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...

It has been another busy week in school with everyone getting back into the routine of the new term. Swimming for Year 3&4 started at Thirsk pool again and we have had our first school council meeting of the new year. Mr Sherwood from Sporting Influence is starting...

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a very happy Christmas break and enjoyed some quality family time. It has been a very cold and icy start to the new term. Keeping the school site safe for children, families and staff to move around in has been our priority and...

As you know we had our Ofsted inspection this Tuesday 10 th December. A big thank you must go to all the parents that took time to give feedback to the inspectors about their views of the school. I am not allowed to share the results of our inspection with you until...

 This week is the first week of advent and we started in style on Monday with a lovely Collective Worship led by Reverend Dianne Gamble. Our hall looks very festive with our advent wreath and the Christmas tree, enthusiastically decorated by our school council. A...

This week on Wednesday afternoon we were pleased to host one of our first Multiply Maths events provided by North Yorkshire Adult Learning. Parents and carers of our class 2 children came to school to join Mr Duffy and the class in making advent calendars together....

This week Class 1 were delighted to welcome a former pupil back to school. Olivia Mulligan, children’s author and poet, contacted school to offer a story telling session for her new children’s book ‘Reggie from the Hedgie ’. The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing her...

This week, as every week, there has been a lot going on in school. On Monday the children marked Remembrance Day in school with a special collective worship that included a 2 minute silence together to remember fallen and serving members of the armed forces. On...

It’s been a lovely, busy first week back in school this week after the well deserved half term break. Next Friday is Children in Need and to raise money we are inviting the children (and staff) to come to school in non uniform and make a donation via ParentPay. We are...

Happy Half Term! A huge thank you to everyone that came to our Harvest Festival Assembly this afternoon at the village hall. It was so very lovely to have the whole school community together in our village for the first time in a while. Our school hall is not big...