10th September 2026

Dear Families, Welcome back to the Autumn Term. I hope you enjoyed the summer holidays and were able to spend quality time with loved ones. We would like to welcome our new starters in both schools and hope they are already feeling settled and at home. As some of you...

Summer 2026

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...

3rd July 2026

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...

26th June 2026

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...

12th June 2026

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...

22nd May 2026

Dear Families, Rather unusually, we have a beautiful forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend and so I hope that you have something lovely planned! We have had a busy last week of term and the most notable day being Wednesday when we had our combined Class 3 and Juniors...

17th April 2026

Dear Families,I do hope that you enjoyed a restful Easter break.We have all returned safe and well and ready to learn in our schools. Some of us were even here last week, meeting Nathan, from LAB charity and hearing his inspiring words. Thank you for coming and the...

6th March 2026

Dear Families, What a busy week we have had! AGAIN! On Monday, we had a photographer visit our schools. He took our group photographs which means already thinking about the prospect of children leaving us and it is only March. You will receive the proofs for the...

Easter Newsletter

Dear Families, Wishing you all a very HAPPY EASTER!This seems to have been a very short yet remarkably busy half term (well term in all honesty!) and it is wonderful to be starting the Easter break with the clocks springing forward and lighter evenings ahead. It has...

20th March 2026

Dear Families, It has been so very nice to feel the sunshine this week and see those signs of Spring everywhere as we head towards Easter. This week we enjoyed meeting parents at Sand Hutton’s Parents’ Evening. It is always something I look forward to and the children...

Newsletters

28th March 2025

Dear Families,   What a fabulous Spring Week! I have very much enjoyed seeing the sunshine last week and I believe there is more forecast for us all this week! Thank you to anyone who supported our Mothering Sunday Refreshments in school. It was super to be able...

21st March 2025

Dear Families, It has been lovely to have seen some sunshine this week!Following Parents’ evening at Sand Hutton last week, it was lovely to see so many of you at Warthill.I wanted to mention a small change to sharing assemblies for the next term. I want to give...

14th March 2025

Dear Families, I hope you have had a good week. It was super to see so many Sand Hutton parents this week for Parents’ Evening and I am looking forward to the same at Warthill next week. A couple of questions came up which I thought I could share answers to in a...

14th February 2025

Dear Families, February Half term seems to have come around fast! I hope you are looking forward to some family time. It always feels like the days are getting longer and we can feel the beginnings of Spring. We have had a busy half term and we are mindful that World...

31st January 2025

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...

10th January 2025

Dear Families, Happy New Year and welcome back to the start of the Spring Term. We all hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas break. Already busy busy busy on the first week back starting with a mid-week trip to Sheffield Arena for Young Voices 2025! This is...

Christmas Newsletter 20th December 2024

Dear Families, HAPPY CHRISTMAS! We have made it! The end of term has arrived and I hope that you are all looking forward to a happy festive family time with loved ones. Thank you for your thoughtful and generous gifts, for the staff room and for individual members of...

13th December 2024

Dear Families, We are racing towards Christmas now and I feel that it has fully started. Monday evening saw the Warthill children enjoying a Christmas themed cinema night. Thank you to FOWS for arranging this and providing snacks for the children to enjoy. The next...

29th November 2024

Dear Families, I can’t believe that we have already reached the end of November. Where has this term gone? Please see attached the December Safeguarding newsletter. We know that 2 classes at Sand Hutton enjoyed some outdoor visits away from school this week. They were...