Smile everyone, we continue to be ‘outstanding’! Our latest Ofsted report is now available to read in the reports section of our website. Congratulations to everyone in our brilliant school community on a wonderful achievement.
This mornings special guest in assembly was Stevie from the Old Earth upper junior class of 1992 aka Mr Reynolds. It was fantastic to hear how the school has changed since then.😃
Thanks to everyone who came to enjoy our annual fireworks event. A big thankyou to the PTFA, staff and their friends and families for making it such a brilliant evening.
Well done to everyone on recreating our giant Pudsey Bears today, they were magnificent!
Thanks to Mrs Hardy for doing the incredible work. We will be spending the whole weekend counting the coins now😂😂 Have a great weekend everyone.
Everyone at Old Earth would like to send congratulations to Mrs. Thaxter on the birth of her son James. He was born on 1st May. We can't wait to see you both soon!
They have arrived with a huge thank you to . These will help to keep everyone safe on our return to school. We look forward to seeing all the children back on Tuesday 8th September. Please look out for today's updated parent checklist with all info.
Well done to the team from Old Earth who represented FC HalifaxTown this afternoon. They made it through to the later stages and were still in contention until the final game. Thanks to Mr Heritage, the parents and Nick Walker from FC Halifax Town for their support.
Gymnastics Results - Girls A 1st, Boys 1st, Mixed 2nd and Girls B 4th. Well done to everyone involved for all your hard work and performances this evening.
#teamOldEarth
Please visit Mrs Lambert's Youtube Channel.
She is working extremely hard (from her garden!) to keep everyone singing and smiling - it's the law!
We hope you enjoy and please sing along...
#MrsLambertssongs
Goodbye and good luck to an incredible group of Year 6 pupils who have left us today. Cherish the memories of our school you will always have those special memories and Old Earth in your hearts.
Thank you to everyone for the donations of change today in aid of
@BBCCiN
I’m sure you’ll agree our ‘Money Pudsey’ looks fantastic! Big thank you to Mrs Hardy for all her hard work in putting this together.
Many of the teachers' will have given you a phone call again today to catch up with the children & update you of our plans for after Easter. We have really enjoyed these calls and will look forward to speaking to you all again after Easter. Stay safe!
This group should be very proud of themselves after finishing runners up in todays Calderdale Primary Schools football tournament. It took a moment of sheer brilliance to beat them. Well done to our friends at Triangle for winning this year.
Well done to Oaks choir who performed so brilliantly at the Victoria Theatre this evening. Thanks to the expert teaching of Mrs Lambert and Mrs Midgley they make a beautiful sound. A huge thank you to all the staff, volunteers and parents and families for their support too.
Another incredible display at Old Earth this evening. Thanks to everyone who came along to support the event. PTFA and staff you were all amazing. Happy Birthday to Carl our superstar PTFA chair 🎂
Latest update from Mr Reynolds. Thank you to those parents/carers/children who have taken our calls today - great to hear from you and stay safe.
#COVID19
#schoolclosuresuk
Thank you to everyone for the respect they all showed for Remembrance today. It was fantastic for our School Council to join children from other local schools for the Elland Service. The rest of the school gathered at the flag pole at school.
A lovely Carol concert this evening at All Saints Church. Thank you to Father David for hosting and to all the children, staff, friends and families who took part. Merry Christmas everyone.
Our Recyclothes event this afternoon was a huge success. Some amazing creations! Thank you to everyone who took part and the time/effort put in at home.
Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Fayre this afternoon. A big thank you also to
@OldEarthPTFA
for all their work organising & coordinating the event.
Thank you for all your Harvest donations. Another fantastic example of how generous our school community is. I think Mr Harvey from Elland Food Bank is going to need some help to collect this amazing collection. Well done everyone!
Great to see these two outside school this morning.A lovely safe and calm start to the school day and some fabulous comments from our parents and carers.
