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

Online Safety Newsletter November 2024

Do you need suggestions on age appropriate games? You could use either of the following websites to search suitable games. Remember, PEGI rates the gameplay so whilst it is important to review age ratings, you must also check if it has a communication feature as this...

15th November 2024

Dear Families, We have had a really lovely week this week and we have positively noticed lots and so have the children in one another. They may come home with coloured bands attached to their book bags etc, so that you know what they have been noticed doing well....

8th November 2024

Dear Families, Welcome back to the half term that leads us into Christmas! I hope that you were able to relax a little over the break. I do have quite a number of pieces of information to share with you today. Firstly, another thank you. Our many shoeboxes have been...

24th October 2024

Dear Families, We have made it to the end of a very long half term and I know that your children are tired. I hope that you have a restful half term planned before we begin the Christmas Term. We have had a really fabulous time throughout this, our well-being week....

18th October 2024

Dear Families,   What a lovely week we have had again! We managed to find a brief window of sunshine on Saturday for our BIG HELP OUT at Sand Hutton.   We managed to get lots of weeding, planting, clearing and tidying done before the heavens opened and we...

11th October 2024

Dear Parents, I hope some of you were fortunate enough to witness the Northern Lights this week! What a treat! We have had another packed week in our schools and have much to share with you both in showing you what we have been doing and making you aware of the plans...

27th September 2024

Dear Families, Well, another busy week for all our children and staff in the federation. On Wednesday we were visited by a group of ladies from Yorkshire Water who delivered a Lego STEM session for Class 3 at Sand Hutton and Junior Class at Warthill. The activities...

24th September 2024

Dear Families, I hope that you found the safeguarding leaflet in bookbags on Friday useful. The QR codes are quick links to helpful information. Last week was such a busy week in both our schools and this week has begun in much the same way. It was lovely to see so...

Online Safety Newsletter September 2024

Social Media Algorithms What is an Algorithm? Algorithms influence what we see on social media platforms and predicts what type of content we are most likely to interact with, thereby keeping us online for longer. The algorithm uses information such as who you follow,...

13th September 2024

Dear Families, I hope that you have already settled into, or back into, the school routine. We have certainly been very pleased to welcome so many families back either informally at the beginning and end of days or if you attended either of the Flying Start events....