Low Ash Primary

Thank you for your support in what has been yet another busy and rather hot week.

Despite the warm weather, there have been a number of trips -Fountains Abbey and the School Linking for Year 3, a musical experience for some children in Year 5 and a number of sporting events.

On Wednesday 1st July, children will be spending time with their new teacher and in their new classrooms. At the end of the day, please can you pick up from your child's new classroom (please see below). You will have the chance to pop in and have a chat with their new teacher should you wish. Please see below for further details. There will be staff in the playground to help if needed. Earlier today, we informed the children who their new teacher would be.

Years 1 - 6 will be holding their annual Curriculum evenings for parents in September where you can find out more about your child's curriculum for the year, chat to their teacher and ask any questions you might have. We will of course remind you nearer the time, but please put the date in your diaries now.

Tuesday 8th September - Years 1 and 2

Wednesday 9th September - Years 5 and 6

Thursday 10th September - Years 3 and 4

All sessions will take place in your child's new classroom from 5.30pm. Due to space constraints, we ask that the sessions are for parents and carers only.

The summer term is a very busy one! We have listed many of the important dates below. Some dates will be added over the forthcoming weeks as final things are confirmed so please keep your eyes peeled!

Wednesday 1st July - Meet your new teacher day in school

Thursday 2nd July - Reception Base 2 trip

Friday 3rd July- 2E class trip

Monday 6th July - 2P class trip

Monday 6th July - Year 6 only - family breakfast

Wednesday 8th July - Reception Base 1 trip - new date

Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th July - Year 6 residential

Thursday 9th July - Reception to Year 5 summer discos

Friday 10th July - School reports sent home

Week beginning 13th July - Healthy Schools/Sports Week

Tuesday 14th July - SEND and Inclusion parents event from 9.30

Wednesday 15th July (after school) - School summer fair

Thursday 16th July - Year 6 leavers' disco

Sports day dates:

Tuesday 14th July - Reception - 9.15-10.30

Wednesday 15th July - Nursery AM and Nursery All Day - 9.00-10.15

Wednesday 15th July - Y3 & Y4 - 10.30-12.00

Wednesday 15th July - Nursery PM and Nursery All Day - 2.00-3.15

Thursday 16th July - Y5 & Y6 - 9.15-10.45

Thursday 16th July - Y1 & Y2 - 1.45-3.15

Y6 Show

Tuesday 14th July - 10.00-11.00

Tuesday 14th July - 6.00-7.00

Wednesday 15th July - 9.30-10.30

Monday 20th July (pm) - Year 6 leavers' assembly

Monday 20th July - School finishes for summer

Well done to the 361 children who have had 100% attendance this week.

This week's school attendance is 93.5%

This year's attendance to date is 95.3%.

Early Years/ KS1 classes of the week is Reception Base 1 with 98.3% attendance.

KS2 class of the week is 3B with a fantastic 97.7% attendance!

Some Year 5 children attended "Come and play with the Halle" yesterday at St George's Hall. Despite the heat, the children had an absolutely fantastic experience listening to a professional orchestra play live. They also had the chance to demonstrate their newly learned ukulele skills and join in with some singing. They were all so enthusiastic and Mrs Scaife was incredibly proud of them all.

On Saturday a number of staff and family members survived the challenge - it was fun but surprisingly hard! The money raised will go towards our new 'Scrap Shed' which will enhance our outdoor play provision even further

Please look out for the next fundraising event involving all pupils during Sports/Healthy Schools week.

Cross-country

A massive well done to all of our cross-country runners who did amazing in the heat. Special mentions to Milo who came joint 1st and Savannah, Harlan and Ethan all claiming second place. Well done to everyone.

Football

It was an extremely hot schools World Cup finals yesterday at Goals Bradford.

These boys were outstanding once again, winning their group and qualified for the knock out stages. Unfortunately they just missed out, being knocked out in the semi finals, but finished 3rd overall. These boys only lost 1 game the whole tournament - an amazing effort - they should be extremely proud of themselves. This was one of the best football tournaments we have attended, all games competitive, but played in great spirit.

As mentioned in last week's newsletter, the Government has announced a package of online safety measures that go well beyond a social media ban. Here’s what we know, what’s still to be confirmed and what families can do in the meantime. A reminder that all of our guides can be found on the online safety page of the website.

Online Safety | Low Ash Primary School

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday when the weather is predicted to become a little cooler.