We enjoyed a great day on Friday celebrating the European Day of Languages. Each year group chose a different language to study ranging from Greek and Polish to German and Spanish. The children also had the chance to dress up in "national dress".
Don't forget to enter postcards (with a drawing of a landmark and a few words or phrases in a new language) by next Friday for Mrs Hardy to "judge".
Thanks to Mrs Mason for all her work putting the event together,

Various dates available to come and see Ecclesall Primary School @ Work. Please do click on the link below to sign up for a look around and see for yourself what makes us one of Sheffield's highest performing primary schools.
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The first schools' cross country race took place this weekend at Ecclesall Woods. With a huge turn out (up to about 800 children in total taking part in 4 different races), the 43 runners representing team EPS certainly did themselves proud. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL our runners - it certainly looks like it will be another strong season for Team EPS.
Thanks also to Mr Whydle for his help (and Mrs Palmer-Young for her work with the finishing tokens).

Consultation on Nursery provision at EPS.
We are now entering a period of consultation around having a Nursery at Ecclesall Primary School. Please click on the link to view the letter sent out to parents last week and submit your views to the consultation. Please feel free to share widely with the local community - thank you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MAtQac8JPv32xRuHdQquN1uEY0BZqv0u/view?usp=drive_link

What a "roarsome" first week back we have had. It has been great to see all the children and families back to school and we are so proud of how the children have settled so quickly into their new routines.
We are also looking froward to welcoming Elimu (our own Lion Cub) back to EPS laster on this month. Over the holidays, all the"spare" tessellating lions that the children decorated have been put together by Mrs Chester to produce this amazing giant piece of art work, now on display in the hall - a real team effort!

As many of you may be aware, Mrs Biggs left us yesterday as she retires after 28 years at Ecclesall Junior School and then at the primary school (as well as years teaching elsewhere before she came to S11). That is a huge number of children that she will have taught, cared for and nurtured over the years. The staff held a lovely celebratory lunch for her and Mrs Hardy presented her gifts. The staff also sang a song to the tune of Dancing Queen (we are pleased to say that no video footage of the singing exists)!
We wish her all the very best for a long and exciting reiterment xxx

As the dust settles on another academic year, it is time to reflect....
Never easy to say goodbye, but exciting times lie ahead for our Y6 pupils heading off to secondary schools in September - congratulations to all of them on their achievements at EPS and we wish them all the very best for the future.
A fitting farewell included a Leavers' Assembly for them and their parents/supporters and then the whole school sang to them on the bank before the traditional archway of teachers and the handing out of their scroll.

Not that it is all about the SATS results we received this morning (showing that huge numbers of our children will be starting their secondary school careers with a very solid academic grounding) but...we are very proud of our Y6 children and think that they really deserve a magnificent Leavers' Party (thanks to the EPTFA). Preparations fully underway - more photos to follow!