Latest News | Greenmeadow Primary School

Changes to Free School Meals

Tue 24 Mar 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

The decision has now been made that the administering of Free School Meals (FSM) entitlement while the education sites are closed will now be carried out by the Benefits Team. The will replace the current interim scheme from April 6.

The Benefits Team has set up an online application form for parents who are entitled to FSM to complete and supply them with bank details so they can issue weekly payments aimed at providing food for their children while they are at home. This form is called FSM COVID 19 and can be found under this link

https://iweb.itouchvision.com/portal/f?p=customer:category_link:::::CUID,LANG:A1880BC665B932E0A3E9075341401DA8CC0DC77D,EN&P_LANG=en

The form can also be found under the Benefits section of the customer portal – www.torfaen.mycouncilservices.com

Please can all parents apply for this online as quickly as possible for the Benefits Team to get all the relevant details set up on their system to issue payments to them.

We appreciate that this is a very difficult time for everybody at the moment and we are anticipating that payments will be issued on a weekly basis from 6^th April 2020. The team understand that this delay could cause some worry to parents but they are working as quickly as they can to get this up and running effectively and efficiently.

We would like ALL parents to apply on line rather than ringing the Benefits team. However if you do not have internet access the Benefits Team will take forms over the telephone but would like to keep these to a minimum if possible.

Latest Information regarding Hub School

Mon 23 Mar 2020

Government advice is that children should remain at home unless absolutely necessary.

If you are a:

healthcare worker
police, fire, armed services worker; or
social care home worker (with notification from your employer that you are allowed to access this provision)

and you intend to access the Blenheim Road childcare hub from tomorrow (Tuesday 24^th March) you will need to bring your own photographic ID if you are a single parent, and for families with two key workers we will need to see evidence of ID for both parents.

Please send your child with a water bottle.

New Website Launched!

Mon 02 Mar 2020

Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!