10th May 2024

Dear Families, Despite it being a short week, this has been a very busy time for us. You may or may not be aware but we have had significant staff absence and this has impacted on both settings. Some of this i.e. covid, will resolve itself naturally, however, we do...

Newsletter 3rd May 2024

Dear Families, I hope that you are looking forward to a long weekend. I am not sure it will be wall to wall sunshine, but we have had a brief glimpse of sunshine and increases in temperature this week. It has felt promising! Thank you Mrs Darling for organizing our...

Sand Hutton Ofsted Report

Dear Families, We are absolutely delighted to be able to share Sand Hutton’s latest Ofsted report. As you may be aware, Sand Hutton was the subject of a short inspection just over a year ago and subsequently there was the decision to return, within 12-24 months of the...

Newsletter 26th April 2024

Dear Families, We enjoyed a lovely Sharing Assembly at Warthill this morning. It is always such a joy celebrating the various successes of our children. One of the things our children are really good at is writing and especially creative poetry. This week Miss...

Newsletter 22nd April 2024

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...

Newsletter 12th April 2024

Dear Families, Welcome back after the Easter holidays and welcome to our Nursery children who have settled in to Sand Hutton like they have always been there! First of all, I have some wonderful news. Mrs Madge is happy for me to share that she is expecting a baby!...

Newsletter 15th March 2024

Dear Families, It has been a very busy week in our schools this week and we have hosted the first of our Parents’ Evenings at Sand Hutton. As promised, though a little later than suggested, I have included some photos of recent events on a separate letter. These are...

Newsletter 8th March 2024

Dear Families, I hope that you have had as enjoyable a week as we have in both our schools this week. Reading hasbeen a focus in both our schools, not just because of World Book Day but just because we LOVE it!We were all so impressed at the homework which was...

Newsletter 1st March 2024

Dear Families, I am writing before the return of our lucky rugby ‘fans’ who have had the opportunity to see the England Men’s team train. Even though they are not back, I know that they are having a super time! Thank you Mr Squires for your major role in securing...

Newsletter 23rd February 2024

Dear Families, We hope that you have had a lovely week! Our children have been working really hard in all our classes. We were also happy to celebrate our children at home and at school in Sharing Assembly at Warthill this morning. Thank you for joining us if you were...

Newsletters

Absence Impact Letter

Dear Parents, I am sending a separate letter regarding attendance/absence. I think this serves as a useful reminder and I am sure you will remember having received something similar before. Currently, there are a number of children in both schools whose attendance I...

11th November 2023

Dear Families, Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed a fun filled half term break. The children were full of stories about their Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations so it certainly sounds like it. We are glad to have everyone return to us after the holiday safe...

27th October 2023

Dear Families, Happy Half Term Everyone! I think it has been a long half term and everyone, mostly the children, is ready for it! As it was Harvest in both our schools this week and Harvest is about giving thanks and showing appreciation, I thought it was vital for me...

13th October 2023

Dear Families,  It has been a quiet week in our schools this week although we have enjoyed a lovely sharing assembly at Warthill this morning. As well as being able to hand our medals to our Corinthian Ambassadors, we were treated to a violin recital by Elsie. Well...

6th October 2023

Dear Families, I hope that you have had a lovely week. We have been busy again in both our schools and are well into the swing of the Autumn Term. In Class 3 at Sand Hutton the children are incredibly excited that he author of the book they are studying has replied to...

18th September 2023

Dear Families, Apologies that today’s newsletter has been delayed.Despite the weather not looking favourable at the beginning of last week, we managed our Morning of Sport at Warthill following a lovely first sharing assembly. The children had clearly had busy summers...

8th September 2023

Dear Families, Welcome back if you are returning and a huge welcome to all families who are new to us this term. We are so pleased you have decided to join our federation of schools.I hope that you all enjoyed a good summer break despite the weather and we are all...

14th July 2023

Dear Families, Firstly, I must say a huge thank to anyone involved in any way in our Street Festival Day. The morning was spent with classes undertaking their own activities in their own spaces. I was lucky enough to be able to have a steel band practice, outside, and...

7th July 2023

Dear Families, Welcome to the end of another week in the life of our schools! First of all I need to say what a wonderful Summer Fair we had at Warthill last weekend. Despite the weather looking a little dubious, the rain held off and we enjoyed a chilled afternoon,...

30th June 2023

Dear Families,It has been quite a busy week in our schools this week with more ahead (but hopefully aftera somewhat quieter stretch!).Thank you to everyone who supported our Summer Event at Sand Hutton on Saturday and iscontinuing to collect sponsor money. A huge...