Year 4 have had a great time at their giant sleepover.  They enjoyed some time playing outside before eating their take away. They then enjoyed dancing away at the disco before settling down for some films.  It was a fantastic night for everyone!  A huge thank you to Mrs Hayton, Miss Rowley-Smith, Miss Brayshay, Mrs Walton, Miss Ferguson and Miss Percival for staying awake all night on a Friday so the children can enjoy this fab sleepover experience! 

The children had an amazing time at their giant sleepover at school last Friday night.  The evening started with playing outside, followed by a scavenger hunt and indoor games.  After all the activities, everyone had worked up an appetite so all the children enjoyed tucking into a take away meal which was delicious!  The children then got dressed up and showed off their dancing skills at the disco which was good fun.  After such an action-packed night, it was time to get ready for bed and settle down altogether in the hall to watch some films.  The children were all fantastic; they had loads of fun and behaved brilliantly all night.  Well done Year 3!  A massive thank you to the staff, Miss Lanaway, Miss Robertson, Miss Groves, Mr Chapman, Mrs Horne and Mrs Hicks, who gave up their Friday night and had a night of no or very little sleep so the children could enjoy the giant sleepover experience; without our fantastic staff these things just wouldn’t happen!

Great to have our Easter Egg competition back this year.  We had lots of amazing egg creations that children and their families had obviously spent a long time planning and making.   Thank you to everyone who took part, the children in each class had to vote for their favourite two entries which is always a difficult choice when they are all so good!  The ideas that children and parents come up with never ceases to amaze me!  Photographs of all the entries are in Latest News on the school website (News and Events/Latest News) so if you weren’t able to get into school to see them, it is definitely worth a look as they were fantastic.  We obviously have lots of creative children and parents!  Well done to everyone who entered!

The winners for each class were…

RC – Darcey R and Ewan M                                        

RB – Theo B and Nanci-Rose

1G – Daisy B and Elliot S                                            

1S – Bobby R and Ariya D

2W – Ava S and Eddie                                           

2O – Ava P and Violet W

3R – Charlotte A and Finley H                                    

3L – Seth W and Aria V

4H – Ben T and Arthur C                                            

4L – Toby F and Edward B-D

5M – Jasmine HD and Noah B                                    

5F – Poppy H and Charlie B

6PC – Isla C and Reuben B                                         

6B – Daniel S and Lucy M

Author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst visited KS2 on World Book Day to talk about her 'Fantastically Great Women' book series and her process as an author and an illustrator. The children had a brilliant afternoon asking questions and doing some practical drawing work under the tuition of Kate. The children were then able to get books signed and talk one-to-one with Kate. It was a fantastic culmination to a fantastic World Book Day.

Author and illustrator Bethan Woollvin visited Years 1 and 2 to talk about her life as a writer and the books she writes. Bethan read her most recent picture book, 'Three Little Vikings' and then gave the children a virtual guided tour of her workshop where she does all her writing and drawing/painting. The children then got to work on creating their own collages of a Troll using coloured paper shapes. Afterwards, Bethan took the time to answer questions and then signed books for the children. Everyone had a fantastic time and we are extremely grateful to Bethan for her visit.

This week the children in Year 3 and Year 4 have performed four fantastic shows of their production 'It's Christmas'.  The children had clearly worked incredibly hard to learn all the songs, actions, dances and lines.  It was great to have parents in to watch their show.  We hope you all enjoyed it!  Well done Year 3 and Year 4 - you were absolutely amazing!

Thank you to the children and parents who walked in the parade with the school. It was great to see so many families enjoying Farsley Lights tonight.  The firework display was spectacular.  A massive thank you to the small team, who arrange this event for our community.