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Welcome back to what is going to be a very busy summer term. 

Keep your eye on the website for up to date blogs,news and information.

A copy of the letter I sent home to parents yesterday can be found below.

Welcome letter

Miss Baker and Miss Carter took Y6 pupils away to Borwick Hall Outdoor Education Centre just before the Easter holidays. We spent a fantastic 3 days completeing lots of activities such as: raft building, rock climbing, tree rope courses and underground caving. The pupils were fantastically behaved…

A sincere thank you to all governors, staff, parents and children for all the many wonderful and thoughtful gifts I received 

on my retirement. I am sure that I am the only Headteacher to receive a jacuzzi!

I have been truly overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity.

I take with me so…

Everyone in Year 3 would like to wish Ms Bryson a happy retirement and wish her the best of luck in next adventure! She will certainly be missed!

On Monday Year 3 and 4 met Rex the Dinosaur! The children couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw him and despite being a little apprehensive at first all children stroked the very friendly T-Rex!

We had an amazing surprise on Monday!  Mrs Monks from the school library service visited our class and told us lots of stories about dinosaurs and then we had a visit from some baby dinosaurs - Junior and Trixie.  We all had a fantastic dinosaur day.

This is my final newsletter. I will drive away feeling a mixture of emotions today. There will be sadness to leave this wonderful school, with its fantastic children and staff; as well as the excitement of beginning a new chapter of my life. I will certainly miss the children and the staff as they…

Year 4 loved their walk in the woods today.

Some of the children want to go back now and explore the woods even more!

Thank you to all the children in Year 4. 

They are an amazing class and I have really enjoyed teaching them.

Since September I have seen them all progress and I am extremely proud of them.

This morning we all enjoyed a walk in the woods.

Then we had a fun afternoon watching "Finding…

In year 5 today Miss Holt taught Gymnastics. The children had a wonderful lesson developing counter tension balance shapes. 

We created our own sequences on the floor in pairs and then developed these using equipement. 

It was lots of fun! 

Well done year 5. 

Yesterday Mrs Stoneley came in and spoke to the children about her job with the Probation Service.  She explained the qualifications needed to do the job and talked about the different aspects of her work.

The children asked lots of sensible questions and got a good understanding of the role of…

This morning a ranger came to school asking if we had seen his pet. He had been taking it for a walk around Gillibrand when it had escaped. Our mission was to find the pet, which we later found was a dinosaur, and capture it again for the ranger. We got to meet the baby T-rex and take it for a…