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Weekly Newsletter - 1st May 2026
“Excellent attendance is vital for children to flourish and achieve”
Our Vision relates to the parable of ‘The Lost Sheep’ and we do not want any child to be left behind. To flourish and achieve their potential children need to be in school.
Something Mrs Wainwright has enjoyed this week was welcoming some new children to our school and was lovely to see how kind and helpful our children are, I am very proud of them.
Worship – Our current theme is service and this week we have been discussing how we can help others.
We also introduced our Big Question, ‘Should you ever say no to helping someone?’
We have also discussed our attribute, ‘commitment’ and how we will all try to commit to helping others.
The St Bart’s Way – We expect our children to follow the three main rules which are walking round school calmly and quietly, using good listening skills in class and following the expectations in the dining corridor. Have a look on our website for the St Bart’s Way posters (they in the behaviour section)
REMINDERS
- Cardigans and Jumpers – Please label your children’s clothes or ask us to. We are getting a large amount of discarded items when it gets warm and it is very difficult to find who they belong to without names – they are all red! Thank you.
Important Dates:
- Reports – Nursery to Year 5 – You will receive your child’s report on Friday 3rd July. Nursery children who are not in on a Friday will get them the following week.
- Reports – Year 6 – You will receive your child’s report on Friday 10th July along with their SATs results.
- Transition Morning – All the children will be visiting their new class and teacher on Thursday 9th July. Reception to Year 6 will come to school as normal, Nursery parents of children joining Reception in September will get information about this morning separately.
RSE Consultation - Thank you to all the families who took part in the RSE consultation. The consultation has now closed, and the updated policy and curriculum information will be available on the school website later in the academic year.
Attendance
We expect all children to be in school every day and on time. 8.30am for Nursery, 12.30pm in the afternoon and by 8.50am for the rest of school. Thank you
The summer term has not started as well as the spring one ended but I know we can better. Let’s try to make it the best term of the year.
Last week’s attendance (20th April – 24th April)
- Nursery: 94.7%
- Reception: 96.1%
- Years 1 to 6: 94.4%
Attendance Winners for last week:
- KS1 – Class 2 – 96.1%
- Years 3 & 4 – Class 7 – 97%
- Years 5 & 6 – Class 13 – 98.9%
Well done to the best classes:
- EYFS & Years 1 & 2 – Class 4
- Years 3 & 4 – Class 9
- Years 5 & 6 – Class 13
Headteachers Awards – Well done to the children who have had a great week in school.
- Class 1 Idriss
- Class 1 Fatima
- Class 1 Niyorah
- Class 2 Erena
- Class 2 Iyana
- Class 2 Omar
- Class 3 Saha
- Class 3 Aanu
- Class 3 Omcharan
- Class 4 Denis
- Class 4 Angel
- Class 4 Zayaan M
- Class 5 Bailey
- Class 5 Khadija
- Class 5 Anoushka
- Class 6 Lulani
- Class 6 Haadi
- Class 6 Hannah
Weekly Round Up
Nursery – This week in Nursery we have been learning about plants. We have learnt words describing parts of a plant: root, stem, leaf, and flower. We have read 'Jasper's Beanstalk' and discussed days of the week. We have planted some beans and placed them near windows for children to observe them growing and to look after them. We have designed our own pots and cut out some flowers and stuck them inside the pots. This week we experienced lovely weather so we took our learning outside where we cooked delicious food in the mud kitchen; rolled; jumped; threw beanbags into baskets; and tried to catch balls. The children also enjoyed using spray bottles in the playground.
Reception - This week in Reception we have been really busy in the garden. We have planted sunflower seeds, beans and strawberry plants. We have thought carefully about where to put the plants in the garden thinking about what they need to grow. The children are doing a great job of reminding the teachers that they need watering. We have enjoyed looking at non-fiction books about growing and learnt that there is food for the plant inside the hard shell of the sunflower seed. In Maths we have been recapping ways to make 5 to develop our recap skills. We have been working really hard with our letter formation and remembering to start at the top.
Years 1 & 2 – This week in computing the children in Year 1 have developed their word processing skills. Navigating their way around a keyboard, they have started to write sentences using the Microsoft word program. They have been focusing on using the space bar and using full stops to end a sentence.
