Dear Parents/Carers, I hope you have had an enjoyable half term. Please encourage your child to explore this website www.mathplayground.com/games.html.  This is an American website, which is structured around their grading system, however, it is filled with maths games, logic puzzles and a variety of problem solving activities. Maths Playground provides a safe place for children to...Read More

Years 2 and 3 were set some science inquiry questions this term by Grannie Island from the Isle of Struay. She tasked them with finding out which material would make the most waterproof coat and which material would make the best packaging to help post a packet of biscuits to Katie Morag. The children were...Read More

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Thank you to all of the grandparents who were able to attend our Grandparents’ Coffee Morning this morning. A lovely time was had by grandparents and children alike, with a tour of the school, cakes and hot drinks in the hall, and looking through the children’s work, as well as listening to the children singing....Read More

On Thursday 19th October, Year 6 pupils from Sutton, Crayke and Huby got together for their first Cluster Writing Workshop (there will be two additional workshops over the academic year). The children worked in mixed school groups, prior to starting their own piece of writing based on the short animation The Piano www.literacyshed.com/piano.html. Once completed,...Read More

Year 6 had a super morning at the annual Crucial Crew Project organised by North Yorkshire Emergency Services and run by the York/Selby area police at RAF Leeming on Monday. This is a countywide programme of “citizenship”, preparing children for the experiences of the wider world, and is designed to teach older children about personal...Read More

Today year 2 and 3 have been investigating how to build a strong structure. Their challenge, set at the beginning of the year, is that there needs to be a permanent way for people on the Isle of Struay, to cross the village bay to get from the shop and post office to the lady...Read More

Dear parents/carers, I will be returning to school on Tuesday (17/10/17) after recovering from campylobacter.  Thank you for the messages of support that were passed on to me during my absence. Despite missing the Tag Rugby tournament, the after school club will recommence on Tuesday afternoon.Read More

Super science club has been experimenting with lots of different things this half term. We have learnt about the forces acting on a rocket balloon, the science behind magic milk, which shape is the strongest and how to build a structure that can support a soft toy using just blu-tac and match sticks! The children...Read More

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