Dear Families,
First of all, an apology for a couple of dry weeks newsletter wise. The week before last you received your online safety update for the month and last week was quite a Friday! Thank you for your understanding.
We continue to face some weather associated challenges at Sand Hutton and our children and staff have been very accommodating while the ceiling was fixed. Furthermore Mrs Haseltine, our new cook, served lunch under a leaking ceiling in the kitchen. What a start!
Last week, Class One had been learning the importance of re-cycling. They really enjoyed doing this and labelled all the bins in our carpark. It was part of our science learning about materials.
This week fun in Class 1 has continued and I was lucky enough to be invited to their Chinese New Year party.
At Warthill, we have avoided power cuts although it did impact our lunches. I know I sent an email at the time but I wanted to express my gratitude again at the response from parents to bring in lunch and extras for other children (and staff!). It was incredibly kind and embodies the very ethos of our federation, so thank you again.
At both schools we are very fortunate to welcome two trainee teachers who have been getting to know our settings and pupils. These are Mrs Bassett at Sand Hutton, Class 1 and Mrs Graham-Brown, Junior Class at Warthill. I know that they have already been working alongside out children and that you will make them feel very welcome.
Children’s Mental Health week begins next week, 3rd February. The theme is ‘know yourself, grow yourself’ making links to the film Inside Out 2. We will be participating in activities related to the film to support this. In addition there is also Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 11 Feb. With the increasingly easy access children have to online materials, we will be taking this day very seriously and also communicating and sharing materials with home.
Wishing you all the very best weekend,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools