Due to the amount of snow this morning school will be fully closed to all children and staff.

Please see the below flyers for details of Slazenger Hockey Club.

Attention ALL Parents - This will take just 30 seconds to read and is a fantastic opportunity!

We have been contacted by The AIM Group who deliver Free online Level 2 Accredited Courses to Parents to help better understand some key issues around young people's mental health and wellbeing, along with a range of other qualifications that may help with developing your own careers. Here's some of the most popular subjects available:

* Understanding Autism (learn how individuals process sensory information, understand characteristics, understand conditions, learn how speech, language and communication differ in people with Autism)

* Understanding Children and Young Peoples Mental Health (Understand factors which may affect Young Peoples mental health, the impact that they have and how to support them with these issues)

* Understanding Behaviour That Challenges (supporting positive behaviour, effective communication & how to manage challenging behaviour)

* Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties (understand characteristics of ADHD, ADD, Dyslexia & Dyscalculia, importance of early diagnosis, assessment methods available to diagnose learning difficulties)

* Allergy Awareness for those Working with Children

* Behaviour that Challenges in Children

* Self-harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention

* Special Education Needs and Disability

* Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings

* Understanding Sustainability

* Equality and Diversity

* IT User Skills

* Lean Organisation Management Techniques

* Awareness of Mental Health Problems

* Safeguarding, Prevent and British Values

* Personal Exercise, Health and Nutrition

* Understanding Nutrition and Health

* Event Planning

* Awareness of Bullying in Children and Young People

* Understanding Common Illnesses Affecting Children

* Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

* Behaviour that Challenges (For Children & Adults - Including Dementia)

* Principles of Working with Individuals with Learning Disabilities

* Introducing Caring for Children and Young People

* Domestic Abuse

* Adverse Childhood Experiences

* Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy In the workplace

* Neuroscience In Early Years

* Self-Harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention

* Climate Change

These are just the popular qualifications, but they have over 60 available! ( including Business, IT Skills, Social Care, Customer Service and more...) The qualifications are completed within a 10 - week period in your own leisure. They are equivalent to a GCSE Grade C, so you are required to write comprehensive answers for some questions, so they aren't multiple choice courses. You can do as many as you like, however you can just do one at a time.

The only criteria you must meet to be eligible, is:

* Aged 19 or over on or before 31st August 2020

* Have lived in the UK/EU for 3+ years

* Not already on a Government funded course.

If you are interested in undertaking one of these Free Online courses or would like further information, then please complete the following link ASAP. This will then allow The AIM Group to contact you to discuss and get you started on your chosen course: https://theaimgroup.co.uk/booking-form/0014J00000eocW2

If you have any questions prior to expressing interest, call Lois Smith (our account manager) on 0203 900 3091 extension 235 or drop her an email at lois.smith@theaimgroup.co.uk.

Wakefield Council are excited to announce that the booking website for the Easter Happy Healthy holidays provision is now live at Happy Healthy Holidays - Wakefield Council  This is to enable families to book activities running between the 3rd to 14th April 2023.

There are lots of activities on offer including dance, arts and crafts, day trips, sports activities, cooking, food and nutrition activities and much more! The activities are FREE to children and young people who are in receipt of and eligible for benefits-related free school meals. 

Please see our Letters page for more information.

"Scribble and Clipboard have a job to do: sort the recycling. But Scribble keeps finding new things to investigate. When she discovers a mysterious egg hidden in the rubbish, the pair need the audience’s help to rescue an unborn chick. Can they save a mysterious egg from smashing? And what will they discover along the way?"

'Curious Investigators' is a cracking adventure created in collaboration with engineering experts from Lancaster University: a delightfully surprising, highly visual show for 3-7 year olds and their grownups.

This brand-new family show has been hatched by One Tenth Human, commissioned by Big Imaginations and supported by Arts Council England. This performance has been made possible by a Culture Grant from Wakefield Council. The event is being held at The Cluntergate Centre on Sun 26th March @ 2pm. Please see our Letters Page for more information and details of how to book.

Wakefield Council have released a 'Eat Better' Booklet. It combines eating on a budget with healthy eating and sustainability. We think this is a great resource with the current cost of living crisis. The booklet is available in libraries, Family Hubs and leisure centres across Wakefield. You can also find a copy on our 'letters page'.

Please see the below flyers for details of events being held at St Peter's Church in Horbury and St John's Church at Horbury Bridge. 

There are 12 teachers in our school who are members of the Union that are striking on 1st February. These members do not have to give the headteacher advanced notice of their intentions and have not yet done so, but as a group of potentially striking teachers, they are meeting together at some point this week to discuss who will strike and whether they can give me 'head's up'. If all 12 teachers decide to strike, then it would be very difficult to stay open because of Health and Safety concerns. Teachers from other teaching unions who are not striking have been advised not to cover the duties of absent colleagues on the strike day. I will update you once the teacher union representative has informed me of the likely picture. Unfortunately strikes are designed to be disruptive.

With kind regards, Mrs Alison J Halley.