Hello everyone, welcome to our first newsletter of the school year and a very warm welcome to our new Reception parents.

Please find below some of our latest news – it has been a busy half term! Previous newsletters can be viewed on our

website www.bsl.leeds.sch.uk

RHS Five Star Award

Poet visiting school

New Reception Pupils

National Poetry day on Thursday 4th

October was celebrated by inviting a poet to school. The children enjoyed listening to his poems in the school library.

Year 5/6 Trip

We are delighted to announce our 5 star grading awarded by the RHS – an amazing achievement and all thanks to the hard work of the children and the dedication of Mrs George. Well done St Luke’s.

Years 5/6 brought their history learning to life at Armley Mills.

Many parents may have already

seen news reports encouraging

schools to participate in the

‘mile a day’ project to improve

pupils’ fitness. Every day, our

Key stage 2 pupils complete a

mile run around the school,

which not only boosts their

fitness but also their general

well-being. Please see Mr

Wood, our P.E Coordinator, for

more information.

Mile a day

A very warm welcome to our new Reception children. They have settled so well, so quickly, and we are all very

proud of our new recruits!

Awards

The following children have received Mrs Robinson’s excellent

behaviour awards this half term:

Safaa Maroof William Luehrmann Esme Mann

Aleena Mehmood Divnoor Phull Shreyasi Gupta

Evie Hodgkinson Toby Brewer Elouise Turner

Abdul-Rafay Ashraf Katie Wilkinson Sam Payne

Leann Abakah Mariya Maqbool Hussain Sarah Swafi

Edward Conneely Frances Dagher Arthur Young

Aaliyah Wigg Elijah Peacock Tia Davies Ebony Burns

Princess Dadzie Mariam Kane

The Whitehouse cup, presented for excellent manners, has

been awarded to:

Arabella Smith Sidra Khayat Blake Whitfield

Chloe Shave Lily-Mai Hartlebury Arame Sene

Rehan Khan Chloe Wells

Thank you for reading our newsletter – it is always a pleasure to look back and see how much

the pupils have achieved over the half term. Please feel free to come and speak to me at any

time; appointments are not always necessary. Enjoy the half term and thank you for all your

support.

Kind regards

Mrs Louise Booth

Dates for the future

Back to school Monday 5th November

Consultation re: School Expansion Thursday 22nd November

Years 5/6 Trips (Letter to follow) Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd November

Years 3/4 Trip to Pantomime (Letter to follow) Wednesday 5th December

Lantern Festival PM (Cross Flatts Park) Friday 14th December

Rehearsals at St Luke’s Church Monday 17th December/Wednesday 19th December

Christmas Lunch + Christmas Jumpers Tuesday 18th December

Christmas Services: Both services will be held at St Luke’s Church. (Parents Welcome)

Rec, Years 1 and 2 Thursday 20th December 9.30am

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 Friday 21st December 9.30am

Return to school Monday 7th January 2019

Attendance

We have had a fantastic start with our school’s attendance. Our current attendance figure is 97.6%, which is above our target of 97%. I am hopeful we will continue to fight off the coughs and colds as the weather turns colder; if your child is feeling a little poorly, they may still be able to attend school with medication such as Calpol.

Miss Lane

Congratulations

We are so pleased to announce the birth of Sebastian James Cuthbert, a second son for Laura & Cameron. Mrs Cuthbert will be returning to school in the summer term. We send our warmest congratulations to the whole family.

Mr Whitehouse is recovering following an operation to correct a congenital heart defect. He is making progress and hoping to be back with us in January. We send him our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Well Wishes.

London

At the request of the DFE, Mrs Booth and Mr Lillywhite recently attended an event at Westminster to speak about how the positive culture at St Luke’s has been created. This culture has been recognised as contributing to the excellent progress made by our pupils.