Dear Families,
Welcome back, we hope you have had a good summer. We are all excited to be back and have enjoyed making our plans together for the term/year yesterday.
As there have been some changes both of staffing and use of rooms, we thought it would be good to invite you in for one of our Flying Start Meetings, which we haven’t been able to host for a couple of years. This will give you the opportunity to meet the team around your child, discuss expectations for year groups in the classroom, share homework ideas and answer any questions you may have. These meetings are brief, so should you have any personal matters to discuss, you are always welcome to make appointments to come in separately. These meetings will take place on Wednesday 14th September at 9am at Warthill and at Sand Hutton at 2.50, 3pm and 3.10pm respectively for classes 1, 2 and 3. We look forward to seeing you there. Please don’t worry if you are unable to attend, anything handed out at the meeting will be passed on to you.
Our priorities for this school year will continue to be supporting the well-being of pupils and families, further enrichment of a broad and balanced curriculum and a focus on a higher numbers of pupils achieving Greater Depth in Mathematics. These priorities will be addressed in a number of ways; you may notice a shift in homework approaches, more opportunities for clubs and a more extensive range of visits and visitors now that we are able to attend alternative settings more easily.
We are mindful of the additional strain, the current cost of living situation may be putting on families in different ways. With this in mind, teachers are considering the trips they might like to run for the whole year. Therefore, rather than pay for a specific trip, we will add a trip total to Parent Pay, allowing you to pay this off over a time frame. This may be especially helpful for families with more than two children to factor in. Staff hope to be able to share this amount with you at the Flying Start Meeting. Further to this and thinking about the cost of clubs and curriculum enrichment, staff are also providing a number of additional clubs throughout the year, free of charge. Some of these may take place over the lunch hour. Mrs Drysdale is also intending to run an event each Friday morning at Sand Hutton where parents will be invited to join too. More details to follow in a separate letter about clubs.
Should you have any concerns about financial matters, please speak to one of us about these. We will do whatever we can to support you and your family.
A separate list of dates we have provisionally booked will be made provided. These include sharing assemblies, Harvest and Christmas. However, these dates in church have yet to be agreed with church and may be subject to change.
It is so great to be back and see smiling faces of children eager to learn.
Sending you every best wish,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools
Dates- Autumn Term
Wednesday 7th September- Reception starters
Wednesday 14th September- Flying start meetings
Friday 16th September- Sharing Sand Hutton 9am, Swimming starts for Class 3
Tuesday 20th September- Individual photos
Friday 23rd September- Sharing Warthill 9am
Wednesday 19th October- Harvest services 9am Warthill, 2pm Sand Hutton in respective churches, TBC
Friday 21st October- Break up for half term
Monday 31st October- Return to school
Friday 4th November- Sharing Sand Hutton 9am
Friday 11th November- Sharing Warthill 9am
Monday 5th December- Riding Lights Theatre Company, pm. The whole federation at Sand Hutton
Tuesday 6th December- Flu mist
Wednesay 7th December- Nativity Warthill church 9am and 5.30 TBC
Tuesday 13th December- Sand Hutton Nativity TBC
Thursday 15th December- Christmas Party day SH
Friday 16th December- Christmas Party Day WH- Break up for Christmas holiday. SCHOOL CLOSES AT 2pm
Monday 4th January- Return to school