Newsletters & Other News
Weekly Bulletin 07.11.2025
Welcome to Bulletin #9 Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term. I hope everyone had a good half-term week. My own travels were great, though predictably enough Cologne lost both matches I saw. We're back in the swing of things; plans and early practices for...
Weekly Bulletin 23.10.2025
Welcome to Bulletin #8 We've made it (nearly) to half-term. Well done everyone! I've had to go a day early with the bulletin as I'm working away from school tomorrow, Friday. I'll just take the chance to wish everyone a lovely week. For me, it's another football...
Weekly Bulletin 17.10.2025
Welcome to Bulletin #7 For many schools locally, today (Friday 17th) is the final day of this half-term. We have another week to go, which we make back by still having the nice long Summer holiday. Let's hang on in there next week! I was out for my usual Thursday...
Weekly Bulletin 10.10.2025
Welcome to Bulletin #6 The weeks are flying by and we'll soon be at half-term, which for us remains at just the one week, by far the most popular option in last year's (re)consultation and, for us, by a country-mile the most effective pattern educationally....
Weekly Bulletin 03.10.2025
Welcome to Bulletin #5 Here we are on the first INSET Day of the year, this one a training day for all Transform schools. Our staff are off out and about to all points across Nottingham, Derby and North Notts for training on a variety of themes: Improving outcomes for...
Weekly Bulletin 26.09.2025
Welcome To Bulletin #4 "Have you been over in Seville watching Forest then?" I was asked more than once out on the playground this morning. Sadly not! Whilst friends and family not tied to school terms were having a jolly old time out there, I wasn't even able to get...
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.
Year 2 Children in Need
As part of Children in Need, Year 2 will be enjoying a range of “25 challenges” throughout the morning. Including fun with Lego, danceathon and build a positive word cloud. We are sure the children will be excited to share their experiences with you at the end of the...
County Cup Football
Parkdale FC - supporting Hope On Thursday evening, our Y5/6 team played a County Cup match against Edwalton Primary (West Bridgford). We suspected this might be a bit of a tough one. Edwalton have been county champions for the last two years and their coach had...
Year 3 and 4 Disco – Friday 21st November
Year 3 and 4 Disco November 2025 Friends of Parkdale are hosting our next disco for Year 3 and Year 4. Please find all the details on the attached letter. Book your place using ParentPay and remember to select your food choices too. Bookings close on Friday 14th...
Year 3’s visit to Leicester Museum
Year 3 had a fantastic start to this half term at Leicester Museum. We enjoyed a fabulous workshop for our Ancient Egyptian topic, explored the dinosaur and fossil exhibit and explored the temporary Elmer room with lots of story telling and dressing up to the books...
Year 3’s Children in Need Challenge 25!
We are very excited about our Challenge 25 activity for Year 3 next week as we will be taking on the Strictly 25 Step Dance Challenge! Each day we will learn five dazzling dance moves and put them all together at the end of the week with a dance routine worthy of a...
Nottinghamshire Table Tennis Championships
We were delighted to be able to take a team to the Notts Table Tennis Championships yesterday (Sunday 2nd Nov). This was the first time ever that we have had enough strong players to consider entering such a high level of competition. The event, part of the Table...
Thanks From Hope
We were delighted to receive this confirmation of your amazing contributions to hope over the past year - 289Kg of food! We are very proud of our connection to Hope, whose mission fits so well with our school values and the values that we know you hold dear, whatever...
Year 3 and Year 4 Presentation Slides for the Residential Trip to Iceland
Please click on the link below to access the presentation slides for the residential trip to Iceland. Iceland Presentation Oct 2025 copy
Y4 Walesby Payment
Y4 Residential to Walesby Final Monies Due Look out for the letter if your child is going to Walesby.
Behaviour Policy
Starting with a real positive... behaviour of children in school is generally fantastic. They are kind, polite and hard-working. Most display manners and social skills you will not routinely see elsewhere. Everyone who comes in for whatever reason notices and comments...
Current Vacancies
Cleaner Vacancy
We are currently recruiting for a new member of our school cleaning team. This is an important and fulfilling role; helping us to keep the environment at its best for the children. Full details here:...