Parkland Post - Friday 23rd May 2025

Welcome to the final Parkland Post of Summer 1 and what a half term it has been! We have had a brand new build and outdoor provision built for Early Years, two successful Parents' Evenings where we could share news of how well your children are doing, Year 6 and Year 2 have done us proud with their SATs, trips for Years 1 and 3 and pedestrian training for Year 3. We have so much planned for the final half term including a Pantomime on Monday the 2nd June! M&M Productions are coming to perform 'A Little Princess' which tells a tale of bullying, challenging times and friendship. We will have the popcorn at the ready to launch what will be our best half term!

A sneaky peek at our new Early Years outdoor provision!

Attendance Matters

It has been a fierce competition this half term with battles between three of our classes! The whole school attendance this week was higher than last week at 92.3%, we are heading the right way! This week's class attendance winner was Year 1 with 96.7% which means they will also get an extra playtime. They won new stationary on the attendance wheel and their success has led to them winning the whole school attendance drive! They spent a very sporty afternoon with our sports coach Mr Rogers and had ice lollies for their class treat - keep up the amazing attendance!

Grandparent Lunch

We loved welcoming grandparents to our special lunch this week. We enjoyed a delicious roast dinner and fabulous chocolate orange pudding with custard. A huge thank you goes out to our kitchen team Sayeeda, Nat, Becky and Jo for making it so wonderful. We hope to offer more lunches in the future so look out for new dates when they are advertised.

Poetry Slam

Our Year 5 and 6 pupils had a blast on Wednesday in a poetry slam! They had the opportunity to listen to poetry and rap being performed by Donavan and Matt and then worked in groups to create and perform their compositions.

Year 4 DT

Year 4 completed their DT unit this week, which culminated in making their own omelettes. The smell around the academy drew everyone in! Well done on showcasing your skills, Year 4.

Key Dates

Event	Date and time	Location
20th May	Poetry Slam Workshop Years 5 and 6	Hall (no parents needed)
21st May	PTA Treasure Hunt	School grounds
23rd May	PTA Break the Rules Day	School
23rd May	Celebration Assembly 9am	Hall
23rd May	Break up for half term	N/A
2nd June	Children back to school	School
2nd -13th June	Year 4 Multiplication Check window	School
3rd June	Road Safety Workshops	School
3rd June	Reception and Nursery Trip	Harlow Carr
10th June	Whole School Yarn Project	School
11th June	Poetry Slam Competition	TBC
18th June	Y5 and 6 Cricket Tournament	Co-op Academy Priesthorpe
19th June	Clean Air Day Event (pupils attending are to be confirmed)	City Hall
20th June	Co-op Poetry Festival for Years 5 and 6	School
23rd June	Years 2 and 4 Trip	Manor Heath Jungle Experience
24th June	Year 5 STEM Fest Trip	Life Centre, Bradford
30th June- 4th July	Careers Week	In school all week
4th July	Year 6 trip to London	Parliament and London Eye
7th July	Year 6 Dress Rehearsal 1p in m	School
8th July	Year 6 End of Year Performances at 2pm and 5:30pm	Main Hall
11th July	Y1 trip to Filey	Filey
17th July	PTA Summer Fair	Playground/Hall
18th July	End of Year Celebration Assembly and Y6 Leavers’ Assembly	9am Main Hall
18th July	Break up for summer holidays	School

Sports Day

Sports Days this year will be running on the following dates:

Nursery - Wednesday 25th June at 9am

Reception, Years 1 and 2 - Friday 27th June at 9am

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Friday 27th June at 1:30pm

We hope to see you all there!

And finally...

We hope you have a wonderful half term holiday and that the rain doesn't spoil the activities you have planned. The gardens and parks will be glad of the rain as we haven't had enough recently. We only have one more half term left and then we will have done a whole year - I can't quite believe just how quickly it has flown. This half term, I will be celebrating my daughter's 18th birthday, Mr Watson will be going to Spain, Ms Pascoe is going camping with her family and Mrs Shirra is going to Poland. I would like to thank all of our teaching and support staff for their hard work and hope they enjoy a rest next week. We will see you bright and early on Monday 2nd June where our doors will open at 8:40am ready for learning to begin at 8:45am. Don't forget that there will be a panto on the first morning back (oh no there won't.... oh yes there will!).

Parkland Pride Awards

Nursery

Luis - Be Yourself, Always

For trying hard to listen and join in with the maths sessions this week.

Reception

Louie - Succeed Together

Louie has been sharing space with adults and children, and has been exploring different resources from bells to tassles, allowing others to join in with the fun too. We are so pleased Louie is engaging in play with adults and peers.

Kodie - Do What Matters Most

Kodie has been working hard to complete his challenges, working with others to do jigsaws, write about his favourite flower, and using shapes in maths too!

Year 1

Max – Succeed Together

For working hard on his resilience and independence. Max wrote a fantastic letter to the Giant!

Aubrey – Succeed Together

For working hard to identify special friends in words and being confident to spell words in Phonics!

Year 2

Willow - Be Yourself, Aways

For fantastic effort in her all her SATs this week, she should be really proud of herself.

Lilly-May Baldwin - Do What Matters Most

For showing amazing resilience with a positive anttitude all week during her SATs even when they were difficult!

Year 3

Harper - Succeed Together

For being so supportive of other children, having a lovely manner when explaining what to do and model is great practice when working independently.

Benny - Do What Matters Most

For her work ethic when writing a wonderful factual non-fiction text on the life cycle of plants. Really trying hard to include the breadth of Year 3 skills.

Year 4

Olivia - Be yourself Always

For wonderful enthusiasm towards your learning this week, I’m really impressed with some of your amazing contributions and ideas.

Leela - Do What Matters Most

For impressive effort with your maths this week. You have shown amazing effort and determination!

Year 5

Melissa - Succeed Together

For working so well with others and being able to put any issues to one side and produce excellent work!

Havana-Rose - Do What Matters Most

For focussing on her work this week and trying her best despite distractions. She wrote some great stuff in History!

Year 6

Olivia - Be Yourself, Always

For your exceptional dedication to all your wider pursuits. You had a ballet exam the same week as the SATs. I know you're going to be a super asset to our school play.

Anthony - Show You Care

For your exceptional lino print. It showed great care and attention to detail. It looks fantastic!

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