Happy children with a world full of opportunities

From W.P.S 17th December ‘18

Welcome to our new look weekly update, The Update. We’ve made some small changes

based on feedback from parents. We will now put more information directly on The

Update, but continue with links just in case you would still like more information. The links

will now point to just PDFs which seem to work on any device, unlike the Word versions

we used previously. Feedback is really important to us, if you have any feedback on The

Update, please complete the form by clicking here.

The top box is new information, followed by this week’s events. You can find all future

events on our website. We have attached a date sheet for the whole year, at the bottom

of this newsletter. This is a sheet of most dates, for most aspects of school. If it’s highlighted

yellow, it has changed sine we last sent it out.

Attendance and Star Of The Week are now on our website – click the links to see the

page.

Towards the bottom of The Update you will find a reminders box. This is for anything that

has been in a copy of The Update, but hasn’t yet passed. It will remain down here until it

has so you can easily find information.

Remember that school breaks up this week on Thursday. We wish you a Happy Christmas,

and we will see you in the New Year.

Andrew Chadwick

Deputy Headteacher

New messages for this week

For Title Message

Whole

school

Trust family

newsletter

We are very proud to be part of the Focus Trust. The

Focus Trust is made up out of fifteen schools, all

working hard in their communities. To find out what

we’ve been up to, read the Focus Trust Family

Newsletter by clicking here.

Whole

school

Christmas party

day

We are having a Christmas Party day on the 20th

December. Children can wear their party clothes

and will take part in different activities. We would

appreciate a £1 donation for each child to create

their own Christmas decoration. (Money to be

handed to class teacher on the day).

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Whole

school

Extra-curricular

clubs

We have a range of Extra Curricular clubs running

after Christmas; some are free and some are run by

outside companies so have a charge. These are in

addition to Wilsden Pals. If you are interested in any

of these more information can be found here.

Whole

school

School parking The police and local council wardens have asked us

to share a letter with all parents. You will find this

letter on our website, and at the bottom of this

Update.

Whole

school

After school club

– Wilsden Pals

Wilsden Pals is our new wrap around care; Breakfast

club, after school club and holiday clubs. Full

information can be found on the Wilsden Pals

webpage.

Whole

school

Diary dates Towards the bottom of this update you will find a

page of Diary Dates. These are everything that is

going on in school this academic year. Please keep

it somewhere safe. This link will take you to it.

Whole

school

Winning raffle

tickets

We still have six raffle prizes waiting to be collected.

If you have a winning ticket, please come to the

office to claim your prize! All blue tickets: 396, 21,

106, 26, 141, 581. Thank you.

Whole

school

Curriculum and

homework

By the end of this week the curriculum section of our

website will be changed to reflect next term’s topics.

Please have a look as it will make it explicit what

your child is learning, and how. If you are out and

about over the holidays or following weekends and

want to do a piece of work based around your

child’s learning, this should help. (On the website

click on School Life, Curriculum and Curriculum

Overview)

Reception

parents

Visit to Laurel

Bank nursing

home

We are going to visit Laurel Bank care home on

Wednesday 19th December at 1.30pm. We will be

walking up to the care home and singing Christmas

and nativity songs to the elderly.

In order for this to go ahead, we need 3 parent

volunteers to help us walk up to the care home.

Please speak to one of the Reception staff if you are

available to help.

Reception

parents

Nativity Reception classes Nativity is on Tuesday 18th

December. If you would like to come, please click

here to reserve your ticket.

Year 5

parents

Visit to York

Castle Museum

On Tuesday 29th January, Year 5 will be going on a

visit to the York Castle Museum. The cost is £16.50

and children will leave school at 8:30am and aim to

arrive back at 4:00pm. To give permission, please

pay on ParentPay and complete the permission form

here. For full information, the letter can be found

here.

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This week’s events

Date What Details

18th Dec Reception Nativity Please see above for full details – we are aiming for

a 9am start. Could be a little later by the time the

children are dressed etc.

19th Dec Aladdin

Pantomime

Years 3 and 4 are proud to present Aladdin!

Performances at 9am and 6pm for those who have

tickets. If you missed them, speak to your child’s class

teacher who will try and help.

19th Dec Reception visit to

Laurel Bank

Full details available above

20th Dec Christmas Party

Day

Christmas Party Day! Children to wear party clothes

and bring in a £1 donation (given to class teacher)

towards a Christmas decoration if possible.

20th Dec Christmas holidays We break up at 3:30pm, Friday is an INSET day. Have

a wonderful Christmas and we will see you on the 7th

January.

All events can be found on our website, by clicking here

The National average for attendance

across the country is 96.4%. Currently our

attendance is 96.9%; remember, every

school day counts.

Find our attendance breakdown, winning

classes and punctuality by clicking here

(this will be updated every Monday).

Click here to see the Star of the Week! (Updated each Monday)

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Popular information: School dinners are tasty and healthy. Menus are available by clicking here

School holidays are available by clicking here, or looking on our 'Events

Calendar'

Wrap around care with Wilsden Pals! Click here.

Think there is a letter you’ve missed and want to see? All letters can be found on

our website by clicking School Office and then Letters – or by clicking here.

Reminders from previous Updates

Message

for

From

which

Update?

Message

These will be added in future Updates. As this is the first Update, please check back to

the final newsletter that can be found here.

Keep in touch! Twitter: @WilsdenPrimary

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WilsdenPrimarySchool or our Facebook group ‘Wilsden

Parent Forum – Official’

Full Contact Details

www.wilsdenprimary.co.uk

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Diary Dates – 2018/19 Governors (all 6pm starts) Reception parent events

19th September

28th November

16th January

13th March

8th May

17th July – including AWARDS EVENING (6:30pm)

30th October – Curriculum evening (6:30pm)

13th Nov – Prospective parents info evening (6:30pm)

22nd January – Reception class assembly (9:00am)

26th March – Coffee / open morning (8:45am)

18th June – New parents information evening (6:30pm)

10th July – Reception class end of year assembly (9:00am)

Year 1 parent events Year 2 parent events 17th October – Practical boat making (2:15pm)

27th March – Fundraiser / assembly (Arctic animal) (2:15pm)

4th July – Open morning discussing favourite toys (9:00am)

18th October – Circus skills assembly (2:00pm)

8th February – Animal fundraiser / open morning (9:00am)

25th February – Balloon investigation / open morn (9:00am)

11th July – Y2 graduation (9am and 6pm)

Year 3 parent events Year 4 parent events 28th November – Fairtrade Fundraiser (assembly, open

class, selling lollies at break) (9am)

28th March – Open afternoon (2:30pm)

8th July – Shelter building with parents (10am)

10th October – Getting to know H2O fundraiser (9:30am)

21st May – Animation creation cinema screening (9:30am)

12th July – Rise of the Empire activity morning (9:30am)

Year 5 parent events Year 6 parent events 13th November – Parent open morning (9:15am)

5th April – Wilsden Murder Mystery Challenge (9am)

25th June – Wonderful World Fundraising (2:30pm)

29th November – Fantastical beasts assembly (9am)

4th April – Fundraiser, Make a Wish (2pm)

19th June – Parent making assembly, Viking long boats (2pm)

Curriculum Days / enhancement Fundraising / WSA 16th January – Maths Day

13th February – International Book Giving Day

7th March – World Book Day

11th March – Science Day (this is science week)

9th May – Music curriculum day (linking to end of year event)

22nd January – WSA meeting (3:45pm in school)

W/B 11th February – Book Fair

15th February – non-uniform

19th March – WSA meeting (3:45pm in school)

29th March – Bingo night

11th April – Discos

12th April – non-uniform

7th May – WSA meeting (3:45pm in school)

24th May – non-uniform

3rd July – Discos

5th July – Summer Fair / event

24th July – non-uniform

Parent Forum – all starting at 14:30 Parents’ Evening / Reports 29th October - Monday

5th February – Tuesday

8th April – Monday

3rd July - Wednesday

12th February – Parents’ consultation (3:30-5pm)

13th February – Parents’ consultation (5:30pm-8pm)

17th June – Reports to SLT

15th July – Reports out to parents

Assessments – staff see assessment calendar Focus Trust 13th May – KS1 and KS2 SATs week

W/B 10th June – Phonics screening check week

4th April – Focus Trust Music Festival

28th June – Focus Trust Maths Fun Day

Misc. Performances 20th December – Christmas party day

W/B 4th February – Children’s Mental Health Week

14th March – class photos

1st to 3rd April – Year 4 Nell Bank

8th to 10th April – Year 5 Robinwood

20th to 22nd May – Year 6 Robinwood Wrexham

23rd May – Head boy / girl voting day

17th June - Sports Day – KS2 am, KS1 pm

30th June – Wilsden Gala

1st July – 3rd July – Transition Days (universal likely 3rd)

Wilsden’s Got Talent Final – Tuesday 23rd July (PM)

Big British Celebration – Tuesday 23rd July

13th December – Year 1 and 2 Nativity (9am and 6pm)

18th December – Reception classes nativity (9am)

19th December – Year 3 and 4 Panto (9am and 6pm)

22nd July – Years 5 and 6 performance (9am and 6pm)

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Dear Parent/Carer

Re: School parking

West Yorkshire Police and Bradford Council are committed to improving driving and parking standards around our

schools ensuring the safety of all.

We receive a high number of complaints of inconsiderate and dangerous parking around schools. Examples

include parking on pavements, causing obstructions, blocking driveways, parking on double yellow lines, parking

where there are double white lines in the centre of the road, and allowing children to exit vehicles whilst stopped

on School Keep Clear ‘zig-zags’ or in queuing traffic. There have even been instances of abusive and threatening

behaviour by parents and carers. This behaviour and standard of driving and parking are wholly unacceptable and

most importantly put your children’s safety at risk.

We request that you adhere to the following;

Do not park or drop off on the ‘Keep Clear’ school zig zags markings

Do not park on double yellow lines or where there are double white lines in the centre of the road

Adhere to local parking restrictions

West Yorkshire Police

Shipley Neighbourhood Policing Team

Shipley Police Station

Manor lane

Shipley

BD18 3RJ

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Shipley Area Co-ordinators Office

Shipley Town Hall,

Kirkgate

Shipley

BD18 3EJ

Date:

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Do not block pavements, driveways or pedestrian access

Turn off the vehicle engine when parked – this creates an unpleasant and unhealthy environment for pedestrians and releases harmful emissions

Behave in a manner that is respectful towards others – including pedestrians and local residents. Drivers found committing the above offences place themselves at risk of being prosecuted/issued tickets by both Council Wardens and Police. If it is necessary to use a vehicle to drop your child off then we request that you allow extra time in order to park and drop off safely and legally. We request your cooperation in this matter in order to improve standards and ultimately keep school children safe. Sgt Andrew Rollett Shipley Neighbourhood Policing Team

Shipley Police Station

Richard Colman

Area Operations Manager

Council Wardens

Shipley Constituency