Dear Families,

Such a lot has happened in both our schools since my last newsletter!

The Gold Reading Ambassadors from Sand Hutton, Miss Heffernan and I visited Waterstones with a budget for both our schools. Together the children chose a hamper of books for both settings and they wrote beautiful letters to the children at Warthill with their books. The children at Warthill will have the opportunity to return the favour next summer! The pupils filled me with pride and impressed the staff in the shop with their knowledge of children’s literature.

Class 1 from Sand Hutton visited York Theatre Royal to watch The Koala Who Could…. I was beyond proud yet again of our children’s impeccable manners and behaviour. We had to walk through the city centre during the busy daytime (we sneaked a peak at Paddington too!) and the play was so funny! Class 1 you were all super stars! Well done!

Throughout the week the Year 6 pupils at Warthill have been teaching their carefully planned lessons. These have been well delivered and exciting; some PE and some Art. However, we have never before had a pupil who planned an educational visit! And what a visit it was! We, the teachers, have learned so much. Both classes were able to spend time on a diary farm, watching the robot aided milking process, seeing the new calves and sitting in farm machinery. As if it couldn’t get better, the visit was topped off with a milk shake or apple juice. Our children were fascinated and learned much about the farming process and the countryside code! Please thank your parents for allowing us to do this Faye! Warthill children, well done. Year 6 children, what a great set of lessons this year!

On Wednesday, both schools came together for Malton’s super performance of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. This was prefaced by our Vanilla Treat Bake Sale, raising funds for the L.A.B Charity. We have collectively raised over £200 pounds. I have already shared this news with Nathan and he has let the children know how this will be spent and sent pictures of a classroom which has been damaged by storms and needs to be repaired. The children have seen these photos this morning and it is most fulfilling for the children to be fully aware of the difference their efforts (and yours) have made. So, thank you so much for your varied contributions to this cause which has really moved our children to action!

Just a reminder that the Leavers’ Assemblies will both take place next Thursday; 9am at Warthill Church and 2pm at Sand Hutton Hall. Both services will be followed by a visit from the ice cream van, so please remember to bring money/cards if you wish to enjoy one. Everyone is welcome and we hope to see you there.

School will close for the summer holidays at 2pm on Friday next week and will open on Tuesday 2nd September.

Have a sunshine filled weekend,

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher

Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools

Dear Families,
What a FABULOUS week!
Thank you to Mrs Drysdale for organising an excellent federation Sports’ Day at Sand Hutton, on Monday afternoon. The weather was absolutely perfect in the end and we were all able to enjoy lots of races. Thank you to all those who helped out with finishing lines and stickers as well as all those who were coerced into taking part in the most unconventional three-legged race! Finally, thank you so much for our ice lollies PTA!

On Tuesday, our Year 5 children made us proud when they visited Malton School with Mrs Carroll and Mrs Liston. They fed back, with enthusiasm, on all the exciting activities they had undertaken. Soon, the whole federation will be visited by Malton School when they come to show us their production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

About the visit from Malton School: On Wednesday 9th July both schools will start the day at Sand Hutton. As per the letter about our schools supporting the L.A.B. Charity, there will be a cake stall on arrival. During the morning, the children will be able to watch Malton School’s touring production, after which they will be brought back to Warthill for lunch. There will be opportunities for pupils to purchase cakes before they leave. I have had a couple of requests for a vanilla pod. Please let me know if you would like to support the cake stall and require vanilla for your baking.

Thursday was the whole school visit from Sand Hutton to William’s Den (thank you PTA). If you haven’t already visited, then it is something for the summer holiday list. A huge expanse of countryside with many ‘low tech’ activities for the whole family to enjoy. We hunted for minibeasts, made dens, sandcastles and river trails. We also had fun on the various natural play parks, inside and out and on the zip line. As always, our children made us proud!

Quick reminder SH children from Miss
Heffernan: next Mon (30th) will be the last
chance to choose a new book from the library
so that we can collect all books in by the end of
term.

Have a super weekend everyone!

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated School

Dear Families,
What a busy week the first week back has been!
Today, the children from Warthill are enjoying workshops and theatre tours at York Theatre Royal. We can’t wait to hear about that! I’m only sorry I was unable to join them. Thank you FOWS for arranging and funding this event. We really appreciate being able to have this unique experience!

On Wednesday I was lucky enough to accompany a group of Sand Hutton children to a cricket day in Dunnington. Thank you to the parents who made it possible and transported the children with me. We all enjoyed lots of matches and a little bit of coaching on the side. So, not only did we get to play,we came home playing much better than when we arrived.

This sporting event came hot on the heels of the Girls’ Football Event which saw a combined federation team win the Bronze League. They had lots of support from the side-lines and grew in confidence and skill with every game played. It was a great afternoon.

