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Good Work Assembly – 3rd May
The children in the picture below were all selected by their class teachers for good work assembly.
Yellow Day
For the past two years we have raised a fantastic amount of money for Marie Curie Cancer Care – by holding a Yellow Day where children and staff come to school in yellow clothes. We hold a Yellow Fait and children take home their daffodils which they planted way back in November.
Amount raised last year - £1005.00
Amount raised this year - £800.00
Thanks to everyone who made this day a success!
World Book Day Competition
To celebrate World Book Day, we held a bookworm competition. Each class had to complete as many book reviews as they could and put the segments together to make a bookworm, with the longest one winning a prize.
Year 5 came third, with 78 bookworm segments, followed by Year 3 with a very impressive 92. Overall winners, however, were Year 6, with an incredible 150 book reviews! Well done, Year 6!
Town Hall Christmas Concert
A group of year 6 children from Spring Bank Primary represented the school at the Annual Town Hall Schools’ Christmas Concert, on Tuesday 5th December. There were over 450 children in the choir and they were accompanied by the Leeds Youth Orchestra. It was a wonderful event and the children really enjoyed performing to their parents.
Anti-bullying Week
The Anti-bullying Ambssadors organised some great activities from Moonday 19th to Friday 23rd November. We had a mexican wave on the all-weather pitch with pupils, staff and parents, to show that our playground is a place for fun and unity.
We also had a competition to make a ‘kindness mask’ (KS1) and an ‘anti-bullying superhero’ (KS2). The winners were Kitty Gilbody, year 1 and Favour Taiwo, year 5. All the children in the school decorated a pladge flower. These will be displayed in a Spring Bank Garden of Garden display (photo to follow).
On Friday, children dressed up in blue to show their support for anti-bullying week.
Olympic Torch Bearer
On Thursday 21st June, Phil Marshall, one of the tourch bearers came to our school to do an assesmbly. He told us his story of being nominated to be a torch bearer and the charity work he is involved in. One of his big achievements was completing the Marathon Des Sables, the hardest race in the world which takes place at the Sahara Desert. We were pleased that Phil could come to our school. We look forward to seeing him on Sun 24th when the torch come to Leeds.
Gym Teams win medals
Well done to our Gym teams who took part in a city wide tournament at the John Charles Sports Centre. Our Y5/6 Foundation team won silver medals, Y5/6 Advanced won bronze and all the other teams performed brilliantly. Special mention to Lily Hogkinson who came second out of 40 children in her group. Thanks to Miss Mitchell, Mrs Sanders and Mrs Lewis who have coached the children so well all year in gym club.
Questionnaire Results
Results of Questionnaire for parents and carers: Parents’ Evening November 2011.
Numbers in brackets are figures from 2009 questionnaire.
| Number of replies (Please tick) |
Strongly agree% |
Agree% |
Disagree% |
Strongly disagree |
|
| 1 | My child enjoys school Number of returns: 98(70) |
66%(57%)
|
32%(39%) |
2%(4%) |
|
| 2 | The school keeps my child safe 93(70) |
67%(51%)
|
33% (49%) |
|
|
| 3 | My child is making progress at this school 97(70) |
57%( 53%)
|
42%( 47%) |
1% |
|
| 4 | The school helps my child to have a healthy lifestyle 91(67) |
40%(36%)
|
58%(58%) |
3%(6%) |
|
| 5 | The school informs me about my child’s progress 89(68) |
40%(38%)
|
51%(56%) |
9%(6%) |
|
| 6 | The school expects my child to work hard and do his or her best 94 (65) |
52%(32%)
|
44%(68%) |
4% |
|
| 7 | The school sets appropriate homework for my child 93(66) |
31%(23%)
|
54%(62%) |
15%(14%) |
(1%) |
| 8 | The school makes sure that my child is well prepared for the future (for example changing year group, changing school, and for children who are finishing school, entering further or higher education, or entering employment) 95(55) |
44%(17%)
|
53%(76%) |
3%(7%) |
|
| 9 | There is a good range of activities including trips or visits for my child to take part in 86(60) |
38%(40%)
|
58%(57%) |
2%(3%) |
1% |
| 10 | The school treats my child fairly and with respect 93(64) |
52%(45%)
|
48%(55%) |
|
|
| 11 | The school meets my child’s particular needs 91 (63)
|
49% (25%) | 46%(71%) |
5%(3%) |
|
| 12 |
School deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour 87(59) |
43% ( 15%)
|
53%(73%) |
3%(12%) |
1% |
| 13 | The school has appropriate procedures for dealing with complaints 63 (49) |
21% (14%)
|
71%(76%) |
5%(10%) |
3% |
| 14 | The school takes account of my suggestions and concerns 79 (56) |
23%(13%)
|
64%(80%) |
12%(7%) |
1% |
| 15 | The school is led and managed effectively 79 (62) |
38%(29%)
|
57%(68%) |
5%(2%) |
(2%) |
| 16 | Overall, I am happy with my child’s experience at this school 83 (62) |
54%(52%)
|
45%(48%) |
1% |
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