9th July 2024

Dear Families, A midweek newsletter this time. I’m not trying to catch you out I promise! Last week, I was out on Friday with Mrs Darling to celebrate the success of the Read Write Inc programme on phonics, and then I spent the weekend enjoying two Summer Fairs. Both...

28th June 2024

  Dear Families, Happy Friday Everyone! We have enjoyed a lovely sunny week in our schools which was a relief given that it was SPORTS’ DAY! We really enjoyed seeing both our school communities coming together for this event. I do hope that you enjoyed it as much...

24th June 2024

Dear Families, This is a somewhat delayed Friday newsletter as Friday proved to be an exceptionally busy day at the end of an extremely full week. Last week was one of those weeks when I felt incredibly lucky to have the job I have. This is not because I spent one day...

14th June 2024

Dear Families, We have had an exciting week in our schools and we are looking forward to some adventures next week! Two lots of sharing assemblies has meant that we have been able to celebrate our children, in and out of school. If you haven’t already seen, please...

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!...

Newsletters

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...

23rd June 2023

Dear Families, I hope that you enjoyed Sports’ Day as much as we all did. A huge thank you to Mrs Drysdale for all the planning that went into the event, supported by Mr Holmes and Mrs Madge. We were delighted to see so many of you during the day. Having such lovely...

16th June 2023

Dear Families, We hope that you have all been able to enjoy the glorious weather and the even bigger hope is that we hold on to it for Sports’ Day on Monday! Keep everything tightly crossed. Please send children with hats for sun protection and either cream for them...

31st March 2023

Dear Families, Happy Easter to you all! I do hope the weather improves! We have had a very busy last week in both schools. Two Easter services meant that we were able to meet many of you. Equally, Parents’ Evening at Sand Hutton was a chance to catch up with families...

24th March 2023

Dear Families,  Firstly, the exciting Twitter News. We have a Twitter page for the Federation Sand Hutton and Warthill or @sand_warthill we hope that you will follow us. We have been experimenting a little this week. We won't be using the direct message feature for...

17th March 2023

Dear Families, A few reminders this week. Next week is Parents’ Evening at Warthill. If you haven’t booked an appointment slot, there are slots available. The following week it is Sand Hutton Parents’ Evening and the same applies. Next Friday, the children at Sand...

24th February 2023

Dear Families, I hope you had a fun filled half term and it is great to be back! First I would like to reassure that, as far I am aware, the planned teacher strike next week will not be affecting either of our schools. As I mentioned before, there is no requirement...