Friday 5th June 2026
Welcome back to school this week! We hope you had a lovely half-term break and enjoyed the sunny weather! We are now entering the final half-term of the year (doesn’t time fly?!) and we have lots to look forward to! Please see below for further information for some key events coming up. This term we have a number of trips taking place, as well as the Year 6 end of school Residential trip to Thirsk. We also have Sports Day on the 18th June and there will be a separate parent information letter coming out with everything you need to know. We are looking forward to sharing this event with you! We also have the Year 3 and 4 musical showcase, as well as the Year 5 and 6 production coming up later in the term. Furthermore, don’t forget to come down and join us on Monday 6th July at the end of the school day for our annual Summer Fair for fun and games!
We have had lots of wonderful learning across school this week. In Year 5, Team Calder have been working hard in Maths learning to find common denominators in fractions! In writing, they have been characterising direct speech and in Forest School they have been using tools to make duck whistles! They have had some amazing learning across the whole team this week! Well done! Meanwhile, in Year 4, Team Foss have completed their Science unit on Electricity now. They finished the unit by designing and making their own switches and testing them in simple circuits. Great work! We have also been blown away by the amazing work that our Year 6 young librarians have been doing at lunchtime running reading sessions for our youngest learners! Thank you team!
In their Writing lessons, the children in Team Humber have been creating their own poems based on work by the author of their class novel (The Final Year) – Matt Goodfellow. Miss Smyth shared some examples of their success with him on social media and they were delighted to receive very positive feedback from him this week! Well done Year 6!
Finally, can we please remind families and pupils not to come onto the school playground and premises too early in the day. Many of our Year 5 and 6 pupils make their own way to school but please remember that the doors open between 08:35-08:45, so they don’t need to be on site too early.
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 : 92%
Nidd – 92%
Aire – 91%
Ouse – 95%
Derwent – 88%
Foss – 98%
Calder – 90%
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:
| Tuesday 9th June 2026 | Reception New Starters Meeting – 4pm
Parents/carers of children in Team Esk, who will be starting school in Reception in September 2026, are warmly invited to join the EYFS staff team for a short presentation in the school hall, followed by a tour of the EYFS unit. We encourage all families of our new starters to attend to hear an overview of what to expect in Reception next year. |
| Thursday 11th June 2026 | Practice Sports Day – Please send your child to school in their PE Kit – wearing an item with their team colour
(No parents to spectate today) |
| 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! |
