Now that we’re into the Summer term, please remember to make sure your child is protected from the sun: sun cream, hat, plenty of water.
We hope our Year 4 children enjoyed their residential to Herd Farm which was this week.
We kick off this week’s message with a question…
Have you thought about becoming a governor?
We have vacancies on our Governing Board. The role involves acting as a ‘critical friend’, providing support and challenge at a strategic level. There are six core Governing Board meetings in the year, three online and three in person, plus occasional additional meetings. There are also visits into school, the focus of these would depend on your role as governor.
If you’re interested, please contact the Chair of Governors, Rachel Cooper: rachelcooper@spherefederation.org
Read more about the Sphere Federation Governing Board.
Staying Safe themed week
Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, is from Monday 18 May 2026. The key message is how to be safe in a range of situations – at home, at school, online and in the environment.
A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education including road safety (Leeds City Council); water safety (Canal and River Trust and RNLI); fire safety (West Yorkshire Fire Service); first aid; safety in our community (PCSOs), martial arts (BMMA) and drug education (d:side). Some of the events require parental permission and these letters have been sent out separately.
On Tuesday 19 May, from 3.00pm to 3:30pm, there’s a drug education drop-in information session in the playground. A representative from d:side, a health education provider, will be available to discuss details of your child’s drug education learning in the themed week.
The themed week is a good opportunity to continue to think about healthy, active and safe ways to travel to school. Children are encouraged to travel to school in a sustainable way, keeping safe along the way. For a chance to win one of three £10 vouchers, we’d love to see their active travel staying safe photos, maybe using a traffic crossing or wearing their bike helmet (send photos to moortownoffice@spherefederation.org). Photos should be sent by 10am on Thursday 21 May and winners will be announced on the same day.
Can you help? Does your job involve an aspect of safety? If you’re able to support our Staying Safe themed week by coming into school to speak to children, please contact us via the office or your child’s class teacher.
Due to the rising costs of visitors to school, this year, we are requesting a voluntary contribution of £2 per pupil to go towards paying for visitors. This can be made on Arbor. Thank you for your support with this.
We’ll keep you up to date about events during the week on the Class News pages. Thank you for your support to keep Moortown Primary a happy, healthy and safe school.
Bike marking
Prior to the Staying Safe themed week, our PCSOs are holding a bike marking event at school. Please bring your child’s bike to school from 8:30am on Thursday 14 May. You’ll need to provide your name, address, phone number and email address for the bike to be added to the national bike register.
To our Year 6 children: All the best for your end of Key Stage 2 SATs assessments next week.
And to everyone: Have a happy and healthy weekend.
