On Monday 14th July we had our end-of-term celebration assembly for children who had been chosen by their teacher for demonstrating our learning cog of pride!
This week we held our annual Year 6 Careers Event! A wide range of volunteers attended the session from a wealth of different professions, including; a teacher of the blind, a chemical engineer, a nurse, a journalist and a soldier. They gave incredibly inspiring talks to our pupils and gave excellen...
This week a group of our Year 2 pupils attended a skipping festival competition at Armley Leisure Centre. They represented our school brilliantly - their behaviour and attitude was absolutely Bankside Best! They had a great time being active with their classmates and even won individual awards...
On 20.06.25, some of our Year 5 pupils and three of our teachers took part in the Junior Warrior event at Temple Newsam park. This event was physically demanding! Challengers had to be prepared to get muddy and wet! The children gave their Bankside Best throughout the event. They were brave and fear...
We are delighted to announce that we won two commendations in the Leeds Global Learning Awards on 20.06.25! These were for the Above and Beyond Award 2025 (highly commended) and the Developing the Curriculum Award (commended) 2025!
Well done to the children in KS1 who were chosen by their teacher to receive the award in our assembly for demonstrating our learning cog collaboration. We are really proud of you all!
As part of their topic linked to Ancient Islamic Civilisations, Year 6 have created their own prints inspired by Islamic art. The finished results are very impressive indeed.
We have recently had an outdoor classroom built in our playground. This is designed to encourage outdoor learning and exploring the biodiversity and nature in our school habitat. Yellow Base have been using the outdoor space to enhance their science topic on plants. It is such a great addition to ou...
This afternoon we have an action-packed sports session at Potternewton Park for Year 3 and 4! Lots of our families also attended to cheer on the children. There was plenty of team work and resilience shown by the children taking part, we also had a lot of fun with our classmates!
This morning we held our annual Year 5 and 6 Sports Morning! It was a lovely sunny day and lots of parents and carers came along to cheer and support us. The children all gave their Bankside Best and showed lots of resilience and team work. A great morning in our local park getting active and having...