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Headteacher blog 26th April 2024
It’s been a fine and busy week in school. Year 2 have visited the Yorkshire Wildlife Park this week: probably our longest minibus trip on the curriculum. Many thanks to the volunteer drivers. The children had a lovely time. Year 4 went to a skipping competition and we have had two U11 home football Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 19th April 2024
It was great to have the school back together on Monday although, of course, there was a great sadness shared amongst staff and the wider school community after the tragic news in the holidays. The school quickly got back into gear and Year 3 braved the weather for two successful trips to Harlow Carr Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 28th March 2024
I hope everyone has a great Easter break and Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families as they celebrate Eid in the second week of the school holidays. The spring term finishes today and this means that I have now been headteacher here for exactly 20 years. That’s quite some time! I came here Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 22nd March 2024
It has been a challenging week with a difficult situation in the infants with a third Hepatitis A infection confirmed: the first from outside the initial family. Risks to children are still regarded as relatively mild, but the cluster of cases is being treated very seriously and there are plans to provide vaccinations to Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 15th March 2024
It has been another dull and wet week. The grounds have never been so muddy! I don’t think I have ever yearned so much for a bit of sunshine and dry weather. Thankfully, the children are still bright and enthusiastic. We got some lovely feedback from the ‘Sing and Swing’ workshop and concert last Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog March 8th 2024
Music and the arts are important parts of a primary school curriculum. Last Friday we had a lovely Y1 art gallery display in the infant hall; this Friday our junior choir enjoyed a workshop in the junior hall with Artform teachers and band, along with children from a couple of other local schools. The Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 1st March
A leap into March and we are trying to declare spring time at school. Reception children have been collecting frog spawn from the pond (and laughing at Mrs Galbraith struggling in the mud) and RGK have visited the farm and sown seeds. For many, it was their visit to the chickens. Soon we will Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 23rd February 2024
It remains so wet and muddy around school and the planting season on the farm is getting off to a slow start. I know ‘real’ farmers are having it tough too as the ground is just too wet to plant many crops. The state of the school fields really is exceptionally bad, with the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 9th February 2024
It is the end of a very wet half-term. In almost 20 years, I don’t remember the site ever being so saturated for such a long period – it feels like many months! Lots of sporting fixtures have been cancelled or postponed. Cross country events, in particular, have been cursed: the Leeds finals the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 2nd February 2024
I often tour our school: visiting all the classrooms; engaging with children in their work; checking on staff deployment (especially when colleagues are off sick); monitoring curriculum; and assessing behaviour and engagement. I did so again this morning and every single class was suitably calm, purposeful and engaged in learning. Inclusion was strong and Read More
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