Staynor Hall CP Academy

Well done to all of our children who took part in young voices this week. We are so proud of the children for their commitment, enthusiasm and participation on the day, they were nothing short of wonderful! The greatest amount of thanks also goes to the staff team, particularly Ms Schofield, for all of their hard work and planning to get the children ready for the event and to take them there and back safely.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Winter

ATTENDANCE

Weekly Attendance - 19.02.2024 to 23.02.2024..docx

COOK SCHOOL

What's Cooking?

Team Nidd have been in Cook School this week to continue the Chinese New Year celebrations. They enjoyed making some delicious Chinese noodles and did an excellent job using measuring spoons. They then ate their noodles using chopsticks (along with some prawn crackers) whilst listening to the story of 'I'm going on a Dragon Hunt'. They also learnt about some Chinese New Year traditions and how they celebrate for 15 days! The children then showed off their artistic skills by making some Chinese lanterns to take home.

Next week, Team Derwent are joining me in Cook School. We are stepping back to Roman times to make a traditional sweet bread.

Louise Soper

Cook School Lead

YOUNG VOICES

Our Young Voices Choir made us incredibly proud on Wednesday night when they sang with over 4,000 other children at Sheffield Arena.

Every single one of us had a wonderful time and we even managed to meet one of the artists appearing on stage.

Who’s looking forward to 2025?

Take a look at the video clips on our X account to see just how much fun we had!

EASTER BONNET

Friday 22nd March

Children can come to school with their bonnets and can take them straight into their classroom.

You are then invited to come into school at the following times to see the children parade with their bonnet and watch the prizes be given out for the winning bonnets.

1:30 EYFS

2:00 KS2

2:30 KS1

If the weather is looking promising we will ask parents to stand on the inside of the playground and children walk round the daily mile line to parade them.

KS1 WORKSHOP

On Monday 8th April, we have an exciting KS1 workshop for the full morning which will be delivered by DanTastic Education.

Next half terms topic focuses on 'how Britain has changed since the 1960s' and we have organised a really engaging and exciting 1960s workshop.

The team at DanTastic will be coming in to work with all the KS1 children and we are really looking forward to it!

We are asking for a voluntary contribution of £6.50 per child and payment can be made via ParentPay.

Thank you for your continued support.

Many thanks

The KS1 Team

WORLD BOOK DAY AND NON UNIFORM DAY

We will be celebrating world book day on Thursday 7th March this year with a focus on Poetry where each class will have some new books to use. Your child will work with their reading buddies in school to learn a piece of performance poetry which will then be performed to the school in assembly.

Please note as there is already a non-uniform day planned for Friday 8th March for donations for this years Chocolate Bingo. Your child can either come in non-uniform or as their favourite book character on the Friday. Please can we ask that children attend school on the Thursday in uniform a normal.

COMMUNI-TEA

We are running our very popular community reading cafe again throughout March at 8:45 - 9:15am.

This is in aid of raising money for a local community charity called Communitea- they support those with mental health concerns in our local area.

We invite you into school to read with your child and to enjoy a drink and a biscuit or cake for £1 per person.

Please can you let us know by completing this form if you will be joining us, and how many people you will be bringing.

https://forms.gle/rQ5dqpLEiGYbTTqu9

IMPORTANT DATES

7th March - World Book Day

8th March - Non Uniform Day (Chocolate donation)

20th March - FOSHA Event - Chocolate Easter Bingo

22nd March - Easter Bonnet parade

22nd March - Term Ends

8th April - Term Starts

12th April - Teacher Training Day (School closed to all pupils)

FOSHA NEWS

NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL - HOME TO SCHOOL POLICY

The Council has commenced a consultation on proposed changes to the Council’s Home to School Travel Policy.

The necessary information can be found here on the Council’s website: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/consultations-and-engagement/current-consultations/home-school-travel-policy-consultation , together with an online survey form for your responses to the consultation and details of engagement events that will be held during the course of the consultation period.

The consultation closing date is Friday 12 April.

FREE PARENTING CLINICS

Clinics - Feb 2024 - PDF.pdf

THE HELMSLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE

We are offering 5 places per age group, fully funded to children in receipt of pupil premium. To book a place on the session we will only need the name and age of the child attending and confirmation that a parent will be accompanying them.

Places will be booked on a first come first served basis and then waiting lists created for following terms. We will prioritise a turn around of places to ensure as many children are given the opportunity to participate as possible.

Term 2 (5 weeks)

Monday 19th February - Monday 18th March

Session 1 (Ages 5-7 years) 3.45pm-4.45pm

Session 2 (Ages 8-11 years) 5pm-6pm

Term 3 (5 weeks)

Monday 15th April - Monday 20th May

Term 4 (7 weeks)

Monday 3rd June 3rd - Monday 15th July