This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post, we hope you have had a fabulous week.  There has been so much learning going on around school, it has been a joy to walk around and see what our children have been working on.  Mrs Wierzbianski and Miss Spence had the pleasure of chatting with some of our children who had been chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday this morning.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share a lovely treat, talk about the things they have learned and find out what their favourite part of the week has been.  

Covid-19

We are looking closely at the current situation across school with the number of positive cases, we will update our families as soon as we have clear and up to date guidance for you. Thank you for your continued support.

At the moment, if your child has any symptoms, please do not send them to school.  Do a lateral flow test and if positive, book or order a PCR test.  Symptoms are:  a new continuous cough, a high temperature, a loss of taste or smell.  
Symptoms for the Omicron variant also include a runny nose and congestion, tiredness and a cough or sore throat, similar to a cold, headache and stomach ache.   If you or your child have these symptoms, please do a lateral flow test to check whether you or your child are infected so we can limit the spread of the virus.  Please keep us informed if your child is ill so we can record absences.  Thank you.  

Jigsaw/PSHE – Dreams and Goals

On Monday, Mrs Wierzbianski gave an assembly which introduced this half term’s Jigsaw (PSHE) theme.  Our children and staff will be focusing on Dreams and Goals.  Everyone was asked to think about one thing about themselves that they are proud of and then asked to think of a goal for the year ahead.  We talked about how sometimes it might be difficult to stick to your goal because it was unrealistic in the first place so we decided we would think about making it achievable.  During their work in PSHE sessions in class, our children will be sharing these goals and dreams and helping each other with ways in which we can successfully achieve them.

Parent Forum
Our next Parent Forum will take place on Thursday 27th January at 9am in school where we will be sharing our MIND mental health and well-being action plan which the last group helped to create.  There will be tea, coffee and cake so feel free to come and join us.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and that you enjoy some fresh air and hopefully some good weather!  We will see you all bright and early on Monday morning.

Skills Builder Home Task

For this week’s home task linked to our Careers Related Learning skill of Listening, we would like you to do the following:
Think of someone in your family who has a talent that you admire.
It could be that they are great at baking delicious cakes, or they seem to have green fingers and their plants always grow really well.  They may know lots of card tricks or they have fun ideas of things to do on rainy days.
Ask them to help you learn something they know – to share their talent with you.
Listen carefully as they explain and ask questions to help you understand more.

Parent Forum Date

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.

January 27th

March 4th

May 5th

School Dinner Prices

Please be aware that from the 1st of January the cost of a school dinner will be £1.95 which is 5 pence more per day. Thank you.

Uniform

Please remember to send your child in the correct uniform as there have been a few instances of inappropriate footwear and earrings.  The uniform list can be found on the following link to our website:

Uniform list

Pride Awards

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

Succeed together

Nursery

Hudson

For developing his confidence and continuing to build relationships with his peers.

River

For having a fantastic first week and a positive attitude towards her learning.

Reception

Willow

For writing some fantastic sentences about Stick Man.

Arlo

For applying his new Maths skills around the classroom.  Well done Arlo!

Year 1

Lily

For always trying her best with all of her work.

Boston

For always listening and working well with others during our group work.

Year 2

Melissa

Not giving up on her work, even when she its tricky.

Ruby

For working well with others, well done Ruby.

Year 3/4A

Aoife

For putting everything into your learning.  Your character description is a perfect example of this.

Noah

Your positive and supportive attitude.  You have so much passion for learning- it’s great!  Keep it up!

Year 3/4NW

Alice

Perseverance with your Maths work on column addition

Jack B

 Fabulous teamwork in our French lessons. 

Year 5

Lewis

Superb work in Maths, working on factors and multiples.

Karter

Excellent group work and discussion about our book Wuthering Heights.

Year 6

Ruby

For their work in Maths this week where the focus was simplifying fractions.  Both Ruby and Jessica have impressed us with their ‘can do’ attitudes!

Jessica

For their work in Maths this week where the focus was simplifying fractions.  Both Ruby and Jessica have impressed us with their ‘can do’ attitudes!

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post; what a week it has been!  It has been wonderful to see so many parents and carers attending our Christmas events – thank you for doing so in such a way that has kept our school community safe.

The Nativity, which was held on Monday and Tuesday, was incredibly special.  All the staff and visitors were impressed at how well each child delivered their lines and how beautifully they all sang – it was impossible not to have those toes tapping!
Our KS2 Carol Service on Wednesday was a delight too.  Rev. Mary Winters joined us and talked to the pupils about gratitude and how we should be thankful for what we have. The children excelled themselves singing in all of our chosen songs and performing sign language in our rendition of Little Donkey. On Wednesday, school looked even more festive as we came in our Christmas jumpers – there were so many different designs and it brought a smile to everyone’s faces!  Our wonderful kitchen team prepared and served a delicious Christmas dinner complete with crackers on the tables and singing of Christmas songs; it was wonderful to see our pupils and staff enjoying themselves so much.

Remembering Justin Bowman
During our concerts this week, a collection box was available as many parents had asked if they could make a donation towards a memoriam for Justin Bowman who sadly died recently.  The donations will be used for a bench in school in consultation with Justin’s family.  Thank you to all those who have made a donation.  If anyone would still like to make a donation, they can do so via our school office.

