Our three finalists competed in the Cross Country Finals, at Saville Park on Wednesday 1st February. All three pupils ran extremely well despite very windy and cold weather conditions and made Beech Hill school very proud.

On Tuesday 24th January many of our teaching staff attended a training session dedicated to "Reading with children" which was delivered by our School Improvement Officer, Mrs Thomas. The training session was very well attended by both Beech Hill staff and the teaching staff of other schools in the Calderdale Family of Schools.

On Thursday 19th January selected pupils from Years 3,4,5 and 6 competed in a Cross Country race with other schools throughout Calderdale at Halifax High School. All of our pupils ran extremely well in blustery and wet conditions and made Beech Hill School very proud. The following pupils have gone through to the grand final on 2nd February at Saville Park: Bilal Zafar and Anmol Sheraz Y5, Adurus Yusuf Y3. Well done to all those pupils who took part.

All parents and carers are invited to the Beech Hill School PTA Drop in meeting on Thursday 19th January from 9.15 - 12.15 in the Beech Hill Family Centre.

Due to high demand for our nursery places we now have a waiting list which will operate on a first come, first served basis. If your child has turned 2 and you would like them to join our nursery, please complete our admissions pack, available in the schol office

Parents Evening will be held on Tuesday 17th January from 2.30pm - 6.00pm. School will close at 2.30pm and all after school clubs will be cancelled

When all of our class arrived in the entrance we had to stand on a glass floor. Underneath the glass floor we could see the inside of a Viking Long House. We met a man dressed up as a Viking and he asked us some questions like; ?what do you think a person who works with wood is called??, I answered ?carpenter? and I was right! Our Viking Guide explained that many Vikings were either carpenters or worked with metal, which made them a blacksmith. We then went on a ride, there had to be 4 people at the front and four people at the back. Mia, Qasim, Zohaib and Paras sat at the back and Anisa, Aatiba, Ikrah and I sat at the front. Whilst travelling on the ride we saw lots of fake people who were sawing, cutting and doing jobs. All of Class 12 had a great time at the Viking Centre.

Merry Christmas from all at Beech Hill.
School re opens on the 3rd January 2011.

We raised £ 423.69 at the Eid and Christmas Events, Beech Hill School's PTA would like to thank all the children, parents and school staff that helped and donated food and gifts, All your efforts made the events successful. Thank you

School closes on Friday 16th December for Christmas. We will re-open for the New Year on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Merry Christmas From Beech Hill