Welcome to this week's Parkland Post!  We hope you have been enjoying the sunshine; it really helps to get you smiling, even if it has been a bit chilly in the mornings!  I was lucky enough to be able to visit our Year 6 pupils on their residential at Buckden House yesterday - they have been having such an amazing time.  I got to spend time with a group doing their problem solving activities which challenged them in lots of different ways and encouraged some fabulous teamwork.  I wanted to thank all of our staff who accompanied the children for the three days:  Miss Tindall; Ms Pascoe; Mrs Shirra (who even celebrated her birthday there); Mr Watson and a special mention to Mrs Denby who organised and cooked for everyone throughout.  Without you all, the residential wouldn't be able to go ahead - we are so grateful that you were able to be there for our pupils; thank you.

Welcome to this week's fun-filled Parkland Post and what a week it has been!  We have had a brilliant day today raising money for Comic Relief - we all wore something red or non-uniform and did something funny for money!  Our Parkland's Got Talent showcased just how incredibly talented our children are with a wide variety of singing, dancing, telling of jokes, ball skills and so much more!  The audience really enjoyed watching and being part of the show and our Year 6 panel of judges were amazing (watch out Simon Cowell).

Welcome to this week's Parkland Post, we have had so many things going on this week that we are glad for the weekend to finally arrive so we can all recharge for next week! We have had lots of visitors in our academy this week who have said our pupils are incredibly polite, always had a smile on their faces and held doors open for others - they really do embody our Ways of Being.     

Welcome to this week's Parkland Post!  Everyone has made a fabulous return to school this week and we have loved hearing all about what you got up to during the holidays. We have seen the sun a lot more and it has been a delight to be out on the school gate welcoming families each day - it always makes me smile seeing our children race down the school path to get into class in the mornings.  As the weather improves, we are beginning to think about spring and how we will be able to start developing our Remembrance Garden - keep your eyes peeled for information about a Community Day where we will be asking for help with our digging and planting.  

Welcome to our final Parkland Post of the spring half term.  I have been reflecting on all of the fabulous things we have done and achieved since January and I'm not surprised that everyone is ready for a week off!  We have had some wonderful family events such as the Year 6 sewing afternoon yesterday, our BIG Family Breakfast, the KS1 Maths Family workshops, Spelling Bee, GoIT event, Roman Day in Y4, the football tournament at Co-op Academy Priesthorpe and so many more pupil experiences!  In this morning's Celebration Assembly, I was thrilled with the number of Silver and Gold certificates I gave out - I especially loved that one pupil said they had never received a silver award before!  Let's keep going with our push on increased attendance.

A big warm welcome to this week's Parkland Post.  It has been Children's Mental Health Week this week and we came together as an academy on Tuesday to take part in the Great Big Live Assembly.  It was great to hear so many ways that our children can help to look after their mental wellbeing and the presenters shared some lovely things we could do if someone was feeling low.  Time to Talk Day was held yesterday and there are some details below of what we got up to.