Both groups of pupils made me feel very proud! Well done everyone!

Have a look on X for photos! sand_warthill is our X name.

A note from Miss Heffernan for Sand Hutton:

The Summer Book Sale is here

With the help of some Reading Ambassadors, we will be trying to find new homes for our preloved books. This will take place at break times in the hall or playground (weather permitting) on Friday 13th June. All books will be priced 10p and once every child who would like to buy one has chosen, children may then buy as many books as they like. All proceeds from the sale go directly to purchasing new books for classes-please give generously.

The books will also be available after school to so please feel free to come and have a look.

We intend doing something similar at Warthill before too long! In addition to the books for children, we also intend to have some books for grown-ups available for the same price.

I have had a parent draw my attention to a possible opportunity to raise money for our school/s. It takes just a few seconds and you simply nominate a school. I assume that it may work similarly to a raffle. Might be worth a few seconds of your time.

Please see the link to the page below:
Win £1,000 / €1,000 for your school’s library! | National Book Tokens

We had a fabulous (and long) sharing at Sand Hutton this morning. Many certificates and awards given as well as musical performances from Patrick and Genevieve. Remember if you have a talent that you would like to share in front of an audience, contact your school, in advance, so that we can schedule these through our sharing assemblies. It is sharing at Warthill next week…… I’m looking forward to it already.

All that remains is for me to wish you a lovely weekend,

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher

Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools

Dear Families,

Sadly, this week the newsletter opens with some upsetting news. We have had reports recently of the school site at Sand Hutton being used out of hours. Obviously, the site isn’t supervised in the evenings or at weekends and I can see the temptation. However, this has escalated to the misuse of the Class1 area and staff have been coming back to dirty and untidy equipment which had been put away for the weekend. This has resulted in us securing that area, making it more difficult for someone to get in. This morning, staff arrived to the site vandalised with orange paint. This extended to the front door and handle which had to be cleaned before anyone could enter. As I am sure you can imagine, this has left us feeling incredibly sad but also fearful about what might happen
next. It has been reported to the police and I am appealing to you to be extra vigilant and report trespassers to our site so we can keep it safe for our children.

Moving on to happier things…. This has felt like a really short half term although we have packed in lots including SATS tests for Year 6 pupils at both schools, an exciting Robinwood meetings and 6 beautiful chicks at Sand Hutton.

Today we hope to end the half term in style with our Girls’ Football Team event at The Hopgrove. We are extremely proud to be taking a mixed federation team, who had their own bespoke coaching session on Monday, to compete against other schools in a tournament. The PTA at Sand Hutton have kindly gifted them special wristbands as a keepsake for the event. I know the girls will be proud!

Despite the weather for the holidays starting in a somewhat miserable way, it does look to pick up so we hope you have some plans to spend time with your children enjoying the break. We are due to return for the final half term on Monday 2nd June.

I do have some dates to share with you ahead of this:

Friday 6th June Warthill FOWs organised visit to the Theatre Royal

Friday 6th June Sharing Assembly at Sand Hutton

Sports Afternoon (at Sand Hutton this year) Monday 23rd June and reserve date of Monday 7th
July in case of poor weather.

Thursday 26th June Sand Hutton PTA organized visit to Williams’s Den

Leavers’ Services Thursday 17th July Warthill 9am(at church) & Sand Hutton 2pm (at school)

Friday 18th September Schools close for the summer holiday at 2pm

Wishing you an enjoyable week,

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher

Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated School

Dear Families,

Apologies for such a delayed newsletter. It has been a very busy return after the Easter holidays and Fridays in particular have been very full!

We were very fortunate at Sand Hutton to be visited by two lambs to cuddle and feed on the first Friday back. We all really enjoyed that! It already seems a lifetime ago! Thank you, Mrs Rooke and Mrs Phillips, for putting that together for us all.

Last Friday, we enjoyed a busy sharing assembly at Sand Hutton and we are looking forward to meeting many of you at Warthill this week. Please can I remind you musicians that we would really like to hear you perform. Please let me know which date you would like to do this so that I can plan well enough in advance.

This week, another short one, in the run up to Year 6 SATS. We try to make as little of them as possible for our children. They are something that they have been preparing for and take them in their stride without the need to make them any more nervous than they already are. However, please be aware, because of the way these test need staffing, both school offices will not be manned while the tests are being carried out. This is because both office managers will be needed to officiate. Please could you ensure that any phone calls are made before 9.30 or can wait until lunchtime to be guaranteed an answer. There are no tests on Friday.

Finally, a note about Thursday: VE Day. To make the occasion of the 80^th anniversary of VE Day, we are inviting children to attend school in red, white and blue and with flags; if you have any. The children will be learning a little more about this historic event throughout the week.

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher

Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools