What a hot one! Hopefully, next week will stay bright and sunny – though maybe not so hot – when we have our Sports Day on Tuesday. More about that later…

Survey

Thanks to the 51 parents and carers who have completed this year’s annual survey. If you haven’t, there’s still time! In fact, you’ve one more week left to complete – the survey closes at 2pm next Friday.

Uniform

Last week, we flagged up our updated Uniform Policy in time to help you to start preparing for the new school year. Please read the latest version.

In particular, we drew your attention to expectations for PE – it basically only involves a change of clothes for the bottom half only.

This week, we’re looking at the uniform itself – please follow the points set out here:

item	description	additional notes
top	red sweatshirt, cardigan or jumper	– tops with logo are available (not essential)
shirt	white, grey, black or red short sleeved polo shirt or white shirt	– polo-shirts with logos are available (not essential)
trousers / skirt / dress	grey/black trousers/shorts; or grey/black knee-length skirt or pinafore dress; or red/white checked/striped dress	– no black jeans, cords or leggings
socks / tights	plain white/grey/red/black socks; or plain white/grey/red/black tights	– should be a plain, block colour – white/grey/black/red leggings worn instead of tights are acceptable
footwear	black/white/grey/brown footwear (these should be plain, flat)	– choose shoes that are safe to run around for healthy, active playtimes
	no additional layers should be clearly visible eg polo necks under uniform

A word from our Junior Leadership Team

Here’s a review of the year from our Junior Leadership Team…

During this year as JLT, we have done many things and made some of our own decisions. We feel that we have achieved a lot and supported our friends and their wishes.

We have collected everyone’s ideas and taken them to JLT meetings to talk to Miss Birch or Mrs Weekes. Some of the things that we have done this year include choosing the new school charity; going to St Gemma’s to buy the Christmas tree; and helping to decide the equipment we would like on ‘The Green’. We were really pleased that the new charity choice will help children in Leeds who need heart surgery.

We also enjoyed talking to Mr Roundtree about what our school logo means to us and we told the inspectors all about Moortown.

Here is what some of the JLT think about the past year at Moortown:

• ‘Maths is fun but also challenging at the same time.’
• ‘I enjoy the active trips that we go on e.g. Ninja Warrior Junior and  orienteering.’
• ‘There’s a wide variety of clubs that we can choose from!’
• ‘PE is great as it’s a chance to get active and I’m really enjoy tennis at the moment.”
• ‘The clubs like hamma beads and fun and games are amazing.’
• ‘My favourite subject to learn about is maths but I like lots of others too.’

We’re looking forward to the summer holidays now but we don’t want to say goodbye to Year 6.

Sports day – an important update

For our sports day at Roundhegians rugby club next Tuesday, we’ve been advised that the normal vehicle access and car park for Roundhegians is currently out of use due to building work taking place at the clubhouse.

Instead, access will be through the gate on High Moor Avenue. This will mean there will be limited on street parking so please walk to the venue if you can.

You’re welcome to bring chairs/rugs to enjoy the morning/afternoon’s events.

Here’s a reminder of the timings:

• Key Stage 2 – 9:30am
• Key Stage 1 and Reception – 1:30pm

Hopefully, we’ll see you there!

Finally, a few things to look out for next week… As well as the Sports Day, we’ve the PTA Summer Fair on Friday. We also send annual reports home next week, staggered across the week. In next week’s message, look out for details of the 2024 Summer Competition, too!