Welcome to the first Parkland Post of the Summer term!  We hope you had a restful Easter break and that the lighter mornings and evenings are lifting spirits.  We’ve had such a busy week back and have welcomed some new members to our team.

Eco Conference

Eco Warriors gave a presentation of what we have done so far in our academy and what we are hoping to achieve over the year at Parkland and in our local community.

There was a presentation from Don Mitie about vertical wall gardens and their benefits for biodiversity and personal wellbeing.  The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) told us about a new project that will be launched in September, we took part in one of their activities and provided feedback.  The activity was called ‘What am I?’ Which you can see in the photos below.  

After a delicious lunch (Jack loved the chips), a company called ‘fairandfunky’ showed us how to make a wallet out of a juice carton; we had lots of fun!  This was followed by multiple choice questions and a Q&A session.

Finally, they introduced ‘The Great Big Green Week’ which takes place from the 10th to the 18th June 2023.  They gave us some lovely ideas for what we can do e.g. to work outdoors during lesson time and to take photos of any species we might see on the school grounds and where they found them.  

They had a busy day and loved every minute of it!  Thank you to Mrs Clegg and Mrs Lee-Winter for accompanying the children for the day.

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post, we have had a week full of sporting events with an OAA competition and a football tournament alongside our usual weekly offer of PE and the Daily Mile.  Phew, I’m exhausted just writing about it!

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post. It has been a busy and exciting week this week celebrating all things Fairtrade, World Book Day and hosting our Family Breakfast. As always, the children have made us extremely proud with their hard work and enthusiasm.

World Book Day and Family Breakfast

We had a fantastic day for World Book Day and the staff and pupils made a wonderful effort with their costumes. Thank you also to all of the people who attended Family Breakfast on Thursday morning, it was lovely to share breakfast with so many of you.

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post, we have had yet another busy week where our children have impressed us with their knowledge.  Year 5 have been planning an investigation into thermal insulators and conductors.  Year 1 have been working on ways to save our planet and have written a letter to persuade me to lead an assembly on it with their help.  

Roman Day

Years 3 and 4 were joined by a visitor yesterday who helped them to learn all about the life of the Romans.  They learnt about inventions such as roads, hypocausts, aqueducts and sewers and were able to handle artefacts – the oil burner being a particularly interesting item.

Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post.  It has been a very busy week for our children, they have been sharing their learning with Mrs Wierzbianski who has been impressed with the quick recall of key knowledge.  She has also been excited to read Year 6’s writing about Antarctic animals which will be displayed on the wall outside their classroom from next week.  We will share photographs of their work in next week’s Parkland Post so keep your eyes peeled!

Co-op Academies Trust Football Tournament

Year 4 and 5 pupils attended a football tournament hosted by Co-op Academy Priesthorpe this week and returned with ENORMOUS smiles on their faces as they were awarded Gold for 1st place!  Our teams displayed one of our Ways of Being (Succeed Together) by communicating effectively, playing fairly and creating opportunities on the pitch during each match.  We are so proud of their achievements and would like to thank our hosts for their hard work organising and running the event.

Welcome to the first Parkland Post of 2023!  We hope you have had a relaxing Christmas and New Year and that you are all ready for what is going to be a fantastic year.  Our children returned after the break with lots of stories to share and have been ready to learn.  We were visited by Mr Featherstone, one of our Governors this week who had the chance to meet lots of you on the school gate at the end of the day on Thursday.   

Home-School Agreement

Our new home school agreement will be sent to each family next week for you to read, sign and return to school.  Research has consistently shown that active parental interest makes a great deal of difference to how well children do at school.  You can help more effectively if you know what our academy is trying to achieve and what you can do to offer support.  Every home-school agreement which is returned by Friday 13th January will be entered into a prize draw to win a hamper containing food and drink.  The draw will take place in next Friday’s celebration assembly from 2:45pm.