Welcome back – we hope everyone enjoyed a lovely half term! It has been a great start to the new half term, and we’re looking forward to the second autumn term, with lots of exciting activities and festivities ahead.
This week, we’ve been celebrating Diwali in our art lessons, creating clay candle holders and beautiful wreaths. Wishing all our families who are celebrating this weekend a very Happy Diwali!
A little update from FOPPS! Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in our Break the Rules Day, together, we raised an fantastic £222!
Christmas Stalls – Children’s stalls!
This year, we would absolutely love to have some children running their own stalls at our Christmas Fair. If your child is interested in having a stall, please email [email protected] letting us know what they would like to sell. Stalls will be free. We think this would be a lovely opportunity for the children to get creative and be involved in our festive celebrations.
Christmas designs coming soon!
Your child’s Christmas designs will be coming home next week for your to purchase items. There will be a tight deadline for these, so please could we ask you to check your child’s bag every day to make sure nothing gets missed. We will also send out a reminder via ClassDojo. If they arrive today, we will send them home today, so please check your child’s bag.
Volunteers – We NEED you!
Our Christmas Fair wouldn’t be possible without the support of our wonderful volunteers. We are always looking for extra pairs of hands to help make our events a success. Whether you can spare an hour, help set up, run a stall or support with tidying up, every little bit of help is hugely appreciated.
If you are able to volunteer at this year’s Christmas Fair, please speak to Jennie, Karen, Laura, Leoni in the playground or get in touch via [email protected].
Christmas Raffle tickets!
Our Christmas raffle tickets will also be coming home with your child today!
If you would like more tickets, these will be available from the school office. Please return all completed raffle ticket stubs and money to the school office. If you have any unwanted tickets, please return these to the school office too, so they can be redistributed.
Thank you, as always, for supporting FOPPS and helping us raise funds for our wonderful school. Every penny makes a difference!
Individual School Photographs
Your child should have brought home a QR code to view and order their individual school photographs. Please check your child’s school bag.
Parents’ Evening – Thursday 19 November
Bookings are now open! We expect 100% attendance, so please ensure you book your appointment as soon as possible. During the evening, you will also have the opportunity to look through your child’s books and celebrate their learning and progress. There will also be an opportunity to speak with Christina, our LSC, the Mental Health Support Team and the Family Hub to find out more about the support and services available to families.
November Trips – Payments Due
Please ensure all payments for trips taking place in November are made promptly via ParentPay.
Lunchtime Payments – ParentPay
Please check your ParentPay account and settle any outstanding lunch arrears as soon as possible. If you feel your child may be entitled to free school meals, then please complete this link with Bradford Council Free School Meals | Bradford Council
NOVEMBER
Sunday 8 November, 10:40am – Remembrance Parade in Bingley
Thursday 12 November – Year 5 Design and Technology day with Mr Hepp from Hepp DT Education
Monday 16 November – Wednesday 18 November – Year 6 Residential to Robinwood
Wednesday 18 November – Year 3 school trip to Nell Bank – See eschools and Class Dojo for more information
Thursday 19 November, 3:30pm – 8:00pm – Parents’ Evening – all parents/carers must attend
Friday 20 November – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR DATA DAY
Tuesday 24th November – Year 4 school trip to Leeds City Museum – details to follow shortly
Thursday 26 November – Year 4 Class Assembly, 9:00am – 9:30am – all Year 4 parents/carers are welcome to attend
December
Friday 4 December – FOPPS non uniform day for Christmas Fair – bring a bottle or chocolate bar
Monday 7 December AM – Children’s CPR session – more information to follow
Monday 7 December PM – Performance from Beckfoot Brass Band
Friday 11 December – FOPPS Christmas Fair at the Methodist Church
Tuesday 15 December – Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Party – more information to follow
Wednesday 16 December, 9:30am – 10:30am – Infants 1 and 2 Nativity Performance
Wednesday 16 December – Christmas Dinner Day! – more information to follow
Wednesday 16 December – Year 5 and Year 6 Christmas Party – more information to follow
Thursday 17 December, 5:30am – 6:30am – Infants 1 and 2 Nativity Performance
Thursday 17 December – Infants 1 Christmas Party – more information to follow
Friday 18 December – Infants 2 Christmas Party – more information to follow
Thank you to everyone for your commitment to attendance last half term — our whole school attendance was 94.5%
Infants 1 – 90.7%
Infants 2 – 96.2%
Year 3 – 93.6%
Year 4 – 97.3%
Year 5 – 96.7%
Year 6 – 93.9%
Well done to this week’s winners!
Infants 1 – Kayla and Bohdi
Infants 2 – Lilah and Elliott
Year 3 – Blake P and Benjamin
Year 4 – Ava and Jack. L
Year 5 – Raph and Ayden
Year 6 – Lola and Shane
Introducing our new Kindness Award, well done to this week’s winners!
Infants 1 – Charlie
Infants 2 – Siyana
Year 3 – Ada
Year 4 – Quinn. O
Year 5 – Aminah
Year 6 – Leon and Finley
Check Class Dojo, teachers will regularly share updates and photos from your child’s class. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see highlights of what’s been going on across the school.
We love seeing what our children are achieving beyond the school day! Whether it’s sporting success, music and dance achievements, community involvement, or personal milestones, it’s wonderful to celebrate the talents and efforts our pupils show outside of school. Please email [email protected] if you would like us to share anything on the
Our homework expectations, or ‘home learning’ as we prefer to call it, have been carefully planned to develop children’s foundational knowledge whilst not being too onerous for parents.
We have two learning platforms we use in school and the weekly expectations for home learning;
Read Write Inc. Phonics for Infants 1 and Infants
We use Read Write Inc as our Phonics Programme. Phonics helps children learn the sounds letters make, while Read Write Inc. teaches children to read and spell confidently through sounds, blending and practice.
Accelerated Reader Year 2 upwards
Once children have completed the Read Write Inc. phonics programme, they will have access to Accelerated reader. This is where children read books and then answer questions to check their understanding. Children choose books from their personal reading range in school and then read the book at home. They then take a quiz on what they have read, and when they pass the quiz they choose another book. Through reading and quizzing they are developing their word reading skills alongside an understanding of what they have read.
All children in school should read at least 3 times a week but daily would be even better!
Numbots and Times Table Rockstars
We use an online platform to help the children learn vital number facts whilst playing fun games. These number facts are the essential building blocks for their maths learning. To get the best out of Numbots or TTRS, we recommend that children play regularly for short bursts of time, aiming for 3 minutes, five times a week.
We recognise the need to support a balanced use of screen time, so there is a maximum time limit set of 15 minutes a day and a curfew of 7.30pm.
We really value your support with home learning, and it will have a huge impact on your child’s progress in school. Please help us to support your child by helping them to engage with their homework each week. A text will be sent home if your child has not met their weekly target so you can help them to stay on track.
