Goldenhill Primary Academy

Thank you to Clough Hall junior parkrun for a lovely assembly. It was great to hear all about Junior parkrun, and the children learned lots of interesting information. It sounds like it's going to be a fantastic event!
Don't forget that we are taking over and turning the park red at Clough Hall Junior parkrun on Sunday 28th June at 9:00am at Clough Hall Park, Grove Avenue, Kidsgrove, ST7 1AE.
If your child would like to attend, please sign them up on the Junior parkrun website to receive a QR code, which is needed to take part. We hope to see lots of children there! ❤️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Beeston Castle today! 🏰

The children enjoyed exploring the historic castle ruins and learned lots about life in medieval times. They discovered how castles were built for defence, the importance of the castle's location high on a rocky hill, and how people lived and worked within castle walls centuries ago.

We were incredibly proud of all the children, who represented the school brilliantly throughout the day. Their behaviour, enthusiasm, curiosity, and excellent listening skills were outstanding. Well done, Year 2 – you were a credit to the school! ⭐

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Congratulations to Year 4 for achieving the highest class attendance last week - . Enjoy your well-deserved treat. 😊

Hot Weather Message

Dear parents and carers,

As the weather forecast is hot this week, all children are invited to adapt the normal school uniform, not to wear ties and to wear summer uniform as appropriate.E.g. Shorts and polo shirts.

Please send children into school with a sun hat and a water bottle each day. We strongly recommend that sun cream is applied before school.

Children may bring sun cream into school and apply it themselves. This must be in a bottle clearly labelled with their name. We will have labels and a pen available on the gate if you need one. To keep traffic in the office to a minimum, please ask for a label on the gate.

Children will not be allowed to share sun cream with children from other families due to allergy risks.

Please note that Crocs and sandals are a health and safety hazard in school and are not permitted.

We will encourage children to drink regularly, stay in the shade where possible, and classroom windows will be kept open.

Thank you for your support.

On Wednesday we welcomed Tunstall Library into our Nursery class to host a Book Gifting session.
During the session the children listened to the story 'Press Here'. The children enjoyed the story and shared lots of laughter as we read through the story.
As part of the session the children all received a pack which included two books and an activity pack. The parents, carers and grandparents all received information about joining the Library.

I would like to say a huge well done to the Nursery class, as they all listened beautifully and engaged well with the story! 🌟📚

A huge thank you to all of the parents, carers and grandparents who attended, we really appreciate your support. 😄

💙 Thank You! 💙
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Father's Day Breakfast Event.
We hope you enjoyed the delicious breakfast, great company and quality time spent together.
We look forward to seeing you at our future events!

Year 6 have had a really exciting few days. Year 6 had their last sports day and today had a Britain at War workshop. Behaviour has been amazing for these two events, next stop is our production 'The Amazing Adventures of Superstan'

A huge thank you to all the parents/carers/grandparents who came to Year 4's Watch me Learn morning this week. The children really enjoyed showcasing their incredible work. We read chapter 11 of our reading text - 'The Secrets of a Sun King' and summarised the chapter. We then showcased our learning in maths all about lines of symmetry and then we completed some research on Tutankhamun as part of our topic work on Ancient Civilisations. A wonderful morning - Well done Year 4!