Weekly Newsletter

Headteacher - Mr R Beevers

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Miss L Whale

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Mr K Reynolds

Dear parents and carers,

Thank you for such a warm welcome to Larks Hill. It has been wonderful getting to meet the children who have accepted me into school so politely. This week has been busy and exciting for many reasons both in and out of school.

On Tuesday, we welcomed Ping Pong Pete from Table Tennis England into school who held table tennis taster sessions with KS2 Children. They all had great fun learning new skills.

On Wednesday, EYFS went on an educational visit to The Deep in Hull. This trip complimented the learning that has been taking place over the last term and, whilst there, the children were able to impress with their knowledge and understanding.

In Year 5 and Year 6, pupils were given the exciting opportunity of visiting the Alhambra Theatre to see the production of The Boy at the Back of the Class – one of their canon texts from this year. Both children and adults were awestruck by the performance of this powerfully moving story and despite triumphantly completing their SATs papers last week, our Year 6 pupils continue to work hard on their writing over the coming weeks.

This week, Year 1 & 2 pupils have produced wonderful Tinga Tinga artwork inspired by the book, ‘The Hunter’. The children used pointillism, which they practiced in their art books before their final pieces were painted onto tiles.

EYFS have been patiently waiting for the butterflies to emerge from their cocoons. This week, they have finally made their way out and the children were delighted to see them released into the wild.

We were pleased to see so many parents & carers attending this week's reading mornings. Your support in attending these sessions is so beneficial to students progress in reading and always greatly appreciated.

Online Safety

It's a question that so many parents struggle with, balancing the positives, the negatives, the need, cost and so much more. The problem with such a question is that there is no one-size-fits-all answer.

Darren Laur has written a really useful article for parents, within the article he uses the acronym PREPARED which takes away the complexity and allows parents to make decisions based on their own circumstances.:

P - Purpose.

R - Responsibility.

E - Empathy and respect.
P - Perception of risk.
A - Adaptability and resilience.
R - Regulation.
E - Executive functioning.
D - Digital discernment.

The article is a really good read.

Is Your Child P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D. For Their First Cellphone?

Elijah - EYFS

Olivia - Year 1

Esme- Year 2

Robyn - Year 3

Ollie - Year 4

Eddie - Year 5

Sophie - Year 6

Albert - Year 2

For beautiful Tinga Tinga style artwork.

Archie - Year 5

For considered answers during thoughtful discussions.

Olivia T - Year 3

For outstanding writing at home.

Oakley - EYFS

For impressive knowledge about the ocean.

Arnie - Year 4

Olivia T - Year 3

Harry - Year 3

Charlie - Year 4

Monday, 1st June - Back to School

Thursday, 4th June - Larks Hill's Got Talent Auditions

Monday, 8th June - Class Photos with Tempest Photography

Wednesday, 10th June - Gardening Club & Eco Team Trip to 3 Springs Nature Reserve

Friday, 12th June - UKS2 Victorian Day

On Thursday, 4th June we will be holding auditions for Larks Hills got talent.

Auditions will be taking place throughout the school day in individual classrooms and teachers will choose 2 acts from each class to go through to the final which will be held on Monday, 22nd June.

2 finalists will then be selected to go through to the grand final - PAT’s Got Talent held on Thursday, 16th July at Production Park, South Kirkby.

We invite all students to audition and spend some time over the holidays to practice and perfect their acts.

This week's CATs Spotlight goes to Sonny H - Year 4

Sonny approached his parents a couple of months ago saying he wanted to do something for charity. After some thought, Sonny decided that he would like run 5k for The National Autistic Society in April, for Autism Awareness Month. Sonny has never been too keen on running but he worked hard and showed great determination and went on to raise a whopping £600 for the charity and more importantly raised more awareness of Autism.

Well done Sonny!

Thank you once again for a fantastic first week. Have a restful half-term break and we look forward to seeing you back on Monday 1st June.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Beevers

Next week we will be on Week 2 of the Summer menu.

Families are invited to The Hepworth Wakefield to enjoy creative workshops, trails and activities every day during the school holidays Sat 23rd - Sun 31st May.

Family activities are FREE with an exhibition ticket. Entry to the exhibitions is FREE for under 18s/Wakefield residents and members.

For anyone that lives outside the Wakefield District and are visiting with under 18s, you can use discount code FAMILY50 for 50% off. Book online or in person (valid Sat 23rd - Sun 31st May). Full price entry to the exhibitions is £13/£11.

Due to a recent increase in demand for our Wraparound After School club, we have taken the decision to increase our capacity from 15 to 18 children per day. We hope this will help out those families that need childcare either on a regular or ad hoc basis.

If you haven’t used our Wraparound After School Club before, please drop in to the office to sign the agreement form.

The Club runs from 3.15pm-5.45pm Monday-Thursday and costs £12 per session (or £10 each for siblings).

Children can take part in games, activities, crafts and more! We also offer a selection of snacks and light bites for them to enjoy.

From next week we will also be launching our new Friday offer! Friday club will run as the rest of the week but at a discounted price of £8 for the full session, or £5 for a 4.30pm pick-up. This could be an opportunity for parents to get ready for the weekend, do some shopping or run any errands that need doing without the children there.

Places should be booked on MCAS by Friday of the preceding week, please give us a call if you need to book after this deadline and we will see what we can do.