Friday 7th February 2025
Children’s Mental Health Week
This week at school we took part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025; we are working together to ensure that children in our school feel listened to, and know that they’re not alone. Launched with a whole-school assembly, and followed up in our class PSHE lessons this week, we have talked to the children about the importance of them noticing and talking about how they are feeling. The children have been using resources featuring the characters from Disney’s ‘Inside Out 2’ movie and they have really enjoyed taking part in the lessons. For more information, check out our ‘Spotlight on Children’s Mental Health’ sent out on Parenthub. As always, if we can support or help in any way, do not hesitate to get in touch.
In other news, it was lovely to see so many parents and carers come to our family reading event in Early Years to celebrate National Storytelling Week; thank you for your support! The author that the children in Esk and Nidd are learning about is Julia Donaldson. As part of this topic, we took Reception and Nursery to see The Smartest Giant in Town at the Grand Opera House in York yesterday. What a fantastic opportunity this was, the children absolutely loved it!! Thank you to Miss Gill for organising this wonderful event and to all the staff for their support. Finally, a very special THANK YOU to the parents and carers who volunteered to attend to support the trip as well; without your help we could not run trips like this!
We are also delighted to announce that we will be launching our new pre-school ‘Stay and Play’ sessions in the school hall after half-term on a Wednesday morning following school drop-
off. The sessions will be full of toys, activities and play for you and your younger children to enjoy together, alongside Mrs Robertson and Miss Dickinson. Babes in arms are also welcome and the sessions will run until 10:00. There is no charge, there are refreshments and there is plenty of space to meet others and let your children play! We hope to see you there!
In order to help keep everyone safe at the beginning and the end of the day, can we also politely remind all of our parents and carers to drive and park around the school site with care and consideration. Please can space be kept around the school gate. On occasion, we also need to allow access to coaches; we will always notify you on Parenthub if this is the case. Finally, there are a number of things on the newsletter further down for your information, including how to purchase Leeds Rhinos tickets for the game on the 2nd March.
Have a great weekend and see you next week! Mr Greene
Attendance:
Update
Our school target is 97%
This week our attendance was 95%
Nidd – 92%
Aire – 97%
Ouse – 95%
Derwent –96%
Foss – 95%
Calder – 95%
Humber – 93%
Dates for your diary:
| Friday 14th February 2025 | 3.15pm School closes for half-term break. |
| Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February 2025 | Half-Term – School Closed |
| Monday 24th February 2025 | Back to school |
| Wednesday 26th February 2025 | National Coal Mining Museum Trip – Years 3 / 4 / 5 |
| Friday 28th February 2025 | Team Ouse Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Monday 3rd March 2025 | Team Foss Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Friday 7th March 2025 | Team Derwent Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Friday 14th March 2025 | Teams Esk and Nidd Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Tuesday 18th March 2025 | BB Celebration of Learning Event (Spring Term)
15:30 – 16:30. Ahead of our parent consultations next week, please join us after school to come and see your child’s learning in their classroom. |
| Friday 21st March 2025 | Red Nose Day – non uniform – donations can be made on Parent Pay. There will also be a competition if children want to dress up as their favourite hero.
There will be a prize for the winner from each key stage |
| Team Calder Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
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| Monday 24th March – Thursday 27th March 2025 | Parent Consultation Meetings – online all week – dates for each class teacher to follow. |
| Thursday 27th March 2025 | Team Aire Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| Friday 28th March 2025 | School Closed for a training day |
| Monday 31st March 2025 | Easter Service 2pm in Church |
| Friday 4th April 2025 | Team Humber Sharing Assembly 2.45pm.
Parents/carers, please join us and find out what the children have been learning. |
| 3.15pm Break up for Easter | |
| Monday 7th April 2025 to Monday 21st April 2025 | Easter Holidays – School Closed |
| Tuesday 22nd April 2025 | Back to School |
Safeguarding thought of the week.
This week we have attached a poster which contains really useful tips to keeping your children safe online. As our children grow up in an increasingly digital world, they are more exposed to online platforms, which have become a common means of communication. While these can offer opportunities for socialising and collaboration, there are also risks involved, particularly for young children in primary school. It’s important for us, as educators and parents, to be aware of these risks and take steps to protect our children.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS 2024/2025
There are still places available on the after school clubs
Please ensure you pre-book school lunches and breakfast club on Parentpay 48 hours in advance of the day required
