School Saving Club
The next School Saving Club paying in date is 18 May 2017 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 Miss Hale.
For your information, the final paying in dates for this year is:
13 July 2017 3.15-3.45pm
If your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.
After-school club availability
After-school clubs are proving popular this term but we do have some limited places left on the following clubs.
Monday
- Change4life Rec, Y1, Y2, Y3
- Basketball Y4, Y5, Y6
- Code Club Y4, Y5, Y6
Tuesday
- Cricket Y4, Y5, Y6
- Animation Y4, Y5, Y6
Please contact the office as soon as possible if your child would like to take part in any of these clubs, starting next week.
If you go down to the woods today…….
This week, in English, we have been thinking of different ways to ignite and inspire our writing. What better way than go down to the woods!
The children loved doing their lesson in a different setting. They were encouraged to think of strong adjectives and use their senses to describe the setting. During our visit, some superb vocabulary was used. Words and phrases such as:
- vivid, purple flowers
- blankets of dead, crunchy leaves
- ancient, tall trees, sweet aromas drifting through my nostrils
- silky, soft feathers in the palm of my hand
- and many more.
Back in the classroom, the children set to work on their very own settings. They thought carefully about their designs and selected resources accordingly. Again, using the five senses to help, the children studied the materials on offer and looked closely at the textures.
The imaginative ideas flying around the room were an absolute delight to hear. Children worked well as teams, were so very helpful to each other, and were totally engaged in the whole lesson.
- “This is the best way to help me with my writing.”
- “You just wouldn’t think that we were doing English.”
- “I’m really looking forward to doing my writing about my setting.”
Staying Safe
Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, will be taking place from Monday 22 May 2017. The key message is how to be safe in a range of situations. A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education.
Events during the week will include e-safety drama workshops for all classes, NSPCC Speak Out, a stay safe assembly and workshops, Leeds City Council road safety and scooter training, water safety sessions with Canal and River Trust, bike maintenance with Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative and d:side, delivering drug education. Some of the events require parental permission and these letters will be sent out separately. There are also three specific parent sessions during the week.
Tuesday 23 May 2.10-3.10pm O2 and NSPCC online safety workshop (open to all parents)
This hour-long workshop will help parents and carers understand their child’s online world and build confidence to have those important conversations that can help keep children safe online.
Wednesday 24 May 3.15-3.45pm d:side informal information session (open to all parents)
A d:side representative will be available to provide information about your child’s drug education learning during the themed week and answer any other related enquiries.
Thursday 25 May 2.40pm e-safety drama show back (parents of Year 5 and 6)
Following e-safety drama workshops led by One Day Creative, parents are invited to come and watch the children present their learning from the day.
Following the success of the recent Big Pedal promotion and as we will be covering bike, scooter and road safety during the week, we shall be holding a whole school walk/bike/scoot to school initiative. Children are encouraged to travel to school in a sustainable way, keeping safe along the way, and if they do, they should complete the slip at the bottom of a letter to be sent home for a chance to win one of five £10 Love2Shop vouchers. We hope you will support this initiative in helping children make a healthy start to their day and also helping towards reducing congestion at our gates. Even by parking further away from school, your child could then to do the final part of their journey by foot, bike or scooter. Bike and scooter storage facilities are available beside the Year 3 and 4 classrooms.
Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative will be running a Dr Bike event in the playground on Tuesday 23 May. From 8:30am, you will be able to bring along your bike for a free bike safety check.
We will keep you up to date about events during the week through Twitter and the class news pages on our website.
Finally, if your job involves an aspect of safety and you can support our Staying Safe themed week by coming into school, please contact the school office or your child’s class teacher directly to arrange this.
Rewarding Residential
Last week, Year 4 enjoyed a residential trip at Herd Farm.
It was fabulous to see all the children so enthusiastic about all aspects of our stay. For a lot of the children, this was the first time being away from home without parents. All staff were impressed with how well everyone supported, cared for and encouraged each other.
Some of the activities really took our breath away – and our legs!
Lots of children pushed themselves into taking a safe risk and attempting things they’ve never done before. Being responsible, remembering, being resilient and showing resourcefulness were also demonstrated by all – especially with bed making!
Mrs Burke, Miss Hale and I were incredibly proud of the all the children. It was an absolute pleasure to take them away for a few days – albeit with very little sleep. Here are some photos of our adventures…
Have a great holiday!
Just a quick note to say have a great holiday. All the children have worked very hard indeed and deserve a good rest. However, keep adding in a bit of learning here and there to keep them fresh for when they return to school.
Many thanks to everyone who came to see our recent production. The show was a big success and we were so very proud of each and every child. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.
Enjoy the break and we will see you back at school in two weeks (and one day).
3 days to go
Only 3 Big Pedal days to go!
We’ve had a great participation rate across the two weeks so far. Our highest participation was 43% on Day 5 (Friday).
Here’s a peek at the prizes – who will be our winners?
Keep cycling, scooting and we’ll soon find out!
School Saving Club
The next School Saving Club paying in date is 23 March 2017 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 Miss Hale.
For your information the paying in dates for the rest of the year are:
18 May 2017 3.15-3.45pm
13 July 2017 3.15-3.45pm
If your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.
Tour de Yorkshire themed menu
Catering Leeds, our school meal provider, will be running a special Tour de Yorkshire themed menu on Tuesday 25 April.
Please contact the office by Thursday 30th March if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
A great start
We’ve started the Big Pedal today with an impressive 40% participation rate on Day 1. Did you cucle or scoot to school? If not, there are another nine days to go.
Here are today’s totals.
A big thank you to Dom Jacques for supporting the event and organising the bike and scooter donations. These donations have meant that even more children can take part in the event.
Also, thank you to the Year 6 helpers who are coordinating the data gathering on a daily basis.
