Newsletter Archive

At school we love reading! The staff and children alike are being encouraged to discover newauthors and try new books. It was great to hear positive feedback on this in the Parents' Forum.Watch out for more news on this and plans for World Book Day on March 7th. In...

Another busy couple of weeks full of fantastic learning comes to an end. One of the greatestthings to witness as an adult in our school is the support that the older children give to ouryounger ones. This epitomises the part of our vision with the older children...

A very happy new year to you all. It has been lovely welcoming thechildren back into school this week and hearing all of their excitingnews. In worship this week we have been thinking about the Feastof Epiphany. Linking to our school vision, children were asked...

Schools are a special place to be at this time of year with the buzz of excited children, happy smiles, singing and laughter and perhaps a little bit of glitter! This year it is even more cherished as in 2022 we have been able to enjoy once again the Christmas events...

Last week, Year 6 took part in the 'Crucial Crew' event in Thirsk. This is a scenario-based eventaiming to helping children to keep safe. Our Year 6s took part in scenarios based on: water safety,fi re, drugs, online safety, electricity, water safety and more.

The school was silent at 11am this morning as we respected and remembered those that have losttheir lives in war. Throughout the school classes have been finding out more about RemembranceDay including poetry written by Year 6, a poppy wreath made by Year 1 and 2 and...

Harvest Leading the Harvest Church Service at St Augustine's this week was a lovely way to end the first half term of the year. This was some of the children's first walk up to church and so a good opportunity for them to experience a worship out of our school hall...

This week our Year 3 children led a wonderful Bible Worship and were presented with a special Bible to recognise their moving up through school into Key Stage Two. The children acted out a special retelling of Noah's Arc- one of their favourite stories from the Old...

Democracy at Kirkby and Great Broughton This week our school have learned more about democracy. Even though a planned visit to school from a parliament representative had to be postponed due to the Queen's funeral, we have still been able to put democracy in action....

Welcome Back! A very warm welcome back to school! Over the holidays many members of staff have been busy in school preparing for the year ahead. However, school never seems right without children in it. They are the heart, so what a lovely day on Tuesday when school...

Another busy couple of weeks full of fantastic learning comes to an end. One of the greatestthings to witness as an adult in our school is the support that the older children give to ouryounger ones. This epitomises the part of our vision with the older children...

A very happy new year to you all. It has been lovely welcoming thechildren back into school this week and hearing all of their excitingnews. In worship this week we have been thinking about the Feastof Epiphany. Linking to our school vision, children were asked...

Schools are a special place to be at this time of year with the buzz of excited children, happy smiles, singing and laughter and perhaps a little bit of glitter! This year it is even more cherished as in 2022 we have been able to enjoy once again the Christmas events...

Last week, Year 6 took part in the 'Crucial Crew' event in Thirsk. This is a scenario-based eventaiming to helping children to keep safe. Our Year 6s took part in scenarios based on: water safety,fi re, drugs, online safety, electricity, water safety and more.

The school was silent at 11am this morning as we respected and remembered those that have losttheir lives in war. Throughout the school classes have been finding out more about RemembranceDay including poetry written by Year 6, a poppy wreath made by Year 1 and 2 and...

Harvest Leading the Harvest Church Service at St Augustine's this week was a lovely way to end the first half term of the year. This was some of the children's first walk up to church and so a good opportunity for them to experience a worship out of our school hall...

This week our Year 3 children led a wonderful Bible Worship and were presented with a special Bible to recognise their moving up through school into Key Stage Two. The children acted out a special retelling of Noah's Arc- one of their favourite stories from the Old...

Democracy at Kirkby and Great Broughton This week our school have learned more about democracy. Even though a planned visit to school from a parliament representative had to be postponed due to the Queen's funeral, we have still been able to put democracy in action....

Welcome Back! A very warm welcome back to school! Over the holidays many members of staff have been busy in school preparing for the year ahead. However, school never seems right without children in it. They are the heart, so what a lovely day on Tuesday when school...

Reception Visit the Farm Earlier in the week, Reception pupils embarked on their first school trip visiting Monk Park Farm as partof their topic 'Amazing Animals'. It was a super day for a class trip, perfect weather for outdoor exploration and not too hot inside the...