Friday Update - 20.06.2025
Posted 20th June 2025
Miss McNamara's Message
What a fantastic Sports Day we had! A huge thank you to Miss Baxter for her excellent organisation of the event – it ran like clockwork and was a real celebration of sport and teamwork. Thank you also to all the teachers who practised with their classes in the lead-up, helping our pupils feel confident and prepared on the day. Special thanks to Mrs Riley for her fantastic commentary – she kept us all informed and thoroughly entertained throughout!
A big shout-out to the brave teachers who took part in the surprise teachers' race – a brilliant bit of fun that the children loved! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to support, cheer, and encourage every child – your presence is hugely appreciated, especially whilst tolerating the heat. We're also grateful to our wonderful PTFA for keeping everyone refreshed!
In other good news, we’ve celebrated Walk to School Day, encouraging healthy habits and reducing our carbon footprint – well done to everyone who took part!
Our composting toilet installation is also coming along nicely and will be ready for use from Monday. Follow us on social media for updates and photos. This is being funded as part of a grant from Northern Powergrid and will allow us to utilise our outdoor space even more.
Thank you, everyone, for making this week such a success!
Water Bottles
It is a little cooler next week but we have found some children do not have water bottles. Please always ensure your child has a named bottle for school.
🎉 Enrolmy is here – and it’s all about making your life easier! 🎉
From September, schools across the country are making changes to how wraparound care is run, following new guidance from the Department for Education (DfE). These changes are designed to make before- and after-school care more accessible, flexible and consistent for families. As part of this, alongside feedback from our families, we’re updating our booking system to make it easier for you to manage your childcare needs.
We are therefore thrilled to introduce Enrolmy, our brand-new, user-friendly booking system designed with YOU in mind. After listening to your feedback, we’ve made the process smoother, faster, and more convenient than ever.
📅 Bookings for the next academic year are now OPEN!
Before we officially switch to Enrolmy in September, please make sure all payments are up to date on Arbor.
Here is the booking link to our BAS booking page:
Enrolmy | Coppice Valley Primary School
For more information, please visit our website page - Coppice Valley Primary School - Red Kite Learning Trust - Before and After School (BAS) Club
Coppice-Fest - Complete the form for each child.
A huge thank you to everyone who has already completed the form for their child for Coppice-Fest.
🎉 Coppice Fest - Parent/Carer Information Form 🎉
We are so excited for the day!
Free School Meals! Help for Your Child and School
Just a gentle reminder about Free School Meals. We want to give every child the best chance to learn and do well in school. One way we can help is through Free School Meals and extra money for school (called Pupil Premium). Even if you are not sure you can get it, fill in the form. It only takes a few minutes.
If you are allowed Free School Meals:
You may get Free School Meals if you get things like:
- Universal Credit (with a low income)
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit)
- Pension Credit
- Help from the Home Office or asylum support
How do I apply?
- Answer a few quick questions here https://forms.office.com/e/LiivDUa8Jx
- Apply online yourself https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/pp-rklt
- Or come into the school office – we are happy to help you complete the form
Road Safety Talks - Poster Competition
To end what has been a fantastic academic year of support for Road Safety Talks visits to schools, we would like to run a competition within all the primary schools we have visited over the year. To commemorate our visit’s and to act as an ongoing reminder to the children about Road Safety, we are in the process of making new certificates to leave with each place we visit.
To enter the competition, design a picture which will be used on the certificate. We would like the picture to relate to road safety heroes. Ideas could be a picture of a lollipop person helping children cross the road, or a police officer helping people after an incident on the road. I am sure that the children will have great ideas! We would ask that the picture be submitted on an A4 piece of paper.
There will be 3 prizes; £30 for the 1st prize, £20 for the 2nd prize and £10 for the 3rd prize of WHSmith vouchers for the winners of the competition. There will also be 3 runner up prizes of Road Safety Talks goody bags.
If possible, we would like to display the winners name and school on the poster, but obviously if parents agree to this. It would be nice too if we could arrange for me to present the voucher to the winner.
We would ask for all entries to be submitted by Friday 19th July. Entries can be sent by post or dropped off directly to:
Lauren Doherty
Road Safety Talks
10a, Boroughbridge Road
Knaresborough
HG5 0NG
If you would like any further information or have any questions regarding this competition, please don't hesitate to email or call myself on roadsafetytalk@gmail.com or 07912 303489.
✨ Highlights for next week! ✨
Sycamore
- We are continuing our conservation of bee unit in Geography. 🐝
- The children will be taking their learning outdoors (Mrs Riley's favourite), and going on a bee hunt as we start our fieldwork investigations. 🌳
- In Maths we are learning all about 2d and 3d shapes 🔸 and in Science, learning about the human body 👂👃👅👁 and lots of fascinating facts!
Beech
- We are going to Yorkshire Sculpture Park 🗿
- Herbie the tortoise is coming to visit 🐢
- We are making bug hotels in forest school as part as our science (animals including humans) 🐛
Chestnut
- Bikeability! We're so excited to get on our bikes and learn some new skills! 🚲
and...
- RKLT Olympics!
Summer 2 - Week 4
Eco Tip: Watering Plants
- Water Plants Early or Late: Minimise evaporation and conserve water by avoiding midday watering. Water your plants early in the morning before the hottest time of the day or late at night when the sun sets for the day. 🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼
Summer 2 Key Dates - June
w/c Monday 23 June 2025 - Y5 Bikeability (TBC)
Monday 23 June 2025 - PTFA Colour Run Planning Meeting
Tuesday 24 June 2025 - Y1 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Trip
Friday 27 June 2025 - Walk to School Day
Summer 2 Key Dates - July
Tuesday 1 July 2025 - Crucial Crew Y6
Friday 4 July 2025 - Training Day
Monday 14 July 2025 - Year 6 Performance 1:30pm
Friday 11 July 2025 - Coppice-Fest & Special Festival Theme Lunch
Friday 18 July 2025 - Year 6 Leavers Assembly 9:15am
Friday 18 July 2025 - Break up for Summer Holidays
Monday 21 July 2025 - Training Day
Tuesday 22 July 2025 - Training Day
⭐ Attendance ⭐
Each week, we’ll be sharing the attendance percentage for every class to celebrate great attendance and highlight the importance of being in school every day—because every lesson counts in building strong foundations for learning and success!
Weekly class attendance for the week ending 20 June 2025.
Class |
% |
|
Oak |
96.3% |
|
Beech |
95.3% |
|
Ash |
97.2% |
|
Sycamore |
96.3% |
|
Apple |
99.3% |
|
Chestnut |
93.1% |
|
Willow |
96.1% |
|
Whole School |
96.3% |
