We have come to the end of another really successful year; it does not seem two minutes since we were starting back to school in September trying to imagine what life would be like without Mrs Carnley. We have survived the year but it has been really lovely to see her every Tuesday, listening to children read and making sure singing standards are maintained.
Ofsted came to visit in February, we were expecting them this year but they did arrive ahead of schedule (our three years were up in July). But as you all saw in the report they were very pleased with what they saw and they left us a very challenging target which we will strive to achieve.
We opened the Enhanced Provision in January, we welcomed Cerys Jones, (Teacher in Charge), Veronica Cruise, (Specialist Teacher), Phillipa Biglin and Alison Greenwood (Advanced Teaching Assistants) and finally Rachel Monagahan (Admin. Assistant) on to the staff. They have all been working really hard and have made an excellent start in their new positions. Early reports from County are very positive. The team are now supporting a number of children across the locality.
School has continued to grow this year, we have a number of additional children joining school across most year groups. We will be starting in September with 40 new children in Nursery, hence the need to open Nursery in both morning and the afternoon. There will also be 24 new Reception children as well as a number of children joining in other year groups. We are expecting to start the year with approximately 195 children in main school. This has resulted in us needing to maintain mixed aged class structure. In September we will have:
Nursery - Mrs Gledhill & Mrs Maxwell
Reception/ Year 1 - Mrs Baldwin
Reception/ Year 1 - Ms Gray
Year 2 - Mrs Turnball
Year 2/3 - Mr Johnson
Year 3/4 - Miss Kerridge
Year 5 - Mrs Priestley
Year 6 - Mr Sleightholme
Enhanced Provision - Miss Jones, Mrs Cruise.
Life never stands still around here and as we move out of school on Friday the builders move in on Monday. Work is starting on the Children's Centre which is to be built down by the gate. We will hopefully have the major part of the ground works done before the children return in September, but the build will not be completed until December, so we will have disruption for a while down by the gate. The long term plan is build a new entrance way once the old canteen building has been demolished. You may have noticed that we have not filled our raised beds and kept the front garden as beautiful as usual, unfortunately these will disappear under the new build, but I am pleased to be able to tell you that they will be relocated, as will the maze. Please bear with us while we get this exciting project off the ground.
The children have enjoyed a number of visits out of school, both day visits and residential. To mention just a few, Year 4 went to Robin Hoods Bay with Mrs Shutt, Miss Clay and I in June, we had a really good time. I understand there are a number of families with children in Year 4 that are going to visit Robin Hoods Bay this summer holiday. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we did. Make sure you get the children to play the Smugglers Game with you (but only if you are really fit!) Year 5 went to East Barnby with Mrs Priestley and Mr Middleton and Year 6 made their annual visit to Humphrey Head. I am happy to be able to report that everyone had a brilliant time. Mrs Turnball's class spent a very cold day at Ryedale Folk Museum in February (in the middle of Ofsted week!) dressed as Victorians. They spent the day learning about life at the turn of the century and what life would have been like for children then. Not many of them preferred the life of the Victorian children; the view seemed to be 'there were too many jobs to do!' The Cookery Club were invited to the Star at Harome for a morning; they had a brilliant time with Andrew Pern and a number of chefs making lunch in the kitchens. they were then treated to lunch in the gardens. The children have now invited Andrew Pern back to school (he has said he will come). History Club have been visiting Ryedale Folk Museum every week and have become quite the resident experts.
We try hard to keep our curriculum active, hands on and fun. We recently had a French day, where the day was spent learning new words, trying new foods and having a good time. The staff from Ryedale School helped us to make this a fun-filled day where we learnt lots. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents (Year 6) who came along to the French cafe.
Reception/ Year 1 really enjoyed the visit from the Animal Zoo, who came along to school and brought lots of animals for the children to hold and look at; it has certainly brought a new dimension to their topic on MINI BEASTS! Year 2 celebrated the end of their learning journey this week with an 'Ugly Bug Ball', the children were invited to a 'bush tucker' challenge involving eating slugs on lettuce, snails and butterflies all washed down with beetle juice, thankfully all of the edible kind!
