Headteacher’s MessageThis week in school we have had our half termly Governing Board meeting and it my pleasure to announce to you all that our new Co-opted Governor is Ann Sturzaker. You may know her from her work on the Parish Council, she has lived in the village...

Headteacher’s MessageWhat a beautiful week it has been in school, with everyone enjoying the lovely sunshine. Forest school sessions have started for EYFs and Class 2 and Class 1 have been enjoying den building at break and lunchtimes. Year 2 enjoyed their trip to a...

Welcome back to the Summer term! It was lovely to welcome everyone back to school on Tuesday after our Easter break. As you may have seen, it was a busy holiday on site with the installation of a new Friends of Dishforth uniform shed at the front of school, new...

Thank you to everyone that was able to attend our Easter assembly at the village hall this afternoon. It was lovely to welcome you and share Class 2’s excellent acting skills. I am so proud of all the children that took part and I am sure that you will agree it was a...

What a fantastic week we have had in school with World Book Day on Thursday. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed dressing up in pyjamas and having a day based around reading and books. Mrs Chaplin, our Literacy Leader ledan inspiring assembly all about breaking down barriers...

Headteacher’s MessageWelcome back to a new half term! This week saw our first session of ‘Tiddlers’, our new pre-school ‘Stay and Play’ group on Tuesday afternoons 2-3pm. We were delighted to welcome everyone and Mrs Hainsworth really enjoyed getting to know some new...

Headteacher’s MessageHappy Valentines Day! Love is in the air at Dishforth with our lovely Valentines lunch for the children today and the very exciting news that tomorrow Mr Duffy is getting married. On behalf of everyone inschool I would like to congratulate him on...

As part of our extra-curricular club offer, Mr Duffy has been working with some children from KS2 at lunchtimes to start a school blog. They are starting by interviewing the adults in school so that you can get to know them a bit better. I had the pleasure of being...

We’ve had another busy week in school. On Wednesday three children from Class 3, Kingsley, Will and Charlie led our Collective Worship on the theme of Respect and treating others as you want to be treated yourself. It was a great success and we look forward to the...

A highlight of this week was Wednesday afternoon which saw Class 2 working with the North Yorkshire Schools Outdoor Education Service who came into school to deliver an Orienteering skills session. They brought with them the very latest technology to help the children...