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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We would like to invite grandparents to come into school for our annual Grandparents Coffee Morning on Friday 20th October, 10:00-11:45am. Our Year 6 children will show grandparents round the school and their grandchild(ren)’s classrooms, and there will be hot drinks and cakes in the hall. Any donations of cakes or biscuits for the morning...Read More

On Thursday class 1 had a visit from Mrs Border who came to tell us about her job as a doctor. We found out how doctors can save lives and some of the things that we can do to stay fit and healthy. The children had great fun trying on the surgeon outfits and practiced...Read More

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Over the last few weeks Class 1 have been visiting the woodland in Sutton-on-the-Forest for their Forest Schools sessions. They have been working in teams to create small hideouts for little creatures, creating pieces of land art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, listening to environmental sounds during ‘Magic Minute’ working in teams to build a tall...Read More