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 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!  

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!

Welcome to this week's Parkland Post in what has been a really positive week!  Thank you for joining us for our Parents' Evenings on Wednesday and Thursday to find out how well your children are doing at our academy.  We were so glad that so many of you found it useful for Sheila from Early Help being there so she can help support families where they need it most.  I would also like to thank YACAD for the snowman craft station - there were so many cute little snowmen being made!  

We have had a number of visitors around our academy this week and everyone commented how settled our children are and were impressed with their behaviour for learning.  It is the best part of my day being able to go into classes, see the great work going on and being able to give out special stickers, pencils and certificates for those that are working really hard.

Welcome to this week's energetic Parkland Post!  We had such a brilliant turnout for our Family Daily Mile this morning, there were so many funky outfits and we loved having families join in on the event.  Thank you for the money you have raised - we will be sharing the total with you next week.  Thank you to our fantastic PTA for the hot drinks for parents and juice and biscuits for each class.

Welcome to the final Parkland Post of the half term!  It has been a whirlwind of a week with so many events in our academy.  We began the week with Year 3's class assembly where they wowed us with their knowledge of Migration to Leeds and Bradford with a very funky song to end things.  We had our Early Years Stay and Play, it was lovely to see so many families coming in so the children could show you what they have been doing.  They also managed to raise £15 for MacMillan Cancer Support.  We also welcomed families into our academy for our Harvest Festival and were treated to songs, poetry and lots of facts about food around the world.  Thank you to everyone who brought a donation for local food banks - you are fabulous!