If you came to one of our Christmas performances, we hope you enjoyed it and thank you for your donation. We raised £331 for our school charity: Willow Foundation.
Highlights
It’s our last message of 2024! We thought it would be nice to share some of our highlights…
- Mrs Latham: ‘Class 1,2B were captivated by our Great Fire of London topic this year. We learnt so many new facts about September 1666, Pudding Lane, the bakery and wooden houses! We loved singing this song!’
- Miss Hague: ‘A highlight from the last term has been taking some time to plan some future improvements to our school. FOSP have kindly given us some money to improve our KS1 wildlife area so look out for bug hotels, bird feeders and new signs during the spring. Our library is also getting a face-lift in the Spring term. We’re working with a design team to create a whole new look! Watch this space.
We’re also hoping to create a brand new space in school but it’s a bit too early to give you any details yet! It’s very exciting though.’
- Miss Gilliland: ‘My proudest moment to date has been watching my pupils’ confidence flourish and seeing them proudly showcase it during our class assembly.’
- Miss Young: ‘A highlight has to be Adjective Day. The children came to school in fantastic outfits. We had a great time learning new vocabulary and sharing our adjectives with one another.’
- Mr Catherall: ‘I’ve two highlights. The first relates to the many visitors we’ve welcomed into our school so far this year. Each time we do, I feel so proud to walk around school: our children are so positive, polite and respectful; and the teaching and learning happening in all classrooms is fantastic. The second highlight was when I was lucky enough to go to the Royal Armouries and Leeds Discovery Centre with Class 5,6B. The way the children conducted themselves on the day was really impressive: polite, positive, passionate and respectful to all.’
- The Reception teachers: ‘We’ve loved seeing the children make new friends and settle into Reception life. Our highlight has been seeing the children enjoy and progress in their phonics, to become early readers and writers. We’re looking forward to seeing more amazing achievements as we continue our learning journey.’
- Mrs Wadsworth: ‘3,4C have had a wonderful term of learning. A particular highlight was our phase trip to Lotherton Hall to enhance our Science learning within school. We also enjoyed sharing our learning in our class assembly.’
- Mrs Beesley and the Nursery team: ‘Our Nursery highlight this term is always most definitely watching the children sing for you all in the Christmas performances. How they’ve developed from the three year olds we all met at home visits in September! They showed us not only great singing, but self-confidence, happiness and pride in their achievements. What a wonderful start to their learning journeys.’
- Mrs Paterson: ‘A highlight for me has been hearing the children make such thoughtful contributions towards each other not just in circle time, but in the way they look after each other at all times. Whether giving advice about a particular worry, checking in on a classmate so they know they’re not alone or cheering on someone else’s achievements, it’s been amazing to see so many small acts of kindness.’
…and my highlight is simply standing at the school gate at the start of the school day and being greeted by happy and healthy children as they arrive at school – it’s such a positive way to start the day!
Leeds at Christmas
The ultimate guide to Christmas in Leeds includes a whole host of information about what’s happening over the Christmas and New Year period, such as visiting the Christmas markets across the city centre, family attractions including Northern lights at Temple Newsham and where to see Santa.
Finally, all that needs to be said is have a happy Christmas. We’ll see you all again on Monday 06 January.