We offer a FREE Breakfast Club for all children at Beckfoot Priestthorpe from 8:00am every morning. Children are able to access a healthy, nutritious breakfast before they start school.
Weekly Newsletter 20.03.2025
A polite reminder to families about road safety
If your child walks to school every morning, please can parents and carers make sure they speak to them about road safety as we have had reports that some children are not behaving sensibly and responsibly on the roads around school. Children should not arrive at the school gates until 8:30am.
If you travel to school by car, please can you take care when dropping or collection off your child. Please do not park on pavements, or at junctions that can cause a danger to pedestrians. You must not stop or park on the zig zags or on double yellow lines. Your engine must be turned off whilst you are waiting.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Diary Dates
March
Monday 24th March – FOPPS “Superwoman” shop
Monday 24th March – KS2 The Big Spring Clean 2025
Monday 24th March – Parents’ Evening 3:20pm – 5:30pm – (Booking closes on Sunday)
Wednesday 26th March – Year 5 and 6 Puberty Workshop
Wednesday 26th March – Parents’ Evening 3:20pm – 6:00pm – (Booking closes on Sunday)
Thursday 27th March – Year 6 Class Assembly – parents, carers and families are welcome
Monday 31st March – SCHOOL CLOSED FOR EID
April
Tuesday 1st April – Design Technology Art Exhibition in the school hall – parents, carers and families are welcome
Wednesday 2nd April – A special themed lunch for Eid (see menu for details)
Friday 4th April – Year 5 Rewind to Easter, visit to Bingley Baptist church
Friday 4th April – One Trust Culture Day (more details to follow soon)
Friday 4th April – SCHOOL CLOSES FOR EASTER
Tuesday 22nd April – SCHOOL RE-OPENS FOR THE SUMMER TERM
Wednesday 23rd April – St George’s Day lunch
Friday 25th April – Sammy Clothing Collection, please bring your bags to the school office when they are full
Attendance
Our whole school attendance last week was 95.4%
Reception – 97.2%
Year 1 – 96.6%
Year 2 – 97.5%
Year 3 – 93%
Year 4 – 96.8%
Year 5 – 98.8%
Year 6 – 97.1%
Well done to everyone for their efforts with attendance last week nearly all classes achieved our target of 97%.
Pride of Priestthorpe Awards
No Pride of Priestthorpe assembly this week with school closed on Friday.
Early Years
Early Years have been learning about Spring. We painted and made some Daffodils.
Year 1
Year 1 have started learning about non-chronological reports in English. We had a special visitor to help us research for our own reports. Parsnip the African Tortoise (and Sarah) spent the day with us and we learnt so many facts!
Year 2
Year 2 have been finding right angles in different shapes.
Year 3
We were experimenting with pneumatics in DT, using a straw and two syringes.
Year 4
In DT, Year 4 have been creating a design for their book sleeve cover.
Year 5
In our geography topic Year 5 have been looking at the geographical and political differences between Northern and Southern Ireland. We spent the lesson digesting lots of factual information and learning some tricky technical vocabulary. Working with their learning partner, the children had to sort out various facts into groups and then decide which fact belonged to which country. The children worked really hard on what is quite a complicated subject.
Year 6
Year 6 have been doing bikeability this week which is organised by Bradford Council’s Road Safety team.
Important learning information
We use a range of Learning Apps in school, which can also be accessed at home. Please use the links below to practice key skills.
Times Table Rockstars is an award-winning maths learning platform where children can practice their times tables like a rock star! Certificates can be achieved every Thursday for the children who have made the most progress in terms of the biggest increase in accuracy that week. We also run in school competitions.
Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars
Accelerated Reader will allow children to read a book and then take an online quiz to test their knowledge and understanding of the text, and receive immediate feedback. Students respond to regular feedback and are motivated to improve their reading skills.
Spelling Shed uses the science of spelling to teach it to pupils. Using phonics as a base and drawing upon proven approaches such as teaching morphology, etymology, and orthographic mapping, as well as teaching spelling patterns. Children are set new activities on here each week.
