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Headteacher blog March 8th 2024
Music and the arts are important parts of a primary school curriculum. Last Friday we had a lovely Y1 art gallery display in the infant hall; this Friday our junior choir enjoyed a workshop in the junior hall with Artform teachers and band, along with children from a couple of other local schools. The Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 1st March
A leap into March and we are trying to declare spring time at school. Reception children have been collecting frog spawn from the pond (and laughing at Mrs Galbraith struggling in the mud) and RGK have visited the farm and sown seeds. For many, it was their visit to the chickens. Soon we will Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 23rd February 2024
It remains so wet and muddy around school and the planting season on the farm is getting off to a slow start. I know ‘real’ farmers are having it tough too as the ground is just too wet to plant many crops. The state of the school fields really is exceptionally bad, with the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 9th February 2024
It is the end of a very wet half-term. In almost 20 years, I don’t remember the site ever being so saturated for such a long period – it feels like many months! Lots of sporting fixtures have been cancelled or postponed. Cross country events, in particular, have been cursed: the Leeds finals the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 2nd February 2024
I often tour our school: visiting all the classrooms; engaging with children in their work; checking on staff deployment (especially when colleagues are off sick); monitoring curriculum; and assessing behaviour and engagement. I did so again this morning and every single class was suitably calm, purposeful and engaged in learning. Inclusion was strong and Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 26th January 2024
It has been such a stormy week and it has coincided with possibly the worst-ever attendance levels (other than in the pandemic): less than 90% all week with Y3 particularly severely affected by poorliness. Staff (and their own children) have been afflicted too, as have some other schools locally. The joys of winter-time! I Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog January 12th 2024
It is great to be back after the Christmas and New Year break. On Monday we had a Teacher Training Day. Amongst other things, we had some updated training on the best use of Mathletics. This was unexpected as we had, reluctantly, dropped that very expensive subscription just before the holidays but we had Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 15th December 2023
It is feeling very Christmas-y at school with our first festive performances and final rehearsals before more next week. I enjoyed our two Foundation Stage nativity performances of The Super Star and thought that the children (and staff) did very well. This afternoon our Winter Choir and junior recorder players are playing a little Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 8th December 2023
It has been a week of weather: from frozen, snowy conditions to thoroughly wet and miserable. These last few months must be some of the wettest for a long time and the grounds are sodden. Lots of things are being postponed and we have troublesome water ingress in the infant hall. Thankfully, some visits Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 1st December
It has certainly been wintery and quite picturesque at times this week. It definitely feels like the season has changed. We also know that we are in the run-up to Christmas now that we have had both the Farsley Lights parade on Wednesday and a concert of children singing and playing at Pudsey Civic Read More
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