{item_alt_tag}

ISSUE 101 - 5th December 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

Christmas Fair 🎅

Friday 12th December is our Winter Fair. It will start at 1:15pm in the Sycamore Hall.  There are gifts to buy, games to play, refreshments to have and the chance to see Santa!  Do come along and enjoy the activities, all proceeds go to school funds.

Please note - children must be collected at normal 12:45pm finish time and brought to the fair by a parent or guardian. 

 

Christmas Jumper Day 🎄

Friday 12th December we are also having Christmas Jumper day.  This is the children's chance to wear a Christmas or festive jumper.  If they choose to wear a Christmas or festive jumper then we are asking for a 50p donation, again proceeds go to school funds to purchase new books for our children.

 

No Afternoon Nursery - 12th December

Afternoon Nursery will be closed on Friday 12th December so that the children can attend the Winter Fair.

 

Advance notices:

Christmas Dinner days are Monday 15th December for children in Sycamore building and Tuesday 16th December in Willow building.

Christmas parties - these will take place on Wednesday 17th December for the whole school.

Nativity performances - our Nativity performance will take place on Thursday 18th December - one at 9:30am and repeated at 1:30pm in St Stephen's Church.

 

 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes from Miss Loughlin and all the staff at St Stephen's.

School News & Blog

05 Dec 2025
YR 6 Bradford Made
Linking both to their History and Geography curriculum, Year 6 have taken part in a fantastic workshop funded by Bradford City of Culture 2025 - Bradford Made.
Read more
05 Dec 2025
Oracy Development Day
Today, Mr Procter and Mrs Bhatti attended an inspiring Oracy Development Day, learning new strategies to help our pupils become confident, articulate speakers.
Read more
05 Dec 2025
YR 2 Church Visit - What’s the story?
This week, Year Two had the wonderful opportunity to visit St. Stephen's Church, where we explored the true meaning of Christmas.
Read more
05 Dec 2025
Reception
Reception have been busy getting into the festive spirit by learning 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' with the Makaton signs. 
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 4 Build Winter Scenes
Year 4 in computing this week were creating their own winter scenes.
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 1 Computing
Year 1 Design Their Own Christmas Jumpers
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 1 Handwashing Workshop
Year 1's handwashing workshop.
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 2 Computing
Year 2 have continued to explore how to collect and present data in Computing.
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 3 Computing
Year 3 have been busy exploring Microsoft Word.
Read more
03 Dec 2025
YR 5 Music
Last week, year 5 composed their own melodies.
Read more
28 Nov 2025
YR 6 Music
Year 6 have been studying African Spiritual songs in music as well as reading notes on the full stave.  Swing Low Sweet Chariot!
Read more
05 Dec 2025
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Dinner Menu for 15th and 16th December.
Read more
25 Nov 2025
St Stephen's Winter Fair
Please join us at this year's winter fair, Friday 12th December 1:15pm.
Read more

This week’s attendance and punctuality

Nursery

Weavers: 84%

Reception

Spinners: 88%

Twisters: 93%

Year 1

Delius: 91%

Hockney: 83%

Year 2

Forster: 88%

Lister: 93%

Year 3  

Bronte: 90%

Haworth: 98%

Year 4  

McMillan: 84%

Priestley: 86%

Year 5  

Salt: 95%

Jowett: 89%

Year 6  

Appleton: 95%

Cartwright: 93%

 

{item_alt_tag}

Nursery

Morning: Aliyana

Afternoon: Hussain 

Reception

Spinners: Aizah & Umar

Twisters: Lara & Raja

Year 1

Delius: Justin & Essa

Hockney: Sajjad & Hoorain

Year 2

Forster: Elisabeth & Amna

Lister: Lenka & Erina

Year 3  

Bronte: Mark & Inaayah

Haworth: Jacob & Phoebe

Year 4  

McMillan: Mariam & Hasnain

Priestley: Hassan & Hajra

Year 5  

Salt: Afan & Maryam

Jowett: Zidan & Hannah

Year 6  

Appleton: Amelia & Boris

Cartwright: Taiba & Maya

{item_alt_tag}

Willow Recognition Winners:

Rec: Sana

YR 1: Rizwan & Aylah

YR 2: Lenka & Hassan

Sycamore Recognition Winners:

YR 3: Sophie

YR 4: Onyi

YR 5: Ahmed

YR 6: Jibran

 

National Online Safety

{item_alt_tag}

Dates for the Diary

Parent Cafe
9:00am – 10:00am
10
December
Christmas Jumper day - 50p donation to school funds
All Day
12
December
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
from 12 Sep and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 aug
12
December
Winter Fair - Sycamore Hall
1:15pm – 3:00pm
12
December
Christmas Meal Day - Sycamore
All Day
15
December
Christmas Meal Day - Willow
All Day
16
December
Owl Visit EYFS/KS1
All Day
16
December
Christmas Parties
All Day
17
December
Parent Cafe
9:00am – 10:00am
17
December
Nativity Performances
All Day
18
December
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
from 12 Sep and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 aug
19
December

Little Wandle - Letters And Sounds.

The resources on this site will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.

Little Wandle 

Additional Articles

{item_alt_tag}
{item_alt_tag}