Headteachers Update 13th January 2023

Happy New Year to all of our Hob Moor families!

We welcome you all back to school after the Christmas holidays. I hope you have had a good start to 2023, I know we certainly have!  We had a brilliant afternoon on the first day back, when we enjoyed the M&M Production of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. Laughter was heard throughout the school and it was a great way to start the term. Already in the first two weeks, as I have  walked around school and visited lessons, the children are showing enthusiasm for their new learning themes and working incredibly hard. Our whole school topic for this half term is ‘The Tales we Tell’, with a big focus on Science and Design / Technology.

As we start the new year, we welcome our new staff; Mrs Gowland, Mrs Dobson, Miss Colquitt and Miss Leslie but we also pass on huge congratulations to Miss Brady who is now the DSL (Designated

Safeguarding Lead) for Hob Moor Community Primary Academy. Miss Brady impressed the Academy interview panel just before Christmas and is delighted to take on her new role in school. Nicky Ellis, who has worked across both Hob Moor Primary and Hob Moor Oaks in a Federation role for Safeguarding, Behaviour and Wellbeing, has moved  into a full time role with Hob Moor Oaks this term. Nicky has worked with children, and families of Hob Moor Primary over the past 12 years and I would like to personally thank her for all her amazing work. Over the last two weeks she has moved desks but we’re very pleased we will still see her gorgeous smile and hear her kind words on a daily basis. I hope she enjoys her new role.