Last week we had a whole week of all things scientific. Mr Johnson arranged a brilliant week of visitors to help the staff deliver lots of EUREKA moments. On Monday two classes visited the STEM fair (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Year 6 had a visit from the Geology Trust and Herbie the Carrot visited Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2, to help them understand about healthy eating. On Tuesday we had a 'sound' day and we had a visit from a drummer and several classes did drumming workshops. On Wednesday and Thursday we had a planetarium in school and Mrs Priestley gave all the children guided tours of the galaxy. On Thursday Andy Gamble came and did lots of fitness related activities as well as two staff from Ryedale School who did lots of exciting science with Year 5. The Science Bus also came on Thursday and spent the day working with the children on the topic of forces - we had rockets exploding everywhere. On Friday we had staff from Ryedale Folk Museum who set up all sorts of science challenges in the hall, as well as staff from the National Park who taught us all about diversity. At the same time we had a local chef teaching children about changes to materials - they made bread with him in the kitchen.
At the end of the week the staff were exhausted but the children had had a fantastic week, which made it all worthwhile. We would like to thank everyone who came along and made it so much FUN.
Our Parents Committee have had another fantastic year, they have made in the region of £12, 000 this year. Then money has been spent on a number of projects including new staging and stage lighting, money towards buses and swimming, the Christmas parties and pantomime and lots more. We have a number of projects planned for next term including buying a bike rack and more outdoor play equipment. The School Council have been consulting the children about what they would like and have produced an interesting list. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported these events, raising so much money is a massive achievement and we would like to thank Kay Fairweather, (Chair of Parents Committee) and her band of helpers for making this such a success.
At the end of this academic year we are saying goodbye to four governors who have served the school for a number of years. Mrs Towler has been a governor for so long she can't remember how long she has actually been one! We would like to say thank you to Mrs Towler, Mrs Lishman, Mrs Youngs and Mrs Berry for all their hard work and commitment over the years. We will be looking for new Governors to join the team in September.
We are ending the year in our traditional manner with our Year 6 children performing 'The Rocky Monster Show' to parents and friends. On the last day of term we will be sending them off in style at their final assembly. All 34 children in Year 6 will be starting Ryedale School in September. We send them with all of our best wishes.
Finally, I need to say a big a very BIG THANK YOU to all of the children who have made this year another one to remember.
Have a VERY HAPPY, SAFE HOLIDAY. I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 2nd September.
Gill Hardacre - Head Teacher, Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School
Ofsted came to visit in February, we were expecting them this year but they did arrive ahead of schedule (our three years were up in July). But as you all saw in the report they were very pleased with what they saw and they left us a very challenging target which we will strive to achieve.
We opened the Enhanced Provision in January, we welcomed Cerys Jones, (Teacher in Charge), Veronica Cruise, (Specialist Teacher), Phillipa Biglin and Alison Greenwood (Advanced Teaching Assistants) and finally Rachel Monagahan (Admin. Assistant) on to the staff. They have all been working really hard and have made an excellent start in their new positions. Early reports from County are very positive. The team are now supporting a number of children across the locality.
On the subject of staffing we have a number of additions to the team in September. Miss Kerridge will be taking over the position of Year 4 teacher, (Mr Taylor left at Easter and is now Deputy Head at Thornton Dale School). Mrs Maxwell will be joining the teaching team in the Nursery and will be working alongside Mrs Gledhill. Mrs Smith, Mrs Fordham-Brown and Mrs Bell have been appointed as teaching assistants who will be joining the Foundation/ Key Stage 1 team. Mrs June Sleightholme will be leaving the school at the end of the term; she has been kitchen assistant here for nearly 26 years. Mrs Rosie Potter will be taking over her position and Mrs Tracey Hall will be filling Rosie's position.
School has continued to grow this year, we have a number of additional children joining school across most year groups. We will be starting in September with 40 new children in Nursery, hence the need to open Nursery in both morning and the afternoon. There will also be 24 new Reception children as well as a number of children joining in other year groups. We are expecting to start the year with approximately 195 children in main school. This has resulted in us needing to maintain mixed aged class structure. In September we will have:
Nursery - Mrs Gledhill & Mrs Maxwell
Reception/ Year 1 - Mrs Baldwin
Reception/ Year 1 - Ms Gray
Year 2 - Mrs Turnball
Year 2/3 - Mr Johnson
Year 3/4 - Miss Kerridge
Year 5 - Mrs Priestley
Year 6 - Mr Sleightholme
Enhanced Provision - Miss Jones, Mrs Cruise.
Life never stands still around here and as we move out of school on Friday the builders move in on Monday. Work is starting on the Children's Centre which is to be built down by the gate. We will hopefully have the major part of the ground works done before the children return in September, but the build will not be completed until December, so we will have disruption for a while down by the gate. The long term plan is build a new entrance way once the old canteen building has been demolished. You may have noticed that we have not filled our raised beds and kept the front garden as beautiful as usual, unfortunately these will disappear under the new build, but I am pleased to be able to tell you that they will be relocated, as will the maze. Please bear with us while we get this exciting project off the ground.
