Attendance Matters

This week, our whole school attendance was 91.4% which is lower than last week - we really do need to work on this for next week as lots of essential learning is missed when children are not in school.  The winning class this week was Year 3 with 98.3% which means they get an extra playtime and they won a new classroom book for their class library and 3 stickers on our attendance board.  I wonder which class will have the end of half term attendance reward?  Remember, you have to be in it to win it! 

Key Dates

Our key dates for the rest of the academic year are here for you to look at.  If any updates are made, we will let you know.  We can't wait to welcome you to our academy for each of the events.

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

 

End of half term

A reminder that we will break up next Friday for half term.  We return on Monday 2nd June for our last half term of the year - where has the time gone?   

Building work

The building work for Early Years is still carrying on next week so Nursery and Reception will need to arrive and be collected from the main office.  I promise you it will be worth the wait!  Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

And finally...

We hope you have a splendid weekend, whatever you decide to do.  The weather looks like it is going to be gorgeous so I think I might have a BBQ with my daughter, Mr Watson is going to Leeds this weekend, Ms Pascoe is going to watch her boys play football and Mrs Shirra is going out for a friend's birthday.  We will see you bright and early on Monday morning for our final week of summer 1 - our doors open at 8:40am ready for learning to begin at 8:45am.  Let's work on attendance and finish on a high!

Parkland Pride Awards

Nursery

Lockie - Do What Matters Most

For his amazing drawing of the tulips.

Reception

Logan - Do What Matters Most

Logan has been working hard this week on his writing and trying very hard in phonics to hold his sentence in his head, while listening for all of the sounds.

Benjamin - Show You Care

Benjamin listened to everyone's stories this week about their grandparents and older relatives, then drew a fabulous picture of himself with his grandad which he shared with the class.

Year 1

Eve – Be Yourself, Always

For her commitment to her learning! She has dedicated so much time at home to our curriculum.

Erin – Do What Matters Most

For her growth in Phonics, Erin has worked extremely hard to spot lots of Special Friends in words!

Year 2

Rory – Succeed Together

For amazing effort in Maths this week. I have loved all of your contributions when we were looking at time

Luca– Be Yourself, Always

For fantastic resilience during our SATs practice in Maths. This week you didn’t give up even when it got difficult.

Year 3

Bride – Succeed Together

For  being an excellent role model for others and being someone who sets the standard in Year 3 for partner work! 

Esmai – Show You Care

For a really improved attitude in so many lessons! You now respond so positively to challenges. I am proud of your resilience this week!

Year 4

Alice – Be Yourself, Always

For always showing amazing enthusiasm in lessons and sharing your wonderful ideas!

Leah – Do What Matters Most

For showing a positive attitude to learning. We are really proud of the effort you have put into your learning this week!

Year 5
Piper – Be Yourself, Always

For being kind, helpful courteous and polite at all times.

Adam – Succeed Together

For always offering his ideas, working well with others and showing leadership skills.

Year 6

All of Year 6 – Succeed Together

For your exceptional hard work and dedication this week. You completed everything with positivity, a smile on your face and kindness and support to one another. We are all very proud!!!