Newsletter 22nd July 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

This week has seen our Festival of learning day, Sports Activity day and Science day; the children have absolutely loved all the different activities and visitors into school and thank you to all the staff for making this possible!

Our Nursery and Reception pupils have had their Graduations this week, the children looked fabulous and it was so lovely to see so many parents and for them to enjoy watching their sports day, Punch and Judy (kindly organised an funded by our brilliant PTA) and afternoon tea!

All models and paintings made by the Art club are now on display at Tropical World and will be throughout the summer…many thanks to Mrs Chin for taking these and arranging for this to happen and please try and visit if you have the opportunity.

Next week is our Sports Days at John Charles and we finish on Wednesday until Tuesday 6^th September.

We say goodbye next Wednesday to Miss. Pyatt, Miss. Darroch and Mrs. Beckwith who leave us to embark on new ventures. We wish them all the very best for the future

Have a lovely weekend and a super summer holiday,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 15th July 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

It has been another busy week in school with transition day; our new Reception pupils visiting and staying for lunch or tea kindly prepared by our cook Debbie. We hope they had a lovely time!

The year 2 children had a wonderful time at their sleepover last night and thoroughly enjoyed all the wonderful activities and their cooked breakfast. Thank you to Miss. Mees and her fabulous team for making this possible!

The next week and a half are action packed and full of activities…. Please check our website for details as there are just too many to mention!

We have two parent vacancies on our governing body. Expressions of interest can be passed on to the school office by Wednesday 27^th July.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 8th July 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We had a very productive INSET day on Monday planning and preparing for the coming year.

On Tuesday we had a visit from the Poet, Paul Cookson. He entertained us all and worked with many of our pupils before attending our June Wood award Assemblies in the afternoon. Well done to all those who were nominated and received certificates!

Please note that it is our transition day on Wednesday next week and letters regarding new class teachers will go out on Tuesday. There will be the opportunity for parents to sample dinners in the hall on Wednesday after school too…we look forward to seeing you there.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 1st July 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Today we have said goodbye to many of our year 6 pupils. It has been a happy but emotional week in which we have watched them play their violins, had a wonderful prom and listened to their memories of school at the Leavers’ Assembly this afternoon. To those of you leaving us, we wish you all the very best for your future and hope that you will come back and visit us!

Next Monday is our INSET day and school is closed to pupils, Tuesday is our poetry day with the Poet Paul Cookson. We look forward to welcoming you in on Tuesday afternoon to award the June Wood trophy. Details will be sent out for each Key Stage.

At the end of this academic year we will be saying goodbye to several members of staff; Miss Pyatt is leaving us to go and teach in the Seychelles, Miss Darroch has secured another post at Victoria Primary and Mrs Beckwith is retiring.  We wish them all the very best for the future and hope that they will be happy in their new ventures.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 24/6/16

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Well done to our Year 3/4 pupils last week who delivered a lovely assembly last Friday, I was so upset to have to miss it. Miss Hinton did tell me how very well they all did.

It was the turn of our KS1 pupils this afternoon who really entertained us with their learning.

We have had D;side delivering PHSCE in school this week; they have been talking to our children about keeping their bodies healthy.

Well done to our Year 5/6 cricket team who competed in the Leeds City Finals last Friday. Each team member played exceptionally well, however we didn't quite make it through to the West Yorkshire finals but a fantastic performance considering this is our first year competing in the competition.

Please note that for many of our Year 6 pupils next week is their last week at Robin Hood. We have the prom to look forward to on Wednesday and a leavers’ assembly on Friday for the parents of our Year 6’s.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 10th June 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Welcome back after half term and I hope you all had a lovely time. Apologies for the shortness of the newsletter but hopefully, we will be on our way back from London after our residential and that we have all had a brilliant time….

Our year 4 pupils had a fabulous time at Robinwood before half term! They really did have a go at everything and did themselves and RH proud. Many thanks to them all but also to Mrs. Brook for organising the residential and to the other staff who gave their time to ensure that they could all go and have the best time possible.

