Remember the Christmas Fair on Friday afternoon.  I am very excited.....!

Children in Need Day tomorrow - Friday 15th November

Remember that this Friday is pyjama / onesie day. Please bring 50p to donate to Pudsey Bear.

Autumn 2 Newsletter

Walkley Playground Project

Parents! If you have a free half hour or so on Friday morning, or you're already joining us for the Golden Book assembly, please stay for a short presentation and discussion about our Walkley School Playground Project. 

Our outside provision for play is in real need of improvement and there are exciting plans underway to begin to transform the playground areas around the school. 

But ( there's always a but...), we need your ideas, inspiration, support and fundraising efforts.

 Mrs Hansbury and Mrs Jinkinson will be very happy for you to come along THIS FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER at 9.30am. 

All will be explained!

Drop In Meeting After Golden Book Assembly this Friday 8th November

Hi. Just to inform you that Mrs Hansbury will be leading a powerpoint explanation of our new fundraising ideas for our playground development projects beginning with the rear Burnaby Building playground. On behalf of the Governing Body and staff, Nina will share our proposals and ideas. Hope to see you there. If you cannot attend, information will be provided in this Friday's newsletter.

To help with the fundraising, we will be holding a Christmas Fair on Friday 6th December. Mrs Hansbury and Mrs Jinkinson will be writing to you shortly to explain how you can get involved.

Did you remember to buy the Sheffield Star tonight? Read all about us....

Thank you

A massive thank you to all our parents and staff who helped to prepare for our Eid Celebration and party yesterday evening. An impressive turnout by children and parents meant that everyone enjoyed a fantastic event including face painting and henna painting, pass the parcel, colouring and eating. The food was magnificent and thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Many went back for seconds as we sampled a range of superb and mouth watering dishes. And for those of you who missed the party ....we hope to see you this time next year!

Hi All,

Before we wish everyone a fantastic half term here are some quick reminders.

Parents Evening tonight and tomorrow evening!

Harvest Festival is on Thursday 24th October. This year we are working with Ben from 'Taste' to raise awareness of poverty in Nigeria. The children have written letters and produced information booklets which Ben has taken with him on his  visit. On Thursday there will be a harvest assembly with  Ben in attendance where he will share responses from a Nigerian school, therefore no donations are required this year.

On Thursday, there is an Eid Party for all pupils to be held in Tennyson Building  from 3.15 until 4.45 p.m. Please collect your children promptly after the event.

The opening of the Discovery Zone by the Lord Mayor was a wonderful afternoon for everybody, as children and staff alike dressed up as book characters for the occasion. You can see some photographs and read all about us in the Sheffield Star next Tuesday 29th October 2013.
Parents/ carers and friends will have the opportunity to have a look round our new resource after Golden Book this Friday morning. If you are unable to make it, we will provide other opportunities for a visit after half term.


Thank you once again for your continued support. See you on the 4th November......

New beginnings!

Welcome back to a very busy and exciting new time for Walkley Primary. The children have settled into school life extremely well, working hard and enjoying their learning in school.  Congratulations to Jenna Leverton and husband Andy on the birth of their daughter Esme born on Sunday 29th September. ......

2013 - 2014 School Year

Walkley Primary School will open on Tuesday 3rd September 2013 for the new school year.

Sponsored event

Your financial support for our sponsored event to raise money for our library has astounded us. You have raised an astonishing £1,201.43 which will enable us to purchase a ‘house’ with storage, interior seating and twinkly lights. Work commences on the 25^th July with the library furniture to be fitted on the 7^th October. A grand opening will follow shortly afterwards. There is a photograph of the 'house' included on the letter that was sent home on the 19th July.  We are unable to upload the picture onto the Blog.

 

Thank you

What a year it has been. We are so proud of our achievements and although we are looking forward to our break, we can’t wait to build on our success next year. Thank you for your support from an officially ‘Good’ school!!!

 See you on the 3rd September!!!

Auction Social Evening!

TONIGHT Thursday 23^rd May

 7-9pm in Burnaby Hall

Come along and experience Dan Murphy, Joel Rigler, Hamish Malcolm and the rest of the team put these items under the gavel.

Parents Carers & Friends of Walkley Primary come and join together in this social fundraising event!

30 Minute photo session with Nina Hansbury – photos on a disc

Tennis lesson with Rachel Barron and Alan Bowmer

Curry meal cooked on your premises for 6 by Kinder Kalsi – all ingredients provided.

30 minute drumming session with the talented Chris Wallis.

Exceedingly good bakes from Beth Goldsmith, Anne-Marie Wilcock and Sarah Prochazka.

£50 meal at Piccolino's – Val Sian

Food Hamper from Chris Beech, South Road

Tennant's Association – donated hamper

Hamish Malcolm will draw your caricature

Two children to go on the Climbing Wall Experience – Dan Murphy

One Bicycle servicing – Sean Gammage

Pizza Express voucher – Sally Whaley

Box of all occasion handcrafted cards – Jayne Wilson

Aromatherapy/Massage – Mrs Jivan

Take your chance bags – Ann Chetcuti

Henna Painting – Aisha Jones

Face painting at a children's party – Miss Kayani

One session of babysitting/childcare – Linda Jinkinson

New baby

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Wallis on the birth of their son Alexander. We are so excited for them!

Easter Fun

A huge thank you to all of those parents who helped to organise the Easter Fun afternoon which was eventually held on Monday 25th March. It was our parents first venture and they managed to successfully raise a grand total of £516.27. The School Council will represent the pupils in school to decide how they would like to see the money spent.  Well done to all those that helped, donated or attended for the benefit of our children. Happy Easter everyone.

Easter Bunny spotted at Walkley

Easter

Easter Fun Event

We hope to see lots of you at our Easter Fun event starting at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow afternoon (22nd March). I would like to thank in advance our newly formed parents group for organising the activities. All money raised from this event will go towards the school in order to support our children. The event takes place in Burnaby building.

Red Nose Day

A HUGE thank you to all the children and staff who participated in all the Red Nose day fun on Friday 15th March. We managed to raise an impressive total of £363.79. Well done Mrs Jinkinson for organising the whole event and for keeping us on our toes with all the activities. What a great day!

Commenting on our Blogs

Hello world! We know you are there!
We are getting nearly 100 different people a week looking at our blogs, with people from 20 countries interested in our school. How amazing!

Now we want comments.  Why don't you let us know what you think about our school work!

Here is a handy guide for leaving a comment on our blogs.

1)  First, find a post you want to comment on! When you have found something interesting click where it says how many comments it has.  Click on this:

2)  You are now ready to post a comment.  Please type your message into the comment box.  Any inappropriate messages will not be published.  Please follow the schools ICT code of conduct.

 3)  Click on Select Profile, then click on Name/URL

4) At this point you can put your name.  We ask for initials to identify children at the school so   Daniel Murphy becomes DM.  If you are a visitor to our site please use an appropriate name.

 5) When you are ready to post, click on Publish!

  6)  Well done! You have published a comment!  I wonder which class can get the most comments before Easter?  There will be a whole class prize for the class with the most comments.