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Diary Dates Summer Term 2025

Please find below a list of all our diary dates for this half term.

Further details about events will be shared via Parentmail and/or letters nearer each event.

 Please check our website for a weekly update. 

SCHOOL REOPENS ON MONDAY 2nd JUNE

Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd June

Year 3 Pedestrian Training

Wednesday 4th June

Reception School Trip to Ponderosa (letter to follow)

Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th June

Year 5 Pedestrian Training

Thursday 5th June – 6:30pm (TBC)

Choir to perform in Concert in memory of Jasper at St Paul’s Church (details to follow)

Week beginning 9th June

Year 4 multiplication check period (see letter for further details)

Week beginning 9th June

Year 1 phonics screening week (see letter for further details)

Year 2 phonics screening week for selected children (see letter for further details)

Week beginning 9th & 16th June

Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 assessment weeks in school

Tuesday 10th June - am

Selected children to attend Year 3 / Year 4 Girls football competition

Tuesday 10th June – 1pm

Police to lead an assembly about discrimination

Tuesday 10th June- 1:35pm to 3:15pm

Police to deliver workshops about racial discrimination with Year 5

Wednesday 11th June

School 70th birthday (KS2 building)

Thursday 12th June

Civil War Society to speak to Year 6

Friday 13th June

FOBs Father’s Day shop in school (See Parentmail for details)

Wednesday 18th June – 7pm

New Reception Parents Meeting (for parents of children who are starting Reception in September 2025)

Week beginning 23rd June

Careers Week in school

Week beginning 23rd June

World Wellbeing Week in school

Monday 23rd June - am

Y6 Fast Forward Transition event at St Paul’s Church

Monday 23rd June

Y4, Koala Class, Road safety workshops delivered by Kirklees (practical session)

Week beginning 23rd June – 1pm to 3pm

Kirklees Keeping in Mind to run Transition workshop with Y6 (1 session with each class)

Tuesday 24th June

Year 3 school trip to Go Ape at Temple Newsom (details to follow)

Tuesday 24th June

Y4, Kangaroo Class, Road safety workshops delivered by Kirklees (practical session)

Tuesday 24th June – 7pm

Full Governors Meeting

Wednesday 25th  June

10:00am and 1:30pm

Teddy Bears Picnic for New Reception children

Dragonfly Class 10am

Butterfly Class 1:30pm

Thursday 26th June – all day

Year 2 school trip to Canon Hall Farm

Sunday 29th June 1pm to 4pm

Platinum Jubilee Celebration in school - family event, all welcome

(See Parentmail flyer)

Monday 30th June

Year 6 to visit BBG

Tuesday 1st July

Y6 to visit BBG

Transition Day (children to move to their new class and meet their new teacher)

New Nursery and Reception children to visit school

Wednesday 2nd July

9am

9:15am

1:15pm

2:00pm

Sports Day (parents invited to watch)

Nursery

Key Stage Two

Key Stage One

Reception

Friday 4th July

Year 4 school trip to Scarborough (details to follow)

Wednesday 9th July – 2pm to 6:30pm

Nursery Parents Evening (Letter to follow)

Wednesday 9th July – am

Year 5 Harry Potter Potions Science lesson (delivered by staff from Heckmondwike Grammar School)

Wednesday 9th July – 6pm

Governors Standards and Effectiveness Committee meeting

Friday 11th July – all day and evening

Year 6 leavers event (details to follow)

Friday 11th July

School reports to be brought home

Monday 14th July

Year 1 school trip to Sheffield Butterfly House (details to follow)

Week beginning 14th July 

Monday 14th at 2:45pm

Tuesday 15th at 2:45pm

Wednesday 16th 2:45pm

Thursday 17th 2:45pm

New Class parent’s information meetings (20 / 25 mins)

Year 4

Year 2 / Year 3

Year 1 / Year 5

Year 6

Tuesday 15th July – all day

Year 5 school trip to Magna

Tuesday 15th July – 1:15pm & 7pm

Year 6 end of year production (letter with further details to be sent nearer the time)

Wednesday 16th July - am

Nursery trip Diddy Middy’s

Thursday 17th July

                                       -9:30am

             -10:20am

             -11:15am

End of Year Services at St Paul’s Church

Rec, Year 1 and Year 2

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

Year 6

Thursday 17th July - pm

Y6 to visit Gorse Academy (Leeds) to watch a Shakespeare performance

Friday 18th July – 1:05pm

End of Year Assembly (children only)

Sunday 20th July – 2:15pm

Choir / selected children to sing at Mayoral Blessing service (St Peter’s Church, Birstall)

SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS ON FRIDAY 18th JULY

(MONDAY 21st & TUESDAY 22nd JULY - INSET DAYS)


 

Year 1 phonics screening and Year 4 multiplication-tables check will take place week beginning 9th June 2025.

Assessments for Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 will take place week beginning 9th and 16th June 2025.  

Children need to be in school during these weeks. Any holidays taken during these times will be unauthorised and a fine will be issued.