Dear Families,
First of all, sorry this is late! Friday was a bit busy!
We had a wonderful week in our schools last week which spread over into the weekend.
We are still waiting for our Sand Hutton Ofsted report. The timeline takes account of working days and so the Easter break will have delayed matters. However, I am hoping we won’t have to wait much longer as we have now received the draft. I am looking forward to being able to share it with you all soon.
Following a lovely sharing assembly at Sand Hutton last week, I was privileged to take Class 3 (and Faye) to Brass Band England workshop at Leavening School, organised by Miss Templeman. All the children had an instrument and played along with backing tracks as a full band! A great sound!
Miss Heffernan had asked me to thank parents again for their purchases at the Scholastic Book Fair we held during the Autumn Term Parents’ Evenings. We are still spending the commission this earned our schools and have recently been able to add yet further new stock to our classrooms and libraries. We are really grateful for this!
As you may be aware, Warthill is already a nut free school. Due to a recent diagnosis and as our children share sites more and more frequently, we would like to ask that Sand Hutton follows this precaution for the safety of our children. This means that we will not be using nut-based products in classrooms and would ask you to avoid nut-based products in snacks and packed lunches. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Our next exciting venture is a visit from The Dog Trust. This will be taking place across both our schools and won’t include the presence of REAL dog, just in case any children are very afraid of dogs. Thank you Mrs Darling for organising this for us!
Following the National Offer Day last week for new starters for Reception, we will be starting our summer Stay and Play sessions. This means that both sites will be welcoming new starters with the adults on sessions throughout the summer term. Of course, some of these children have already started as nursery pupils at Sand Hutton and are already well and truly at home.
I do have some dates to share with you as we look ahead.
Tuesday 30th April: Year Reception and Year 6 Weights and Measures
Wednesday 1st May: Dogs Trust am SH pm WH
Thursday 2nd May: Class 1 Farm Trip
Monday 6th May: School closed for Bank Holiday
Saturday 11th May: Coffee Morning at Warthill
Monday 13th May: SATS week
Thursday 23rd May: School closes for half term as there is a training day on Friday
Monday 3rd June: School opens
Wednesday 19th June: proposed date for Wartill beach trip
Thursday 20th June: Sand Hutton at Askham Bryan Wildlife Park
Wednesday 26th June: Both schools Sport races. Warthill Field in the afternoon
Thursday 4th July: Reserve date for the above.
Sunday 7th July: Warthill Summer Fair
Thursday 18th July: Leavers 9am at Warthill Church and 2pm in Sand Hutton Hall. All welcome
We also have a date penciled in for a music workshop at Warthill but I am waiting for the leader of this session to get back to me. What a very busy few weeks ahead! I do hope this helps you to plan ahead.
Finally, I must thank everyone who gave up their Sunday to the third Big Help out at Sand Hutton. We were blessed with good weather, good company and good cheer. This morning the weather had returned its settled dreary outlook, but the school grounds smiled at us all through the rain.
Have a great week!
With every best wish,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools