Scholes Gala 2019 - WUSU, Pop Choir and Skipping Crew
Scholes Gala was a rather wet affair this year but our children still did us proud. The WUSU dancers strutted their stuff, Pop Choir sang their hearts out and the skippers jumped with smiles on their faces! Well done and thank you to everyone who came to show their support.
We're good!
Following our Ofsted inspection (08, 09 May 2019), we’re really happy to tell you the inspectors rated us as ‘good‘ overall and ‘good’ in all areas. Read the report.
Highlights include:
- ‘Across the school, including in the early years, teaching is good. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.’
- ‘The staff team who, with governors, have high aspirations for the school, have created a happy and harmonious school community. The very caring and nurturing culture is underpinned by positive and respectful relationships.’
- ‘There is a strong culture of care. Pupils say they are well cared for and there is always someone to help if there are any problems. Pupils talk about ‘trusted adults’ who they can turn to if there are any difficulties.’
- ‘Staff enjoy good relationships with pupils. As a consequence, pupils’ behaviour for learning is strong and they try hard to meet their teachers’ expectations. This is demonstrated by the way pupils respond quickly to their teachers’ instructions. Pupils take pride in their work, settle quickly to tasks and are reflective in planning, revising and reviewing their work.’
- ‘Teachers use their subject knowledge to provide clear explanations to pupils. Teachers also use questioning well to check on pupils’ understanding and extend their thinking. They use open questioning well to check understanding.’
- ‘Well-understood classroom routines mean that classrooms are calm and orderly.’
- ‘Pupils know how to be successful learners, and this is reflected in their good engagement in lessons.’
- ‘Pupils behave well in classrooms and around the school. They move safely from room to room. They are happy to hold doors open and welcome visitors. They socialise well together, both in the dining room and outside.’
- ‘Pupils’ positive attitudes to learning and their good behaviour, along with their skills in reading, writing and mathematics, ensure that they are well prepared for the next stage of their education.’
- ‘Across the school, pupils are making good progress in a wide range of subjects.’
- ‘[In Early Years] Children make good progress across the setting to achieve well. Children behave well and they readily share resources and learning spaces so that their days in school are rarely interrupted. In a harmonious atmosphere, children learn and play well together. Their natural curiosity is harnessed effectively, which encourages continual learning.’
At Scholes (Elmet) Primary, we’re always keen to hear your views.
Please complete the survey – it’ll only take a few minutes or so.
We hope that you let us know any questions, comments and concerns (as well as causes for celebration!) whenever these crop up, but we like to gather the views more generally at the end of the year. We’re looking forward to reading your views.
Living and Learning - Money Matters themed week (raising money for charity)
The children were so excited to take part in the Five Star Sports challenge today; keeping active and raising money for our school charity (Cancer Research). They all took part in the challenges and supported each other amazingly. Try to get some sponsors and bring back forms after the half term break.
Annual survey of parents / carers
At Scholes (Elmet) Primary, we’re always keen to hear your views. We hope that you let us know any questions, comments and concerns (as well as causes for celebration!) whenever these crop up, but we like to gather the views more generally at the end of the year – we do this via the annual survey.
Please complete the survey – it’ll only take a few minutes or so. You’ve plenty of time to do this – the deadline is Monday 24 June 2019.
We can’t guarantee to meet the needs and wants of every parent / carer, but we do assure you that we consider all the points raise and aim to act on specific points that are raised by many, or a useful idea raised by just a few.
Last year, based on your feedback, for example, we changed how we update you about your child’s progress so that you get five updates over the year: a parent-teacher consultation in Autumn 1 and Spring 1; a Learning Update ‘mini-report’ in Autumn 2 and Spring 2; and a final end-of-year report in Summer 2.
We’re looking forward to reading your views.
Attendance matters
Here’s an update on the attendance of each class in school so far this school year. The overall school attendance is 96.2% – highlighted in green are all the classes with attendance above this average.
- F2L (Mrs Flynn’s class): 95.6%
- F2M (Mrs Palmer’s class): 96.1%
- 1K (Miss Parling’s class): 96.7%
- 1,2V (Mrs Latham’s class): 96.8%
- 2KL (Miss Lowry and Mrs Wilkins’ class): 95.8%
- 3,4F (Miss Bainbridge’s class): 95.7%
- 3,4C (Mr Gathercole’s class): 97.3%
- 3,4EK (Mrs McCormick and Mrs Welsby’s class): 94.5%
- 5,6O (Mr Catherall’s class): 96.5%
- 5,6NK (Mrs Lake/Mrs Hogarth and Mrs Welsby’s class): 96.3%
- 5,6M (Mr Lindsay’s class): 96.7%
Well done to Mr Gathercole’s class – they have the highest attendance of all the classes! It’s also great to see all classes in our Y5,6 phase with above average attendance.
Ofsted inspection at school
Our Ofsted inspection ended yesterday. Thank you to all parents/carers who passed on their views through Ofsted’s Parent View and/or in the playground when inspectors went outside at the start and end of the school day.
The inspection report will be published in about three weeks. Until that time, we’re not allowed to talk about the inspection findings.
Thanks again to parents/carers for their support during the inspection, and in the two years since our last inspection.
Incredible invacuation
Different emergency situations require a different response. Today we practised an ‘invacuation’. An invacuation is where we move our children to the safest place in the building – in the case of today, from the outside (playground) in to the school hall. You will be very impressed to hear that over 300 children made their way in to our hall, lined up and were counted by their teachers in 2 minutes and 15 seconds! Even F2 joined in – they were amazing.
Well done to everyone.
Get active with orienteering - FREE EVENT
Your local orienteering club, AIRIENTEERS, are hosting a FREE orienteering event especially for juniors, families and anyone new to the sport.
PLACE : Millennium Field, off Barleyfields Ct, Wetherby, LS22 6FZ
DATE : Saturday 11th May 1:30-2:30
There will be courses with electronic timing for all ages.
See www.aire.org.uk for more information about the races.
Start any time from 1:30 to 2:30. Just turn up and run.
We close early this Friday
On Friday 03 May, we close at 2.00pm.
Once again, Scholes has been chosen as the location for part of the route of the Tour de Yorkshire. The men’s race will pass through Scholes at around 3.45pm. The roads will be closed around an hour before and after the race so we’re closing school at 2.00pm on Friday 03 May.
On this day, please allow yourself time to collect your child safely. If you drive, please be aware you can’t park on the main road – give yourself time to park further afield (eg the church car park) and walk the rest of the way.
We apologise for any inconvenience but once the roads are closed they may remain closed for around an hour, making movement in and out of the village impossible.
We want to show our support and show off our school and village (who have entered the ‘Best Dressed’ village competition) as best we can. We therefore invite children to come wearing yellow and blue for the day. We’re also planning a piece of ‘land art’ on the school field or playground. Hopefully, we might be featured on the TV coverage, local news or in the newspapers!
We’ll be keeping ourselves busy and active by working through our Wake Up Shake Up dances while we wait for the women’s race to pass through at around 10.30am. Year 5 and 6 children will be able to watch the race from the pavement outside school.