Well done to everyone for getting everything planted in todays whole school gardening day.Thanks to NEET, Spa Well Allotments, Cromwell Bottom and our wonderful volunteers for all your support.
Year 6 have been mountaineers this afternoon. Treacherous conditions but they showed incredible resilience and made it to the top! We are proud of them all.
Happy summer everyone. Thank you so much for your support throughout the year. The staff are relaxing over this weekend but we will be forwarding some special end of year reviews in the week ahead including something special for our brilliant Year 6 leavers.
2nd place for our Sportshall Athletics squad in the Calderdale Finals - only two points behind winners Ripponden. Well done to all the team. We progress to the West Yorkshire Finals in a March.
Well done to all our children who represented school in the Brooksbank Cross Country this afternoon. Some great running in very tough weather conditions! We’re proud of all of you 👍.
A brilliant afternoon for some of our Year 4 and 5 footballers playing at Elland Road. Thanks to Mr Robinson for inviting the school. A 100% record in the games too! Well done everyone.
Well it’s the 1st December so of course Mrs Lambert were out singing Christmas songs. A wonderful performance as part of the Elland Rotary Christmas lights switch on. Well done everyone.
Congratulations Blake! Everyone at Old Earth is very proud of you. Mr Heritage wants to hear all about how your first games went and is looking forward to seeing you bat & bowl 🏏
@OldEarthSchool
can we get a shout out for
@OldEarthYear3
student Blake who has been selected to represent Yorkshire at Cricket and played his first games yesterday. We are so proud of you 🏏
Well done to all our runners in Y3-Y6 who took part in the Brooksbank Cross Country finals this afternoon. We had 13 children who achieved a top ten finish including two 1st places, one 2nd place and three 3rd places. Thanks
@BrooksbankSGO
for organising! 🏃♂️
Well done to our football team who have just won through to the semi-finals of the FC Halifax Town half time cup. Well done to our opponents, New Road, for a great game.
It’s great to have everyone back! Fabulous work on the new one way entry/exit by everyone too. See you all later for the collection version of it.
Have a great day everyone.
Thank you to all the people who attended our Creative Arts Show yesterday. I am sure you will agree - both performances were fantastic! Well done to all the children involved and also a big thank you to the staff who put the show together.
#teamOldEarth
#creativearts
We’ve reached our target in just 1 week😀 Thank you to everyone for supporting us in maintaining both community defibrillators for Old Earth and Lower Edge.
Our position with regard to the Coronavirus. This letter has been sent home with all the children today. Please take the time to read this carefully.
#COVID19
#StaySafe
It was a pleasure to be at Halifax Minster this afternoon with lots of brilliant Calderdale Primary School choirs. Well done to our Oaks choir and Mrs Lambert who were chosen as ‘the most engaging performance’ by the judges.
Great to have everyone back in school today. Happy New Year to all our children and their families. We are looking forward to a brilliant 2018.
#newyearnewlearning
It’s taken longer than expected but the upgraded community defibrillator for Old Earth and Lower Edge is finally in place. We had to buy a new box but thanks to everyone’s generous donations we were able to do this. Thank you everyone!
Well done to our two hockey teams finishing 9th/10th in the West Yorkshire Finals. ‘A’ team won 4, drew 1, lost 2. ‘B’ team won 3, drew 2, lost 2. Some fantastic hockey played by both teams and top 10 in WY is a great achievement. 👍
9th in the West Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics Finals this morning. Well done to all the team. Some tough competition but we gave our best!
#teamOldEarth
Well done to Freya & Ava who have been letter writing to people in care homes on behalf of the Kirklees Voluntary Service. An amazing and thoughtful thing to do 👍
Huge well done to our athletics team who won the Brooksbank Sportshall Athletics Competition this afternoon. Our girls team winning every track/field event 👍
#teamOldEarth
Wow! An incredible display that went on forever. Probably the best display I’ve seen in a long, long time. Thanks again to everyone for a brilliant event.