Weekly Newsletter

Headteacher - Mrs K Adams

Assistant Headteacher - Miss H Howard

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Miss L Whale

Dear Parents/Carers,

I was so pleased and proud to receive a letter from Damian Hinds, Minister for Schools, this week in recognition of our Year 6 SATS achievements last year putting us in the top 1% of all Primary Schools in the country. I am sure you will agree that this is a huge achievement and one that arises not only from a dedicated, hard-working staff and pupils but also from the support that parents and carers give us from home. Thank you to everyone for your contributions towards these results; this is a huge Larks Hill team effort

There are always so many moments in our school day where the pupils at Larks Hill excel in all areas of our curriculum and as a result of this, I would like to start sharing some of those ‘Memorable Moments’ of the week with you.

Jude came to see me with his English book this week as he was so proud of his learning. He was learning how to use ‘and’ in his sentences and stated, ‘I know how to use ‘and’ in my sentences Mrs Adams and I know that if I add some adjectives this makes my sentence even better!’ He then proceeded to show me how hard he is working on his handwriting and how much it has changed from the start of the year. What a super moment!

This week the children have been assessed in their phonics. Chloe achieved 100% in her assessment. Well done Chloe! Another amazing moment!

At Larks Hill, one of our values is resilience. Corey came to see me to show me how resilient he has been this week amending his corrections in Maths. Well done Corey.

In class, Year 3 are learning about plants. Scarlett was as proud as punch to show me a poem that she had written all by herself at home. This was a super memorable moment!

On Monday, our pupil Mental Health Ambassadors met to talk about how they can support other children across school. This is very important work and the pupils are stepping up to their roles and responsibilities extremely well.

On Wednesday, some pupils from KS1 attended a Multi Skills Festival at the A1 Football Factory and I am extremely and pleased to announce that they won the tournament! Well done to all those pupils who took part.

On Thursday 22 February our qualifying children attended the West Yorkshire School Games Cross Country Finals at Temple Newsam. Whilst our children did a fantastic job in the difficult weather condition they unfortunately didn’t qualify for the next stage however we are extremely proud of our children and their performance in the event.

Next week, we will hold our Reading Mornings in school again where all parents, carers and grandparents can come and read with their children. As a reminder, the dates are as follows:

Year 1 – Monday 4th March

Year 2 – Tuesday 5th March

Year 3 – Wednesday 6th March

Year 4 – Thursday 7th March

Year 5/6 - Friday 8th March

Year 5/6 - Friday 8th March

Reading mornings will take place in the Library from 8:30am - 8:55am. Parents, carers and grandparents should enter school through the Year 6 door.

On Wednesday 6th March, we are holding a parental sleep workshop in school to support parents and carers if they have children who are struggling to sleep. The session will be run by Leanne from Future in Minds. Anybody is welcome to come. We look forward to seeing you there.

On Thursday, it is World Book Day. We are really looking forward to an exciting day where we celebrate all things to do with reading. We can’t wait to see the fabulous costumes the children will be wearing also!

On Friday 8th February, our Junior Leadership Team will launch our East Egg Competition. Please keep a look out for the details.

Each week, my Head Teacher Awards are given to pupils who have given outstanding contributions towards our Larks Hill school values of: Independence, Collaboration, Resilience, Respect and for Super Learning.

Please see our worthy Award Winners for this week.

Overall 98.7%

Reception 99.7%

Year 1 100%

Year 2 98%

Year 3 96.3%

Year 4 100%

Year 5 100%

Year 6 97.1%

Thank you for your continued support in school. I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you at our reading mornings next week.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Adams