School News & Events

Weekly Update Thursday 28th^th November 2024
 
Our Vision

We believe that our children should have the aspiration and opportunity to ‘Live life in all its fullness’ and ‘Shine like stars in the sky’.
 
New this week…
 
Governor visits for Pupil Voice
Governors recently visited the school to talk to the children about their school experiences and found them very eager to tell us about how they enjoy their time at the school.  
They like coming to the school, enjoy learning together, reading the amazing range of books and having a wide selection of enrichment activities such as Forest School, cooking, sport and residentials. They said the teachers are welcoming and they feel safe at the school and know what good behaviour means. There are procedures in place should there be any concerns about behaviour. 
 
During the group discussions they took turns to listen to each other and demonstrated respect and kindness towards their peers. They think Kirkby Malzeard is a good school where everyone is equal, and their hard work is recognised.  he children spoke at length and all acknowledged the excellent pastoral support that the school offers and how they found their teachers most approachable in any situation. Mrs Martin was given considerable credit for the help she offers with problems and one-to-one support. Each child was genuinely proud to attend Kirkby Malzeard C of E Primary School.
 
Thank you from the governors to everyone who helps to make the school so good.
 
Patronal Festival – Saturday 30^th November 2024
The village church is celebrating their patronal festival at the Mechanics Institute this Saturday with stalls and refreshments.  Children from Kirkby Malzeard school will be singing a medley at 1130am, we look forward to seeing everyone there. We hope that Father Christmas might make an appearance as well.
 
Nativity
The children in Acorn and Oak are starting to think about their nativity.  We are learning songs and Makaton, we will shortly be thinking about parts we would like to play.  Families of children of Acorn and Oak class will be notified separately with information regarding their child’s role in the performance.  We look forward to seeing everybody on Thursday 12^th December.
 
Netball Super Cup
Payment for tickets and/or transport for the netball super cup visit in March next year have been loaded onto Parent Pay and are now due.  Thank you to those parents who have already made payment.
 
Theatre Visits
A massive thank you to all of you who have generously donated towards our upcoming theatre trips. Your support makes a world of difference, and we are thrilled to confirm that the trips will be going ahead as planned!

Reception, Year One and Year Two children are going to see ‘Mr Snow’ at Leeds Playhouse on Tuesday 3rd December during the afternoon, arriving back to school at around 4pm. Please see below the plan for the day.
Timings:
10.40am Brunch/Lunch (see below)
11:10am Depart school
12.20pm Arrive in Leeds and have bun and/or fruit snack at the theatre
1.00pm - Performance
3.50 - 4pm approx. arrival back at school at school
 
Children who have school lunch will have all food, drink and snacks provided for them.
Children who bring a lunch from home should bring a meal for mid-morning and then a snack and plastic bottle of water for the theatre. Staff will carry these.
 
Children should come in full uniform as normal on this day.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office.
 
Early Finish on the last day of term
A reminder that we finish at 2pm on the last day of school, Friday 20^th December for the Christmas holiday.
 
Class PE days
The days for PE this term for each class are as follows: 
Acorn - Wednesday
Oak - Tuesday
Palm - Tuesday
Cedar - Monday
 
Acorn class are to come in their PE kit. Oak, Palm and Cedar classes are to bring a kit with them for those days (they can be brought in earlier in the week and kept on their peg). 
 
Forest School Wednesday
This half term Palm will have their forest school sessions EVERY Wednesday. Children need to bring with them appropriate clothing and footwear to be outside all afternoon. They will need long trousers, water proofs and wellies. Please make sure that these items are named.
 
Forest School Friday
To support our Golden Thread further, Helen will be running a morning forest school session for each class on a Friday morning based around confident communication. Dates are as follows:
 
Friday 29^th November – Oak
Friday 6^th December – Palm
Friday 13^th December – Cedar

Children should come in comfy, warm clothes suitable for forest school. They will need long trousers, water proofs and wellies. Please send uniform in a bag for the afternoon session. 
 
Reminders…
 
Parent help - Postcards  
As part of Geography and helping the children understand place and locational knowledge could I ask that if any parents or relatives are visiting places of interest or travelling to other destinations on day trips or on holidays that they pick up a postcard. They can either send to school by post or send the postcard with their child on return to school. We can then, together as a class, find, locate and investigate locations around the world. I am sure they will be eager to learn about who has been where and this will enthuse and encourage them to further their skills in using world maps, atlases and globes. 
 
Enrichment Clubs
Mondays - Guitar/Rock Club
Tuesdays - Netball
Wednesdays - Kidslingo at lunch time
Thursdays - Football 
 
 
Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates…
None this week

 
News from the Wider Community…
 
Message from Friends
Help us spread some festive cheer and raise money for the school!
Please join us on Saturday 14th December in Ripon at 2.30 to have a go at busking, singing carols, all year groups, siblings and grown ups welcome, the more the merrier!
We are using songs the children are familiar with from school.
Please let us know if you can come so we can make sure we have enough music sheets to go round! RSVP on class WhatsApp groups or to the school office.
If anyone has questions or particular carol requests please speak to Rachael Tibbits
Many Thanks from Friends

Santa is Coming!
If you would like your children and their siblings to join in the Christmas fun (see poster below), please purchase tickets from one of your Friends reps.
ACORN  - Toni Brown / Laura Fieldsend
OAK-  Jo Hallam/ Toni Brown 
Palm- Mandy Michaelas/ Rachael Tibbits
CEDAR- Mandy Michaelas