🌲 Year 5’s First Residential at Blackhills! 🌲
Our Year 5 pupils kicked off the year with an exciting and adventurous residential trip to Blackhills! From den building and fire lighting to woodland walks, pupils had the chance to explore nature, challenge themselves, and make lasting memories with their classmates.
Thank you to Mrs Cutting for organising such a brilliant trip and and a huge thank you to her, Mrs Moate and Mrs Jones for generously offering their time and staying overnight!
We’re so proud of how well Year 5 represented our school — what a fantastic start to the year!
🍎 Polite Reminder – Healthy Snacks at breaktime 🍎
Children in Early Years, Year 1 and Year 2 have a snack provided at break time. If other children would like to bring a snack for break time, some great options include fruit, vegetable sticks, or plain rice cakes. No sweets, chocolate, or crisps, please. Please note we are NUT FREE school.
Diary Dates
September
Wednesday 24 September, 5:00pm – “Early reading meeting” for Early Years and Key Stage 1 – see Class Dojo for details
October
*NEW* Saturday 4th October, 12:00pm – “Let’s tidy the school field” – see Class Dojo for details
Monday 6 October – Year 6 Bonfire Talk in school
Thursday 9 October – Year 4 school trip to Cartwright Hall “Turner Prize Workshop” – more details to follow
Monday 13 October – “Bradford and The Museum of Untold Stories” session for Year 1 in school
Tuesday 14 October – Tuesday 21 October, 3:05pm – Scholastic Book Fair visits school
Wednesday 15 October – Harvest Assembly – more details to follow
Thursday 16 October, 3:05pm – 4:30pm – “Book Look” – come and see all the wonderful work your children have been doing
Monday 20 October – Year 3 and Year 4 “Swing Low, Big Sing” event at St George’s hall – more details to follow
Tuesday 21 October – Reception to Year 6 Flu Vaccinations – more details to follow
Wednesday 22 October – Early Years school trip to The Little Lancashire Village – see email for details
*NEW* Wednesday 22 October, 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Year 6 SATS and Robinwood meeting
Friday 24 October – FOPPS Fundraiser, “Break the Rules Day” – more details to follow
November
Thursday 6 November – Year 3 school trip to Nell Bank – see email for details
Tuesday 11 November – Year 2 school trip to Cliffe Castle – see email for details
Wednesday 12 November – Year 4 to Leeds City Museum – see email for details
Monday 17 November, 3:20pm – 5:30pm – Parents’ Evening – details on how to book will follow soon
Wednesday 19 November, 3:30pm – 6:30pm – Parents’ Evening – details on how to book will follow soon
Friday 21 November – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR DATA DAY
Attendance
Our whole school attendance last week was 95.6%, nearer to our target then last week.
Reception – 87.9%
Year 1 – 100%
Year 2 – 88.7%
Year 3 – 98.6%
Year 4 – 97.4%
Year 5 – 93.3%
Year 6 – 95.6%
Pride of Priestthorpe
Well done to the following children who received our Pride of Priestthorpe award this week
Early Years – Lujayn and Oren
Year 1 – Freddie and George
Year 2 – Mia and Emmert
Year 3 – Emily H and Eve
Year 4 – Noah and Freddie
Year 5 – All the class
Year 6 – Alice and Ethan
Early Years
Early Years have been reading and retelling Goldilocks and the three bears
Year 1
Year 1 have been comparing numbers this week using our maths resources, and ordering them using numicon!
Year 2
Year 2 have been producing fantastic maps in Art.
Year 3
In Art, Year 3 collaged their rubbings to create a flower picture.
Year 4
This week, Year 4 have been learning about working collaboratively. We each folded our pieces of paper into three parts and drew the head of a monster. We then passed our monster around the classroom for someone else to draw the body and then the legs. None of us could see what the other people had drawn! These are the end results!
Year 5
Year 5 playing glockenspiel and learning ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’.
Year 6
In English, Year 6 have been writing about the Egyption Cinderella and producing images of her in Art.
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.
