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At Kippax North Primary School, our mission is to provide a transformative cradle-to-career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.
Children who read or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds!
More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become an independent, lifelong learner.
We develop early readers by:
- Using Read Write Inc, a programme to help to your child read at school
- Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
- Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home
At Swillington Primary School, we use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start with their English development.
What is Read Write Inc?
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a complete phonics literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However, at Kippax North Primary School, we begin the programme in Nursery and will continue teaching RWI to children beyond the age of 7, as we use a stage, not age, approach.
RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin, and more information on this can be found here.
We have been working closely with the Jerry Clay Academy, funded by the Department for Education to support schools in achieving excellence in teaching reading and early language development. We started our journey and staff training for Read Write Inc during the Summer Term of 2021. This was a vital process to ensure that our delivery today is the best it can be!
Extra-Curricular Activities
Enrichment Friday 1.30-2.30pm
All pupils are able to choose the activity that they want to explore further.
On a Friday afternoon, we offer a range of enrichment activities:
- Exploring Culture
- Clay modelling
- Painting
- Performing arts
- Music
- Habitat building
- Sewing
- Cooking
Leadership
Term dates 2022-23
Holiday Dates
Term Dates
Autumn Term 1
Tuesday 6 September to Friday 21 October
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Monday 20 Feb to Friday 31 March
Wednesday 4 January to Friday 10 February
Monday 31 October to Friday 16 December
Monday 17 April to Friday 26 May
Spring Term 2
Christmas Holidays
Monday 19 December to Monday 2 January
Half Term
Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October
Half Term
Monday 13 February to Friday 17 February
Summer Term 1
Easter Holidays
Monday 3 April to Friday 14 April
Summer Term 2
Half Term
Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June
Summer Holidays
Wednesday 26 July to Friday 1 September
Monday 5 June to Tuesday 25 July
Here are our curricular plans for each class. This year we are currently on cycle B.
Our Aims & Values
Kippax North Primary School aims to enable all young people to become;
Successful learners
- Ensuring a curriculum that provides young people with the best possible learning opportunities and experiences in conjunction with the National Priorities for Education
- Encouraging all pupils to reach their full potential, thereby raising standards and attainment at an appropriate rate
- Promoting and recognising achievement and excellence
- Enabling all pupils to enjoy the highest quality learning experiences by fostering a positive attitude to their learning
- Ensuring that all pupils are encouraged to demonstrate good behaviour, self discipline and a respect for others
Confident individuals
- Providing effective support to enable personal achievement
- Ensuring a safe and secure environment for all pupils
- Promoting an ethos of social inclusion and equality
- Encouraging all pupils to be involved in and express their opinions about their education
- Promoting a healthy lifestyle for all pupils
Responsible citizens
- Equipping pupils with the core skills, attitudes and expectations required to prosper in a changing society
- Encouraging creativity, curiosity, ambition and enthusiasm for lifelong learning
- Encouraging entrepreneurial experiences which will foster development of skills and competencies in working with others
- Encouraging tolerance of diversity
- Involving pupils in events to support those less fortunate than themselves
Effective contributors
- Encouraging links to organisations within and out of school
- Promoting effective partnerships between pupils, parents, carers, and the wider community
- Ensuring that all pupils realise that they have an important part to play in the life and work of their school
- Creating and solving problems independently and collaboratively in a climate of mutual trust and respect for others
Application timetable
The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates
We would love to hear from you.
