High Bank J, I & N School

22/03/2026

This is not just football... this is High Bank JIN School football! Last week saw our outstanding win of 4 goals to 2 against Howard Park Community School 🏆 Come and support us again at 3.30pm, Tuesday 24th March as we limber up for our next match against Birstall Academy ⚽️

Are you ready for the last week of the spring term? We promise it's just as busy, so get your diaries ready:

🟠 Mon 23rd March- Hargreaves Class Parents Evening📋
🟢 Tue 24th March - Grow to school in for our outdoor learning session. Wellies are still a must but so are sun hats as the weather is warming up 🍒
🟣 Tue 24th March - High Bank Football Team vs Birstall Academy (school field, 3.30pm) 🥅
🔴 Thu 26th March, 3.30pm - Easter Fayre in the hall and MUGA. Tokens can be bought via payment link or in the office. 🐣
🔵 Fri 27th March - Non uniform day for all children in celebration of being House Point Winners!🎉
🟡 Mon 13th April - School re-opens and our new free breakfast club starts at 8am! Everyone welcome and food is served until 8.30am. 🥣

Keep up to date with our weekly newsletter at https://www.highbankschool.co.uk/

11/03/2026

Delivery incoming for our Special Person’s Shop 🌼🌷🌸💐 There’s still time to order if you pop in to the office by Thursday morning 💙

11/03/2026

Thank you Let June, your support for our school & families is invaluable 💙

We’re delighted to share some lovely feedback received from High Bank JIN School after Let June successfully secured a Winter Essentials Grant. ❄️

Thanks to this funding, the school has been able to purchase 60 pairs of wellies for their children to use in the outdoor garden and field, and to take home when needed. With the wet British weather turning their field into quite a quagmire, these wellies are helping ensure children can continue to play outside while keeping their feet warm and dry.

The school shared that without this support, several children may have struggled during the winter months to have suitable footwear, which can also be costly for families if shoes are damaged in the mud.

Thank you to High Bank for the kind feedback and for sharing photos of the children enjoying their new wellies!

11/03/2026

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10/03/2026

We've been out with Beth from Grow to school today looking out for the signs of spring. What a difference a bit of blue sky makes. A huge shout out to Let June for keeping our feet warm and dry so we can make the most of the great outdoors in our wellies.

09/03/2026

Congratulations to our Book in a Box winners Harriet, Dara, Henry, Kadi-Mae and Elliot. With a special commendation to Lydia-Louise & Otis for their entries too!🎁 World Book Day (UK & Ireland) was certainly a day of creativity, stories, books and reading 📚

We've welcomed back Living Eggs and the children have watched chicks hatch in Hockney; Hargreaves have been exploring different animals and materials we may find at the seaside; Hepworth created some fantastic leaflets in IT; Ounsley have been re-enacting a trial in Saxon times; investigated patterns in height and length in Bronte and linked our history and art together in Armitage for block-painting HMT Empire Windrush. 👩‍🎓

Coming up, we have:
🔴Mon 9th March - British Science Week and Assessment Week ✔️
🟠 Tue 10th March - Grow to school with our outdoor learning and gardening sessions 🌳
🟢 Fri 13th March - Special Person's Craft Event to celebrate Mother's Day. Have you signed up for the Special Person's Shop? 💐
🔵 Wed 18th March - Parents' Evening Meetings for Hockney, Hepworth & Bronte 📝
🟣 Fri 20th March - Non-uniform day in exchange for chocolate donations for our Easter fayre 🍩 (please remember no nuts such as Kinder, Milka, etc.)
⚫️ Mon 23rd March - Parents' Evening Meetings for Hargreaves 📝
🟤 Thu 26th March 3.30pm - Easter Fayre in hall & MUGA 🐣
🔴 Fri 27th March - Y5 Rewind 2 Easter at Cleckheaton Methodist Church 🪻
🟠 Fri 27th March - School closes at 3.20pm for Easter holidays 📅
🟢 Mon 13th April - School re-opens for Summer Term ⏰

Keep up to date by checking the full newsletter, published every Friday, at https://www.highbankschool.co.uk/

04/03/2026

We’re celebrating World Book Day (UK & Ireland) tomorrow & here’s a multitude of ideas on how to create a costume without having to spend https://www.tltp.co.uk/blog/last-minute-no-sew-world-book-day-costume-ideas 👗👘👔

Don’t forget the Book in a Box competition entries - it’s one of our annual favourites 📚🎁

Our amazing cooks, Jo & Angela, are whipping up a scrumdiddlyumptious story-themed lunch, so those packed lunches can be left at home 🍲

We’ve already swapped the book tokens for books so tomorrow evening you can enjoy a great, new read with your little characters 🐺🦸‍♂️⛑️🏰🧚🏻‍♀️🕵️‍♀️🤓👩🏼‍🏫

