Weekly Newsletter

Headteacher - Mr J Parkinson

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Miss L Whale

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Mr K Reynolds

Dear Parents and Carers,

Although this has been a slightly shorter week following the Bank Holiday, it has still been a very positive and productive one across school.

On Thursday, due to the hall being used as a polling station for the District Council elections, pupils enjoyed a picnic lunch out on the field, bringing along blankets and teddies. Thankfully, the weather held out, and it was a lovely experience for all involved.

Children may sometimes hear or see distressing events through conversations, the news or online. It is important that they feel supported and able to talk about what they have seen or heard.

The article below offers helpful advice on how to have calm, reassuring conversations with children and support their understanding of difficult events.

Read more here:
https://theconversation.com/how-to-talk-to-children-when-terrorist-attacks-and-violence-dominate-the-news-281879

Sophie - EYFS

Jenson B-R - Year 2

Rory P - Year 2

Olivia T - Year 3

Arthur - Year 4

Josiah - Year 5

Seb - Year 6

Thomas W - Year 4

For great English work creating poetic devices!

Iyin - Year 4

For great work in English!

Arthur - Year 4

For excellent English work using extended noun phrases!

Isabelle - Year 4

For a great report on Vivienne Westwood.

Harry - Year 3

Jacob- Year 3

Leo - Year 4

Evie - Year 6

Monday, 11th - Thursday 14th May - Year 6 SAT's Week

Friday 15th May - Year 6 Celebration Afternoon

Monday 18th May - EYFS Reading Morning - 8.30am - 9am

Monday 18th May - Year 6 Residential Meeting to Parents - 5pm - 5.30pm

Tuesday 19th & Wednesday, 20th May - Year 1 Balanceability

Tuesday, 19th May - Year 5 & 6 Reading Morning - 8.30am - 9am

Wednesday 20th May - Year 3 & 4 Reading Morning - 8.30am - 9am

Wednesday 20th May - EYFS Trip to The Deep

Wednesday 20th May - Year 5 & 6 Trip to Bradford Alhambra

Thursday 21st May - Year 3 & 4 Reading Morning - 8.30am - 9am

This week's CATS Spotlight goes to William Atkinson - Year 6

William competed in the YADAL (The Yorkshire and District Athletics League) to represent the Pontefract Athletics Club last weekend. This was his first time competing in this type of event, which took place in Cleckheaton. He took part in the Under 12 boys 200 meters, 800 meters and the Long Jump.

Well done William!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We wish our Year 6 pupils the very best of luck next week and look forward to another positive week ahead at Larks Hill.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Reynolds

Being a healthy school involves monitoring children’s packed lunches and breaktime snacks. Please support school by providing only healthy options for break snacks and limiting the quantity of sweets and chocolate bars brought in for lunchtime.

Please follow this link to the NHS website where you will find lots of useful information around snack choices for your children.

Healthier snacks - Food facts - Healthier Families - NHS

We appreciate your support with this

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

Please be aware some of these dates may change and more will be added to the list as the term progresses. Please check your MCAS messages regularly for more details on upcoming events.

We are pleased to be running a clothing collection to support The Clothing Bank and our local community in Pontefract.

We would be grateful for donations of clean, good-quality women’s, men’s and children’s clothing that you no longer need. All items should be bagged and can be brought to the school office or taken directly into your child’s classroom.

Donations will be accepted throughout this half term and next half term. Your generosity will help support families within our local area, and we thank you in advance for your continued support

Please follow this link if you would like to find out more about The Clothing Bank. https://theclothingbank.org.uk/mission/

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.