News Stories

• Girls Biggest Football Session - March '25
  12 girls (3 each from Years 3 to 6) attended this football session on the new pitch at the Gateway, along with girls from other schools. They all had a very enjoyable time especially being at a different venue with new facilities.
• World Book Day - 6th March
  We saw the children dressed in some brilliant costumes to celebrate World Book Day.  The staff dressed up as characters from the Happy Families series of books by Allan Ahlberg and presented a very funny song, in assembly, which caused a lot of hilarity!
• Year 5 Visit to Recycling Centre - Feb '25
  Year 5 visited Allerton Park Recycling Centre as part of our Geography topic on sustainability. We had a tour of the facility and looked at how household waste from North Yorkshire is sorted and used to generate electricity. 
• Brass Musical Performance - Feb 2025
  Last week, after a couple of months of Brass music lessons with Mr Woodrow, the children put on a musical performance for their parents. Thank you to Mr Woodrow for giving the children this opportunity to learn a new instrument.
• Chinese New Year Day - January 2025
  On Wednesday 29th January, we celebrated Chinese New Year.  Each class enjoyed a  Chinese Dance experience, Chinese Dinner was served and everyone learnt about some of the Chinese New Year traditions.
• KS2 Cross Country - Jan '25
  40 of our pupils took part in the local primary school's cross country competition. The rain and mud did not put them off and they showed great attitude and determination. Two pupils were successful enough to win a gold and a silver medal.
• Judo Taster Days - January '25
  In the first week back at school after the Christmas Holidays the children took part in 2 taster days of Judo. If you measure their enjoyment by the noise they created, they all enjoyed it very much!!
• Swimming Gala - Jan '25
  On Friday 10th January, we had a very successful Swimming Gala at Thirsk Swimming Pool, against other local schools. The children took part in both Individual and Team Relay races and came away with a collection of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
• Brass Lessons - Dec '24
  We have been delighted to welcome Mr Woodrow our Brass Teacher into school. We now have a number of children having tuition on a range of brass instruments.  If your child is interested in playing a musical instrument, please do get in touch.
• Music Events in December 2024
  Our Singing Groups and Choir were busy in the run up to Christmas, singing at our Christmas Fayre, then at Hambleton Grange (a local care home) and the local church's Carol Service.