Friday 27th September 2024
International Language Day 2024
What a busy week we have had this week! Yesterday, our Spanish Teacher Mrs Sadullah, launched our International Language Day 2024 with a fantastic whole-school assembly. This year, our focus was on learning new languages through Music and then children had lots of fun throughout the day taking part in different language activities. The children in Team Ouse, for example, joined in with a Disney singalong in different languages, including sign language. Other pupils listened to traditional tales in Spanish and played games like language bingo. We have a range of different languages spoken in our school community including Polish, Romanian and Arabic. It has been really good to celebrate these different languages, and more, as we enjoy being citizens in a global diverse community. Thank you Mrs Sadullah for organising this event!
In other news, a HUGE well done this week to the children in Team Aire who became our first winners of the class attendance award of the year! Every day that a class has all of its team members in, they receive one of the letters that spell the word ‘attendance’. After 10 days of 100% attendance the team receives a non-uniform day as a treat. Well done Team Aire! Thank you for your continued support this year as we continue to work closely together to ensure that all our pupils are in school, on time, every day.
Over the last few years, we have built up a strong PE curriculum and taken part in a growing number of inter-school community competitions and events. These events provide a fantastic opportunity for children to use and apply their knowledge and skills of different sports in a friendly area with peers from other local schools. Organised by Mrs Caffrey, we are booked to take part in a range of activities this year for children in key stages 1 and 2. This week we were delighted to take part in the year 5 and 6 girls football event at Selby College. 15 of our pupils attended, had loads of fun and represented our school extremely well. Well done team! Our next events will be KS1 Multi-Skills in October – watch this space!
Lastly, a big thank you for supporting our MacMillan Coffee Morning event today. We were pleased to join with many other organisations across the country to fundraise for this important charity. Thank you for your support and thank you Mrs Robertson for organising it!
Have a great weekend and see you next week! Mr Greene
Attendance:
Attendance Update
Our school target is 97%
This week our attendance was 91%
Nidd – 97%
Aire – 97%
Ouse – 95%
Derwent –98%
Foss – 95%
Calder – 94%
Humber – 91%
Safeguarding Thought of the Week
As you are aware there have been a number of incidents recently where children have been approached by a stranger in the community. Please would you remind your child about keeping themselves safe when out and what they need to do if they experience unsafe behaviour (come home and speak to you). If your child reports concerning behaviour or you witness concerning behaviour please contact 999 immediately to report it.
Dates for your diary:
| Wednesday 9th – Friday 11th October 2024 | Team Foss Residential to Kingswood Peak Venture |
| Thursday 10th October 2024 | Whole school: Wear yellow for World Mental Health Day. |
| Friday 11th October 2024 | Team Humber Sharing Assembly 2.45pm. Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Saturday 12th October 2024 | Applications open for applying for Reception places
NYCC website link for School Admissions https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions/starting-primary-school-and-junior-school |
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS September 2024
Please use the google forms communicated via Parenthub to sign up for the Clubs.
Young Voices Information has been sent for KS2 pupils on Parenthub
Please ensure you pre-book school lunches and breakfast club on Parentpay 48 hours in advance of the day required
