Newsletters

Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas break and are ready for the spring term. The children have settled back really well into school life and I know that many parents preferred finishing term slightly later and having more time together after Christmas.

At the moment we are deciding which of our outdoor projects we will complete over half term. Thanks to your generous support we are starting to put our exciting outdoor plans into action! This is why we would love three individuals to agree to take on the roles of Chair, Treasurer and Secretary asap. A letter will be going out next week to explain the expectations of these roles as our current committee are formally resigning. It would be really disappointing to put improvement plans on hold due to not having a committee. Unfortunately, although we continue to have volunteers to help at each event, we will be unable to hold any further events this school year if we have no one in these formal positions to work alongside our volunteers. Please do look out for the letter explaining more about the committee roles and contact the school if you feel able to become either Chair, Treasurer or Secretary. 

Sweets and chocolate

Our ‘New year-new you’ assembly and this term’s PSHE theme encourages everyone to develop a healthier lifestyle. This includes emphasising the importance of nutrition, mental well-being and physical exercise. Please can I remind all parents that children are not allowed to bring chocolate or sweets into school as part of their packed lunch. Small amounts of calorie dense sugary food (such as cereal bars) are permissible. However, as I’m sure you are aware, food served in schools must meet strict school food standards and we have a duty to replicate these standards with children who choose to have a packed lunch. If you would like to know more about how our school meals meet the school food standards, please contact Craig Robinson, our catering manager. If you would like your child to move onto school dinners, please contact our admin team.

Have a lovely weekend.

Rachel Colbourn

This week, across the whole school, the children took part in a Dementia Friends workshop.  The workshops followed on from a whole school assembly delivered by Catherine Birkby before Christmas so that the children had some prior knowledge about dementia.  During the workshops, the children found out about how dementia affects a person and how they can help someone they know with dementia to create a culture of kindness and understanding. For example, being patient in a shop queue, or spending time with them.

Happy Hepworth Day!

On Thursday 10 January, we celebrated Hepworth House Day in honour of Barbara Hepworth’s birthday.  All the children in Hepworth House were invited to wear their house t-shirts for the day.  Dame Barbara Hepworth was a British sculptor, who was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1903. She was a leading figure in the international art scene throughout a career spanning five decades and was made a Dame in 1965.  Some of her works of art on display throughout Yorkshire, most notably in the Hepworth Museum, Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Our team captains Ben and Charlie delivered a super presentation at our whole school assembly and Hepworth children had the chance to earn DOUBLE house points for the day!

New Chef Manager

School caterers Harrison Catering Services are pleased to introduce our new chef manager, Phil Madden who has joined us at the start of January.

Phil comes with a wealth of experience in both hotels and restaurants as well as being the demonstration chef for Morrisons supermarket and the head chef at Yorkshire Television in Leeds.

Phil lives locally and is a Leeds United supporter!

Welcome Phil, we look forward to your delicious lunches.

Other Catering news …

We have listened to the children in food council and have changed some of the dishes in the menu- be sure to have a look at the Spring 2019 menus on the website.

We will be hosting another parent taster session soon, so come along and try samples from the menu.

Next week the children will be deciding which special themed day we are going to host- "A Taste of Italy" or " A Festival of Football".

Watch out for our invite to come and have a school lunch with us ...

Glass jars.....

Please could you save your glass jars for Reception class who will be able to make good use of them.

Thank you.

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