Start of the Day	End of the Day
Thursday 4th  September	Please bring your children to the playground at 9:30am, where they will be met by their class teacher and put into class lines.	Please collect your child at 3:00pm from the class lines on the playground.
Friday 5th September - Wednesday 10th September	Children should arrive and go to their allocated class line space on the playground from 8:30am and will be walked to the class by their teacher at approximately 8:35am - Registers will be taken each morning and close at 8:45am.	The children will be brought to the playground at 3:00pm to be collected.
Thursday 11th September - Friday 12th September	The children should arrive at school between 8:30am and 8:40am and walk straight to their classroom.  There will be Year 3 teaching staff and members of the Senior Leadership team at the front of the school and stationed on the route round to the classrooms to direct them where to go.  The children should be in class ready for registers to be taken which will close at 8:45am.	The children will be brought to the playground at 3:00pm to be collected.
Monday 15th September onwards	The children should arrive at school between 8:30am and 8:40am and walk straight to their classroom ready for registers to be taken which will close at 8:45am.  There will be members of the Senior Leadership team at the front of the school to direct the children if they need it.	The children will be brought to the playground at 3:00pm to be collected.

 

Welcome to Year 3 Presentation:

 

welcome to y3 parents evening presentation 2025.pdf

looking forward to y3 in 25 26.pdf

  

 

 

Meet our Year 3 teachers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Free School Meals

 The Government gives money to schools to help children from lower income families do their very best.  This funding is called 'Pupil Premium'.

 

This money could be used to help eligible families with the cost of school trips and visits.  Children who are registered will also be eligible to receive free hot school meals, saving your approximately £602 per year, should you wish to have them.

 

Please follow the link below to find out whether your child qualifies and how to apply.

West Sussex County Council - Free School Meals

Hot School Meals

As your child is moving up to year 3, they are unfortunately no longer eligible for universal free school meals.  We are very pleased to be able to offer pupils a not school meal service in school provided by Chartwells using 'Steamplicity' technology at a cost of £3.09 per meal.  Should you wish your child to still receive a hot meal please follow the process as detailed below, otherwise you will need to provide your child with a packed lunch from home.

How to order meals:

If you would like to take advantage of the hot meals service, you will need to activate a NEW account for Thomas A Becket Junior School with ParentPay (www.ParentPay.com). 

Activation letters with the information that you require to register will be emailed directly to the priority 1 contact that you have given us on the Admission forms.  This will be sent to you in July.  This letter will advise you of a new code for you to activate your child's account at Thomas A Becket Junior School. 

This is applicable to Free School Meals (FSM) children and for paid meals.

You will be able to select the meal that your child would like from the menu choices available on that day and orders can be placed up to 10 weeks in advance. 

Information guides and FAQs activating your accounts and how to order meals are available here:  School Meals

FSM 

If your child is eligible for FSM, you will need to follow the process detailed above regarding how to order a meal, however you will not be charged.  If you forget to place an order by the ordering date deadline, your child will receive a jacket potato, depending on availability. 

Year 2 to Year 3 Chartwells Information Pack 2025

School Communications with IRIS ParentMail and IRIS Pay

Communicating with parents is an important part of what we do to ensure you get the correct information about school news and activities. 

Thomas A Becket Junior School uses IRIS ParentMail to communicate to parents.

Registering with IRIS ParentMail is very easy.  After your child has started with us you will be sent either an email and/or text message from IRIS ParentMail.  When you receive this please just follow the instructions in the message.

Once registered, if you have an Android or Apple smartphone, we would highly recommend you download the free IRIS ParentMail App for the best user experience.  To do this, simply search for "IRIS ParentMail" in your App store. 

When registered you will have access to +Pay on IRIS ParentMail - an online payment service which allows you to pay for school trips/items quickly and easily on your smartphone, tablet or computer.  

We will inform you about items you need to pay for through IRIS ParentMail and you will be able to pay electronically, using credit or debit cards, as well as PayPal.

Friends of Thomas A Becket Junior School (FOS)

A warm welcome to Thomas A Becket Junior School to our new families joining the school community, and to existing families with new starters.

Find us on Facebook to keep up to date on events!

FOS - Friends of the School

 Clubs

We offer a variety of sport, music and other clubs that run either before school, during lunchtime or after school.

Our club timetable changes in September and after the Easter break.

Clubs that are run by our school staff are free of charge and are run on a goodwill basis.  During the first few weeks of the new term in September you will receive a ParentMail with details on how to sign your child up to attend one of our school run clubs.  

Please note, many of our clubs are very popular and places cannot be guaranteed for all children that sign up.  Places are randomly selected, this is not done on a "first come, first served" basis.

We also have a number of clubs that are run by external providers and there is a charge for these clubs.

Further details can be found on the clubs page on our website here: Clubs

If you require childcare, we have an onsite Childcare Club which runs until 6:00pm. Information about The Childcare Club is available here: The ChildCare Club