Newsletters & Other News
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...
Weekly Bulletin 01.03.24
Welcome to the latest bulletin and news round-up It has been a rather stressful week in school for staff, with a major migration of IT systems leaving us without any connectivity for long periods and then lots of issues accessing emails and files etc. We're getting...
Holi Festival of Colour
Monday 25th March We would like children to come to school dressed in brightly coloured tops for our dance. Any colour or Every colour! Children will still be wearing their normal PE bottoms or school bottoms.
Weekly Bulletin 23.02.2024
Welcome to this week's bulletin and news round-up A busy first week back after the holiday and one in which the weather has scuppered a few planned outdoor events and clubs. At one point yesterday it looked like the MUGA was becoming a replacement for the recently...
Weekly Bulletin 08.02.2024
Welcome to the bulletin - the last one of this half-term Half-way through the school year; where does the time go? On behalf of all here at school, wishing you an enjoyable half-term week... A reminder that tomorrow, Friday 9th, is an INSET Day. School is closed to...
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.
Praise for Year Five
If your child was on last week's Year Five residential, you might be pleased (and proud!) to know that their behaviour was fantastic. Our staff reported back that the children were a delight and went at every activity with real enthusiasm and positivity. Not only...
Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel Update
An update on our attempts to be a bit less 'car dependent' here, from our Eco-Team. SUSTRANS BIG WALK AND WHEEL 2024
Ramadan
Ramadan Mubarak to our staff and families Ramadan is an important time for many of the families in our community. We thought it might be of interest to non-Muslim families to share this piece from colleagues at Transform Trust HQ; an insight into the significance of...
Rabbit Run!
On Friday 22nd March we will be participating in another whole school run/jog. We will be running for each class to raise funds to purchase a mature tree to be planted in the ‘soon to be’ Parkdale Forest. Please make any donations in cash to your child’s class...
Book Fair Total
Thank you to everyone that attended the School Book Fair. We made a grand total of £416.13! This amazing total meant we were able buy lots of new books for our School Library.A huge thank you to all of the staff that supported in running the fair each day.
FOP Reception Party
Reception Party Letter 2024 The Reception Disco / Party is coming up on Friday 22nd March. If your child would like to go to the Party, please book your place on Parent Pay by Friday 15th March. All details on the attached letter.
Parkdale Dance Affinity After School Club
Chelsea from Dance Affinity came into school a few weeks ago to do a dance workshop for Year 3 and Year 4 children. After Easter she will be offering a PAID after school club in school. The club runs from 3.30pm - 4.15pm. This club is ONLY open to current Parkdale...
Sustrans Walk And Wheel Latest
SUSTRANS WALK AND WHEEL 2024 Sustrans is a UK-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, which is responsible for the National Cycle Network. The Sustrans team work with schools to encourage active daily commutes on the school-run. This year is the 15th year of the...
Pregnancy in Ramadan Workshop
We have been asked to share this by Notts CC Early Childhood Services We're delivering an online workshop for Muslim mums: Pregnant In Ramadan: Nurturing Mind, Body & Spirit on Saturday 9th March at 6.30pm About: Being pregnant during Ramadan can be difficult,...
Do You Have Access to a Van?
We've found a fantastic climbing frame for the children in The Hive, our Enhanced Provision for those with the most complex special needs. What we're struggling with a bit is to get it here from Ilkeston. It's a cheeky request, but does anyone out there with access to...
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/