Congratulations to our year 5 pupils, who completed their first triathlon on Monday! It was a fantastic event and hopefully this event has ignited an interest in triathlon for many of our pupils in the lead up to the World Triathlon series in Leeds this weekend! For more info see our PE BLOG http://robinhoodpe.blogspot.co.uk/. 

You should all have received a letter about how to download our new school app today. This is such an exciting development and we hope that it will improve home/school communication further.

We are also very pleased to tell you that Miss. Hinton is expecting a baby in the Autumn Term and we are all very pleased for her and wish her well.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 27th May 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Our Year 4 pupils have been on residential to Robin Wood this week and return later this afternoon. It sounds like they have had a wonderful time! After the holidays we will be taking many of our Year 6 children to London for their residential.

Congratulations to our year 5/6 cricketers who put on a superb display finishing joint top in their pool during a competition at Hunslet on Tuesday. Our team produced some exceptional cricket both with the bat and in the field. For more information and photos visit our PE and sport blog on our website. 

Unfortunately the fashion show on the 6^th June has been postponed due to a lack of interest. We hope to reorganise it for later in the year.

We say goodbye to Miss Friar today as she leaves us to take up a new post. We wish her all the very best for the future!

We are also very pleased to tell you that Miss. Lambert is expecting a baby in the Autumn Term. We are thrilled for her!

Please also remember that we break up today for half term. We return on Monday 6^th June.

Have a lovely week,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 20th May 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Our Year 2 pupils have taken their SATs this week. We are all so very proud of the hard work and determination shown all week. They have all tried their very best in tackling these very difficult papers and questions.

This afternoon it was so lovely to see all the learning our year 5/6 pupils have done. This will be their last one for our year 6 pupils and a very well done to them!  Thank you to Miss. Gascoigne and all staff in the phase for all their hard work in producing the Assembly and to everyone that attended this afternoon! We really hope that you enjoyed it.

It is the PTA fashion show on Monday 5^th June at 5pm, it would be lovely to see you there and also we would love it for some of the children to model the clothes. Please send your ticket requests into the office and let us know of any willing volunteers. It is also our Year 4 residential to Robin Wood on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Due to the number of complaints re inconsiderate parking on the Rowans we may have to close the gate permanently which will inconvenience those parents who live on the estate. Please think about where you park.

Please also remember that we break up for half term next Friday until Monday 5^th June,

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 13th May 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Our Year 6 pupils have taken their SATs this week. We are all so very proud of the hard work and determination shown all week and they are an absolute credit, they tackled each of the tests with resilience and the determination to do their very best. It was a pleasure to be able to serve them breakfast and for them to be able to socialise and chat with their friends.

It was so lovely to see all the learning undertaken this half term from our Reception pupils this afternoon… they are growing so much in confidence and maturity and a very well done to them!  Thank you to Miss Lambert and the staff in Reception for all their hard work in producing the Assembly and to everyone that attended this afternoon! We really hope that you enjoyed it.

Next week sees our Year 2 pupils doing their assessments and we wish them all the very best of luck.  

Please also remember that it is our Year 5/6 assembly next Friday and they are looking forward to sharing their learning.

Please can parents be respectful when parking on the Rowans – do not park on

1.      On the footpaths

2.      Near the junction of the main road

3.      In front of residents driveways

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 6th May 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We had a very productive PTA meeting on Thursday after school, many thanks to those of you who attended. We have manged to plan a number of future events and we look forward to working together on these.

Our Year 6 pupils take their SATs next week. We are all so very proud of the hard work and determination shown. We wish them all the very best and staff will be serving them breakfast each morning before the tests.

Congratulations to our exceptional footballers, who represented the school at Hunslet Boys Club on Tuesday night. Pupils across the phase competed in a fun competition, where 3 teams impressed with their skills and teamwork. For more details please visit out PE and school sports blog http://robinhoodpe.blogspot.co.uk/. 

We welcome the lovely sunshine and warmer weather, however, we know that this also means that many of us suffer from hay fever and require medication, could I please ask that children are given this before school and not bring this into school as we are not able to administer any medicine.

Enjoy what promises to be a sunny weekend!

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 29th April 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Congratulations to our year 5/6 pupils who took part in the tag rugby competition at Hunslet Warriors on Monday. Each pupil made the school proud and performed incredibly. Unfortunately all of our teams narrowly missed out on winning their groups; however check out our PE blog for more information http://robinhoodpe.blogspot.co.uk/. 

KS1 children had a cinema afternoon on Thursday to start off their topic of Disney. The children enjoyed watching some different movies and eating popcorn.

The Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Series comes to Leeds on the 11^th June. There are many activities in the week before for the children of Leeds to engage in but other events can be entered at LEEDS.TRIATHLON.ORG.

We are currently looking for someone to join our team of enthusiastic lunchtime supervisors. If you are interested in joining us please call in to the office for an application form.

Please note that there is a PTA meeting next Thursday 5^th May at 3.15pm at school. We would love to see you if you are able to attend. We welcome your support and please see the attached flyer regarding our school lottery.

Please remember that Monday is the May Day bank holiday and we will see you back on Tuesday! Thank you again for your continued support and have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 22nd April 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Welcome back after our two week Easter break and I do hope you have all had a lovely time!

Our Foundation pupils have been enjoying being pirates and learning all about them! We had a visit from Captain Burwash on Wednesday and the children and staff really enjoyed this.

We have had confirmation that our bid for the lottery play scheme funding has been approved. This means we have £10000 to put towards our developments. We are meeting with the PTA and planners next week to discuss our options.

We really want to improve our communication with parents and as a result we will be sending out details of our new school app which we have been busy developing… details of this will be sent out in the near future about this exciting development!

Thank you again for your continued support and have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 1st April 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

As we have had a few short weeks, this is a very short newsletter!

The PTA Easter raffle managed to raise over £380! Many thanks for all your support and donations.

We wish Mrs. Wathen all the very best for the future as she leaves us to take up her new post after over 20 years with us.  We have really valued all that she has done at Robin Hood and the children and staff have all said goodbye with gifts and kind messages.

Please note again that our INSET days for next year are: 5^th Sept ‘16, 3^rd March ‘17, 24^th July ‘17, 25^th July ‘17 and 26^th July ‘17.

Have a lovely two week holiday and we look forward to seeing you on the 18^th April.

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 24th March 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We held a coffee afternoon on Wednesday to raise money for the Hearing Dogs and this was a real success! The children really enjoyed making and selling the wonderful things they had made! Thank you to all of you who supported this event.

Many thanks for your Easter raffle contributions. It was a lovely way to end the week and we were so pleased to see so many winners! I will let you know exactly how much we have raised next week! Many thanks to Gracie in year 2 for her fundraising ideas and organising the drawing competition.

Sport Relief last Friday was a fantastic success and we managed to raise £660 in total. Thank you so much for your donations. The children enjoyed being active and it was all for a very good cause!

Miss McSorley joined us in Assembly on Monday to say goodbye and present her with some flowers and wish her well in her new role! Mrs Wathen is also leaving us next Friday to take up a new position and we wish her all the very best in the future.

Please note that our INSET days for next year are: 5.9.16, 3.3.17, 24.7.17, 25.7.17 and 26.7.17.

Have a lovely Easter and we look forward to seeing you next Tuesday 29^th March.

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 18th March 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Well done to our Nursey pupils for their two fantastic assemblies on Wednesday morning and this afternoon. Thank you to all those parents who attended, enjoyed and made the wonderful costumes. The children looked fabulous!

Our year 5/6 pupils welcomed the Hearing Dogs into school on Wednesday and they had wonderful morning learning about them! On Wednesday 23^rd March from 2.15pm, the year 5/6 children will be hosting a coffee afternoon in the school hall in order to raise money for this charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The children have been busy making decorative signs, key rings and cupcakes which will be on sale to the community. We would love it if you could join us!

