Newsletters & Other News
Bulletin 03.05.2024
Welcome to this week's bulletin and news round-up... It's been the usual busy week in school with plenty to report. Reception have had a lovely day out at Gedling Country Park (many thanks to all the wonderful volunteer helpers) and we enjoyed rocking out for Times...
Weekly Bulletin 26.04.24
Welcome to this week's bulletin and news round-up... Here we are in the Summer Term already, though it still feels rather Autumnal out. Thanks to all who attended parents' evening meetings - it was lovely to see so many of you in school. Thanks also to everyone...
Weekly Bulletin 28.03.2024
Welcome to the bulletin and news round-up... Here we are on the last day of the Spring Term, remembering of course that tomorrow, Friday 29th, is a Bank Holiday. On behalf of all the staff, wishing everyone a lovely Easter break and for those who celebrate it as...
Weekly Bulletin 22.09.2024
Welcome to this week's bulletin and round-up A busy day in the Office today, trying to get our 2024-25 budget started with our finance team. It's a whirl of numbers and spreadsheets and trying to manage with a budget that is not increasing in line with...
Weekly Bulletin 15.03.2024
Welcome to this week's bulletin and news round-up Another busy and enjoyable week in school if a little quiet at the 'back end' with the vast majority of Year Five and a number of staff being away on the Residential adventure. Look out for reports next week....
Weekly Bulletin 07.03.2024
Welcome to the weekly bulletin and news round-up A day early with the bulletin this week as I'm due to be out on a conference tomorrow, Friday. I may yet end up being in school, but just to be on the safe side, here we go... Mr Hillier...
Bulletin 01.10.2021
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Bulletin 17.09.2021
From Y2 – please could children return any Year 1 reading books they still have.
Y2 would also love to hear form anyone who could spare some time to come in and listen to readers in class.
The name tape for the new PE jackets is in the left-hand side pocket of the waterproof jacket part. Obviously, we now have a lot of identical jackets around, so please take the time to label your child’s.
Our new outdoor gym equipment is now installed and the children ill be able to explore it next week. More on this in the next full Newsletter.
Football match – our ‘a’ team have their first fixture of the season on Tuesday, when we host Radcliffe-on-Trent in the Notts SFA County Cup. All support welcome – kick off 3:45 to 4pm.
Half-Term Sports Camps
Our PE partners Next Level Sports are offering sports camps at Parkdale on the 30th and 31st of May. Full details in the flyer. MAY_Parkdale NEW
Playtime Football
Many of our children love nothing better than a game of football at playtime. We love to see them engaged in sporty play, having fun and exercising. However, football can create problems and fall-outs. Lots of the children take it very, very seriously and struggle to...
Y5/6 Cricket Club
A bit later than planned as the success of our football teams has extended their season and the time demands on myself, but we are almost ready to offer cricket club to Year 5 and 6. Cricket Club will be on Tuesdays, 3:30 to 5pm and will start on the 14th of May. All...
End of Day Timings
It's been mentioned to us that there is a bit of inconsistency around when our classes come out at the end of the school day. We'll try to address this. The school day ends at 3:30. If we were a school with a bell to mark the end of the day, that’d be when it went....
Supporting Hope
As readers may know, Parkdale has a strong connection to Hope, the local charity supporting our community, particularly through foodbanks. We regularly take actions to support Hope, last year going all-out with a campaign in our Community Action Week. There is a nice...
Summer Term Dates
We have a busy term ahead of us, with lots of dates already confirmed. This is what we have in the diary at present: Parkdale Primary - Summer Term Dates 2024 May Monday 6th May – Bank Holiday Wednesday 15th May – Year 1 Good Work Assembly Thursday 16th May –...
Y6 SATs Breakfast Cafe
We're pleased to share with you that we'll be providing a breakfast café for Y6 pupils on the week of SATs, Monday 13th May - Thursday 16th May. Last year, the pupils found the morning social and snacks enjoyable. It was very informal - a great opportunity for the...
Holi Festival of Colour
KS1 Holi Dance KS2 Holi Dance The whole school learnt a traditional Holi dance for the festival of colour. The weather wasn’t kind and we had to do our dance in the hall in two groups instead of on the playground, but as you can see the children had a wonderful time....
Easter Bonnet Parade 2024
We were so lucky with the weather to hold our annual Easter Bonnet Parade on the playground again this year for all the parents to see the wonderful creations. There was a winning entry chosen in each class (and you can hear the anguish from every teacher saying help,...
New Governors
Following the recent nomination process, we are delighted to add four new Governors to our Full Governing Body. There are all parents/carers of children currently in the school and bring a great range of skills and knowledge to this important group. Claire Harrison is...
Current Vacancies
Teaching Vacancies
We are currently lookling to recruit to two posts: 1 x Maternity Cover (1 Term) Early Years 1 x Full Time Class Teacher, Early Years/KS1 https://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies/
Midday Supervisor Vacancy
We have been advertising a vacancy in our Midday team. If interested please apply via our Trust website. Closing date is Mon 6th....
Teaching Assistant Vacancy
We currently have a vacancy advertised for a level 2 Teaching Assistant. Details here. https://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies/