Akroydon Primary Academy Rawson Street North Halifax HX3 6PU
Tel: 01422 351 291
Term Dates Open — 3 September 2019
Close — 18 October 2019
Open — 4 November2019
Close — 20 December 2019
Open — 7 January 2020
Close — 14 February 2020
Open — 24 February 2020
Close — 3 April 2020
Open — 14 April 2020
Close — 7 May 2020
Open — 11 May 2020
Close— 22 May 2020
Open — 1 June 2020
Close— 18 June 2020
Open — 22 June 2020
Close— 17 July 2020
Open — 2 September 2020
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Friday 20 September Akroydon Primary Academy will be wearing jeans to raise money. By asking everyone to wear jeans, our academy will be helping fund projects that provide nursing care, equipment, activity weekends, online support and counselling for children affected by a genetic disorder. We will wear our jeans with the rest of our school uniform. £1 contribution to be paid.
Year 6 Kingswood Residential — Monday 23 September —
Wednesday 25 September
A reminder that Year 6 go on their residential shortly. If you
require any further information regarding this trip, please speak
to the Year 6 teachers.
Cloth Hunt Workshop - Piece Hall, Halifax - 25, 26 and 27 Sept
Pupils from the following classes will be visiting the Piece Hall. The
day will run from 10.00am-2.15pm and will involve an introduction
to the Piece Hall, a hands-on cloth hunt workshop and self-
conducted time to explore our three heritage spaces (with a bag of
activities). A letter will follow next week.
Wed 25 September - Beech Class
Thurs 26 September - Birch Class
Fri 27 September - Ash Class
Head lice
We are aware that head lice are apparent in school. Would you
please check your child’s head and if necessary take precautions
and apply the appropriate treatment. It is only if we are all
vigilant that the problem will be removed and I hope that by
acting together this can be achieved.
Visit to Yorkshire Water, Sheffield - 1 October/3 October
Our Year 5 pupils will be visiting Yorkshire Water in Sheffield on the
dates below. More information to follow.
Tues 1 October - Oak Class
Thursday 3 October - Maple Class
Weekly Newsletter Rawson Street North, Boothtown, Halifax, HX3 6PU W/E 13 September 2019
Visit our website for further information www.akroydonprimary.org
Attendance 1st= Birch 100% 1st= Beech 100% 3rd Maple 98.46% 4th Willow 97.78 % 5th Oak 96.90% 6th Juniper 96.67% 7th Elm 96.64% 8th Holly 95.86% 9th Linden 94.40% 10th Yew 93.70% 11th Hazel 91.48% 12th Hawthorn 91.34% This weeks classes with the top attendance are Birch and Beech. Well done!
Email Reminder Please could you provide the academy with an up-to-date email if you haven’t already done so as this is our preferred way of communication. My Child at School Reminder Communication regarding MCAS was issued last week. Please set up your account in order to access payments and bookings. Refer to the Principals letter for a further update on this.
Accelerated Readers
Well done to all of our Accelerated Readers. The stars of the week
are:
1st Place — Autumn Rose
2nd Place — Charlotte Hollingworth
3rd Place — Helena Marson
New Communication System—MCAS
There is a free app for you to download which will provide you with various pieces of information
about your child and will also allow you to pay for school lunches. To download this app, please
search ‘My Child At School’ in your chosen app store and follow the instructions. You should have
now received an email confirming your username and password. If you experience any
difficulties, please contact the academy in the first instance to check these details. The academy
ID is: 11826
The MCAS App only has brief information, in order to see detailed information and book onto trips
and clubs you will need to access your account via a web browser on your phone or PC:
https://www.mychildatschool.com/MCAS/MCSParentLogin
A letter from the Principal will be issued regarding this.
After school Clubs
You should have already have received a letter either through email or your child’s book bag
before the holidays outlining the clubs on offer this term. You will receive a text to confirm which
club your child has been allocated. After school clubs will commence Monday 16 September. If
you have not already booked clubs this can be done online via your MCAS login.
PE Kits
A reminder that the academy PE kit is a Red Polo Shirt and Black Shorts with suitable trainers.
Please make sure that pupils have the correct kit. If there are any problems with this, please
contact your child’s teacher. PE kits need to stay at the academy all week and can be taken home
on Friday to be washed.
Academy Meals
If your child is receiving academy dinners, if you have not already done so, please ensure you
inform the office of their choices. See the academy office for the options.
Dangerous Parking
When dropping off and collecting your child, please could we ask that you refrain from parking: On the zigzag lines Opposite the zigzag lines On the pavement
Star of the Week w/e 13. 09.19
KS1 Ash - Koby-Lee Williams Beech - Amelia Krucinski Birch - Leo Holdsworth Elm - Reuben Richardson Hawthorn - Maisie Thorpe
KS2 Hazel - Archie Byrne Holly - Laura Tarchala Juniper - Whole Class Linden - Daniel Arnett Maple - Keira Wood Oak - Willow Hunter Yew - Leon Munro Willow - Daniel Poole
KS2 Sports Star of the week w/e
13.09.19
Kortney-Grace McCormick
KS1 Sports Star of the week w/e
13.09.19
Colin Wigley