School News & Events

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…
 
Forest School 
The next forest school session will be for Palm Class next Friday 2^nd October
-Forest Schol Kit.pdf- 

TTRS/Numbots
As a school we have access to the online platforms of TTRS (Times Table Rockstars) and NumBots. These are fun game-style platforms to support the children practise their maths foundational facts. Children from year 1 upwards have a login created for them by school and we send these home so that the children can access as part of their home learning. There is further guidance on the website class pages for which platform to use with each year group and some information around which facts we are wanting to build. We will be sending home letters tonight (Friday) with your child's login details. If you have any questions, please speak to your child's class teacher. 

Reading Journals
We loved using our reading journals to use across the school last year. Our reading journals are for us to record any or all of our reading adventures in. We can write or draw, add photos, pictures of books, make recommendations, ask questions and share any reading adventures from home or school. These books can be added to at any time, can children please bring them to school each day.

They are very much a journal for the children but feel free to add to it any reading adventures that you have shared together at home. We always love to read a recommendation.

We would like these books to become something that children treasure and develop throughout the school year. There isn’t a ‘right way’ of recording in your journal and each child will want to make their books their own. We will share inspiration, thoughts and ideas with the children in school to help them get their journals started. We ask that you encourage them to look after their book just as they do the reading books themselves.

During class reading times and in Reading Buddies we will have opportunities to share our reading journals with others and look at recommendations, reviews and things the children would like to share.

If you have any questions about reading journals or reading please do ask.

 
School Homework Update - New Approaches & Parent Workshops
 
We have reviewed our approach to homework and made some key improvements following feedback from parents.
We want to ensure you have all the information, tools, and confidence you need to support your child’s learning journey at home.
 
What is Changing?
We are introducing an exciting new approach to two core areas:
Spelling Homework: Refreshed strategies to help children learn and retain spelling patterns more effectively.
Maths Fluency Homework: Fun, engaging, and consistent ways to build quick recall of core maths facts.
 
Upcoming Parent & Child Workshops
To make this transition as smooth as possible, we invite you and your child to join us for a series of hands-on workshops throughout October and November. During these sessions, we will:

• Explain the reasoning behind our new approaches.
• Create resources together that you can take home and use straight away.
• Model activities so you can see exactly how they look in practice.

 
Specific dates and times for each year group will be shared soon, please look out for these. We look forward to working in partnership with you to give our children the best possible support!


Spotlights from Learning…

Acorn Class
This week we have read and enjoyed our first learning to read books of the school year, it has been great fun! Thank you to everyone who attended the Reading Meeting at the start of the week, information packs will come home with all EYFS and Year 1 children on Friday.
We have been exploring the history of transport this week, thinking about how transport has change over the years, this is something you could chat about at home. I wonder if anyone at home can share with you some information about what transport was like when they were your age? We have all been collecting words this week to describe the sneaky, mischievous fox in our story of Rosie's Walk, we are going to use them in our own storytelling. Year 1 have begun to think about our wonderful world in our RE and World Views work and we have been exploring different objects and the materials that they are made from in our Science explorations. We are of course really excited for our first Forest School session of the school year, which I know that you will hear all about!
 
Oak Class
This week, we have been brilliant artists in Oak Class! We have been learning how to add texture to our observational drawings to bring them to life. We have loved experimenting with oil pastels, exploring how to blend colours together and creating interesting textures. We were even given the opportunity to create our own observational drawings of harvest vegetables before adding colour and texture. Can you tell your grown-ups about the different techniques you can use to add texture to your artwork?
 
Palm Class
We had a super exciting start to our week when our science lesson became hands on. After our electricity hunt last week and considering what electricity is for, we all got the chance to make our own circuits. The children were amazed to see how a simple circuit worked and enjoyed building their own simple circuits with light bulbs and buzzers! I just know they are going to love this unit of work. I wonder if they can name all the parts in their circuit? 
 
Cedar Class
Class Collective Worship
 
Each week one of our Collective Worship sessions takes place in class with a focus on something in the news. Attached is a take home that you might like to think about and share with your child at home.
 -Take Home 25th Sept.pdf-  

Messages from the school office:

Bus Booking Form W/C Monday 28^th September 2026.
Please note this form needs to be submitted by Monday 28^th September - 9.00am and we will no longer be accepting changes by phone or email.
 
KS2 After School Street Dance Club
We have places available for After School Street Dance Club hosted by LA Performance Academy! In each session, students will learn a variety of cool street dance moves and combine them to create fun, high-energy routines. It’s a fantastic way to stay active, build confidence, and enjoy dancing with friends in a relaxed, upbeat environment full of music and good vibes.
 
Parents book and pay for the After-School Street Dance Club directly through La Performance Academy via their online booking link. The club is charged at £30 per month.
https://la-performance-academy.classforkids.io/info/17 

  
Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates

Allergens in school, lunches and snacks

Just a reminder we have the following allergens in school and ask that these are not sent in in lunch boxes:
All nuts (including tree nuts), beans, lentils, chickpeas and peas (including pea protein, pea flour and pea fibre). Please support us to keep our school community safe by ensuring these products do not come into school and are not included in your child’s packed lunch or snack.

Please can all small fruit (grapes, strawberries etc) be chopped up into quarters in lunch boxes.








 


 
 
 














 -Nidderdale News.pdf-