Newsletter 4/4/2025
Happy Easter Following the recent appointment process, it gives me great pleasure to let you know that governors hve appointed Mrs Leanne Gaffiney who will join the staff at Skerton St Luke’s as Headteacher in September. Mrs Gaffiney is currently headteacher at Walton-on-Trent CE Primary and Nursery School in Derbyshire. She and her family will be relocating to the area over the summer. Governors, staff and children were all involved in the recruitment process in some form and it was a resounding ‘YES’ from everyone. I have also met Mrs Gaffiney and I know she is going to fit right into St Luke’s and is full of new ideas and enthusiasm to continue to move our wonderful school forward. Congratulations and welcome! Mrs Armistead
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRIPS
It has been a really busy term full of lots of outdoor learning opportunities for many of the classes in school. This will continue throughout the summer months with every child in school joining in some outdoor adventure learning. This along with swimming, residentials etc is not just a fun time for the children, it is also a huge part of the National Curriculum and allows children to learn outdoor skills as well as resilience and team work.
When these opportunities come up please ensure children dress in appropriate clothing and arrive at school on time. Whilst Sports Funding covers the cost of the activities we are holding extra fund raising to cover the cost of transport to and from the venues
ITEMS FROM HOME
Recently, there have been an increasing number of issues arising in Key Stage 2 involving personal items being brought into school and then getting lost, traded or passed along etc. This is causing incredibly valuable learning time to be lost trying to find and resolve these issues. It is not appropriate for adults to be asked to look for children’s personal items taking us away from teaching the children. It is also distracting the children during lessons. On top of this, the children only have their trays as a safe place to put their stationary
ATOM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
UPCOMING EASTER ACTIVITIES
Easter Activities
| DATES FOR YOUR DIARY | |
|---|---|
| Fri 04/04/25 | 9.10am Celebration Worship School Finishes for Easter Holiday |
| Tues 22/04/25 | School Back for Summer Term |
| Mon/ Tues 28-29/04/25 | Reception Class River Lune walk |
| Tues/ Wed 29-30/04/25 | Year 1 Jenny Brown’s Point Visit |
| Fri 02/05/25 | 9.10am Debbie Green - Worship |
| Tues/ Wed 06-07/05/25 | Year 2 Warton Crag Visit |
| Wed/ Thu 07-08/05/25 | Year 3 Borwick Canal Trip |
| Mon- Thu 12-15/05/25 | Year 6 SATs week |
| Mon 19/05/25 | Governors Committee Meetings 4.00pm SEC Committee 5.00pm Resources Committee |
| Wed – Fri 21 – 23/05/25 | Year 6 Residential to Coniston |
| Fri 23/05/25 | School finishes for Half Term |
| Mon 02/06/25 | School back for Summer 2 |
