News Stories

• North Yorkshire Cross Country Primary Schools' Championships
  Sophie recently qualified for the finals of the North Yorkshire Cross Country Primary Schools’ Championships at Giggleswick School yesterday and came a creditable 21st place against the best in the county. Well done Sophie.
• Years 5/6 Dodgeball Competition - March '25
  Our Yrs 5/6 Dodgeball Team had a very enjoyable afternoon competing against other local primary schools at Thirsk High School.
• Commonwealth Dance Workshop - March '25
  The whole school celebrated Commonwealth Day, taking part in dance workshops experiencing a style of dance from different countries of the Commonwealth, including Indian dance, Caribbean dancing, Greek dancing and even the New Zealand Haka.  
• Girls Biggest Football Session - March '25
  12 girls (3 each from Years 3 to 6) attended this football session on the new pitch at the Gateway, along with girls from other schools. They all had a very enjoyable time especially being at a different venue with new facilities.
• World Book Day - 6th March
  We saw the children dressed in some brilliant costumes to celebrate World Book Day.  The staff dressed up as characters from the Happy Families series of books by Allan Ahlberg and presented a very funny song, in assembly, which caused a lot of hilarity!
• Year 5 Visit to Recycling Centre - Feb '25
  Year 5 visited Allerton Park Recycling Centre as part of our Geography topic on sustainability. We had a tour of the facility and looked at how household waste from North Yorkshire is sorted and used to generate electricity. 
• Brass Musical Performance - Feb 2025
  Last week, after a couple of months of Brass music lessons with Mr Woodrow, the children put on a musical performance for their parents. Thank you to Mr Woodrow for giving the children this opportunity to learn a new instrument.
• Chinese New Year Day - January 2025
  On Wednesday 29th January, we celebrated Chinese New Year.  Each class enjoyed a  Chinese Dance experience, Chinese Dinner was served and everyone learnt about some of the Chinese New Year traditions.
• KS2 Cross Country - Jan '25
  40 of our pupils took part in the local primary school's cross country competition. The rain and mud did not put them off and they showed great attitude and determination. Two pupils were successful enough to win a gold and a silver medal.
• Swimming Gala - Jan '25
  On Friday 10th January, we had a very successful Swimming Gala at Thirsk Swimming Pool, against other local schools. The children took part in both Individual and Team Relay races and came away with a collection of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.