Now that we’re into the Summer term, please remember to make sure your child is protected from the sun: sun cream, hat, plenty of water.

We kick off this week’s message with a question…

Have you thought about becoming a governor?

We have vacancies on our Governing Board. The role involves acting as a ‘critical friend’, providing support and challenge at a strategic level. There are six core Governing Board meetings in the year, three online and three in person, plus occasional additional meetings. There are also visits into school, the focus of these would depend on your role as governor.

If you’re interested, please contact the Chair of Governors, Rachel Cooper: rachelcooper@spherefederation.org

Read more about the Sphere Federation Governing Board.

Book fair

Our annual Book Fair returns on Monday. It is a 3 for 2 event – buy 2 books and get the third (cheapest) for free. Books can be purchased either with cash or by following a QR code which we will have on display during the Book Fair. This event will run straight after school every day from Monday until Thursday. It will be held in the school reception office area – access school via the front doors. All books sold during the Book Fair earn money for school to spend on new books for our library. We hope to see you there! 🙂

Staying Safe themed week

Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, is from Monday 18 May 2026. The key message is how to be safe in a range of situations – at home, at school, online and in the environment.

A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education including water safety (Canal and River Trust and RNLI)); fire safety (West Yorkshire Fire Service); first aid; safety in our community (PCSOs) and drug education (d:side).

On Wednesday 20 May from 3.00pm – 3:30pm, there’s a drug education drop-in information session in the playground. A representative from d:side, a health education provider, will be available to discuss details of your child’s drug education learning in the themed week.

Can you help? Does your job involve an aspect of safety?  If you’re able to support our Staying Safe themed week by coming into school to speak to children, please contact us via the office or your child’s class teacher.

Due to the rising costs of visitors to school, this year, we are requesting a voluntary contribution of £2 per pupil to go towards paying for visitors. This can be made on Arbor. Thank you for your support with this.

We’ll keep you up to date about events during the week on the Class News pages.

Thank you for your support to keep Scholes (Elmet) a happy, healthy and safe school.

Relationships and Sex Education

We like to encourage you to be aware of our Relationships and Sex Education Policy…

Later in the term, your child will have Relationships and Sex Education lessons. In those lessons, we’ll talk about anatomical terms and different relationships – it’s a good idea to be prepared for any questions at home.

(We might need to use the terms at other times, too, and we’ll talk about lots of different relationships at any time of the year, too.)

We welcome questions, comments and concerns about this policy. If you have any, please do speak with us.

Parking on Morwick Grove

The long strip of grass down the side of Morwick Grove, adjacent to the school boundary hedge, is not owned by us or Leeds City Council or the Parish Council. It’s actually privately owned by residents.

Access to the Nursery and Out of School Club is granted to us by them as a goodwill gesture to the school – it’s not a right.

If you use Morwick Grove to drop off your child, please park safely and respectfully. Don’t park on the double yellow lines or grass verge. Don’t block residents’ driveways.

To our Year 6 children: All the best for your end of Key Stage 2 SATs assessments next week.

And to everyone: Have a happy and healthy weekend.