Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Coronavirus update following Government announcement

  Wed 18 Mar 2020

  Following this evening's announcement from the Government, we ask that you be patient whilst we create our response. Like you, we are left with many questions and the answers are trickling through. Schools are receiving updates from the DfE about what the announcement means.

  We will update you as soon as we have more information and a clear way forward is found. 

  Please watch the school website for further information - we will send an app notification when it is updated.

   

  Mrs Esplin

• Coronavirus update

  Tue 17 Mar 2020

  I recognise there are lots of rumours circulating around this situation so I would like to be clear about a few aspects:

  • School is open and learning is happening as normal, as far as possible.
  • There are currently no plans to shut school. We will continue to assess day by day about staff numbers but so far we are okay. We will continue to hear the daily updates from the Government but currently schools are to remain open. If there are any changes we will let you know. 
  • If school events need to be cancelled we will let you know via app notifications and the website.
  • Our main form of contact, especially with a number of families being at home will be via the school website and the school app. Please ensure you have downloaded our school app to be able to keep up to date.
  • We are very aware of children being at home with family members potentially for long periods of time. We understand how frustrating this will be, especially if they are not ill themselves. We are in the process of collating a number of different resources and ideas and these will be shared on our website in due course. There is no requirement for us to provide work packs.
  • We are continuing with our new system of regular hand washing where children wash their hands when they enter school, after break, before food and after lunch. 

   

  Mrs Esplin

   

• Cooking with Flourishing Families

  Fri 13 Mar 2020 Mrs Lambert

  Cooking at Bramley St Peters

   

  Our family cooking club, run by Flourishing Families Leeds, has been hugely popular ever since it started, and this term has brought even more success stories.

   

  The cooking clubs are run for 6 families at a time and teach foundational cooking skills in a friendly and relaxed environment, where no previous experience is necessary. We have a lot of fun together and make delicious food each week – spaghetti Bolognese, chicken tagine, homemade soup, as well as lemon drizzle cake and fruit salads. Parents pay just £1, and leave with tea for the whole family. We have a growing collection of recipes and are always excited to try new ideas!

   

  The club is brilliant at introducing children to healthy eating and nutrition, as well as inspiring them to cook with their parents at home. A parent from this term’s group has said “We have enjoyed every minute! It’s because of this club that my daughter loves cooking” and another said, “the club has really built my child’s confidence.”

   

  Over the time that Flourishing Families has run the club it’s also been wonderful to see a number of parents becoming volunteers themselves- passing on cooking tips to the next group of families, building relationships and being an extra pair of hands. The club couldn’t run without the help of our amazing volunteers!

   

  Family Cookery at Bramley St Peters is on a Tuesday morning from 9 to 10.30am in the dining hall. For further information or to join the waiting list for our next club, please contact Kate on 07554 003101.

  

• Galley Poetry Award

  Thu 12 Mar 2020

  Congratulations to all our finalists from yesterday's Galley Poetry competition. Having won their class competitions, they represented their class in the grand final reading their poems out in front of our judges, the whole school and their parents/carers. The children, despite feeling nervous, recited their poems well and the judges had a tough job of deciding who were the eventual winners. 

  Congratulations to Freya (EYFS and KS1) and Adam (KS2) who were our overall winners. Their names will be engraved on our trophy shortly.