Today’s sport relief day has been a great success and we would like to thank to all parents for their generosity in so far raising £476.75. Pupils have walked or run a mile, held a bake sale, bought Sports Relief wrist bands, played a dodgeball tournament and written to disadvantaged children in Africa. Thank you all our amazing pupils!

Another reminder that on Thursday 24^th March our PTA will be holding an Easter Raffle in school… This will be a non-uniform day and we kindly ask for chocolate/ Easter donations along with a £1 or more for pupils to buy a raffle ticket in order that they can win these great prizes. We are hoping that this will be a success in order to raise funds to further improve lunchtimes and playtimes for our children! Please could we ask that pupils bring their chocolate in on or before 24^th March. The raffle will be drawn in the Hall on the afternoon of the 24^th.

Please remember that we break up on Thursday 24^th March next week and return on Tuesday 29^th March. Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 10th March 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We have had a short but hectic week in school!

Lunchtimes are proving to be much happier for children and they are really enjoying the new equipment in the playground and using Friendly Faces! Some of our year 5 pupils have volunteered to be friend leaders at lunchtimes and this is working really well as they coordinate games and activities for younger pupils and encourage them to play. A big thank you to them!

Another reminder that on Thursday 24^th March our PTA will be holding an Easter Raffle in school… This will be a non-uniform day and we kindly ask for chocolate/ Easter donations along with a £1 or more for pupils to buy a raffle ticket in order that they can win these great prizes. We are hoping that this will be a success in order to raise funds to further improve lunchtimes and playtimes for our children!

Please note that we have an INSET day tomorrow Friday 11^th March and so school will be closed to pupils. We hope to be able to communicate INSET days for 2016/17 before the Easter break.

Have a lovely long weekend and thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Harris

Are you going abroad over the Easter break? If so, chances are you'll return home with a handful of foreign currency that will end up floating around your home.  Well the PTA can use them! We are starting a collection of currency from any corner of the globe, including notes. We can accept old UK, Irish and pre euro coins, even damaged ones.

This collection will help us to raise much needed funds for the new playground. Coins/notes can be left in the grey box outside the school office. Any donations of currency will be greatly received, no matter how small!

Newsletter 4th March 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We have had such an exciting week in school! On Thursday it was World Book Day and we had such a fun day in our party outfits! The day began with activities in the hall for pupils and parents and this was so well attended. There were many reading activities through the day which were shared in Assembly in the afternoon. Many thanks go to all of you for sending the children to school looking so fabulous and with their books! Thank you to all the teachers but especially Miss Lambert for organising and running the day!

Well done to our Reception pupils for sharing their learning with us in assembly this afternoon. Thank you to all those parents who attended and we do hope that you enjoyed it!

On Thursday 24^th March our PTA will be holding an Easter Raffle in school… This will be a non-uniform day and we kindly ask for chocolate/ Easter donations along with a £1 or more for pupils to buy a raffle ticket in order that they can win these great prizes. We are hoping that this will be a success in order to raise funds to further improve lunchtimes and playtimes for our children!

A big, big thank you to Daniel B in Miss Johnston’s class for managing to raise £22 to buy some playground equipment for school. Daniel did a sponsored story write and then also emptied the contents of his piggy bank and donated this to school!! What a lovely thing to do!

Please note that we have an INSET day next Friday 11^th March and so school will be closed to pupils.

Have a lovely weekend and thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 26th February 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

I do hope that you all had a wonderful half term holiday and welcome back!

Well done to our year 5/6 pupils for sharing their learning with us in assembly this afternoon. Thank you to all those parents who attended and we do hope that you enjoyed it

Our KS1 had a very special day on Monday with our visitor ‘William Petty’ from the past. The children looked amazing in their costumes and had so much fun taking part in experiments to understand how the Great Fire of London started and what the people did to put the fire out.

We have introduced our new school meals system and we are pleased to say that more pupils are choosing to have a school lunch. Feedback from the pupils has been very positive!

The PTA has also very kindly bought some extra playground equipment for the children to use at lunchtimes. We are very grateful as this gives the children the opportunity to do lots of fun things and keep them occupied before and after their lunch. We hosted a PTA meeting on Thursday after school this week and discussed lots of fundraising ideas… thank you to those of you who attended.

