not been sent home.

Your child will get their Practice Makes Perfect worksheet on Monday and we will collect it in on Thursday.

A very unique zoo

Year 4 were able to meet some fantastic animals – some that they may never see or touch again!

We were able to hold a corn snake.

Nayana fed a sugar glider a live insect. Everyone was able to have a touch.

Jaspreet commented, “They were brilliant!” while Zaki stated proudly, “I saw animals that I didn’t even know!”

09 March 2012

The spellings this week are all words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle.

The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 16 March.