Mrs Scarth's Start of Term Letter (Summer 2)

Dear Parent/Carer 

Welcome Back!

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely half-term break. It’s great to be back in school, especially because of all the fabulous curriculum activities that have been happening this week. Y3 visited the Great Yorkshire Showground for Countryside Day; Y4 have been intrepid explorers, throughout their Everest Experience Day; Y5 have cooked delicious soup as part of their DT project; Y6 have tested out our new orienteering course around the school and everyone has enjoyed British Science week, taking part in exciting STEM activities.

 

Lots to look forward to this half-term; please see calendar of events on our school website as a reminder and for your reference.

https://www.oatlandsjunior.co.uk/for-parentscarers/calendar/

If you can offer your help for any of the forthcoming trips or events, please contact your child’s class teacher. Thank you.

 

The weather is finally starting to become warm, bright and sunny – the children are delighted to be playing on the school field at break times, which is lovely to see. On hot, sunny days, please do remember to ensure your child arrives at school with sunscreen already applied, a water bottle and sunhat, so that they can enjoy their playtimes outside safely and comfortably, when the sun shines and the temperature rises.

 

Class Teachers 2025-26

On Thursday, we held a meeting for parents of our new Y3 pupils who will join us in September. They met the Year 3 team and other staff. I would like to share teaching teams with you for next year, ahead of the class allocations which will be announced on our transition day later in the term, when you child spends the day with their new class teachers:

 

Y3 Team

Mrs McNerney (Year Leader) and Mr Gray

Miss Ramsey

Miss Hind and Miss Verney

 

Y4 Team

Miss Mansfield (Year Leader)

Mrs Stockton

Miss Beaty

Y5 Team

Ms Coyne (Year Leader)

Miss Allenby

Mrs Lynn

 

Y6 Team

Miss Ritchie (Year Leader)

Mrs Fretwell and Mrs Wilkinson

Miss Starrett

 

Y2/3 and Y6/7 Transition

Our Y2/3 transition programme of events is well underway, and we look forward to welcoming our new Y3 intake of children on their visits to OJS over the coming weeks.

Y6 pupils will be visiting their new secondary schools this half-term and they have already started to have visits from their new Heads of Y7. Our Y6 team are liaising with their Y7 colleagues to ensure that the transition to secondary is happy and successful for all our children. This can be an unsettling time for some Y6 pupils, so if you have any concerns, please do contact your child’s class teacher.

 

Parent Governor Vacancy September 2025

We have a vacancy on our Local Governing Body for a parent governor, from September 2025. If you are interest in this role, please contact our Chair of Governors, Jason Wurzal, for more information. wurzalj@trust.rklt.co.uk

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Yours sincerely

Mrs Estelle Scarth

Headteacher