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Headteacher blog 24th April 2026
It has been a glorious week weather-wise to start the summer term. The tennis courts and cricket nets are busy, the chickens are out again at lunchtime, blossom is bursting and we have had a super week. This week has seen the opening of our Orchard ‘enhanced mainstream provision’ to support some children with SEND […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th March 2026
It has been the busiest week of the year for our school minibuses with two long trips down to South Yorkshire for Y2 classes to go to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, and two long trips to beyond York for Viking days at Murton Park for Y4. Furthermore, our KS2 school councillors were taken to Leeds […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 20th March
Eid Mubarak! Happy Eid to all our Muslim friends. Last week’s PTA iftar meal seemed to be a great success and a lovely community event. On Tuesday, the children enjoyed assemblies and book reading by TV celebrity George Webster. Over £500-worth of books were bought and we marked World Down Syndrome Day with odd socks […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 13th March 2026
“In like a lion….” Hopefully, the rest of that saying will come true later this month as we have endured a very windy week. We did keep the children in at break time on Thursday as winds easily exceeded 40mph and our risk assessment needs us to reduce numbers and time spent around the taller […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 6th March 2026
It has been a super week – helped by warmer, less wet weather that meant that children could play across the wider school grounds. This makes such a difference – lunchtimes have been fun. On Wednesday, Reception children and families enjoyed a bedtime story evening in the hall and cosy classrooms. We have had Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th February 2026
It has been an excellent week – the slightly better weather helps. Spring is coming. Just before half term, we had a Teacher Training Day. We focused on AI tools that we have in school and the role AI may play in the classroom and in school organisation. We are just at the start Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 6th February 2026
Can the school get any wetter or muddier? We are having so many wet days: last Wednesday’s sunshine is a very distant memory. Lots of children do still love the wet weather: particularly those lower key stage 2 children that seem to adore quagmires. After a bit of ‘help’ from some mud-loving children, we Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 30th January 2026
It’s been a quiet week at school – the phones have been broken all week after power outages on Monday night! It has been frustrating – and we apologise for any inconvenience – but I think the admin staff have quite liked it, especially as they have been preparing for a big change in Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 23rd January 2026
It has been a damp muddy week but a fun one nonetheless. Class 1H went to Cartwright Hall on Tuesday and enjoyed time in an art gallery. I saw some lovely Y1 homework relating to art and artists and this trip will have helped inspire that. On Wednesday I was in London to attend Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s Blog 16th January 2026
We have a good week, albeit muddy. Some children literally got stuck in our KS2 ‘quarry’ mining clay and looking, in vain, for worms. A few children in Y5 were literally hoisted out of the clay with their wellies stuck fast. Occasionally, we have to bring in supply teachers: usually to cover a sick Read More
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