Low Ash Primary

Thank you for your support in what has been another busy week! We've had trips, multiple sporting events, some transition activities for Year 6, school linking visits for our Year 3 and much more.

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!

Saturday 20th June - Staff fundraising event - 5km inflatable race

Monday 22nd June - Year 3 School Linking session 2

Tuesday 23rd June - New to Nursery parents' evening

Tuesday 23rd June - Non-uniform day for Dynamo (green) house

Wednesday 24th June - 3M school trip

Thursday 25th June - Reception Base 1 trip

Friday 26th June - 3B school trip

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 - Friday 10th July - Year 6 residential

Thursday 9th July - Nursery to Year 5 summer discos

Friday 10th July - School reports sent home

Week beginning 13th July - Healthy Schools/Sports Week

The Family breakfast with parents and carers scheduled for Tuesday 14th July is going to be

re-arranged due to a 'clash' of activities. Please keep your eyes peeled for further information.

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 409 children who have had 100% attendance this week.

This week's school attendance is: 97% - this is the highest we have had in a while. Well done all!

This year's attendance to date is 95.4%.

Early Years/ KS1 classes of the week is 1W with 99% attendance.

KS2 class of the week is 6LG with a fantastic 99.7% attendance!

Below are some recent attendance winners.

Year 1 had a fantastic visit to Harewood House! The children enjoyed learning about history, exploring the beautiful surroundings, and making lots of wonderful memories. The children definitely managed to tire the adults out - we're not quite sure who had more fun!

Today Year 3 took part in one of their school linking days. One class was visited by Dixons Marchbank Primary School and the other class visited their Primary School. The School Linking project is a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to meet pupils from a different part of Bradford. They had a wonderful day of Forest School activities.

At the end of last week a group of pupils went to Ilkley to receive some tennis coaching. It definitely wasn't 'tennis weather' but the pupils had lots of fun.

Tomorrow is the day! Staff from Low Ash will be taking part in their second fundraising challenge of the year - the UK's biggest 5K inflatable challenge. If anyone would like to support us, please click on the link below to donate. So far, we have raised just over half of our £1000 target.

Following this event, look out for further information about an event for pupils during Sports/Healthy Schools Week.

Money raised will be going towards a 'Scrap Shed' to enhance our outdoor play provision even further.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lowash2026?utm_medium=CF&utm_source=CL

As you probably know, most year groups took part in their half term's art or DT teaching last week as we choose to teach the subject as a block rather than weekly. Lots of fantastic work was produced but a special highlight was the Year 5 William Morris style relief printing. I'm sure you agree it looks very effective.

Last week may have been a relatively quiet one in the sporting calendar, but not this week!

Our under 11 cricket team competed in the West Yorkshire cricket finals. They did amazingly, scoring lots of runs, hitting lots of 6s and bowling lots of wickets. Then we had our under 11s football team competing in a 5vs5 at Marley stadium. The boys did a brilliant job, not losing a game in the group stage, winning a penalty shoot out in the semi final, but just coming up short in the final.

Well done also to the under 11s Girls football team, who took part in the 5vs5 Marley Tournament too They came joint second in the group stages, but unfortunately 'missed out' on goal difference.

Below, our Year 6 tennis players are also pictured. They won the tennis tournament run by The Sport Legacy Foundation which has run in school over the last 6 months targeting pupils in Y3,4 and 6. The sessions were delivered by a professional coach working on skills to improve their tennis ability.

Finally, a huge congratulations to Low Ash primary’s under 11s football team.

They took part in the World Cup tournament at Goals Bradford, finishing top of their group and qualifying for the finals. A special mention to the two year 4 boys in the squad who played brilliantly against players from two years above them.

It’s amazing that we can offer so many opportunities to children, having lots of fun and creating primary school memories.

We would also like to thank all the parents that helped with transport today. It's greatly appreciated.

As you will probably be aware, the Government has announced a package of online safety measures that go well beyond a social media ban. The website linked below outlines what we know, what’s still to be confirmed and what families can do in the meantime. This website is regularly updated so it well worth visiting frequently for updates.

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 (enjoy the football for those who watch it) and we will see you on Monday. Who knows, we might even get some good weather this weekend.