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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Key Dates and Information

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