LATEST NEWS

GOOD LUCK YEAR 6 

We said an emotional good bye and good luck today as our Year 6 children performed in their leavers assembly. Their performance of the Lion King was wonderful and demonstrated what a talented bunch of Year 6 pupils we have. They have demonstrated true resilience over the past few weeks with hours of rehearsals and it certainly paid off. We wish them all the best of luck as they move on to high school and we look forward to hearing about their future successes.

Remember Year 6.....Once a Parkfielder, Always a Parkfielder.

GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK 

After 11 years at the school, Mrs Whalen says goodbye today. She has been a senior member of staff over all those years and has had a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of children and their families throughout her time at Parkfield. In her role as SENCO, she has contributed significantly in ensuring that the school is as an inclusive environment as possible for many of our pupils with additional needs. Mrs Whalen heads off to Dubai, with her son, for a new chapter in their life and we wish them both all the success in the world at their new school.

GOOD LUCK 

We have two members of staff getting married over the summer and we wish them both the best of luck on their big days. Miss Steele will return to Parkfield as Mrs Smith and Miss Howard will return as Mrs Clawson. Congratulations to the both of you.

SUMMER FAIR THANKS

Last week, despite the poor weather and having to stay indoors, we made a grand total of just over £1300 at the Summer Fair. Thanks so much for all your support and thanks to those that came along to help on the day - we couldn't have done it without your support.

REPORT FEEDBACK

Earlier this week we sent reports out to all parents across the school. If you would like to let us know about the format of the report so that we can improve things in future please click here: https://forms.gle/CWcLA6iq5Pm36vDE9 

ROBINWOOD MEETING 

There will be a parents meeting on the second day back in September (Thursday 7th at 3.15pm) for our new Y5 families. The meeting will give you some key information about the Robinwood residential.  This needs to be paid in full by the end of August please. You do not need to go out and purchase any special clothing or footwear for the residential.

WINNING HOUSE 

Congratulations to Bamford house (Yellow) for receiving the most points this half-term. Children in that house may come to school wearing non-uniform on Friday 8th September.

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 

Miss Howard spoke in Monday's assembly about this year's Summer Reading Challenge which children can join in with either online at https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ or by visiting a local library where they can collect a folder in which to receive special stickers, rewards and a certificate at the end. She'd love to hear about any children's achievements in taking part when we return in September!

PE TIMETABLE FOR SEPTEMBER   (Y4 Swimming starts on the second week back.)

There will be some slight changes to the days Parkfielders are to come to school in their PE kits from September. Please see below:

• Monday: Year 3 and Year 4

• Tuesday: Reception, Year 5 and Year 6

• Wednesday: Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4

• Thursday: Reception, Year 1, Year 2

• Friday: Year 1, Year 5 and Year 6

PE KITS

A reminder that on their PE days, Parkfielders are to wear their PE kit. They are not allowed to come in other sports clothing. We have had a number of pupils this year come to school in football shirts or t-shirts with large slogans on during their PE days. This looks untidy and doesn't meet our high expectations. A reminder about uniform and PE kit can be found on our website here: https://www.parkfieldprimary.com/website/uniform.html

WATER BOTTLES

Children will be given new water bottles in September.

KS2 LOCKERS

The KS2 lockers are only small. As a result, children only need a drawstring type bag for school. There is no need for large bags.

EARLY BIRDS AND BUSY BEES BOOKING FOR SEPTEMBER 2023

The clubs are filling up quickly and if you would like to book a place for before and after school club from September please click here: https://forms.gle/WtbQ36wky2iB8XJh8 

TWITTER CHANGES

Please note that at the moment you have to log into Twitter to see our tweets. This is a policy change that Twitter have made and we hope it is changed back in near future.

ECO SCHOOLS GREEN FLAG AWARD

Due to all the hard work we have put in as a school over the last 12 months in regards to our eco team and promoting our Eco code of 'Be Seen to be Green' we have been awarded the Green Flag. Well done and thanks to everyone involved. Special thanks to Mrs Banks that completed the assessment for the award.

CCTV INSTALLATION

Parkfield will be having CCTV installed over the summer holidays both inside and outside the school. The intended purposes of the CCTV include: protecting the School buildings and school assets, both during and after school hours; promoting the health and safety of staff, pupils and visitors as well as for monitoring student behaviour; preventing bullying; reducing the incidence of crime and anti-social behaviour (including theft and vandalism) and ensuring that the School rules are respected so that the School can be properly managed. 

The CCTV policy can be found on our polices page of the website here.

STAFFING FOR SEPTEMBER 2023 - REMINDER

We are now in a position where we can announce which class all our staff, including our brilliant SEND team, will be working in from September. 

• Reception: Mrs Taylor, Miss Dippnall and Mrs Shepherdson

• Year 1: Mrs Hartley, Mrs Gully, Mrs Langan and Mrs Balfe

• Year 2: Mrs Price, Mrs Mullane,  Miss  Hamilton and Miss Tarasova

• Year 3: Mrs Gooding, Mrs Bardsley and Miss Wild

• Year 4: Miss McCall, Mrs Naughton, Miss Rigby and Mrs Bradshaw

• Year 5: Mrs Acil, Mrs Roworth, Miss Hall and Mrs Heyes

• Year 6: Mr Robinson, Mrs Jeffrey and Mr Shearman

Please note that pupils with SEND will be supported by a number of members of staff within the class and for those pupils where there have been changes, work will take place to ensure the transition runs as smoothly as possible.

Mrs Howard will be our Deputy Headteacher and one of her roles will be SENDCO. 

Mrs Price will be our Assistant Headteacher and she will be leading EYFS and KS1.