Friday 12th June 2026
What a busy week we’ve had at Brotherton and Byram Academy! Yesterday, we didn’t let the rain dampen our spirits or stop us enjoying our Sports Day Practice session! Our Sports Coach, Miss Dye, set up the hall for us to be able to go ahead with part of our practice plans, which allowed the children to still have a go at the sports carousel activities that they will take part in on the playground next week. The children worked in their teams, in smaller groups, and they loved having a go! Thank you for sending children in their kits and we are really excited to celebrate Sports Day next Thursday 18th June together. Please see the separate communication from the school office, or ask your class teacher for full details and we hope you are able to join us (fingers crossed for a drier week!).
In other news, Mrs Sadullah organised and ran online video calls to our partner school in Spain this week! Pupils in Teams Humber, Calder and Foss all got to speak to their peers in Spain and they enjoyed practising using their Spanish skills with others. We were really impressed with how they represented the school and how well they got involved! Many thanks to Mrs Sadullah for setting this up and for developing the partner relationships with our friends in Spain. More calls take place next week for other classes across school. Meanwhile, across school Marley and Blake have been busy putting up the winning pupil mental health posters and attending our latest EBOR Academy Pupil Parliament meeting. They are now planning more opportunities outdoors for children to get healthy and active, so watch this space!
Also, this Wednesday Team Esk and Team Nidd had some very special, creepy-crawly visitors as part of their topic this term! Children got the opportunity to meet and hold some wonderful insects and bugs from ‘Project Wild’, including Giant African snails and a tarantula! Wow!
Finally, if you are on our school volunteer list and you would like to help us at our upcoming Summer Fair on Monday 6th July, we’d love to hear from you! Please speak to Mrs Gibb in the office if you would be interested in helping us set up (from 14:00) and/or run a stall/game at the event (from 15:15). All help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your continued support and have a great weekend, Mr Greene
Attendance
Update
Our school target is 97%
This week our attendance was : 93%
Nidd – 95%
Aire – 93%
Ouse – 94%
Derwent – 93%
Foss – 94%
Calder – 96%
Humber – 89%
School lunches and breakfast club must be booked and paid for on Arbor. Bookings should be made and paid for at least 24 hours in advance of the day required.
Dates for your diary:
| Thursday 18th June 2026 | Sports Day!
Parents/carers, please join us if you can to see your child take part in carousel activities on the playground and then track races on the field Morning Session 9:15am – 11:30am – Infant Event – Teams Esk, Nidd, Aire and Ouse Afternoon Session 1pm – 3.15pm – Junior Event – Teams Derwent, Foss, Calder and Humber |
| W.C 22nd June 2026 | Diversity Week |
| Monday 22nd June 2026 | Class Photographs and Year 6 Portraits |
| Wednesday 24th June 2026 | Y3 and Y4 Musical Showcase 2.45pm.
Parents/Carers, please join us for a spectacular performance! |
| Monday 29th June 2026 | Y5 and Y6 Production – time to be confirmed
Parents/Carers, please join us for a spectacular performance! |
| Tuesday 30th JUne 2026 | Y6 Transition day at De Lacy Academy |
| Wednesday 1st July 2026 and Thursday 2nd July 2026 | Y6 Transition day at Sherburn High School |
| Friday 3rd July 2026 | KS1 Trip to Cleethorpes |
| Monday 6th July 2026 | Summer Fair – from 3.15pm
Join us on the playground for fun, games and refreshments as we fundraise for the school. |
| Tuesday 7th July 2026 | Team Humber Graduation 9:15 am
Parents/Carers of pupils in Humber, please join us as we celebrate Team Humber’s Graduation event together. Refreshments to follow |
| Team Nidd: ‘Goodbye Early Years, Hello Key Stage 1’ Assembly 2.45pm
Parents/Carers of Nidd pupils, please join us in the hall for a short assembly celebrating your child’s time in EYFS and looking forward to being in Key Stage 1 |
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| Wednesday 8th July 2026 to
Friday 10th July 2026 |
Year 6 Residential to PGL – Newby Wiske |
| Friday 10th July 2026 | Pupil Reports Sent Home |
| Monday 13th July 2026 to
Thursday 16th July 2026 |
Transition Week
Reception pupils to Year 5 pupils |
| Friday 17th July 2026 | 3.15pm Break up for Summer |
