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West Leeds Cross Country
West Leeds Cross Country We took eight teams and about 40 runners from Y3-6 to the West Leeds Cross Country qualification competition at Stanningley Rugby Club on a cold, damp and very muddy Wednesday afternoon. In tough, slippery conditions, our children ran very well, showing determination and resilience. Some notable successes included Lillie winning Read…
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Headteacher’s blog 8th November 2019
It has been a miserable week weather-wise with heroic actions by the site staff preventing flooding of sections of the infant building (not classrooms). We really try hard not to allow weather conditions to spoil things that we like to do in school but we are certainly being stretched. Parts of the fields and Read…
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Pigs consultation
Well over 250 parents, children, staff and governors responded to the recent survey relating to the pigs on site last academic year and consideration of whether to repeat the project. Thank you for so many thoughtful and considered responses. The headlines from the consultation are here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/stories/SM-YV592YJ7/ Roughly 80% of respondents would agree with Read…
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Harvest Festival 2019
This morning we welcomed lots of families to our annual Harvest Festival. Many thanks for all the donations which will be going to St George’s Crypt next week. We enjoyed singing, musical accompaniment, some super recording playing and a special guest Big Daddy tomato! Some Y6 children made fresh apple juice with our press Read…
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Headteacher blog 11th October 2019
Our school is fortunate to have friends like Tom and Helen and their colleagues at Barclays Bank. Once again, a team from the bank have spent a day on site carrying out great work up on the school farm. Having also secured a chunk of funding, the volunteers replaced a set of compost bins, Read…
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Barclays’ superstars support the farm again
Our great friends at Barclays visited the school again and spent a day working on the farm. 13 volunteers worked all day and made a fabulous impact. They removed some old, rotten compost bins and installed two new ones. The used special perforated hose to create an irrigation system in the polytunnel, cut down Read…
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Year 5 Duathlon
12 children from Year 5 took part in a Duathlon today at The Brownlee Centre. The children had to complete a 750m run, followed by a 2.5km cycle and then a final 350m run. Our children were split into two teams consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls in each. They were competing against Read…
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Headteacher’s blog 4th October 2019
This week I have spent some considerable time showing candidates for Deputy Headship and prospective new families around the school. For one parent it was a nostalgic tour as she had left our school 21 years ago; she recognised Mrs Fulton and Mrs Wilson and said that they look just the same – I Read…
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Headteacher blog 27th September 2019
A rainy week at school can be less fun, but nevertheless, we have had another good week. If families haven’t already brought in wellies, they probably should so that we can keep accessing the grounds all year round. It was unfortunate for Year 5 that it was wet on their Ancient Greeks day but Read…
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Saturday morning Cross Country
16 children represented the school at the first cross country of the season in brilliant sunshine at Middleton Park. In fast races with up to 130 participants, our children ran very well and we were proud of them all. Our highest-placed finish was Isabel who came 7th in the U9 girls’ race. Many thanks Read…
