This week

Welcome to the final Parkland Post of this half term.  It has been an extremely busy week, our pupils have been taking part in RE Week where they have focused on a wide range of topics such as:  Precious Things, Special Days, Right and Wrong, Sacred Writing and Special People.  If you have a chance this weekend, ask them what they have been learning about.

Meet our Governors

This week and every week, we will be introducing you to one of our Governors.  We thought we would start with Emma Ainsworth who is our Chair of Governors – some of you may have seen her at the front of school on Wednesday doing a meet and greet in the wind!

Hi everyone! My name’s Emma Ainsworth and I’m the Chair of Governors here at Co-op Academy Parkland. I help to govern school and work really closely with Mrs Wierzbianski and Miss Connors to make sure we’re doing everything we can to make school a great place to learn. I also work at the Co-op in the Technology team supporting our Food, Funeralcare and Legal Services businesses to make sure we’re meeting customer’s needs every day. I’ve been Chair at Parkland since the start of the pandemic and I’m really looking forward to getting to spend more time meeting everyone now that restrictions allow. You’ll find me at the school gates on the mornings I’m in school and visiting classrooms during the day too. I love travel and have spent many a holiday having adventures around the world on our motorbikes. I’m a keen gardener, renovator and pet mum too. My fiancée and I have 2 cats called Eva and Jumble and a bernese mountain dog called Onyx who is training to be an emotional support dog. I love taking her for walks up into the hills near where we live and seeing how much joy she brings to people when they cuddle her. If you see me do come and have a chat, I’m always up for a natter

Express Yourself Day!

Today was all about expressing yourself and you certainly wowed us with your funky outfits and smiling faces! It is so important to remember that we are all unique and that’s what makes you so special.  Thanks to your generosity, we are able to donate to mind and we will let you know the final total asap. – thank you! 

We hope you enjoy the holidays and we will see you all bright and early on Monday 28th February.

World Book Day

This year is the 25th anniversary of World Book Day, and it falls on Thursday 3rd March.

World Book Day is a wonderful way for children to celebrate their love for reading. Every year, school gets involved by handing out World Book Day tokens, and the best part…encouraging everyone to dress up!

We will be having a book swap breakfast for parents and carers from 8am, you can come in and join us with your children and take books home with for you and your child keep.

If you have any donations of books we would love to accept them for our book swap!

We would encourage all children to dress up as a book character or in their pyjamas. Please bring the book your character is from if you can!

Coffee Morning- Jobs and Training

There will be a coffee morning in school 9am till 10.30am on Friday March the 4th. If you would like an informal chat with helpful professionals who can help you with getting into training or you need advice on benefits or employment this is for you. We hope you can come in and join us.

Parent Forum Dates

Thank you to those parents that attended our previous forum, it is important that we get your input and ideas for school.

If you can make the next one please join us for tea and cake and a good chat! Here are the dates for the rest of the year.

March 24th

May 5th

Pride Awards

Nursery

Addison

For showing determination and persistence when things get tricky.

Jessie Leigh

For being a great friend to all.

Reception

Blayd

 For using and applying his maths skills to solve problems around the classroom. 

Chloe P

 For always having a positive attitude to learning.

Year 1

Elaina

For challenging herself during provision by working on her handwriting and number formation

Indira

Always having a positive attitude and contributing to our lessons.

Year 2

Lola

Her home resesrach and extending her own knowledge on pirates.

Charlea

Always looking to improve her work by rehearsing important skills.

Year 3/4A

Thomas

For working hard on his persuasive letter to Monsieur Georges.  You tried to include the different features and developed a fantastic piece of writing.  

Daisy

For working hard in maths and showing great resilience to find a solution.

Year 3/4NW

William

Sharing wonderful ideas during group work this week

Lexi

Showing improvements in your writing. It is getting much more exciting to read

Year 5

Mckenzie

Showing great enthusiasm for learning about new ideas in RE and recalling new facts.

Ved

Sharing his knowledge and experiences of hinduism with us during RE week. Thank you!

Year 6

Lauren

For being yourself always and sharing her excellent sense of humour. 

Alex

For showing such a caring attitude to peers and adults. 

Parkland Panthers- Pupils who shone in their PE sessions this week

Year 1 – Jack John, Jaden & Lily

Year 2 – Fabien & Piper

Year 3/4A – Georgia & Kayla

Year 3/4NW – William, Kaja & Samuel

Year 6 – Lucy

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

Succeed together