In other news, we are pleased to announce that Miss Marriott is now Mrs Haynes and Miss Morris is now Mrs Myers after both were married over half term. Congratulations go to them both. We are also delighted to let you know that both Mrs Myers and Miss Hobson are both pregnant with new arrivals due in the summer Term!

Have a lovely weekend and thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Harris

Newsletter 12th February 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,


What a wonderful and very busy half term we have had!

Well done to our year 3/4 pupils for a fantastic assembly this afternoon. Thank you to all those parents who attended and weren’t they just superb?


Our Foundation Stage welcomed the farm animals into school on Wednesday and had wonderful day learning about them! It was also our Valentine’s disco and we welcomed Nursery pupils from 3.15-3.45, KS1 pupils from 4pm-5pm and KS2 from 5.15pm until 6.30pm. Thank you for your contributions of buns/cakes etc… thank you also to our fabulous PTA for all their help and support in organising this… We managed to raise around £500. Thank you very much!


After February half-term we will be introducing our new school meals. Pupils and parents enjoyed sampling the new menu and we look forward to many more pupils choosing to have a school meal. Many thanks go to our chef Mrs. Nash for making delicious appetisers for everyone at the Valentine’s disco! This week was also e-safety awareness week and pupils have been learning about keeping themselves safe.


We are also looking to improve our playground provision and environment for children at break times and lunchtimes. Whist this is a long term project, the PTA have given us some funding to purchase some playground equipment. This will be introduced and launched in Assembly on the first Monday back after half term…. More news on this after the holidays.


We would like to say a huge congratulations to Miss Marriott who is getting married on Sunday and wish her and her new husband all the best for the future.


Parking- Could we please ask that parents do not park on the zig-zags outside school or use the disabled bay if you do not have a disabled badge. Thank you.


If parents wish to speak with a teacher could they please go to the school office to make an appointment, rather than trying to speak to the member of staff when the children are coming into school in the morning.


Please remember that Upper KS2 Assembly is on Friday 26th February at 2.30pm.
Have a very lovely half term and we will look forward to seeing you all on Monday 22nd February.


Mrs Harris

Newsletter 5th February 2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

What a busy and hectic week we have had in school! We were off to a flying start with assembly on Monday morning where we talked about ‘Being Thankful’, shared certificates and announced the leaders of the team points.

Tuesday saw all the staff and children taking part in the successful sign-to-sing world record attempt. Thank you for all sponsor money and to those of you who sent your child with a pound. We have raised £339.00 so far.

Well done to our wonderful KS1 pupils for a fantastic assembly this afternoon. Thank you to all those parents who attended and weren’t they just superb?

Please note that it is Parent Consultations for Y2 and Y6 next week on Monday and Tuesday.

It is our valentine’s disco on Wednesday 10^th February and we are looking forward to welcoming you and your children. Nursery pupils can attend from 3.15-3.45, KS1 pupils from 4pm-5pm and KS2 from 5.15pm until 6.30pm. Any contributions of buns/cakes etc.… for the disco will be gratefully received for the children to buy.

After February half-term we will be introducing our new school meals. Pupils will be given much more choice at lunchtimes. A menu will be made available for you to consider. To launch these new meals there will be the opportunity for parents to taste and sample the food that will be on offer after dropping children off at the disco. We do look forward to seeing as many of you as possible that evening. As next week is also e-safety awareness week we will also be talking to parents and highlighting how to monitor and keep your children safe and we hope to have the opportunity to do so during the school disco.

The banners that were made by our KS1 and Foundation Stage children when they were

studying the Rainforest and Jungle Animals respectively are currently on display at Tropical World, Leeds.  You may remember them from our mall.  They will be there for a little while and if you are visiting Tropical World you will be able to see them. Mrs Chin is visiting in half term to take some photos for the Robin Hood in the Community blog.

Have a very lovely weekend and please remember that we break up next Friday 12^th February for half term…..

Mrs Harris