Congratulations to all who made it to the school gates this week without being blown away in the process! I do hope you have all managed to (literally) weather the storm this week. At one point, I did lay awake in fear of my 220 year old chimney! 

As always, a whole host of exciting activities have been taking place in our classrooms this week. Year 1 have been experimenting with primary colours and using these to create artwork inspired by Piet Mondrian. Year 3 have learnt all about how shadows are formed in Science, and have investigated whether opaque, translucent and transparent objects cast them. Year 4 have been learning about different parts of the digestive system and have new words in their vocabulary bank such as Bolus, Oesophagus and Enzymes. For more information on all of our latest learning, please visit our X (formerly Twitter) page! 

Your child may have come home and mentioned a new resource that we have introduced this week called Reading Plus. This is designed to increase reading fluency and also improve comprehension. We will be allocating time within the school day for your child to access this, but they are also able to do so at home. Before your child can really get their teeth into it, they must sit an initial assessment which we have timetabled over the past week. Once they have completed this, you will receive further information including your child’s login details. Please feel free to use this in addition to, or instead of, your child’s Reading Record. Thank you for your continued support.  

Last week, at the time of writing my Blog, our boys’ football team were battling against Brough Primary and it was a narrow defeat at 4-3 to Brough. Once again, a huge well done to our brilliant team. 

In other news: 

As previously mentioned, when driving on the school site, please remember that there is a 5mph speed limit. There is a sharp, blind bend on the drive, and we have staff who cycle along this daily. Please note that if this limit is not adhered to, permission will not be granted to access the drive. Thank you for helping to keep us safe. 

All that remains is to wish you a fantastic weekend. See you next week! 

Mrs Preston

Head of School