Weekly Newsletter

Headteacher - Mrs K Adams

Assistant Headteacher - Miss H Howard

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Miss L Whale

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had an extremely busy week in school this week and the children have thoroughly enjoyed everything that we have done. It has been wonderful to receive so much positive feedback from you – thank you for your warmth and kindness.

On Sunday, our Head Boy and Head Girl took part in the Remembrance Parade in Pontefract where they laid a wreath at the Cenotaph along with many other schools and members of our community. We were proud and honoured that they were able to take part.

On Monday, we celebrated Diwali – the Hindu Festival of Lights. We held an assembly, and the children were reminded of the purpose of the festival. Each class spent a session with a dance teacher and learned a special Hindu dance. There was immense fun and giggling in the school hall and the dancing was a joy to see. In addition, our youngest children spent the morning with Classroom Kitchen and made delicious vegetable samosas. What a wonderful day to celebrate this fantastic festival and for the children to learn about different cultures.

On Thursday, as part of Anti-Bullying Week, we all wore odd socks to celebrate uniqueness and promote kindness. As you can imagine, there were some wonderful socks on display! Each class spent time discussing bullying and how to be kind to others.

This morning in our assembly, it was amazing to see such a sea of colour as the children came dressed in bright clothes or spots for Children In Need. Thank you to all who gave £1 and who sent children with copper coins to stick on our large-scale Pudsey Bear. As you can see, he is full to the brim. All proceeds will be sent to Children In Need to support this wonderful charity.

Some children across school have also risen to various challenges over the course of the last few weeks to raise funds individually. Once all funds have been collected, we will confirm how much we have all raised.

Some of our students were involved in creating a wreath for Pontefract Civic Society. I am sure you can all agree it looks fantastic!

This is a reminder that the classroom open doors event for parents to attend will take place next week as follows;

• Y1 & Y6 Classroom open doors - Monday 20th November 3:15pm – 3:45pm

• Y3 & Y5 Classroom open doors* - Tuesday 21st November 3:15pm – 3:45pm

• Y2 & Y4 Classroom open doors* - Thursday 23rd November 3:15pm – 3:45pm

Flu Immunisations will take place in school on Thursday 23rd November.

On Friday 24th November 2023 our Year 6 pupils have applied to become their favourite Larks Hill member of staff for the day.

Overall 97.1%

Reception 95%

Year 1 94.7%

Year 2 98.3%

Year 3 96.1%

Year 4 98.7%

Year 5 99.3%

Year 6 97.9%

Please contact the office if you need any clarification regarding dates.

Please do have a wonderful weekend and we shall see you back in school next week.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Adams