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Polling Station

On Thursday 3rd May we welcome local voters to the polling station on our school site. The polling station will be in the Children's Centre, the dark turquoise modular building at the Lupton Halls end of our grounds. There is a footpath from the pedestrian gate on Wood Lane. Parking is available for disabled visitors in the school car park who should then

Climate Week/ Green Day

This week coming is Climate Week. The children will be visited by polar scientists on Tuesday to learn more about the effects of climate change. On Wednesday we are encouraging everyone to walk to school (or park and stride) and members of the Eco Team will be carrying out a travel survey in the morning. Also on Wednesday the Community, Charity & Ente

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell to visit Shire Oak

Year 5 and 6 are delighted to welcome the distinguished astrophysicist to school on Friday. They have been learning all about the Solar System and exploration and it will be fantastic to have the chance to ask questions of someone at the forefront of discoveries about space.  

Ferbru-hairy on Thursday

On Thursday we will be raising money for Sue Ryder Care by having a fun hair day. We will still be wearing school uniform, but with interesting hairstyles. The donations will go to help our neighbours the Wheatfields Hospice. For more information, see the newsletter last week or our posters around school.   Thank you.

Eid Assembly

Friends and family are warmly invited to our assembly on Friday at 9am when we will be sharing learning we have been doing about Eid-ul-Adha. Do join us!

First FOSOPS meeting

The Friends of Shire Oak Primary School held their first meeting of the year this week. There was a good turnout, with lots of new faces. We are planning to serve tea and coffee before school on Friday next week (30th September) and are also busy planning for the car boot sale on Saturday 15th October. Please ring Liz if you want a car pitch or an indoor

News from Former Pupils

It has been delightful to hear from so many of last year's Year 6 pupils who have started at their High Schools this autumn. They look very smart in their new uniforms and we are pleased to hear that many of them are already impressing their teachers, enjoying their learning and earning credits. We hope they will continue to stay in touch with us.

Sessions for new reception pupils

Transition sessions for new Shire Oak reception pupils and their parents and carers over the summer holidays. Come and play and meet some of your classmates. Shire Oak children's centre (in the grounds of the school) 1-3pm Wednesday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th August 2011

Ofsted Inspection

We will be visited by 3 inspectors on Tuesday and Wednesday. We have sent out the parents questionnaire by pupil post and by email, but if you do not have a copy please ask at the office on Monday. We are looking forward to sharing with them all the work we have been doing to improve our school.

Congratulations to Y2 poets!

Well done to the poets in Y2 who are having their work published in a book this summer. We can't wait to get a copy for the library!

Well done to our kitchen staff!

Well done to Mrs Ellis, Mrs Lyall and Mrs Chohan in the kitchen. An unannounced spot check from the catering agency has placed them in the top 9 school kitchens in Leeds and in the top 3 in our area. They were tested on hygiene, nutrition and service standards. Our school dinners are getting better and better!

School is open

We have had a few phone calls about the snow. We are still open although we understand that each family will have to make their own decision about how best to get children home safely. The gritters have not yet been up to the hospice, although they are expected, and there have been a few accidents in the surrounding streets. The weather is forecas

3/12/10 School is open!

School is open as usual. Children will need to wrap up warmly (it's -7 degrees Celsius at the moment!), bring spare clothes so they can enjoy playing out without worrying about sitting in wet clothes afterwards and take lots of care on the icy pavements.

2/12/10 School is open!

Well done to all the children teachers and staff who have made it into school today. Children are working well and are spending some of the day in usual classes and some of the day working in mixed age groups on a variety of problems and tasks.

Plan for 2nd December

The plan for tomorrow (Thursday) is to open school with the staff that can walk in. Children will work in House Teams to do activities like teaching the younger children board games, problem solving, singing and competitions. We will text parents and carers if we have to change this plan.

30/11/10 School is open as usual

School is open as usual. Please encourage children to wrap up warmly and bring spare clothes so that they can enjoy playtimes without worrying about sitting in wet clothes afterwards. Take care on the paths to school and see you soon! Ms Devane

School is open as usual

School is open as usual. We encourage families to go carefully on the paths to school, wrap children up warmly and send in spare clothes so that we can play and work outside during the day.