The children have enjoyed a number of visits out of school, both day visits and residential. To mention just a few, Year 4 went to Robin Hoods Bay with Mrs Shutt, Miss Clay and I in June, we had a really good time. I understand there are a number of families with children in Year 4 that are going to visit Robin Hoods Bay this summer holiday. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we did. Make sure you get the children to play the Smugglers Game with you (but only if you are really fit!) Year 5 went to East Barnby with Mrs Priestley and Mr Middleton and Year 6 made their annual visit to Humphrey Head. I am happy to be able to report that everyone had a brilliant time. Mrs Turnball's class spent a very cold day at Ryedale Folk Museum in February (in the middle of Ofsted week!) dressed as Victorians. They spent the day learning about life at the turn of the century and what life would have been like for children then. Not many of them preferred the life of the Victorian children; the view seemed to be 'there were too many jobs to do!' The Cookery Club were invited to the Star at Harome for a morning; they had a brilliant time with Andrew Pern and a number of chefs making lunch in the kitchens. they were then treated to lunch in the gardens. The children have now invited Andrew Pern back to school (he has said he will come). History Club have been visiting Ryedale Folk Museum every week and have become quite the resident experts.
We try hard to keep our curriculum active, hands on and fun. We recently had a French day, where the day was spent learning new words, trying new foods and having a good time. The staff from Ryedale School helped us to make this a fun-filled day where we learnt lots. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents (Year 6) who came along to the French cafe.
Reception/ Year 1 really enjoyed the visit from the Animal Zoo, who came along to school and brought lots of animals for the children to hold and look at; it has certainly brought a new dimension to their topic on MINI BEASTS! Year 2 celebrated the end of their learning journey this week with an 'Ugly Bug Ball', the children were invited to a 'bush tucker' challenge involving eating slugs on lettuce, snails and butterflies all washed down with beetle juice, thankfully all of the edible kind!
Last week we had a whole week of all things scientific. Mr Johnson arranged a brilliant week of visitors to help the staff deliver lots of EUREKA moments. On Monday two classes visited the STEM fair (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Year 6 had a visit from the Geology Trust and Herbie the Carrot visited Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2, to help them understand about healthy eating. On Tuesday we had a 'sound' day and we had a visit from a drummer and several classes did drumming workshops. On Wednesday and Thursday we had a planetarium in school and Mrs Priestley gave all the children guided tours of the galaxy. On Thursday Andy Gamble came and did lots of fitness related activities as well as two staff from Ryedale School who did lots of exciting science with Year 5. The Science Bus also came on Thursday and spent the day working with the children on the topic of forces - we had rockets exploding everywhere. On Friday we had staff from Ryedale Folk Museum who set up all sorts of science challenges in the hall, as well as staff from the National Park who taught us all about diversity. At the same time we had a local chef teaching children about changes to materials - they made bread with him in the kitchen.
At the end of the week the staff were exhausted but the children had had a fantastic week, which made it all worthwhile. We would like to thank everyone who came along and made it so much FUN.
Our Parents Committee have had another fantastic year, they have made in the region of £12, 000 this year. Then money has been spent on a number of projects including new staging and stage lighting, money towards buses and swimming, the Christmas parties and pantomime and lots more. We have a number of projects planned for next term including buying a bike rack and more outdoor play equipment. The School Council have been consulting the children about what they would like and have produced an interesting list. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported these events, raising so much money is a massive achievement and we would like to thank Kay Fairweather, (Chair of Parents Committee) and her band of helpers for making this such a success.
At the end of this academic year we are saying goodbye to four governors who have served the school for a number of years. Mrs Towler has been a governor for so long she can't remember how long she has actually been one! We would like to say thank you to Mrs Towler, Mrs Lishman, Mrs Youngs and Mrs Berry for all their hard work and commitment over the years. We will be looking for new Governors to join the team in September.
We are ending the year in our traditional manner with our Year 6 children performing 'The Rocky Monster Show' to parents and friends. On the last day of term we will be sending them off in style at their final assembly. All 34 children in Year 6 will be starting Ryedale School in September. We send them with all of our best wishes.
Finally, I need to say a big a very BIG THANK YOU to all of the children who have made this year another one to remember.
Have a VERY HAPPY, SAFE HOLIDAY. I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 2nd September.
Gill Hardacre - Head Teacher, Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School
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