Thank you for all your support this term. This week’s message has a mix of articles… 

Christmas productions

Thanks to everyone who came to one of our Christmas productions this week – we hope you enjoyed The Wriggly Nativity!

The production raised £152 for our current school charity, Martin House Children’s Hospice. Thank you for all donations.

Move to Arbor

Our management information system move to Arbor is well underway. Thank you to the 88% of parents/carers who have logged into the parent portal. You should have noticed that most of the communications now come through Arbor. If you have not seen any emails for a while, please check your spam box and make sure you mark emails from school as safe.

From January, all payments should be made on Arbor. Reception, Year 1,2 and Year 3,4 all have trips coming up next term. Emails have been sent out about these, and payment can be made on Arbor.

Also, just a reminder to download the Arbor app and set up your phone so you receive notifications. Quick/short messages will be sent in-app rather than by text message (as in-app messages are free for us to send).

Get out and about over the holiday…

Over the holiday, it can sometimes be good to get out and about. There’s lots going in Leeds – check out the Child Friendly Leeds Winter Guide.

…and stay safe online

2 in 5 parents more relaxed about children’s online safety over Christmas according to this article. This might be at a time when children are even more online than normal. Check out this guide: the 12 Days of Online Safety.

You have to get up early to capture the wonderful sunrises at this time of year. Here’s a pic from Mr Shine, who helps to look after Moortown Primary’s buildings and grounds…

And another from a parent…

Have a very happy Christmas and we’ll see you again in the new year – Monday 05 January 2026.