STAYNOR HALL ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
Friday 13th February 2026
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A MESSAGE FROM MRS WINTER
A MESSAGE FROM MRS WINTER
Dear Families
We have had a very busy half term and although it's been one of the shorter half terms we have certainly packed a lot of learning into our weeks! This week the children have finished with a great Valentines disco to enjoy! Thank you, as always, to all of our parents, carers and extended family members, for your continued support in all aspects of school life. We know that the home school partnership is crucial to children succeeding in the best way that they can and so we really do value to opportunity to work with you.
Building on from this, reading is a huge part of learning at Staynor Hall and is key to support children's learning in the wider curriculum. Our expectation is that children read at home three times per week and every Friday children bring in their reading record, which has been signed by a parent or carer to show that three reads have taken place. We would like to encourage that this happens for all children. From next half term we will send a gentle reminder home each week if we can see that your child has not read, we appreciate that family life is incredibly busy and sometimes it just one of those things which gets forgotten but we would value your support with this please to ensure children are reading regularly at home and in school.
Have a lovely half term, we look forward to seeing all of our children back in school on Monday 23rd February.
Kind regards
Mrs Winter
If you have a concern about the safety or welfare of a child in school please contact myself,
Mrs Cowling or Ms Steunou who are the safeguarding leads.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Apple AirTag and tracking children on school trips
It has been brought to our attention both locally and nationally that parents/carers are using devices such as the Apple AirTag to track children on school residentials/trips/visits/outings. Other devices can also include electronic watches that are essentially tracking devices with the capability of sending video footage from the device back to the person tracking i.e. parent. Such devices have the potential to post locations of children’s whereabouts on social media. We are therefore advising schools to include this in the consent slip which parents sign prior to taking part in a trip that such devices will not be allowed under any circumstances and must not be hidden in pockets/bags etc. If any tracking devices are found on pupils they will not be allowed on the trip and will be returned to school.
Apple have released the statement below which can be found on their website:
“AirTag was designed to help people locate their personal belongings, not to track people or another person’s property, and we condemn in the strongest possible terms any malicious use of our products”
ALLERGY AWARE SCHOOL
ALLERGY AWARE SCHOOL
We are an allergy aware school.
Nuts are prohibited on school site, and should not be put in children's packed lunches or brought in as a playtime snack
Thank you
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE
WHAT'S COOKING?
WHAT'S COOKING?
What's Cooking?
This week I finished working with Team Dove and started working with Team Derwent. We have been making Libum Roman Bread which is a sweet bread made from ricotta cheese. It is baked and sweetened with honey and would have been eaten by the Romans as a breakfast food or snack.
The children have had the opportunity to use a variety of skills (weighing, measuring, mixing, beating, kneading, sifting) and have learnt all about the ingredients used. We particularly focussed on ricotta cheese and the children enjoyed watching a video on how it is produced.
Well done to all of you this week, your sweet breads looked and tasted delicious! I look forward to continuing to work with Team Derwent when we return after our half term break.
Mrs Soper
Cook School Lead
IMPORTANT DATES
IMPORTANT DATES
January - March - Tesco Stronger Starts. Blue Token Voting.
16th - 20th February - Half Term
5th March - World Book Day (The Great Pyjama Read-In) See below for further details
6th March - Teacher Training Day
9th March - FOSHA's Super Hero Shop (Further information will be shared)
10th March - Parents Evening 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm (Further information will be shared)
16th March - Parents Evening 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm (Further information will be shared)
17th March - Non-uniform Day in exchange for chocolate (Easter bingo hampers)
19th March - FOSHA's Easter Bingo (Further information will be shared)
27th March - Last day of school
30th March - 10th April - Easter Holidays
13th April - School reopens
4th May - Bank Holiday
22nd May - FOSHA's Colour Run (Further information will be shared)
25th - 29th May - May half term
15th June - FOSHA's Super Hero Shop (Further information will be shared)
19th June - Teacher Training Day
3rd July - Summer Fayre (Further information will be shared)
14th July - FOSHA's Summer Disco Shop (Further information will be shared)
17th July - FOSHA's Foam Party (Further information will be shared)
17th July - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
WORLD BOOK DAY
(The Great Pyjama Read-In)
WORLD BOOK DAY
(The Great Pyjama Read-In)
World Book Day (The Great Pyjama Read-In)
Thursday 5th March 2026
Miss Slinn would like to invite parents/carers from across the whole school to an Open Doors/Reading Café on World Book Day.
This is going to take place between 2:30pm - 3:15pm.
Children can attend School in their pyjamas.
More information to be shared soon.
PARKING
PARKING
LEEDS RHINOS TICKET OFFER
LEEDS RHINOS TICKET OFFER
As part of our partnership, and as a thank you for all the great work that the children have been doing this year, Leeds Rhinos would like to offer children and their families an amazing opportunity to attend a match at AMT Headingley Stadium (LS6 3BR) and get tickets for half price!
Date – Sunday 8th March 2026
Kick off - 3pm
Opposition – Castleford Tigers
Standing and seated tickets can be booked now using promotional code LR26YJAT at https://tickets.therhinos.co.uk/content
Please note that you need to input the code first when you land on the website in the ‘Promotional code’ box.
Promotional codes will expire at midnight on Saturday 7th March 2026
AMT East - Standing/Terrace (undercover) AMT East Seats (undercover)
Adults (including Senior Citizens) - £13 Adults (including Senior Citizens) - £17.50
Juniors (aged 5 - 16) - £7 Juniors (aged 5 - 16) - £11.50
Children under 5 do not need a ticket in standing areas.
For assistance call 0371 423 1315 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm) or email tickets@therhinos.co.uk
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COMMUNITY NEWS
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