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post!  As we approach Christmas, we seem to be getting busier and busier; there is definitely a festive buzz as you walk around school.  Our Christmas Tree is now up in the hall and has been decorated with twinkling lights and beautiful baubles – you could say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Y3/4 trip
Yesterday, Years 3 and 4 had a trip to the National Science and Media Museum to support their learning in Science.  They took part in a workshop which investigated sound and had a great time looking round the rest of the museum.  We are so lucky to have such a magnificent museum on our doorstep.  

Learning across school

Mrs Wierzbianski was able to spend time in each of our classes this week to speak to pupils about their learning and to see first hand what they were doing.  In Nursery, they were feeling and looking very festive with lots of different tasks such as creating Christmas cards, dressing up in festive costumes and role-playing.  They were also accessing other areas of continuous provision such as the water tray where the boys were telling Mrs Wierzbianski all about blue whales and other things you might find in cold places.

In Reception, the pupils were writing letters to Father Christmas which they are going to post next week.  Miss Carter was impressed with the quality of independent writing and how well the children are using their phonic knowledge.

In KS1, Year 1 were busy with a whole class phonics session where they were practising the ‘ear’ sound (trigraph) and their handwriting.  Fred was certainly challenging them to some tricky words!

In Year 2, the pupils were busy practising their 2-digit number recognition and working together to partition.  Each partnership showed how well they could succeed together which is one of our Co-op Ways of Being.

This week

Miss Connors began the week delivering an assembly which focused one the this year’s theme ‘One Kind Word’.  She began by asking our pupils what kindness means to them and there were lots of good ideas from them.  Miss Connors then showed images of reminders of how to be kind and asked how we would put this into action across our school.

Times Tables of the Week
This week, KS2 have been reciting their 8x tables again so they can become more confident with this knowledge.  We have added a ‘bop’ to ensure we all stay together as we call them out.  In KS1, the pupils have been counting forwards in 2s from 20.  

Learning across KS1 this week:
In Year 1, they have been adding and subtracting within 10 and finding a total.  The pupils worked together as a whole class and then worked independently on these calculations. 

This week

It has been a very cold start to the week and to this half term, we hope you all had a restful October break!

Parents Evening

You should have had your parents’ evening letter this week, this year parents’ evening will take place on Monday the 29th November. Monday night will be for face to face appointments. You can opt for a telephone call instead which will mean the teacher will call you during that week after school. Please choose one option if possible. You can note down any preference of days or times that are convenient to you on your letter. Please return your slip by November 15th so we can then allocate appointments.

Only people who are attending face to face appointments on Monday will get a letter with a time slot. Phone calls will be made when possible over the next 4 days.

Miss Moncaster

We are sad to say that Miss Moncaster will be leaving us at Christmas. We know that this will be a big change for both your children and yourselves and we will keep you updated with who will be teaching in Year one in the Spring term. We wish Miss Moncaster all the best. 

Bonfire night / weekend

As it is Bonfire Night tonight we hope whatever you are getting up to this evening and over the weekend you have a good time, and most of all that everyone stays safe. We will see you all back Monday for another fabulous week of learning!

Ingleborough

On Wednesday our adventurers in Year 6 set off on their residential to Ingleborough Hall- they had a great time and have gained alot of independence and team building skills. Thank you to our staff who went along with them and gave up their time to be there. We are sure they will have alot to tell you this weekend!

Take a look at the gallery below

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post.  We have had another busy week, our pupils have been impressing Miss Connors with their knowledge as she has been visiting classes.  This week’s Hot Chocolate Friday was fabulous as our pupils love coming and talking about what they have enjoyed most about the week and get to enjoy delicious drinks and biscuits!

Parents’ Evening
Parents’ Evening will take place next half term, we are going to hold a consultation with you to see how you would like these to take place e.g. in person or a phone call so please watch out for that information in the near future on our Facebook page.

What have we been learning this week?
In Nursery, they have been learning about autumn, collecting pumpkins, creating their own pumpkins with orange playdough, collecting sticks and leaf printing. 

In Reception, they have been making story maps of the Rainbow Fish book and creating repeating patterns. 

Year 1 have been learning all about maps and keys in their quest to find Beegu which we can now announce has been found safe and well – we are all incredibly relieved!  They have also been labelling parts of the body.  Year 2 have been learning about Henry VIII and his wives as well as reading the book The Lonely Beast.  

Years 3 and 4 have been learning about the rainforest and can wow you with facts all about it. 

Year 5 have had a fabulous week developing their scientific enquiry skills. They have been learning all about living things and their habitats so they decided to see if they could spot patterns in data, looking at whether there was a correlation between animal size and life expectancy. Guess what? Normally, the larger the animal, the longer it lives, except for turtles which can live up to 150 years! 

Finally, in Year 6, they have been closely observing mouldy bread (yes, you heard that correctly, observing mouldy bread) as part of their science work where they were focusing on fungi and its importance in our world.
We hope you have an amazing weekend and we will see you bright and early on Monday morning to begin our final week of this half term.

Clubs

Sports clubs for both Key stages, ND Dance and Drama continue as normal after half term.

Coding Club with Miss Connors will start on Monday the 8th of November (10 Places for Y4 and Y5).

Science Club has now finished and Christmas Craft will start on Tuesdays after half term (10 Places for Y5 and Y6).

Breakdancers have had a text about the next block of lessons, please let us know if you do or don’t want your place. Each childs parent/carer on the list has recieved a text. The cost for the next block will be £18 due on or before the 22nd October. Thank you.