Low Ash Primary

We have had a another busy week at Low Ash with a range of school visits, sporting events, Children in Need and the school book fair. Thank you for supporting us in all of these events.

Well done to this week's Stars of the Week (pictured above) who have all had exceptionally good weeks.

The school calendar is constantly updated on the school website and can be found here Upcoming Events | Low Ash Primary School. You can also find the key dates overview calendar here Key-Dates-Overview-2024-25.pdf (lowash.bradford.sch.uk) We will update this each half term with any additional dates which might arise.

Monday 18th November - Year 6 Shipley library visit

Wednesday 27th November - 5B and 5E History trip

Thursday 28th November - Nursery school trip (morning nursery children and half of all day children)

Friday 29th November - 5W History trip

Friday 29th November - Christmas Fair

Tuesday 3rd December- 1P History trip

Thursday 5th December - Nursery school trip (afternoon nursery and half of all day children)

Tuesday 10th December - FOLA Christmas travelling gift shop (in school)

Tuesday 10th December at 2.15pm - Key Stage 1 nativity

Tuesday 10th December - 3B Geography Trip

Wednesday 11th December at 9.30am - Key Stage 1 nativity

Thursday 12th December at 2.15pm - Key Stage 1 nativity

Thursday 12th December - 3M Geography trip

Friday 13th December - 1B History trip

Friday 13th December - end of half -term 'show case' - You are invited into your child's class to look at their work with them

Friday 13th December - Low Ash Christmas jumper day

Tuesday 17th December - Year 5 Victorian Christmas

Thursday 19th December at 1.30pm - Early Years Christmas sing a long

Thursday 19th December (evening)- Carols by Candlelight

Friday 20th December - School breaks up for Christmas

As I said last week, for the first year, in quite some time, it is looking as though our attendance could fall below the national average. We continue to receive leave of absence of requests for prolonged periods which we cannot authorise.

This week's school attendance is 96.2%.

Whole school attendance so far this year is 95.7%

Early Years/Key Stage 1 class of the week is 1P with 99.7% attendance.

Key Stage 2 class of the week is 4BY with 98.6% attendance.

Once more, here is the link to the attendance page of the school website which has information on the Penalty Notice system. Ultimately, more than 2 penalty notices could result in the council taking you to court and a criminal record. We really do not want any of our families to have to go through this.

Attendance | Low Ash Primary School

Carols by Candlelight is being held on Thursday 19th December at 6pm at St. Cuthbert's Church. The school choir is quite small this year so we really need as many Key Stage 2 pupils to attend to join in with their class song and the singing! A ping will be sent home next week where you can indicate whether your child can attend.

The Christmas Fair is quickly approaching and will be held on Friday 29th November.

We really appreciate any donations of filled jars, chocolate, bottles, teddies & soft toys and tombola prizes. Please take donations to your child’s classroom or school office. Donations can be brought into school on the following dates Wednesday 20th & 27th November and Friday 15th & 22nd November Thank you for your support.

Year 6 had a great time visiting Murton Park this week exploring what life was like during World War Two.

This week Year 2 followed their instructional writing completed in English to safely use a sparkler. (The activity was fully risk assessed and led by our qualified Forest School practitioners).

Thank you for supporting our Children in Need day today.

Donations can still be made by following one of the links below;

https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=15192

https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/

We hope you agree that this is a very worthy cause and really hope you are able to support it.

It's been a busy sporting week at Low Ash! We have had 2 Panathlon teams competing, football and pickle ball too. Well done to all those who have represented school.

The deadline for choosing a primary school place is approaching fast but there are still a number of tours of the school for prospective parents and carers of pupils who will be starting school in 2025.

All tours will be led by a member of the school's leadership team and will last for approximately one hour. If you would like to book a spot on one of the tours, please contact the school office on 01274582927 or email on office@lowash.bradford.sch.uk.

If you can't attend any of the dates below, contact school and we will accommodate other dates and times.

Thursday 14th November - 10.30am

Thursday 21st November – 10.30am

Thursday 28th November – 2.00pm

Monday 2nd December – 9.30am