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 09.05.2025
The 80th anniversary of VE Day was marked on Thursday 8th May 2025 – signaling eight decades since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Children celebrated with a special assembly and a 2 minute silence at 12:00pm.
Diary Dates
MAY
Monday 12th May – Thursday 15th May – Year 6 SATS week
Tuesday 20th May – Year 6 Brownlee Mini Triathlon (more details to follow)
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
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* Friday 27th June – FOPPS non uniform – Bring a bottle of chocolate for the tombola at the Summer Fair Festival
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 96.7%
Reception – 100%
Year 1 – 93.3%
Year 2 – 95.4%
Year 3 – 98.7%
Year 4 – 99.3%
Year 5 – 93.6%
Year 6 – 99.4%
Congratulations to Reception with 100% attendance and a fantastic effort from Years 3, 4 and 6,
Pride of Priestthorpe Awards
Reception – Erin and Elliott
Year 1 – Kitty and Keisha
Year 2 – Adeline and Mila
Year 3 – Kayan and Jessica
Year 4 – Olivia and Cooper
Year 5 – Hubert and Flynn
Year 6 – Abbie and Louis
Early Years
Early Years have been finding out about Minibeasts and went on a Minibeast hunt.
Year 1
Year 1 have been using Scratch Jr to code and make the sprite move with their command. They used a start block, move blocks and an end block to create the algorithm. They also changed the backgrounds and experimented with different sprites.
Year 2
Year 2 have been doing observational drawing in art. We were using different teddies to look at and draw.
Year 3
Year 3 have been looking at translucent and opaque materials this week in Design Technology.
Year 4
Preparing for their biscuit making unit, Year 4 did a taste test on a variety of different biscuits.
Year 5
Year 5 have started their PE unit on basketball. We have played a game to remind ourselves of previous learning whilst going through the rules and watching some skills videos. This week we started building our skills around dribbling the ball in a controlled manner. The children practised bouncing height, hand positions and speed as they tried to control the ball in one continuous movement. Next, they practised swapping between their right and left hands whilst keeping control.
Year 6
In English, Year 6 are producing short burst writing rather than longer pieces of writing. This week they wrote a short diary entry from the perspective of a classroom object. They had to imagine what it would feel like to be that object, and what things happen to that object from time to time and turn it into a ‘day in the life of’. This example is written from the perspective of a rubber.
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.