In Year 2 in computing the children have been using I Pads to create their own animations. They have used To Stop Animation Program to combine lots of still images which, when sped up, create a moving animation.
Thank you to all they Year 1 parents who have returned their replies for the phonics screening meeting on Monday the 18th of May at 9am. Please send them in if you would like to attend.
Years 3 & 4 – This week Year 3 are continuing their work on magnets and forces in Science. They are also writing instructions for how to wash an elephant and understanding the features of instructions. In French we have begun learning our colours.
This week, Year 4 have enjoyed looking at persuasive writing. We have then used techniques to write a sales pitch for an Egyptian clothing stall. In History, we continued our work on Ancient Egypt and were looking at who we felt was the best pharaoh. In Science, we enjoyed looking at the digestive system and how food travels through our bodies. Year 4 have also had an exciting week of Bikeability on the school playground. We had groups of children that learnt to ride a bike for the first time and other children who improved their skills.
Years 5 & 6 – Lessons - Click on the following links below to catch-up on the latest news in Years 5 & 6:
https://www.st-bartholomews.leeds.sch.uk/blog/category/year-5
https://www.st-bartholomews.leeds.sch.uk/blog/category/year-6
Flamingo Land Visits – June
Monday 8th June
Class 15 and some Year 6 children from Class 14 will be visiting Flamingo Land.
Thursday 11th June
Class 16 and some Year 6 children from Class 14 will be visiting Flamingo Land.
Please note that there will be no swimming for Class 15 and 16 during this week.
Lineham Farm
Monday 29th June – Wednesday 1st July:
Class 13 and some Year 5 children from Class 14
Wednesday 1st July – Friday 3rd July:
Class 12 and some Year 5 children from Class 14
Year 6 SATs Week - Year 6 children are working extremely hard in the classroom as they prepare for SATs Week. Year 6 SATs week will begin on Monday 11th May 2025. It is vital that all children in Year 6 attend school that week. The test timetable will be as follows:
- Monday 11th May: Grammar, punctuation & spelling
- Tuesday 12th May: Reading
- Wednesday 13th May: Arithmetic & Reasoning
- Thursday 14th May: Reasoning
School Dates 2025 -2026:
- Monday 4th May 2026 School Closed May Bank Holiday
- Monday 11th May 2026 Year 6 SATs Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
- Tuesday 12th May 2026 Year 6 SATs Reading
- Wednesday 13th May 2026 Year 6 SATs Arithmetic & Reasoning
- Thursday 14th May 2026 Year 6 SATs Reasoning
- Friday 22nd May 2026 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 1st June 2026 School Opens at 8.30am
- Thursday 4th June 2026 Class 8 Harlow Carr Trip
- Friday 5th June 2026 KS1 Our World Our Future Workshops
- W/C Monday 8th 2026 Phonics Screening Week
- Friday 12th June 2026 Training Day – No Children in School
- Monday 15th June 2026 Seaside Visit - Class 5
- Thursday 18th June 2026 Seaside Visit - Class 6
- Friday 19th June 2026 Class 7 Harlow Carr Trip
- Wednesday 24th June 2026 Class 7 Sculpture Park Trip
- Thursday 25th June 2026 Class 8 Sculpture Park Trip
- Friday 17th July 2026 School Closes at 3.30pm
Training Days 2026-2027
- Friday 2nd October 2026
- Friday 27th November 2026
- Friday 11th December 2026
- Friday 5th February 2027
- Friday 18th June 2027
School Dates 2026 -2027
- Tuesday 1st September 2026 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 2nd October 2026 Training Day – No Children in School
- Friday 23rd October 2026 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 2nd November 2026 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 27th November 2026 Training Day – No Children in School
- Friday 11th December 2026 Training Day – No Children in School
- Friday 18th December 2026 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 4th January 2027 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 5th February 2027 Training Day – No Children in School
- Friday 12th February 2027 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 22nd February 2027 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 26th March 2027 School Closed Good Friday Bank Holiday
- Monday 29th March 2027 School Closed Easter Monday Bank Holiday
- Friday 2nd April 2027 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 19th April 2027 School Opens at 8.30am
- Monday 3rd May 2027 School Closed May Bank Holiday
- Friday 28th May 2027 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 7th June 2027 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 18th June 2027 Training Day – No Children in School
- Thursday 22nd July 2027 School Closes at 3.30pm