Attendance Matters

Following my plea last week for you to help me with attendance, I am happy to say that our attendance figure is going the right way again!  Our whole school attendance was 91.6% this week which is thankfully higher than last week's figure but we still have a way to go.  The winning class who get to put 3 stickers on our whole school attendance chart are Year 3 with 95.8%.  They won an extra playtime on the Attendance Wheel - well done and keep it up!  

Don't forget that as well as your child being able to access essential learning being in school every day and on time will guarantee that you will have a raffle ticket entered into our prize draw to win a £50 Just Eat voucher and like I always say: You have to be in it to win it!  Let's make next week even better!

Arts Week 

Next week, we are all excited about Arts Week, a celebration of creativity where children will have the opportunity to participate in a range of art activities. Throughout the week, the children will explore various artistic mediums, fostering their imagination and self-expression. There will be arts such as Music, Dance, Applied Art and drama. I am excited to see some amazing outcomes throughout the week. 

Poetry Slam

Mrs Shirra took three of our Year 6 pupils to the Bradford Primary Poetry Slam at Bowling Park.  They performed their poetry along with lots of other schools in Bradford and came second!  They won a gorgeous trophy and some poetry books!  We are so proud of your hard work and performance skills and would also like to thank Mrs Shirra for helping our pupils to prepare and perform and for our parent helpers who supported us - what a result!

PTA Summer Disco - 26th June

Who fancies a bit of a dance at the PTA Summer Disco?  You do?  Well, look no further!  Our discos will be taking place on Thursday 26th June at the following times:

Nursery, Reception, Years 1 and 2: 4:30-5:15pm

KS2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6): 5:30-6:15pm

Mr Wilkin will be DJ-ing and there will be lots of games, prizes and of course, dancing!  There will be a tuck shop selling sweets, crisps and small chocolate bars.  The PTA will provide free juice for the children.  There will be coffee, tea and hot chocolate available for parents to buy (50p each).  Dig out your party clothes and get ready for the summer tunes!  

YACAD Keyboard Lessons

Our Year 3 children began keyboard lessons this week with Melissa from YACAD.  It was wonderful for them all to go over to YACAD's dedicated music studio and begin to learn all about the keyboards and play some chords.  The children loved being able to play the instruments and can't wait for next week's lessons!  

Key Dates

Event	Date and time	Location
18th June	Reception New Starter Meeting, 9:00am	School
16-20th June	Arts Week	School
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
25th June	Nursery Sports Day 9am-12pm	School Field
27th June	Reception and KS1 Sports Day 9-11am	School Field
27th June	KS2 (Years 3-6) Sports Day 1:30-3pm	School Field
30th June- 4th July	Careers Week	In school all week
2nd July	Transition Day	In new classes
4th July	Year 6 trip to London	Parliament and London Eye
7th July	Year 6 Dress Rehearsal 1:30pm	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

 

And finally...

I hope you have a restful weekend and that the predicted heat, rain, thunder and lightning don't interrupt too many of your plans.  I am going to be spending my weekend with my daughter. Ms Pascoe is going to be with her boys celebrating Father's Day, Mr Watson will be doing some gardening and Mrs Shirra will be going to a 40th party.  Whatever you decide to do, we hope you have a lovely time doing it, and we will see you bright and early on Monday morning where our doors will open at 8:40am ready for learning to begin at 8:45am.

Parkland Pride Awards

Reception

Finley- Be Yourself, Always

Finley works hard, whether during lessons, a 1:1 task, or in provision. Finley has been very focussed on his writing, holding sentences, and expanding his ideas when writing.

Tommy S - Do What Matters Most

Tommy has been very focused this week, particularly during maths, and has done some excellent equal-sharing work, sharing his thoughts and reasons with the whole class.

Year 1 

Faith - Do What Matters Most

Focussing on her learning and being a role model to others on the carpet. Well done!

MJ - Do What Matters Most

Working incredibly hard on his resilience to tackle his work and anything that upsets him.

Year 2 

Sofia – Be Yourself, Always

Fantastic improvement in making the right choices, being kind and polite to others.
 

Alyssa – Do What Matters Most

Super positive attitude to learning maths, always having her hand up and trying hard.

Year 3 

Nikki – Be Yourself, Always 

Always showing a super positive attitude and working hard to understand time

Jessica – Do What Matters Most

For working hard on her writing skills and being really independent when using supporting resources

Year 4 

Charlie - Show You Care

Wonderful enthusiasm towards learning.

Amelia -  Be Yourself, Always 

Always being such a kind and caring member of the class.

Year 5 

Jacob C- Show you care

The effort you have been putting into your writing, especially in English.

Corben- Be yourself, always

Always being curious and asking fascinating questions about wider curriculum subjects.

Year 6

Thomas- Be yourself, always 

Sharing great effort and personality in our run p to the school play - excited to see the show.

Lucy - Show you care

Taking great care for our learning environment. It ensures we all have the headspace to learn.