Weekly Newsletter

Headteacher - Mrs K Adams

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Miss L Whale

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Mr K Reynolds

Dear Parents/Carers,

This week has been extremely busy in school with many events taking place.

This week we welcomed parents and carers into school for our reading morning. This is always a nice experience for both the adults and the children to sit and read together in the school environment. Thank you for coming.

On Monday, West Yorkshire Police delivered a workshop to Year 6, raising awareness of the seriousness of Knife Crime. The session covered some of the most recent cases in our region, outlined the risks, the law and potential consequences.

On Tuesday, EYFS visited The Deep in Hull. They had an amazing time learning about our oceans and marine life.

This week our gardening club held their first plant sale and raised £77.00. Thank to you those who came and bought something from us. We are reinvesting the money straight back into the club for future purchases.

The Junior Leadership Team also held their first Bring and Buy sale. We raised £53.00 from the sale. All funds will be spent on resources and equipment for playtimes. We are hoping to do another sale at the Summer Fair. If you have any quality items that you no longer need, please bring them into school and we will happily sell them on for you.

Mrs Taylor recently launched a Cooking Competition for one pupil to be selected to spend the day in a professional kitchen in Leeds. Five dishes were blind selected this week. After the half term, the pupils will each prepare their dishes and a different panel will taste them to choose the final winner. Thank you to all those pupils who took the time to create an entry dish and well done to these selected five pupils:

Leo D – Y3, Harry B – Y4, Arthur T – Y5, Grace H – Y5, Fraser Mc – Y6

This week I have been blown away for the written achievement from two of our pupils.

Lucy (Y1), wrote a wonderful story about a giraffe. The story was written beautifully with accurately used punctuation and sentences full of content. The story is very worthy of sharing. Well done Lucy!

Jude (Y3), has been learning about rivers in class. He was so interested in the ‘Worlds Rivers’, that his ‘Deepen the moment’ research, led him to writing a full page of interesting facts, again very worthy of sharing. Well done to both pupils.

Monday, 2nd June • After School Wraparound Service Commences

Tuesday, 3rd June • Year 4 Multiplication Check

Friday, 6th June • LHGT Auditions

Monday, 9th June • Round 2 - Cooking Competition

Monday, 9th June • Class Photographs with Tempest Photography

Tuesday, 10th June • Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

Wednesday, 11th - Friday, 15th June • Year 6 Residential

Auditions for our annual "Larks Hill's Got Talent" competition will be taking place on Friday, 6th June.

Children across all year groups are invited to audition and they can spend some time over the holidays thinking about what talents they would like to showcase.

The Finals will be held on Wednesday, 25th June - 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Families are invited to The Hepworth Wakefield to enjoy Garden Play, creative workshops, trails and activities everyday during the school holidays Sat 24th May - Sun 1st June.

Family activities are FREE with an exhibition ticket. Entry to the exhibitions is FREE for under 18s/Wakefield residents and members. If you live outside the Wakefield District and are visiting with under 18s, you can use discount code FAMILY50 for 50% off entry.

Book online or in person (valid Sat 24th May - Sun 1st June). Full price entry to the exhibitions is £13/£11.

Ruby - Year 1

Seth - Year 2

Iyin - Year 3

Molly - Year 4

Dan - Year 5

Fraser - Year 6

Lucy D (Y1) – For writing an exceptional story about a giraffe. The story was accurately punctuated and was full of content. Well done Lucy!

Terence S (Y5) – For having a great attitude to learning this week and trying hard in all areas. Well done Terence!

George - Year 6

Heather - Year 4

Riley - Year 4

Spencer - Year 3

The dinner menu when we return after half term will be week 2 from the new Summer menu

On a final note, yesterday was Mrs Penty’s last day with us for a while. As many will know, Mrs Penty is expecting her second baby which is due in the next few weeks. We wish Mrs Penty and her family a very happy maternity leave and hope that she will come in to see us with baby very soon. Mrs Thorley will take up the job share position with Miss Whale in Year 5 after the half term.

I hope that everyone has a really enjoyable half term holiday. Please stay safe and we will see you from Monday 2nd June for the final term of the year!

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Adams