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MacMillian Coffee Day
Fri 30 Sep 2016On Friday 30th September Year 6 ran the annual giant coffee morning/afternoon in order to raise money for Macmillan, a charity which does amazing work supporting people with cancer and their families throughout their treatment and beyond. The children spent time in the build up to the coffee morning researching the fantastic work that the charity does and used their new knowledge to make fact sheets and posters to put around our coffee day. The children worked tirelessly, not only providing first class service to their customers but also providing some great entertainment. They have raised a fantastic £626.56 which will be donated to the charity in order to support their research and their work around the country. A huge thank you to everyone who bought a cup of tea or coffee and a cake for supporting Year 6 on the day!
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Year 5/6 football team
Fri 23 Sep 2016The Year 5 & 6 boys football team played at Priesthorpe school against Farsley Farfield and Calverley Parkside.
Springbank narrowly lost the first game 1-0 due to a very good goal from Farsley Farfield. Springbank started well with Frankie forcing a great save from their keeper within the first minute. The game was evenly matched and the first half Owen made a great save to keep it 0-0 at half time. In the second half, again, it was very tight, Theo was close to scoring, but in the next minute Farfield scored a goal and held onto their lead.
The second game ended in 2-2 draw with Calverley Parkside school. Both teams had chances to score; Owen was amazing in goal! Calverley went into the lead in the first half with George equalising in the last second before half time. Springbank had been very unlucky not to score as Luca hit the bar with a screamer from over 20 yards out! In the second half both teams had chances with Calverley sneaking ahead. Then with 40 seconds to go quick thinking from a corner by Frankie led to a great cross from Oliver being smashed in by George to equalise.
The spirit from by the boys was excellent they never gave in and in the end were rewarded.
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Online Safety focus days
Fri 16 Sep 2016The internet is potentially a wonderful resource but as we all know there are also risks associated with using the internet/social media and we have a well-developed curriculum aimed at teaching the children how to keep themselves safe online. We held two focus days on Thursday 15th September and Friday 16th September. All children school took part in sessions which looked at a broad range of topics linked to how we stay safe on the internet. Topics included how to ensure we keep our passwords safe, how to interact with other internet users and why it is important to always speak to an adult if we are worried about anything we see or hear online. In our assembly at the end of the day, each class brought newly designed posters with them that reflected the SMART rules for online safety. There is a section on our website (Parents/Online Safety and Digital Parenting) which contains lots of useful information about staying safe online.
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The British Red Cross visit Year 6
Fri 16 Sep 2016Year 6 were visited by The British Red Cross to take part in some workshops with the charity. The basis of the learning was centred around refugees and immigration and looked at the different reasons for people moving countries globally. We discussed our position as a country and the responsibilities we have in terms of supporting people less fortunate than ourselves. Different activities allowed the children to delve more deeply into the meaning of terminology such as 'economic migrants' and proved really useful in terms of helping to overturn some misconceptions about why people claim refugee status. All-in-all, given the political events in our country over this past year, it was a very useful exercise in helping the Year 6s to understand some of the different terminology that they have been hearing on the news or in adult conversation. We are very grateful to the Red Cross for giving up their time to come and speak to our children.
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Blues Brothers - Back to School
Tue 12 Jul 2016Springbank's new Year 5 and 6 musical 'Blues Brothers - Back to School' has finally hit the stage after eight weeks of rehearsals. The show tells the story of the world famous Blues Brothers during their school days and pits them in a head-to-head battle with one terrible teacher who is intent on stopping them from winning the school talent contest! For those people lucky enough to have grabbed themselves a ticket - we hope you enjoy the show!
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Special Assembly
Fri 24 Jun 2016Today, in a very special assembly, Miss Percival "cut the ribbon" to signify the official opening of our brand new school. Congratulations to everyone involved in the development of this fantastic new building!
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Summer 1 disco
Thu 26 May 2016
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Health Week 2016 - Multi sports morning
Wed 25 May 2016Take a look at the photos from our multi sports morning. Every year, as part of our Health Week, we set up a range of activities on the field for children to take part in. This year the children were able to enjoy 12 different activities ranging from javelin throwing to perfecting their baseball swing. Despite the appearance of the grey clouds and drizzle the children still had a great time.
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Health week - Sponsored Fun Run
Mon 23 May 2016
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Golden Owl Awards 2016
Fri 01 Apr 2016Children, parents and staff from Springbank scrubbed up well and looked fantastic at the Golden Owl Awards last night at Leeds Town Hall. Storm Troopers, Darth Vader and some superheroes met us on the Town Hall steps when we arrived which was exciting and allowed for some great photo opportunities. Once inside, everyone settled into their seats and enjoyed the opening ceremony which consisted of an owl flying across the room several times much to people’s amazement! We had 2 films shortlisted this year; one in the KS1 category and one in the KS2 category. Unfortunately we were pipped at the post in both categories. I know some children were disappointed not to win but the children should be very proud of the fact that they made it to the final of the awards as that is a great achievement. As we always say to the children ‘if you don’t succeed the first time, keep trying’ and that it exactly what we will do! Next year we’ll have another go – Mr Bradshaw is already planning next year’s entries so Golden Owls watch out…we will be back!
