09.02.2024

What a fabulous week we’ve had, to finish the half-term! The upper junior children all had a brilliant time at Young Voices on Monday and sang their hearts out. As always, all children behaved impeccably and were great ambassadors for our school. The highlight being talked about in school was the 13-year-old drummer!
On Tuesday, all our infant children enjoyed their trip to Hawes and the Dales Countryside Museum. They all took part in a butter making workshop.

School Uniform – on both these outings, children were expected to wear their school uniform. Our uniform is straightforward – a jade school jumper, jade coloured T-shirt, black or grey trousers, shorts or skirt and plain black school shoes (NOT trainers!) You can buy jumpers / cardigans with or without the school logo, the same applies for school t-shirts. Items with our school logo can be purchased from the School Trends website: Leck CE Primary School Uniform (schooltrends.co.uk) and items without the logo can be purchased online at most supermarkets, below are a couple of links to items:
Jade Green Short Sleeve School Polo Shirts 2 Pack | School | George at ASDA
Jade Green Girls Jersey School Cardigan 2 Pack | School | George at ASDA
Jade Green School Sweatshirt 2 Pack | School | George at ASDA
Buy Jade Crew Neck Sweatshirt 2 Pack 6 years | School jumpers and sweatshirts | Tu (sainsburys.co.uk)

Children’s Mental Health Week – we have thoroughly enjoyed acknowledging this national week. We began on Monday with an assembly about what ‘my voice is important’ means, followed by some work using The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as a stimulus. We created some wonderful artwork linked to this text. In EYFS & KS1 we played listening games and talked about what is important to us and why we are important. In KS2 we discussed actions from others that make us feel like we matter, we made posters about our dream day and a list for the adults in our lives to explain what we want them to know about helping us with positive mental attitude. We shared some of our work and our celebration diaries in assembly.  

REMINDER: School Trips –
Juniors – Heysham Power Station – Thursday 22nd February – all junior children will be visiting Heysham Power Station to aid their science topic.
Payment of £6.50 per child, towards the cost of the trip has been added to SchoolMoney. A full
information sheet is attached.
We would like to thank our wonderful PTFA for agreeing to donate towards the cost of transport for these trips and making them affordable for families.

School Value – our value for this half-term was “peace”. We have focused on this in our assemblies and class worship. This half term in school we have celebrated children who have shown peace in various different ways; well done to our stars of the week
during Spring term 1:

Infants PE Kits – following the half-term break, please can all Y1 and Y2 children ensure they have jogging bottoms, sweatshirt (not hoodie) and if possible an old pair of trainers in their PE kits as we are intending to do our football sessions outside, weather permitting.

Walk 2 School – our next Walk to School is arranged for Tuesday 20th February. As always, any children taking part will enjoy breakfast together when they arrive at school. We will meet at 8.20am in the carpark at the back of Cowan Bridge Village Stores.

Eco-Club – Hot Chocolate and… will continue on a Tuesday following half-term. Any children wishing to join in should bring in £4.50 in a named envelope (by Monday) which will cover to half term.

After School Clubs –
Junior Herbalist Club – Tuesday – 3.15pm – 4.45pm
This club will continue to run, for all children currently signed up, until the end of Summer term.
Dance – Wednesday – 3.15pm – 4.15pm – for children in Y1 to Y6. The club will continue for signed up children until the Easter break.  The cost for each half-term is £12.00 – (£2.00 per session). Payment for the second half term will be added to SchoolMoney – we still have spaces, if any other children wish to join – please email me to book.
Junior Golf – Wednesday (after Easter break) we have been offered an after-school golf club, with Sophie from Bentham Golf Club, so we are just gauging interest – 3.15pm – 4.15pm – Y3-Y6 – until the end of Summer term. Please email me to register your interest.

SEEKING: Welfare Assistant – we are still looking for a welfare assistant, are you or do you know anyone who may be interested?  Please share with friends and family.
We need someone to help serve meals and supervise the children during their midday break.  The vacancy is term time only covering Monday-Friday from 11.15am – 1.15pm – this includes collection of meals from Melling. 
Please contact the office for more details.

Coming up the first week back

Coming up next half-term