Craft-ernoon

We have a regular craft-ernoon every Tuesday afternoon in the Community Room led by Mrs Nelson-White, who has a passion for textiles and is great with a sewing machine.

Our craft-ernoon is growing weekly, with some parents/carers learning how to sew on buttons, through to those who are learning how to use a machine and others who already have their own craft expertise, such as crochet that they are teaching others.

There is absolutely no previous craft experience needed, it is just a friendly, informal place for our parents/carers to get together weekly, have a cuppa and develop skills alongside developing friendships.

The circus has come to town!

In May the Yorkshire Circus visited the school for a day to teach the children Circus skills. Whilst all the children were learning tricks to become the most amazing circus performers ever, they were also developing their fine and gross motor skills, that we know are so important to develop writing. Our children accessed a variety of equipment, and loved the experience so much that we have bought equipment for the children to play with during playtimes. Thank you to Mrs Towse for arranging such amazing visitors for school.

Cake and Talk event

Our Stronger Together Stigma Strategy Group organised a 'Cake and Talk' event to spread the word about looking after our mental health. The parents/carers invited representatives from Brake, Kirklees MHST and Kirklees Wellness Service. Each professional briefly explained the services they could offer after which parents/carers were free to chat to them over coffee and cake!

The hall was set up with five tables, one for each of the areas connected with the NHS 5 Ways to Wellbeing:

● Keep Learning

● Be active

● Give

● Take notice

● Connect

On each table were conversation starter style questions, post it notes, and leaflets explaining the 5 ways to wellbeing with tips and ideas about small changes which can be made to improve your mental health. The feedback was very positive. This event will become a regular feature in our Stronger Together offer for parents/carers!

Father's Day Fire Pit!

Year 1 children invited their dads to join them for a sing song and smores in celebration of Father’s Day. This followed an amazing performancethe children’s confidence in speaking to an audience was inspiring! Thank you, Year 1 dads!

Year 6 Residential to Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire

Canoeing, archery, campfires, zip wires and late nights were enjoyed by our Y6 children last weekend! What a great way to celebrate eight years at Field Lane!

Democracy on top!

Voting for prefects, Head Boy and Head Girl

Each year, the Primary Phase votes for their Head Girl and Head Boy as well as School Prefects. The application letters this year were amazing and it will be really difficult for the children to choose!

Fortunately, all the candidates were able to take on prefect roles and responsibilities so they are able to contribute to all that happens in school. The current Head Girl and Head Boy fed back to all the applicants for next year’s posts and they loved reading each application.

Every single application received was precise, detailed and each letter had a high-level of explanation as well as ideas that would be introduced to the school. We loved reading each letter and are proud to announce that everyone who initially applied has progressed to the next stage of the process.