We offer a FREE Breakfast Club for all children at Beckfoot Priestthorpe from 8:00am every morning. Children are able to access a healthy, nutritious breakfast before they start school.
Weekly Newsletter 25.04.2025
We hope our children and their families had a restful Easter break, we were delighted to welcome all our children and families back to school on Tuesday ready for the summer term. We have a busy one ahead so please take a look at the key dates below and add them to your diary.
Diary Dates
MAY
Monday 12th May – Thursday 15th May – Year 6 SATS week
*NEW* Tuesday 20th May – Year 6 Brownlee Mini Triathlon (more details to follow)
*NEW* Tuesday 20th May – Under 11’s Football Festival 4:00pm at Marley Stadium (more details to follow)
Thursday 22nd May – Early Years school trip to The Lancashire Village
Thursday 22nd May – Year 5 Class Assembly, 9:00am, parents, carers, families are welcome to join
*NEW* JUNE
Tuesday 3rd June – Class Photographs
Thursday 5th June – Fluoride Varnish Team visiting Early Years
Tuesday 10th June – Year 1 and 2 school trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Wednesday 11th June – Year 5 and 6 Tag Rugby Tournament (more details to follow)
Wednesday 18th June – Year 6 Fire Safety Talk
Thursday 19th June – Year 4 Class Assembly, all parents and families of children in Year 4 are welcome to attend
Friday 20th June – Seaside Lunch Menu (menu to follow shortly)
Friday 20th June – Year 6 Junior Warrior (more details to follow)
*NEW* JULY
Tuesday 1st July – Year 6 school trip to the University of Bradford introducing Shakespeare Event (more details to follow)
Thursday 3rd July – Year 5 school trip to the University of Bradford poetry performance (more details to follow)
Friday 4th July – FOPPS SUMMER FAIR FESTIVAL – all families welcome
Attendance
Our whole school attendance last week was 91.8%, our worst week so far this year for attendance. We have had an increase of unauthorised absences, please can we remind families that they must notify us with your child’s absence and the reason why.
Reception – 98.7%
Year 1 – 87.9%
Year 2 – 98.7%
Year 3 – 92.4%
Year 4 – 96.4%
Year 5 – 89%
Year 6 – 89.5%
Well done to Reception and Year 2 who both achieved our target of 97%.
Pride of Priestthorpe Awards
Reception – Louie and Lilah
Year 1 – Betsy B and Jaxson
Year 2 – Nikodem and Ava
Year 3 – Reenie and Max. O
Year 4 – Harper and Ollie. B
Year 5 – Alfie and Lucia
Year 6 – Ewan and Jack
Early Years
Early Years have been reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar and finding out about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Year 1
Year 1 have started their new History topic, ‘The Great Fire of London’. We looked at how the fire started and why it continued. We compared living conditions in 1666 to now.
Year 2
Year 2 have been on a plant hunt around the school grounds. We found so many different plants!
Year 3
In Maths, Year 3 have been consolidating column addition using regrouping.
Year 4
This week, Year 4 have been learning how to use personification in our writing to improve the description.
Year 5
Year 5 have been working hard on their arithmetic skills in maths this week. We have been looking at addition and subtraction and how we might use these operations to solve word problems. The children have used concrete maths resources to understand how addition and subtraction works before moving on to perfecting their use of the column method. We will be moving on to multiplication and division in the coming days.
Year 6
SATS revision has been the priority for Year 6 this week. On Friday they helped each other by completing peer marking of a short-burst write. They have been working very hard all week in preparation for their SATS.
Important learning information
We use a range of Learning Apps in school, which can also be accessed at home. Please use the links below to practice key skills.
Times Table Rockstars is an award-winning maths learning platform where children can practice their times tables like a rock star! Certificates can be achieved every Thursday for the children who have made the most progress in terms of the biggest increase in accuracy that week. We also run in school competitions.
Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars
Accelerated Reader will allow children to read a book and then take an online quiz to test their knowledge and understanding of the text, and receive immediate feedback. Students respond to regular feedback and are motivated to improve their reading skills.
Spelling Shed uses the science of spelling to teach it to pupils. Using phonics as a base and drawing upon proven approaches such as teaching morphology, etymology, and orthographic mapping, as well as teaching spelling patterns. Children are set new activities on here each week.
