A reminder that school is closed to staff and pupils tomorrow (1 July) and also on Monday 4 July 2022 for the following reasons:

• Friday 1 July 2022 – additional day allocated to all Gateshead schools due to the additional bank holiday for Queen’s Jubilee during May half term.
• Monday 4 July 2022 – Occasional Day.

Enjoy the long weekend.  School will re-open as normal on Tuesday 5 July 2022.

Summer Fayre Arrangements

With only one week to go until SPLAT’s Summer Fayre, please note the below arrangements:

 

• Our Summer Fayre will be taking place on the KS2 yard and field on Thursday 7 July 2022 from 2.30pm.
• There will be a selection of stalls, rides and refreshments available to purchase and enjoy so please bring your small change.
• Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, Cousins and neighbours are all welcome to attend, even if they do not have a child on roll at Parkhead.  We are looking forward to making this an annual community event that is accessible for all.
• Gates will open at 2.20pm to allow you to collect your child.
• Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 parents, please collect your children as normal by 2.30pm.
• Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 parents, please collect your children from the very left side of the yard by 2.30pm – children will be dismissed from their classroom doors on this day as follows to avoid congestion on the yard. Y3 from classroom fire exit door, Y4 from Y4 entrance, Y5 from Y5 entrance, Y6 from classroom fire door exit. A member of staff will be at each door to release the children to parents. 
• Once you have collected your child/ren, you are welcome to stay for the fayre and enjoy the various stalls, rides and refreshments on offer.
• If you are unable to collect your child to attend the fair, they will remain with a class teacher until the normal collection time of 3.15pm. Depending on the number of children that remain, there may be an opportunity for them to visit the fayre with the teacher.  You may therefore like to send some small change in to school with your child.
• After school club will be open as normal if required and places should be booked via the normal procedure on Lunchshop.

 

A reminder also, that the summer raffle is now open for purchasing of tickets – there are some fantastic prizes up for grabs.  Tickets will be available to purchase on the day of the fayre, and will be drawn towards the end of the fayre.

 

Any donations of cakes for our cake stall at the summer fayre would be gratefully received on the morning of Thursday 7 July 2022.  Thank you in advance.

 

We hope to see you there.

Robinwood Residential Visit

A reminder that we are holding a parent information session in school on Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 3.30pm.  Parents of children currently in Year 5 moving in to Year 6 in September, are welcome to come along to hear more about the residential visit and to ask any questions you may have.  The residential visit will take place from Monday 12 – Wednesday 14 September 2022 and will be a fantastic start to Year 6, providing the children and staff with an off site team building/bonding experience.

Our new character education programme ‘Commando Joes’ has been an absolute blast so far!  It is fantastic to see such brilliant team working, resilience and problem solving in some very thought-provoking challenges!  Well done everyone!  We look forward to continuing this and further embedding it in to our school curriculum next year.

We are thrilled to be able to invite parents in to school once again:

 

• Let’s Boogie with an Audience!

Year 5 children would like to welcome their parents/carers in to school to watch them show off their boogie bouncing skills that they have learned this term!

Thursday 14 July 2022 (9.00am – Class 5B, 2.30pm – Class 5MM)

 

• Help us make Habitats! 

Year 2 are inviting their grown-ups into school on Monday 11th July at 2.30pm in the KS1 hall.  We have learnt so much about habitats in our Science lessons and would love your help to make our own mini habitat and tell you lots about what we have found out.

 

• Sensational Singing

This term, our Year 3 and 4 children have been working with a singing teacher each Wednesday morning as part of their music lessons/curriculum.  They have been practising so hard and sound so fantastic that we would like to invite Year 3 and 4 parents/carers in to school on the morning of Wednesday 20 July 2022 for a singing showcase spectacular!  Singing will commence at 9.15am, but parents are welcome to join us straight after drop off for a cuppa.

A huge thank you to Vision for Education Supply Agency for sending an ice cream van to Parkhead last Friday as a post SATS treat for our Year 6’s.  They were very gratefully received on such a warm day!

We were absolutely delighted to welcome a VIP guest in to school on Monday this week to kick start National Sports Week for us!  The children listened very carefully in an assembly to Stephen Miller's Paralympic story, they asked lots of questions in year group Q&A sessions throughout the day and they even got to hold his medals!  Well done to the children for being so welcoming and behaving so fantastically. Thank you, Stephen, for joining us at Parkhead.

 

Throughout the rest of this week, the children have been set an array of sporting challenges and have thoroughly enjoyed getting outside to make the most of our outdoor area in the beautiful summer sunshine.

1 x Level 3 Teaching Assistant (25 hours per week 8.30am - 1.30pm Monday - Friday Term Time Only - incorporating outdoor play and learning session over the lunchtime period).

 

1 x Level 3 Teaching Assistant (17.5 hours per week 8.30am - 12.00noon Monday - Friday Term Time Only)

 

For more information please click the link:

https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/.../P520317.../228355