Airmyn Park Primary School
Percy Drive, Airmyn. East Yorkshire. DN14 8NZ
Headteacher: Mrs Heidi Whyley
Telephone: 01405 762086
E mail: airmynpark.primary@eastriding.gov.uk
Dear Parents,
18.1.16
We are now well into the spring term with lots of plans and exciting events coming up for the
children. Please see below some important information and dates for your diaries.
Communication by Email and Pay Online Update
The school is now able to send letters of information, like this, by email to save printing and paper
costs. If you have received this letter in paper form and would prefer further information to be sent
electronically please ensure the school has your email address. Letters that require replies such as
consent will still be sent home in your child’s reading folder, so please do continue to check them
regularly.
Our new online payments system is now up and running and you should have received information
on how to log on. This is a new option to assist you to manage your finances but, if you prefer, cash
or cheque payments can still be sent into school. School meals can currently be paid for this way and
further options will be added as required. Please do not hesitate to contact the office with any
queries.
Statutory Assessment Tasks 2016
Some of the statutory assessment tasks (SATs) have been revised and altered this year in line with the
new curriculum. These tasks are for year 2 and year 6 children only. More information to help you
understand these changes will be sent to you in the near future. The school is working hard to make
sure the children are well prepared and fully confident, as in past years, when these tasks are
administered in the summer term.
Friends and Family
Airmyn Park Primary School has a very active Friends and Family group who organised events to
raise funds for the children in the school. It is great that our parents, families and friends of the
school support everything we do to enable us to raise funds and the children, staff and I would like to
say a big ‘Thank You’. The next meeting for Friends and Family is on Wednesday 24th February at
3 o’clock at the school. All welcome (including children). An update of where your money goes
will be sent out soon.
Working Together
Thank you to all the families and children who have managed, in busy schedules, to continue to
produce wonderful outcomes from the homework tasks set. Our school has never seen so many
fantastic castles and snowy scenes as well as completed reading books, phonics check lists, spellings,
maths and literacy tasks and much more! Your children benefit from this worthwhile (even though
often hard to fit in) activity to support their learning.
Young Voices
May I remind you that all children attending Young Voices will require a packed lunch and a packed
tea on Friday as well as plenty of drinks. The Arena does get very warm with so many people there.
T shirts and tickets have been sent home. If you have not ordered a T shirt your child will need a
plain white top to wear. Children will leave school at 12.30 and we aim to return around 10.15pm.
Here are some dates for your diary
Swimming lessons are well underway but please note there will be an additional lesson on Thursday
4th February instead of this Friday due to Young Voices.
Wednesday 20th January – Dance Workshop Year 5, Dance Workshop Year 6 (afternoon)
Friday 22nd January – Young Voices – see information above
Tuesday 26th January - Fairytales Day in KS1
Thursday 11th February - Valentines disco KS1 3.30pm-4.30pm, KS 2 4.30pm -6.00pm
Friday 12th February – SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HALF TERM 3.30pm
Monday 22nd February – SCHOOL OPENS 9.00am
Wednesday 24th February - ‘Friends and Family’ 3.00pm
Wednesday 2nd March - World Maths Day (details to follow)
Thursday 3rd March - World Book Day (details to follow)
Week Beginning 14th March - Provisional ‘Science Week’
Tuesday 15th March – Goole Dance Festival Year 3 and 4
Tuesday 22nd March – Full Governors Meeting 4.30pm
Thursday 24th March –SCHOOL CLOSES FOR EASTER 3.30pm
Tuesday 12th April –SCHOOL OPENS 9.00am
Tuesday 19th April and Thursday 21st April - Parents Evenings (details to follow)
Week beginning Monday 9th May - KS 2 SATS
Week beginning Monday 16th May - KS 1 Assessment Tasks
Thursday 19th May – Drum Workshop Year 6
Information to date for the summer term
Week beginning 13th June - Class 2 Phonics Check
June 22nd -24th - Year 5/6 Residential Visit
Friday 24th June – ‘The Big Little Sing’ at the Junction, Goole Class 2
Thursday 7th July - Sports Day
Friday 8th July -Reserve Sports Day
Tuesday 12th July - Full Governors Meeting 4.30pm
Thursday 21st July - Leavers Service pm
Friday 22nd July – SCHOOLCLOSES 3.30pm
There will be other visits, events and celebratory occasions to add in due course
As always if you have any concerns or queries please do hesitate to contact the school.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs H. Whyley
Headteacher