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- SCHOOL MEAL MENUS - 2007-2008

CHEFS CHOICE - WHOLESOME HEALTHY FOOD- THREE WEEK ROTATING PLAN

	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY5
W E E K O N E	Chicken & Vegetable Casserole	Roast Pork	Braising Steak & Onions	Roast Beef with Yorkshire Puddings	Chicken & Mushroom Pie
	Or	Or	Or	Or	Or
	Salmon Fish Cakes	Mince Pie with Cheese Topped Crumble	Sausage Plait	Shepherds Pie	Oven Baked Fish with Lemon Wedge
	With	With	With	With	With
	Creamed Potatoes New Potatoes Broccoli Florets Peas & Sweetcorn	Boiled Potatoes Roast Potatoes Cauliflower Carrots & Green Beans	Creamed Potatoes New Potatoes Cabbage Swede & Carrots	Creamed Potatoes Roast Potatoes Mixed Vegetables Broccoli & Cauliflower	Boiled Potatoes Carrots Cauliflower Mushy Peas
W E E K T W O	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY5
	Mince Onions with Yorkshire Puddings	Roast Gammon & Pineapple	Oven Baked Sausages with Onion Gravy	Turkey & Stuffing	Meat & Potato Pie
	Or	Or	Or	Or	Or
	Fish Pie & Parsley Sauce	Chicken Bacon with Cheese & BBQ Sauce	Tuna Pasta Bake	Pork & Vegetable & Scone	Pigs in Blankets with BBQ Sauce
	With	With	With	With	With
	Boiled Potatoes Carrots & Green Beans Cauliflower	Creamed Potatoes Roast Potatoes Broccoli Florets Carrots Peas & Sweetcorn	Boiled Potatoes Diced Potatoes Cheek Leeks Mixed Vegetables Cauliflower	Creamed Potatoes Roast Potatoes Parsnips Cauliflower Garden Peas	New Potatoes Cheese Mash Potatoes Peas Carrots Broccoli
W E E K T H R E E	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY 5
	Steak & Mushroom Topped with Puff Pastry	Roast Pork with Apple Sauce	Chicken & Ham Pie	Roast Gammon	Chicken Pie with Boiled Potatoes
	Or	Or	Or	Or	Or
	Cumberland Sausages	Chicken Kebab	Pork Loin Steaks & Apple Sauce	Pork & Stuffing Pie	Battered Fish Chips Mushy Peas Carrots Cauliflower
	with	with	with	with	with
	New Potatoes Cabbage & Swede Peas & Sweetcorn Sweetcorn	Creamed Potatoes Green Beans Roast Vegetables Carrot & Swede	Parsley Potatoes Carrots Cabbage Cheese Leeds & Cabbage Button Sprouts	Creamed Potatoes New Potatoes with skins Broccoli Cauliflower Mix Bobbie Beans	Cauliflower

CONTINENTAL BAR - 3 WEEK ROTATING PLAN

	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY5
W E E K O N E	Chicken Korma	Lasagne	Chicken Honey & Ginger Stir Fry	Cheese Beef Burger or Onion Hot Dog	Beef Rogan Josh
	With	With	With	With	With
	Rice & Naan Bread Bowl of Mixed Salad	Half Jacket Potato Bowl of Mixed Salad French Bread	Rice & Noodles French Bread	Wedges with Bowl Mixed Salad	Rice Naan Bread with Bowl of Mixed Salad
W E E K T W O	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY5
	Chilli & Rice	Sweet & Sour Chicken	Spaghetti Bolognaise	Chicken Onion & Mixed Pepper	Chicken Curry
	With	With	With	Or	Or
	Nachos Cheese & Salsa Dip Jalapenos & Mixed Salad	Rice & Noodles & Naan Bread	Garlic & Plain French Bread & Bowl Mixed Salad	Vegetable Fajitas with Oven Wedges	Sweet Potato & Chickpea Curry with Rice Naan Bread
W E E K T H R E E	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4	DAY 5
	Beef with Black Bean Sauce & Rice	Tandorri Pork or Vegetable Tandorri	Lasagne with Half Jacket Potatoe	Chicken Stir Fry with Noodes	Meat Balls in Sauce Pasta
	With	With	With	Or	With
	A selection of Nibbles	With Rice & Naan Bread	Bowl of Mixed Salad & Garlic French Bread	Vegetable Stir Fry Noodles and French Bread	French Bread & Half a Jacket Potatoe

Letters sent out to Parents 2007/08

Fair Processing/Data Protection 07	Click here
Training Day	click here
Strike Day 08	click here
Y5 Primary Letter	click here
Lockers	click here

IMPORTANT Holiday Requests

II would point out that any requests for holidays during term time where a pupil has less than 90% attendance will not be authorised by the school and, in this respect, I would refer you to the information sheet attached to the end of term letter regarding Fixed Penalty Notices.

School Equipment

May I respectfully ask parents to pay particular attention to ensuring that your son/daughter has basic school equipment to support their learning i.e. 2 pens (black or blue), a pencil, a ruler ( Plastic only ), school planner and a suitable school bag to carry their books and equipment when they return to school in September.

Great North Road

As you will already know, I have banned pupils from crossing the Great North Road at lunchtimes because of some very dangerous incidents. Would you please reinforce the fact that only pupils who live in Scawsby may cross the Great North Road at lunchtimes and then only if parents wish them to go home for lunch. I will be writing to you in September asking about your wishes for your child's lunchtime arrangements.

Traffic Congestion

We are experiencing a few problems with traffic congestion both in the mornings and evenings when pupils are being brought/picked up from the lower school gates. Would parents kindly refrain from actually entering the school gates to either pick up or drop off. This area is narrow and can become potentially dangerous when cars are picking up and reversing whilst pupils are entering/exiting from school en mass.

YEAR 8 ‘STUDENT RECEPTIONIST'

Year 8 students at Don Valley School & Performing Arts College are given the opportunity to work in the school Reception area to experience one day performing the role of ‘Student Receptionist'. This role includes meeting visitors, taking messages to various students in the school and also working with the Attendance Department collecting and collating the registers. They will also undertake any other duties that are all part of a large and busy secondary school.

Students will retain their normal breaktime and lunchtime, and will start and finish at the normal school times. This activity does not involve students in leaving the school site at any time. Students will receive their full attendance mark for the day, but will not attend their normal lessons. Their day's duties will be organised by Mrs J. A. Thompson (Receptionist) and Mrs W. Hepworth (Attendance Assistant).

This role is entirely voluntary; there is absolutely no requirement for a student to participate should they not wish to do so. Similarly, you can withdraw your son/daughter from this activity if you do not want your son/daughter to be involved.

The benefits of doing this activity gives students the opportunity of working closely with adults in a working environment, gives the students an insight into the workings of a busy office and it also allows them to take on responsibility for carrying out the various duties and roles. This also helps students to develop in confidence and maturity and improves their sense of citizenship.

I hope that you will allow your son/daughter to participate in this Student Receptionist role. I would also like to take this opportunity to say that I am looking forward to working along side your son/daughter.

J. Thompson (Mrs)
Receptionist

The school PTA are holding a

Non-Uniform Day

Our school fund needs to be increased because it pays for many sports activities and other activities that youngsters undertake in school that are in addition to the main curriculum.

In the past we have used a Sponsored Walk to raise funds and for various reasons we feel we can no longer do that. We are, therefore, going to have a few non-uniform days during the academic year to raise sufficient funds to provide the additional activities for pupils that cannot be funded from our delegated budget.

We have decided to have a non-uniform day on

I hope you will support the event. Students will be asked to make a small donation of £1.00 per pupil.

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