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Curriculum News April 2019
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Read newsParent Governor vacancies
The school governing body is essential for strategic leadership of our school and for the accountability of the head teacher. They are the ‘critical friends’ of the school. We are fortunate to have a very active and dedicated team of governors at this school. We currently have two vacancies for Parent Governors. We have Read More
Read newsChange to HT secondment
For the summer term, Mr Harris’ secondment to Leeds City Council will reduce from 50% to 30% i.e. from 2.5 days per week to 1.5 days.
Read newsYear 5 VIPs
14 children from year 5 have been attending a Scholars Programme at Priesthorpe School over the past couple of months. This afternoon, the children were invited back to Priesthorpe as VIPs and each child received a gift presented to them in front of KS3 in an end of term celebration assembly. Well done to Read More
Read newsSpecial visitor to school
Lisa from The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund came to speak to the children about the charity. Lisa told us about what the money goes to support. We watched a video about a young girl who had had heart surgery. ‘Katie Bear’ came in to the hall and we presented a school cheque – a total of £462.34 Read More
Read newsThird successful trip as part of Show Time club
On Saturday night, the 30 children in Show Time club had their third trip of the school year. Following ballet and a reading of War Horse last term, this time it was a classical concert at Leeds Town Hall playing music from the Harry Potter films. Performed by the world-renowned Halle Orchestra, the evening Read More
Read newsBizarre pantomime at school
Your child may have come home tonight with strange tales of an unexpected panto at school this morning. I don’t know who the company were, but it was a surreal experience loosely around the story of Aladdin. The children seemed to love it and may have shouted themselves hoarse! The main school camera failed, Read More
Read newsChristmas Fair
Many thanks to everyone for their support at the Christmas Fair. We really appreciate the efforts of the parent volunteers who helped set up the fair and the many wonderful donations that were sent in. The fair and the raffle raised a fantastic £2217 for PTA funds. Thank you! Well done to Diane and Read More
Read newsShow Time club has successful first outing
Show Time club had a fantastic first outing to “War Horse: The Story in Concert” at Leeds Town Hall. Read by Michael Morpurgo himself, the story was told by a combination of narrators, an orchestra, a vocal soloist, a choir and illustrations drawn in front of us on a huge screen. The children (and Read More
Read newsAn extra challenge for our most highly attaining mathematicians
Primary Maths Challenge: On Thursday morning, some of our best Year 6 mathematicians represented our school at the national Primary Maths Challenge. Co-op Academy Priesthorpe hosted the event for our local area. The children were given the opportunity to complete the national challenge test then took part in fun but challenging Maths activities with Read More
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