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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. 

We could also add other events and activities to the diary throughout the term. 

SCHOOL REOPENS ON TUESDAY 22nd APRIL

Tuesday 22nd April – 8:40am

Early Bird Reading in Rec, Y1, Y2

Wednesday 23rd April to Wednesday 30th April

Y5 Bikeability sessions (see additional letter for further details)

Thursday 24th April – 2pm to 8pm

Parents Evening for Reception to Year 4 & Robin class (see Parentmail for details)

Tuesday 29th April - am

Recycling assembly for whole school

Recycling workshops for each Year 3 class

Wednesday 30th April, 9am to 10am

Chill and Chat in KS2 -Supporting your child with Asthma

MONDAY 5th MAY – SCHOOL CLOSED (BANK HOLIDAY)

Tuesday 6th May

Y3 (Leopard) Creative Unity Project at Bagshaw Museum (see letter for details)

Wednesday 7th May

Y3 (Zebra) Creative Unity Project at Bagshaw Museum (see letter for details)

Wednesday 7th May - am

Year 5 to take part in a wormery workshop (1 hour for each class)

Friday 9th May

Collection for Cleckheaton Foodbank

Week Beginning 12th May

KS2 SATS assessment week (further details to follow)

Monday 12th May

Living Eggs to arrive in Nursery

Monday 12th May – 7pm

FOBS meeting via Zoom – all welcome (link to be sent via Parentmail)

Tuesday 13th  May

-      6pm

-      7pm

-      7:30pm

Governors Committee Meetings

Resources Committee

Full Governors Meeting

Children, Families and Communities Committee

Thursday 15th May - lunchtime

Mexican Themed Lunch (further details to follow)

Tuesday 20th May

FOBs Bag to School

Tuesday 20th May

Year 6 Year Group photograph day

Wednesday 21st May

Choir to perform at the Mayor Making Ceremony in Huddersfield Town Hall (letter to follow)

Wednesday 21st May – 6pm

Governors Standards and Effectiveness Committee Meeting

Friday 23rd  May – all day

FOBs Break the Rules Day (further details nearer the time)

SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS ON FRIDAY 23rd MAY AND 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

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 (details to follow)

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

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 – 7pm

Full Governors Meeting

Wednesday 25th  June

10:00am and 1:30pm

Teddy Bears Picnic for New Reception children

Butterfly Class 10am

Dragonfly Class 1:30pm

Sunday 29th June 1pm to 4pm

Platinum Jubilee Celebration in school - family event, all welcome

(Details to follow)

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 – 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 – 1:15pm & 7pm

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

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

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)


N.B Please note that Y6 SATS week is week beginning 12th May 2025.

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.