The Week Ahead Updates and Communication for Parents
Psalm 1 v 3
Growing Lives that Bear Fruit
Quick Stop Notices ✋🏼📋
Please remember that the school playground is not open until a teacher is on duty.
- Supervision begins: Between 8:40 am and 8:45 am. If children need to arrive earlier than this please book them into breakfast club with Mrs Virgo - it opens at 7:55am and costs £3.00 a day.
- Important: Please do not leave children unattended on the playground before this point. Staff are in essential meetings inside the building until duty begins.
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Week commencing 9th February 2026
ALL WEEK: Year 11 Mock GCSEs
Monday:
7:55 - 8:55: Breakfast Club
15:30 - 16:30: Study Club
Tuesday:
7:55 - 8:55: Breakfast Club
11:30 - 11:45: Student Council bun sale
15:30 - 16:30: Study Club
Wednesday
7:55 - 8:55: Breakfast Club
15:30 - 16:30: Study Club
15:30 - 16:30: Rackets Club
Thursday
7:55 - 8:55: Breakfast Club
15:30 - 16:30: Study Club
15:30 - 16:30: Matilda drama rehearsal
Friday
7:55 - 8:55: Breakfast Club
11:30: - 13:00: GCSE Art studetns visiting Cartwright Hall
15:30: Break for Half-Term
Dates for your Diary 🗓️
February
- Wednesday 18th: Yr11 Dear England Theatre Production
- W/C Monday 23rd:
- School re-opens
- Year 11 Mock GCSE exams
- Yr9/10 Barcelona trip (return 27th Feb)
March
- Monday 2nd - Tuesday 3rd: Yr11 Coniston Hall trip
- Monday 2nd 13:00: HPV Vaccinations
- Tuesday 10th: Yr11 Parent Consultations
- Wednesday 11th: Staff PD, school closed to students
- Friday 27th 12:00: School Closes for Easter break
April
- Monday 13th: School re-opens for Summer Term
- Thursday 16th: Teenage Booster & outstanding MMR vacconations
- Monday 20th 27th 9:00 - 13:00 & Wednesday 29th: Matilda rehearsals at Guiseley Theatre
- Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd: Yr 1 - 10 Parent Consultations
- Wednesday 29th, 30th & 1st May 18:30: Matilda Performance at Guiseley Theatre
🌟 Stars & Students 💫 of the week
Primary
Tyson (YR) for great participation in worship times and growing in confidence in PE lessons.
Ophelia (Y1) For fantastic progress in Phonics
Alex (Y3) For excellent work in Spanish
Oscar (Y4) For well thought out predictions in our science investigation
Zidan (Y2) For fantastic progress in Phonics
Bronze
Oscar
Jesse
Middle
Joseph (Y5) for: Incredible progress in Spanish.
Miriam (Y5) for: Excellent reading comprehension - full marks
Angel (Y6) for: Excellent Spanish result.
Jude (Y7) for: Achieving well in Spanish.
Upper
From last week
Brody for:
Angel (Y9) for: Consistent hard work and insights in maths and CS
Caleb (Y10) for: Wonderful work in Create, organising his group well
Katie (Y10) for: Achieving excellence in a biology topic.
Mbali (Y10) for: Excellent result in Spanish translation.
Joy (Y10) for: Always taking on feedback to improve her already high grades.
Musa (YOak 10) for: Wonderful work quality and growing in confidence enough to volunteer to answer questions outside of Oak class eg in his maths lessons.
🎓 Classroom 👨🏫 News
Visit
This week we welcomed Ms Susan Hinchcliffe from Bradford council into school. She was impressed with our ilttle school and this will help our relationship with Bradford council.
PTFA 👨🏻👩🏼👧🏻👦🏼 💬 Parent, Teacher & Friends Association
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Headteacher's Message
Our Mission
To provide a holistic Christian education for all and to inspire discipleship.
Our Vision
To be a Christian community in which everyone grows in character, faith, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been an incredibly busy week at school, and I wanted to share some important updates, ranging from improvements to our site to some significant news within our school family.
We are pleased to share some positive developments regarding our school facilities. We have secured some new grants which will be directly invested back into the school. You may notice work taking place as we fix the perimeter wall, and we have also installed new boilers to ensure the school remains warm and efficient. Room 13 will be fully repaired during the Easter holidays.
There is great excitement for one school family. Congratulations to Miss Fenwick, who will become Mrs Kershaw next Saturday (14th Feb). She is celebrating a Valentine’s wedding to Matt Kershaw (the Kershaws' son). We wish them a wonderful day and a lifetime of happiness together. We don’t know how we will cope with two Mrs Kershaws!
I also want to say a huge thank you to Molly Cox, our teaching student, for being an amazing asset to the PE department this term. Her hard work and enthusiasm have been noted by staff and students alike.
Finally, amidst the busyness of mock exams and data checks, I want to thank our wider staff team. From the tireless work on Matilda rehearsals to running after-school clubs such as racket club and homework club in their own time, their dedication is what makes our community flourish.
As a community, we turn to prayer in both times of joy and times of need. Please could we ask you to uphold the following in your prayers:
- Mrs. Hutcheson: We share the sad news that she is facing a recurrence of cancer and will be undergoing a month of radiotherapy. We pray for her strength, healing, and peace during this treatment, and we look forward to her return.
- Ellie & Matt Kershaw to be: We pray for blessings upon their marriage as they start their new life together next weekend.
- Our School Community: For stamina for our staff and students during this busy season of mock exams and rehearsals.
