Holiday’s & Open Days!

As a reminder for you, I have attached to this post our holiday pattern for the rest of this academic year (you have already had these dates) AND for the first time the dates for the NEXT academic year (September 2024 – July 2025).

Up to – and including this year – we have used our 5 teacher training “non-pupil” days spread out over the school year. As you are aware by 2024-2025 we will be part of the Family of Learning Trust. The other schools currently in the Trust always put their five training days together to give a two week break either at October half Term (Dean Field) or May half term (Beech Hill).

We (staff and governors) liked this idea and so for 2024 – 2025 you will see that we have two weeks off for May half term.

You will notice that to ensure we still do the correct number of pupil days, and can finish on the "usual" Friday for the summer break, we have very slightly shortened Easter – finishing on the Tuesday (although we still have two weeks at Easter as the Monday of what would be the first week back is actually a Bank Holiday!).

We are hoping that the two weeks at May 2025 will enable you to perhaps access slightly cheaper holidays and reduce the number of term time holidays.

Note that the training days for the teachers will NOT all be in that second week in May. Teachers will be using various days at the beginning and ends of pupil holidays (for example Friday 30th August 2024) and also evening twilight sessions to make up their 5 training days.

Talking of the academic year 2024 – 2025 please don’t forget to remind anyone you think will be interested that we are holding an open day for prospective new Reception children on Monday 27th November. All details are on my post from Friday October 20th. The application process runs from 17th November 2023 – 15th January 2024. If you – or anyone you know - would like a booklet about the process produced by Calderdale Admissions please Dojo me and I can either send you one electronically or print one off and send it home.

A reminder that there IS a Good Work Assembly this afternoon. It will begin at 2.45pm. The glass tunnel doors will open at 2.35pm. The next Good Work Assembly after today will be on Friday 1st December, which will be the last one before all the Christmas fun we have planned (details of which were attached to the Dojo I sent out before the half term holiday).

Six more school weeks until Christmas…!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

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