The last message of 2021 comes from Miss Hague, the Head of School…
So here we are at the end of a long term. As always, our children have shown themselves to be resilient (one of our Rs for learning!) and happy and healthy learners. Standing at the gate each morning and being greeted by lots of smiling faces is a lovely way to start the day – whatever the weather throws our way!
Autumn term is always a special time in school as we welcome new families to our school community. Our Nursery and Reception children have once again settled so well despite having some restrictions around their transition. Thanks to all our families for working with us on this.
This term, we’ve managed to run several school trips – something we haven’t been able to do for quite a while. Our Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed a day at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park whilst the rest of the school went to Leeds Art Gallery. Getting on a coach is always exciting, especially if it’s your first school trip.
In exciting news, we’ve trained up two of our Teaching Assistants to be swimming teachers. This means that early in the Spring term (possibly week two), we’ll be able to get our Reception and KS1 children back in our own pool! We’ve really struggled to recruit swimming teachers so this is amazing news. Details will follow after Christmas. Our Year 4 children will swim for another half term at Wetherby Leisure Centre and then we’ll swap to the Year 3 children.
I promise I didn’t have a crystal ball when I made the difficult decision to move our KS1 and Early Years Nativity plays to a recorded version! I, like you, had never heard of Omicron at that point. Yet here we are with the Covid gift that keeps on giving! Seriously, I hope the recorded version of these little treasures added some sparkle and shine to your Christmas. I certainly enjoyed watching them.
As things continue to change around us, here’s to a brighter 2022.
From Miss Hague and me, and from all the staff at Scholes (Elmet) Primary: have a happy and healthy Christmas break.