Half term

We hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable break

with your families and come back refreshed after half

term.

Book Week

World Book Week begins on Monday 27th February. As

usual, we will be promoting a love of books and reading

through different activities, including sharing books

together and coming together dressed as a book

character on Thursday 2nd March.

Thursday afternoon we will all join together for hot

chocolate and a story. Parents are invited to join us at

3.00pm for this whole school event.

Hand to mouth

On Tuesday, Hand to mouth came into school to work

with all classes around the theme of our wider world.

Children learned about fair trade, food from different

countries, water and even learned about different

animals. The children looked at different aspects of life

in Tanzania within these sessions and we finished the

day with an assembly thanking God for all the blessings

we have in this country.

Wakefield Recycling Competition

After School Club have been working hard to design a

monster to show everyone exactly how harmful rubbish

can be to animals and to help future problems

occurring. Our monster will be displayed in the upper

mall of the ridings in unit 99a which is next to the three

phone shop. It will be open Monday-Weds. Monday

(12pm-4pm), Tuesday (10am-2pm) and Wednesday

(10am-2pm). The Monsters will also be featured on the

Recycle for Wakefield Facebook page

(https://www.facebook.com/RecycleforWakefield/). The

public can vote for their favourite monsters online, in

store, and the judging panel will also cast a vote. We

hope you have time to vote!

NSPCC

Today the NSPCC came into school to lead a celebration

assembly from the sponsored danceathon which took

place earlier this half term. The support from all the

children and families has been incredible. We reminded

the children about the importance of speaking out and

staying safe. Through the sponsored event alone we

managed to raise a staggering £2345.68. Including the

bun sale, a donation from St Johns Church and

donations during our harvest assemblies, we are

delighted to announce that our final total is just under

£2500.00. This will help the NSPCC to continue to

provide the support they give to vulnerable children

across the country. Thank you for your continued

support.

Goodbye Father Andreas

Today we held an assembly to say goodbye to Father

Andreas. He has been such a huge part of our family at

Horbury Bridge. From blessing chickens, to singing in

the style of ABBA, and most importantly for leading our

worship services in a way that engaged our children and

taught them more about the importance of our

Christian values. We will miss him dearly and wish his

family all the very best as they start a new chapter in

Walsingham.

Internet Safety Day

Tuesday the 7th was National Internet Safety day. The

focus for this year’s class based projects was 'Think

before you share'. The children worked hard and

discussed the importance of keeping your personal

information safe. When asked what was okay to put on

the internet, Henry said 'It's only okay to put things that

aren't personal, like your favourite food or colour!' Evan

said that 'you shouldn't put anything on the internet

about where you like or about yourself!' Staff were

impressed when the children showcased the activities

they had completed in a special assembly.

NCM Flag Competition

This week the children in Years 1-6 entered the National

Coal Mining Museums flag competition. The aim was to

commemorate the 70th anniversary of the

nationalisation of the coal mining industry. Our flags

will be displayed at the NCM over the half term if you

would like to go and see your child’s work.

Headlice

We have had another case of head lice this week.

Please ensure you check your child’s hair and use the

appropriate treatment as suggested by the NHS.

Information can be found on the NHS website.

Horbury Bridge CE J&I Academy

Newsletter 20

10th February 2017

Class News

Nursery and Reception

This week we visited Fairy Tale woods along with

family members to see if we could find the King’s

story. After searching high and low, the children

collected all of the pieces to reveal his story which was

called 'The Princess and the Pea'. We noticed a lot of

fairy tale characters on our walk. We made magic

wands. Louis said “My wand turns people into trees.”

Ollie turned Mason into a shark and Noah’s magic

words were “Thunder and lightning!” We made head

dresses and a den and hunted for birds before

returning to school. Thank you to everyone who came

to the woods with us. Miriam said “I liked going with

all the Daddies and Mummies.” It shows how

important these kinds of days are to the children and

to us.

