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Headteacher Blog 17th September 2021
After the excitement of last week’s reopening, this week has felt more relaxed. I have been in every class this week and there was a happy, focussed working atmosphere in every room that I visited. Playtimes have been fun, with cricket nets and tennis courts busy on the junior side, and infants using all Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 10th September 2021
It has been wonderful to have all the children back this week and so refreshing to see the children mixing more freely. The glorious weather of the first few days of term was also uplifting. It is always an exciting time, especially for new Reception children and families, but this year felt more special Read More
Read newsEnd of Year Assembly 2021
For the first time since 2019, the whole school got together this morning for an end of year assembly. We all gathered in our separate bubbles on the school field, close to a section of the grounds that was sown with wild flowers and had trees planted earlier in the year. We gathered together Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 9/7/21
What a week! We have welcomed back three classes after isolation but, sadly, sent five home. This is really such a difficult time. Despite this, we continue to have exciting times in school. All the classes that are in school are practising for sports days next week. Poor Y2 will be back on the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog Fri 2nd July 2021
Another week, another bubble burst: this time in Y6. The disruption to schools (and families) currently is being well-documented in the media this week and something will have to change for September. We are pretty well set up for remote learning now after all the practice that we have had, but it’s not the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 25th June 2021
What a week we have had! We have had Year 5 residential this week. I attended Monday to Wednesday and had a fantastic three days. Activities included a night walk, waterfall walk and paddle, caving, mountain biking and a river study. Class 5W with whom I spent residential were a delight and they even Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 18th June 2021
They have been chronically under-utilised for over a year, but finally our fleet of three minibuses have warm tyres as trips and residentials have restarted and our broader curriculum really comes to life again. This week, all of Y1 have been to Rodley Nature Reserve, and Year 2 have been to Skelton Grange. Next Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 11th June 2021
It has been a lovely week at school – obviously, the warm, dry weather helps. It has been particularly heartening to see school trips restarting with Y4 visiting Murton Park this week to live like Vikings, and Years 1 and 2 visiting Rodley Nature Reserve and Skelton Grange Environmental Centre respectively next week. After Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog May 28th 2021
This has been a week when some elements of school life have felt to be getting back to a more ‘normal’ feel but, at the same time, we have had a jolt of the new reality with two ‘bubbles’ bursting at a really bad time for the half-term holiday. The return to normality has Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 21st May 2021
“Rain, Rain, go away, Come again another day.” Actually, we have certainly all had enough of the rain this month; we should have the tennis courts out, not the wellies! The weather has caused us problems this week, leading to the truncation of some cycling activities and some difficult conditions across the site. Read More
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