Dear Families,

We have made it to the end of term!

Since the last newsletter we have had a number of events.

While I am reluctant to talk football now….the community viewing of the England game when both our schools came together, with bacon butties, was a tremendous success and provided money for our children to buy books at Waterstones. At the end of the same week, we enjoyed a wholesome evening of fun at the now expected ‘I’m a Year 6 Leaver, Get Me Out of Here’ evening. Year 6 from both settings enjoyed pizza, marshmallow toasting, challenges and T- shirt signing, taking memories to cherish away with them!

This week has been busy as it always is and we have enjoyed two wonderful Leavers’ Assemblies. These are always unique to each school and emotional occasions. We are sending a large cohort, collectively, on to secondary schools this time. We know that our children are ready and we also know that they will leave with lasting memories and fondness for their time at Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools. We wish them all the very best.

It was a group of Year 6 pupils who visited Waterstones this week and blew the staff in the shop away with their knowledge of children’s literature! Together they chose books for their schools, full in the knowledge of what was already in their library. They then had the pleasure of choosing books personally. They were fantastic ambassadors for both our schools.

Year 6 pupils also finally received their long-awaited SATS results this week! I hope they are as thrilled with them as we are! CONGRATULATIONS!

Next, I must send my thanks. Firstly, I thank all the parents for affording us the privileged of teaching your children. It is an honour and they do you credit. Secondly, I must thank all the staff and volunteers for everything that they do. Schools such as ours could not operated without staff wearing many different hats and being willing to be flexible. I know staff go above and beyond.

Mrs Darling wanted to share this.

Cooking club
A huge thank you to Mrs Drummond for organising and prepping everything for cooking club. We’ve had lots of positive compliments about these tasty recipes. This is always a popular after school club which we run every year during the summer term. Well done to all the children that have attended this year.

This leads me to thinking of all the clubs that are offered to our children throughout the year. There has been a real variety available to our pupils this year and I am aware of many parents have thanked staff for these. So, if you ran or supported an extra-curricular club this year, thank you!

Thank you to both the PTA and FOWS for all that you do for us. Events planned and money raised. We are so fortunate. Thank to everyone who supports these events.

And finally, I want to say thank you from me and behalf of all the staff for the many kind and generous words and gifts we have received. We all love what we do, but we feel appreciated and we know how much because you tell us in so many ways. We have been so touched by the love you have shown us.

Have a safe and fulfilled summer. Please enjoy special moments with your families and return safe and sound and ready for a new year, to do it all over again on Tuesday 8th September. Should you have any safeguarding concerns over the summer break, please email me directly and I will direct you to the relevant place for support.

With every best wish, as always,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools

Dear Families,

I hope that you have had a slightly cooler week.

I am aware that the football match England v Mexico is looming on the horizon. Time zones have made this World Cup somewhat difficult for our children to follow easily and this match is a challenge for us all. Whether this is the next step on the England journey or not, I would like to propose marking this match by playing it in Sand Hutton on Monday morning.

Since we have the space at Sand Hutton to accommodate children and parents (should you wish to put yourselves through this. Even if your child doesn’t want to watch the match we have space for them to engage in other tasks, while still enjoying the atmosphere, I would like both schools to attend Sand Hutton ready for kick off at 9am. All children are welcome to come in sports’/football kits. At the end of the match, and in time for lunch, the children at Warthill will be taken by bus to their own setting. Should you wish to join us, you are very welcome to do so. Nena has agreed to serve bacon butties and a drink for breakfast (£2 or a donation of your choice). Obviously, it would be more exciting if the outcome of the game remained a closely guarded secret but I realise that this will be something of a challenge. In order for us to roughly cater for this event, please could you indicate if you will require food. There is no need to indicate attendance for any other reason.

I was lucky enough to attend Mr Mackfall’s ice cream making session at Warthill this week. I noticed that no one has brought me any to try as yet though! Everyone looked to be having so much fun!

In other news this week, we finally made it to The Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Thank you, Sand Hutton PTA for arranging and paying for this experience for us all. We had a marvellous day and though a wee bit windy, the weather made it a really easy day for us. As always, our children made me incredibly proud. I would also like to share that a visitor on the trip commented on how our older children, most especially Year 6 boys, supported our younger children. Thank you for that! These kinds of comments make me prouder still.

It is difficult to believe there is so little time left before the summer break. Mrs Roughley won’t be in the Sand Hutton office on Tuesday and Wednesday so please let her know in advance if you are aware of any changes to routines.

Have a lovely weekend,
With every best wish,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools

Dear Families,
I wanted to thank you all for bearing with us in the heat this week. While closing the schools is not something I considered, ensuring that the children have been safe and as cool as possible has been our priority. We have been ensuring that sessions have been low demand and have been encouraging drinks breaks and staying out of the sun or even staying inside during break times in the highest heat. The children have managed admirably although I think they are exceptionally tired (as are we!).

Thank you too for your understanding over the postponement of the whole school trip to The Wildlife Park from Sand Hutton. I feel confident that this was the right decision and we are looking forward to going next week! Hopefully a few more animals will be viewable than if we had ventured there this week.

A further note for Sand Hutton families with children in Class 2. As you will be aware Mrs Smith is unable to be with us at this time due to personal reasons. We have taken the decision to support Mrs Drysdale in continuing to step up. We decided that having someone with prior knowledge of the children and providing continuity, would be a considerably better option than cover staff who may differ between days. Thank you for your understanding.

Please find attached the online safety leaflet for this month too. I hope you find this useful. I know I find out new things from it and would certainly welcome the information if I had young people at home navigating the internet; with all the challenges that presents.

Have a lovely weekend and I hope that you can enjoy the sunshine!
With every best wish,
Beverley Pawson
Headteacher
Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools

Dear Families,

I have been asked to share the following link with you:

http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/thebigfuture

Firstly, I have been made aware that the switch we have been forced to make from our previous school operating system, Scholarpack, to Arbor may be causing some issues with receiving emails into junk rather than your ordinary inbox. We have asked if there is anything IT support can do to help resolve this. However, it looks like it is a case of clicking ‘trust sender’ on any school email and this should resolve the issue going forwards. We would hate for people to miss out on any communications.

I must next thank FOWs at Warthill for the planning that went into a very successful Summer Fair, raising approximately £1400 for the benefit of our children. The fiver challenge, which the juniors enjoy, contributed over £300 to this incredible total. The day itself was kind to us weather wise and saw members of the school community, local community and further afield join us. I know that these things don’t just happen and would like to express my gratitude to everyone involved!

It is Sports’ Day next week, fingers crossed. The weather over the weekend looks like it will dry the field and the lines are drawn in readiness. Given the many things we have to fit in at this time in the year, we will go ahead with this if at all possible. The bus will leave Sand Hutton shortly after half twelve for a one o’clock start at Warthill on the field. Please bring chairs for your comfort. Mrs Roughley hasn’t booked a bus back as most children are collected from the event, however, please could you let her know if your child/children will need transporting back to school and we can see whether in fact arrangements for transport need to be made.

Finally, despite the weather yesterday, Class 2 enjoyed a day at Caste Howard Arboretum. (I am reserving judgement on how much the adults enjoyed the driving rain and Baltic temperatures!) As always, our children made us all very proud and were complimented many times by the staff on duty. I think their favourite activity was pond dipping: we almost didn’t need a pond!

Have a lovely weekend,

With every best wish,

Beverley Pawson

Headteacher

Sand Hutton and Warthill Federated Schools