Class 1S

Finally, Sunny has returned home to his family! We

decided to throw him a welcome home party to show

how happy we were that he’s home! We all wrote him

invitations first to make sure he could make it and

made bunting and a banner to decorate the classroom.

We were so pleased that Sunny could make the party –

we were so surprised when he popped out of the pass

the parcel! We also enjoyed playing ‘pin the tail on the

meerkat’ and had lots of fun dancing to all of Sunny’s

favourite songs! What a great way to finish a fantastic

half term!

Class 2K

This week in Class 2K’s PE lesson with Rich from TSS,

we have applied our newly learnt skills in hockey to

play mini games. The children really enjoyed testing

their skills in a friendly but highly competitive way. We

played in a mini tournament consisting of four teams

in a 4v4 game. Children had the opportunity to learn

different skills from controlling the ball under pressure

to the importance of working as a team. The children

have really enjoyed their lessons with Rich and the

tournament was a great way to round off a brilliant

half term of hockey!

Class 2M

This week in Class 2, we say goodbye to our agent of

C.LE.a.N - Arthur Binbag. The children have thoroughly

enjoyed having him teach them about

environmentalism and how to look after our planet. To

show him all that we have learnt, we created

presentations and projects to show to the class. Chloe,

Lucy and Alice are pictured showing theirs. 'We wanted

to show this because everyone should come together to

save our planet'. Each presentation highlighted just how

much the children have come to care about the

environment!

Class 3

This week has seen Class 3 present their completed

prototype for Rose Blanche's memorial to Mrs

Partington - they sung two beautifully moving, yet

contrasting, war songs; one song was even accompanied

by Tommy on his electric guitar. This has brought about

a lovely conclusion for their topic on Rose Blanche and

WW2, during which they have produced some

amazingly descriptive pieces of writing. They have loved

finding out about life during the war and how it

contrasts to our lives and beliefs now.

Achievement Awards This Week

Headteachers Award

Billy – for showing true perseverance

Nursery Stars of the Week

Miriam - being such a lovely part of the class

Reception

Finn – for putting in so much effort in all your

learning

Year 1

Alex – for an amazing description of the desert

Class 2K

Alex – for creating a superb representation of why

his home is special

Evie - for working so hard in her writing

Class 2M

Joy – for finishing her environmental project

during her marble treat

Emily D – for extra commitment in Maths

Class 3

Lexie – for much improved focus in all lessons

Nelly – for having a growth mindset in Maths

We have 5 closure (INSET) for staff training to be allocated for 2017/2018

Important Dates for your Diary

Date Event

Mon 13th - Thur 16th Feb Holiday Club Available, Bookings taken at the office

Thursday 23rd February Year 3 Unihoc Tournament

Thursday 2nd March World Book Day, Dress up as your favourite book character

Thursday 2nd March Whole School Story Event, Parents invited for 3.00pm

Monday 19th – Wednesday 21st June Class 3 London Residential

Term Dates 2016 – 2017

Date Event

Friday 10th February School closes for half term

Monday 20th February School reopens

Friday 7th April School closes for Easter

Monday 24th April School reopens

Monday 1st May May Day Bank Holiday

Friday 26th May School closes for half term

Monday 5th June School reopens

Friday 21st July School close for Summer

Term Dates 2017 – 2018

Date Event

Monday 4th September School reopens after Summer

Friday 20th October School closes for half term

Monday 30th October School reopens

Friday 22nd December School closes

Monday 8th January School reopens

Friday 16th February School closes for half term

Monday 26th February School reopens

Thursday 29th March School closes for Easter

Monday 16thApril School reopens

Monday 7th May May Day Bank Holiday

Friday 25th May School closes for half term

Monday 4th June School reopens

Tuesday 24th July School close for Summer

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads

Mrs K Partington

Headteacher

Mrs R Denton

Business Manager

Mrs R Findlay

Head of Teaching

and Learning

Mr S Leather

Safeguarding

Governor