Keep up to date with every thing High Bank at https://www.highbankschool.co.uk 💙

22/02/2026

🤩 High Bank is 50! Thank you for celebrating our Golden Jubilee with us, it's been amazing to see so many photos and memories from over the decades 🤩

We finished the first half term of 2026 on a high learning all about Chinese New Year with Hockney; combining groups and numbers in maths with Hargreaves; on a treasure hunt with Hepworth; exploring rectilinear shapes with Bronte; putting our excellent sewing skills to the test with Armitage and comparing local maps with Ounsley ✅

Grab your diaries as we're ready for Spring 2:
🔵 Mon 23rd Feb - School re-opens for the new half term ⏰
🟢 Tue 24th Feb - Grow to school for all the children so don't forget coats, wellies and please do a sunshine dance to keep the rain away 🌤️
🟠 Thu 26th Feb - Y6 Parents' Meeting 📆
🟣 Thu 5th Mar - World Book Day
🔴 Fri 13th Mar - Special Person's Crafting Event in celebration of Mother's Day 🌷
🟤 Mon 16th Mar - British Science Week 🔬
🟡 Fri 27th Mar - School closes at 3.20pm for Easter holidays 🐣

To keep up with all the latest news, please visit our website https://www.highbankschool.co.uk/

09/02/2026

A huge thanks to all our families and our Kirklees Mayor, Councillor Liz Smaje, who enjoyed Book & Bagel with us again this year. It was a great success with over 50 families attending over the two events. 🥯📖

We're fast approaching half term, so don't forget to get the dates in your diary ahead of time:
🔵 Tue 10th Feb - Outdoor Learning with Grow to school. Remember the wellies and coats because the rain doesn't look like it's staying away for long! ☔️
🔴 Thu 12th Feb - Valentine's Disco - EYFS & KS1 2pm & KS2 3.30pm. Tickets are £2.50 per child. (No Dodgeball on this day) 💙
🟡 Fri 13th Feb - High Bank Golden Jubilee - Everyone's invited to our Golden Jubilee Exhibition in the hall at 2.50pm. 🎉
🟣 Fri 13th Feb - School closes at 3.20pm for half term 📆
🟢 Mon 23rd Feb - School re-opens. 🚸
🟤 Thu 5th March - World Book Day. 📚
🟠 Fri 13th March - Special Person's Craft Event to celebrate Mother's Day 🎨

All the information can be found in our weekly newsletter at https://www.highbankschool.co.uk/

02/02/2026

Hello February! How have we finished a whole month of learning in 2026 already? We've been on a bear hunt with Hockney Class; worked together to identify features of non-chronological reports in English with Hepworth Class and investigated how exercise affects the heart rate in Science with Ounsley Class ✔️

February is just as jam packed:
🟢 Tue 3rd Feb - Outdoor learning with Grow to school. Don't forget the wellies as the wet weather has created lots of mud 🥾
🔵 Wed 4th Feb, 9am - KS2 Book & Bagel event for families with a visit from the Mayor 🎓
🟠 Fri 6th Feb - Non uniform for Maths Day, wearing shapes, spots, numbers to help us raise funds for our maths' resources 💯
🔴 Thu 12th Feb - Valentine's disco, get your tickets on ParentPay. 2pm EYFS & KS1 and 3.30pm KS2 🎫
🟡 Fri 13th Feb - High Bank Golden Jubilee Celebrations 🌟
🟣 Fri 13th Feb - School closes at 3.20pm for half term and re-opens on Monday 23rd February 📆

Keep up to date with our weekly newsletter at https://www.highbankschool.co.uk/

14/12/2025

Thank you to our families for being an amazing audience for this year’s nativity. We’re sure you’ll agree the children were just wonderful 🌟

This year the theatre visited school so we could avoid the hefty £1,000 transport costs - and they did not disappoint! We had a fantastic time and can’t wait for them to come back next year 🎭

Now we’re ready for the last week, so get your Christmas calendars at the ready:

🎄 Monday 15th December - Tokens for the fayre ready to buy in cash, card or via ParentPay after lunch too 🔴

🎄 Tuesday 16th December - last Grow to School outdoor learning for 2025. Don’t forget change of shoes & coats ☔️

🎄 Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Jumper Day ☃️Christmas dinner served by staff to the children 🍲 Christmas Fayre at 3:30pm via main entrance 🎅🏼 Raffle tickets available to buy before hand via the office.

🎄 Thursday 18th December -Christmas Carols at Mowat Court with Hepworth Class 🎶

🎄 Friday 19th December - Christmas parties. Non-uniform but don’t forget coats & sensible shoes as we still play out 🎉 We’ve also invited a special visitor from the North Pole…

School closes 3:20pm, Friday 19th December and re-opens on Tuesday 6th January 2026 💙

https://www.highbankschool.co.uk