Welcome to this week's Parkland Post, we have had so many things going on this week that we are glad for the weekend to finally arrive so we can all recharge for next week! We have had lots of visitors in our academy this week who have said our pupils are incredibly polite, always had a smile on their faces and held doors open for others - they really do embody our Ways of Being.
Welcome to this week's Parkland Post and boy has it been another busy week! We began the week opening our new Early Years provision for our children. The children's faces were full of awe and wonder as they explored their new surroundings. Thank you to our amazing staff who worked throughout the weekend to set everything up so it was ready for Monday morning - you really do embody the Co-op Ways of Being.
Welcome to this week's Parkland Post! Everyone has made a fabulous return to school this week and we have loved hearing all about what you got up to during the holidays. We have seen the sun a lot more and it has been a delight to be out on the school gate welcoming families each day - it always makes me smile seeing our children race down the school path to get into class in the mornings. As the weather improves, we are beginning to think about spring and how we will be able to start developing our Remembrance Garden - keep your eyes peeled for information about a Community Day where we will be asking for help with our digging and planting.
Year 4 pupils recently took part in a special event to launch a new book! ‘Cones and Rural Broadband’ is the latest book to feature walking, talking traffic cones. Our children visited the University of Bradford to mark the occasion, alongside children from all over the city!
Welcome to our final Parkland Post of the spring half term. I have been reflecting on all of the fabulous things we have done and achieved since January and I'm not surprised that everyone is ready for a week off! We have had some wonderful family events such as the Year 6 sewing afternoon yesterday, our BIG Family Breakfast, the KS1 Maths Family workshops, Spelling Bee, GoIT event, Roman Day in Y4, the football tournament at Co-op Academy Priesthorpe and so many more pupil experiences! In this morning's Celebration Assembly, I was thrilled with the number of Silver and Gold certificates I gave out - I especially loved that one pupil said they had never received a silver award before! Let's keep going with our push on increased attendance.
Record numbers of children, parents, carers and school staff came together for a Big Family Breakfast before school on Friday 7 February.
A big warm welcome to this week's Parkland Post. It has been Children's Mental Health Week this week and we came together as an academy on Tuesday to take part in the Great Big Live Assembly. It was great to hear so many ways that our children can help to look after their mental wellbeing and the presenters shared some lovely things we could do if someone was feeling low. Time to Talk Day was held yesterday and there are some details below of what we got up to.
Welcome to a bumper edition of the Parkland Post and what a week it has been! I am feeling incredibly proud of our pupils this week (even more than I usually do) because we have had a really positive week! Highlights for me are: an increase in attendance, pupil participation in two different events and some brilliant work going on across our academy. I wanted to thank you all for helping to raise our attendance this week. It makes such a difference having everyone in school, in class and working hard each day. Our Early Bird attendance drop was a huge success on Monday morning - keep your eyes peeled for the next one of these to happen.
Welcome to this week's Parkland Post - it has been a flurry of activity! We welcomed some visitors to our academy who were impressed this week at the things that our children have been up to. We dropped into the Year 4 violin session and loved to see the whole class working together practising their pizzicato (plucking) skills to a song called 'Tribal Dance'. As someone who played violin at primary school, it reminded me of how much I enjoyed playing an instrument and learning new songs each week. We will be inviting parents into school later in the term for a violin performance - keep watching for a date.
Welcome to our first Parkland Post of 2025! It has been so good to have a return to normality this week, the children have been so positive about being back at school. Thank you to everyone who helped with clearing snow and ice, being flexible with our delayed start times and for just generally being wonderful!
Welcome to the final installment of the Parkland Post for 2024 - how did we get through the year so quickly? I have been reflecting on what has been a good year for us at Parkland - we now have so many pupil leaders on our School Council, Co-op Young Leader Team and our Wellbeing Ambassadors who have been appointed to help make Parkland the fabulous place it is. We have had so many families supporting us in our recent events and yesterday's Winter Fair was a huge success thanks to our PTA, pupils, staff and volunteers - we really do succeed together! I would like to thank each and every one of you for supporting us at Parkland and being part of our journey and I know we will go from strength to strength in 2025!
A very warm welcome to this week's festive Parkland Post - grab yourselves a cuppa and snuggle in! I have been such a proud Head of Academy this week in particular as our children have shown every one of our Co-op Ways of Being: Show You Care, Be Yourself Always, Do What Matters Most and Succeed Together. I have loved welcoming so many families into our academy for each of the events; I hope you are beginning to get that festive feeling now!
