St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy

Good afternoon

Our KS2 Cross Country runners have been working incredibly hard in our training sessions every Monday and Friday. We are over the moon as we 45 runners from St Patrick's! Well done children!

Just a polite reminder to all parents who have children running in next Tuesday's KS2 Cross Country Event at Batley Sports Centre:
Please can you ensure your child has appropriate footwear (trainers/astroturf boots/football boots) PE kit, joggers/shorts/base layer if cold and a bottle of water. Please dress appropriately for the weather.

When you arrive could you please bring your child to meet staff at the top of the football playing fields (at the back of the sports centre) this is where all the children will be waiting with St Patrick's staff until their race begins.

All parents must stay behind the barriers at all times please. Parents can drop their child off at the holding area but they must then return to the parent viewing areas. Please do not wait in the children's holding area as this gets heavily congested due to the number of runners. Thank you for your understanding.

We encourage parents to park on the main road – Upper Batley Lane wherever possible as the main car park will get incredibly busy.

Please can you also ensure your child has been to the toilet before they arrive. If your child needs the toilet during their holding time then we will need to ask parents to support with this due to the number of children taking part.

All children must return back to staff waiting at the ‘holding area’ at the top of the playing fields after their race. Staff will then tick them off the register and dismiss them to their responsible adult – thank you for your support with this. Please can parents be polite and considerate whilst staff register the children back at 'base' ready to dismiss them. This process cannot be rushed due to the number of children and safeguarding procedures.

Children in Years 5 and 6 do not need to arrive before 4:30pm. Their race will be after this time.

Kind regards

Mrs F Abbott
PE Coordinator