This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post as we draw a close on this half term.  We have had a fabulous day celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – everyone looked magnificent in red, white and blue!

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post.  We started the week off with a bang with an author visit from Jenny York.  She led an assembly for the whole school where she read from some of her books and then did workshops all day with each year group.  They all had an amazing time and budding writers in Years 5 and 6 had an opportunity to have a discussion with her about how she became a published author, the skills she uses and the techniques she has developed when writing.

Parent Forum

We were joined this week by parents and our Vice Chair of Governors Ian Featherstone to chat about ideas for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, an update on a community garden project and even a sneak peek of our new library! 

It would be wonderful to see more parents coming to our next parent forum which will take place on 30.6.22 at 9am.

Coffee Morning – Monday 9 May

Join us for our Coffee Morning! We’ll have advice on benefits, jobs and training. Everyone’s welcome: Monday 9 May, 9am-10:30am

This week

Welcome to the final Parkland Post of spring!  It has been a very busy term, with lots of learning taking place.  Your children have worked their socks off and made the staff so proud.  We hope they enjoy a relaxing couple of weeks and that the weather allows for lots of fresh air and playing out.  I have been impressed with the way our children have been able to talk about the work they are doing in their classes – if you get a chance, ask them what they have learnt about this half term and what their favourite part of learning has been.  When we return, they will be beginning new units which your child’s class teachers will share with you at the start of the new term.   

When we return, we are going to have a big push towards much higher attendance and punctuality for the summer term.  Good attendance and punctuality are important for achieving success at school and are also important life skills.  Most importantly, our academy is a better place when everyone is in it.    
We hope you have a wonderful holiday and we will see you all bright and early on Monday 25th April!  

Skills Builder Task

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post.  Our children have been buzzing as the weather has been glorious allowing for the Daily Mile to be completed in the sunshine as well as taking part in our Big Wheel and Walk.  Don’t forget, this is running from 21st March until the 1st April and everyone who takes part either walking, cycling or scooting to school gets an extra workout before and after school and will receive a certificate for taking part.

Northern Ballet
Our KS2 children had the most amazing time with Edgar Lomas from Northern Ballet who came in yesterday to teach a ballet session with them.  Our pupils were amazed at the core strength needed in order to perform ballet and worked muscles that they had never used before!  Our thanks go to Miss Spence who organised the sessions, we hope to have Northern Ballet in again for further workshops.

Parents’ Evening
Our Parents’ Evenings will finally be able to take place in person!  They are to be held on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th May.  A separate letter will be sent home with your child/ren soon and if you could sign up for a slot by Monday 9th May that will give you more chance of being able to have the time/s that you would prefer.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend – the forecast says it’s going to be warm and sunny.  Don’t forget to put your clocks forward early Sunday morning – the lighter nights are coming!  We will see you bright and early on Monday morning.

Skills Builder Task

If anyone manages to take part, please take some photographs, send them to Facebook Messenger and we will add your child to our Skills Builder Wall of Fame and they will gain 5 Parkland Points!  You might even be able to make it a BBQ if the temperatures stay high.

Red Nose Day Generosity!

Thank you to everyone who participated in Red Nose Day Baking and gave a donation, together we raised £301!

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.

May 5th

Easter Competition

In addition to our Easter competition we will also be having an Easter raffle this year.

Tickets will be sold from the main office from Thursday the 31st of March.

All prize winners for the raffle and for the Easter competition will be announced on the last day of term in our assemblies

(assembly times to be confirmed).

Pride Awards

Nursery

Jessica

For using and talking through her experiences in her role play.

Kayleigh-Mae

For showing a great understanding of tallest and shortest in Maths this week.

Reception

Ebony

For being a great phonics partner! Well done Ebony.

Jessica

Working hard in her phonics sessions this week

Year 1

Kysen

For always wanting to join in and share his ideas in class.

Amelia

For always having a positive attitude and trying her best even when things are tricky. 

Year 2

Jacob D

Focusing on improving his learning and independence. Well done!

Benji

His fantastic effort in writing his diary entry this week in English. Well done!

Year 3/4A

Kayla

Trying really hard in the dance workshop.  I was so pleased to hear how enthusiastic you were and the effort that you put in.  Well done.

Neveah

Having a positive attitude and sharing your enthusiasm for life with everyone you meet.  You’re a wonderful person to be around.  Thank you.

Year 3/4NW

William

Improved focus in lessons. you are working much more independently and contributing more in class discussions.

Lexi

Always trying your best and working hard. You are fabulous example for the whole class.

Year 5

Mckenzie

Excellent spoken contributions to science and maths, and showing how much he really knows!

Hollie

Really embracing her maths tutoring and doing fantastically with division. Super star Hollie!

Year 6

Alfie MD

For always being you and working hard in every lesson.

Grace and Emily

For your excellent teamwork of finding areas of a triangle.

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

Year 1 – Bowie and Jude

Year 2 – Mason and Lola

Year 3/4 – Lia Rose and Olivia

Year 5 – Lyle and Alfie

Year 6 – Miley and Jenson

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

Succeed together

This week

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post.  We have had a fantastic week, especially as the weather is getting warmer and the mornings are getting lighter. 

Skills builder task

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