School Savings Club

The next School Savings Club paying in date is Thursday 12 July 2018 at 3.15-3.45pm.

If you’re unable to attend in person, please hand in any money to be deposited to the office in a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs Tiffany.

The paying in dates are the penultimate Thursday of each half term and dates for next year will be posted to the website in September.

Finally, if your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.

parkrun

It’s great to hear how many of our pupils currently take part in the parkrun events.  As a free to participate event, parkrun offers a great chance for children and adults to walk/jog/run along the local routes on a weekly basis or when you can attend.
There are a number of local parkruns available.
  • Roundhay Park
Adult parkrun Saturday 9am
Junior 2km parkrun Sunday 9am
  • Temple Newsam
Junior 2km parkrun Sunday 9am (currently 10am start – 9am start from 2 September)
  • Wetherby
  • Boddington Cycle Centre

 

Dodgeball runners up

Our Year 5 dodgeball team have come 2nd place today in the Leeds dodgeball competition run by PE Partner.

Congratulations to all the team – great determination and team work.

Thank you to Mrs Bald for accompanying the team and to parents for transporting the children to the event.

Brownlee Centre

Earlier this week, a group of upper Key Stage 2 children had the opportunity to attend the schools Tour de Yorkshire celebration event at the Brownlee Centre.

The structured coaching session involved different cycling skills activities and was a great chance for the pupils to test out the cycle circuit.

As a result of the positive feedback from the children, we hope to participate in future events at the circuit.

The next pop-up ride at the centre is this weekend, Sunday 08 July 12:00pm – register to take part using the Let’s Ride website.

06 July 2018

This week, our whole school homework is creative and should be returned to class by Thursday 12 July.

I can make healthy choices.

This is the chance for children to reflect on our Being Healthy themed week and consider what healthy choices they should make and encourage others to make.

This could be presented in any creative way:

  • a game
  • a poem
  • a song
  • a quiz
  • a letter
  • a comic strip
  • a script
  • a diary entry from the week

 

Sports day 2018

Yesterday, the whole school enjoyed a sun soaked sports day at Roundhegians.  Well done to all the children who took part and demonstrated School Games values of passion, self-belief, respect, honesty, teamwork and determination.  We believe that sports day is an ideal context for children to explore these values.  For example, learning how to handle success and defeat, believing in their abilities, respecting others and working with others to achieve success.

Special thanks go to:

  • Roundhegians for providing excellent facilities and hosting our sports day
  • Excellent sports leaders from Allerton Grange who ran the field events for Key Stage 2 and supported the younger children with their races in the afternoon
  • PTA for providing refreshments for spectators
  • parents who supplied and assembled gazebos to keep the children in shade at the event
  • Year 5 sports leaders and Year 2 helpers too
  • All staff who helped out on the day

Health fair

Thank you to all parents, carers and pupils who came along to our first health fair at the start of our Being Healthy themed week.  Our goal was to promote the many great organisations that are in our community and to raise awareness amongst parents, carers and children about the range of activities and health opportunities available to them locally.

We hope that parents, carers and children will build on the contacts made at the fair.

A big thank you to all the organisations who attended.

It was great to see more children buying skipping ropes -hopefully to practise their skipping challenge at home.

Skipping ropes will be available for sale next Monday and Tuesday after school, outside the Year 2 classroom, for a subsidised price of £2.

Look out for a guide to local physical activity opportunities coming home in book bags soon.