Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Fantastic Fundraising for Children in Need

  Fri 18 Nov 2016 Mr Phoenix

  Well done and thank you to our CTA, who have done a fantastic job for Children in Need 2016. Our Year 6 committee have worked really hard to prepare activities, competitions and challenges to raise awareness and money for the charity. Co-ordinated by Luca, Chair of the CTA, the children wrote a letter to parents, ran a colouring competition, organised games and activities and a non-uniform day.

  Children in all classes took part in a wide range of activities during the morning, including art, PE challenges, dances and competitions including 'put the bandana on Pudsey' and 'guess how many sweets'. Money raised was stuck onto a large Pudsey Bear picture, and later counted up by the CTA committee and treasurer. It was a great day for everyone, (with a Pudsey Bear lunch in the middle) finishing with a grand Cake Bake. The total raised was a brilliant £260. 

  

• New Mouseman gate unveiled after Team Unicorn's fundraising

  Thu 17 Nov 2016 Mr Phoenix

   

  Back in 2014, Team Unicorn were studying the village and were interested in the Mouseman mice carved into structures at Hampsthwaite church. They noticed one mouse that had worn and weathered away over the years, and began to think of stories about where the mouse had gone. We developed their stories into a film - of 'Mr Mouse' and his adventures around Hampsthwaite. 

  The children's film became a focus for fundraising, and after being shown at the Village Society and with donations from the local community, £750 was raised. This was sufficient to see the church gate repaired and restored by the Mouseman team at Kilburn.
  Today, a special dedication service was held at the church, as the new gate was put in place. The whole school gathered around the lych gate, and we sang and had a ceremonial precession through the gate. The children smiled as they were the first ones to pass through the newly restored gate, and they admired the new mouse, which is carved in beautiful detail including whiskers!

  Rev Chrissy led prayers and blessings, and spoke about the importance of the gate to the locality and the people who will pass through the gate.

  It was wonderful to have been able to play this small part in the upkeep and history of the church. Today's dedication service had a lovely sense of celebration and blessing for us all, and we were pleased to be joined by parents, members of the church, folk from Hollins Hall and others from the local community. The Diocese have launched an article on their website about today's service, which you can read here:

  http://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/children-celebrate-return-their-church-mouse 

   

  Many thanks to Rev Chrissy for helping with this project and for today's service, and to Jud Charlesworth, our church warden, for working hard in the final stages of this project and getting the gate to and from the workshops in Kilburn. It is lovely to see this super outcome from the children's fundraising.

   

   

   

  

• Mini snowmen and Snow sculptures

  Wed 09 Nov 2016 Mr Phoenix

   

  Breaktime and lunchtime was filled with excitement and energy as the children made the most of every minute in the first snowfall of winter.

  It was great to see the teamwork and creativity the children showed as they first of all made various mini-snowmen and then went on to build bigger snowmen and sculptures. There were three mini-snowmen to find around the playground, and the children made their own to join these. The bigger constructions on the field were very impressive, including a large horse!

  Below are the mini-snowmen that started the challenge, and our gallery has more pictures of the children's creations. 

  http://www.hampsthwaite.n-yorks.sch.uk/mini-snowmen-and-snow-sculptures-november-2016/

   

   

  

• Snowy Weather - School open

  Wed 09 Nov 2016 Mr Phoenix

  School is open today as normal, for all those who are able to get here. Please take care travelling and arrive when you can.

  Posted at 8:05am

  Well done everyone for arriving safely, all wrapped up well and equipped for the weather! Lots of excitement from the children at the first snowfall of winter. We'll have a mini-snowman challenge at playtime if the snow hasn't melted by then!

  Posted at 9:35am

• New Curtains bring school hall to life

  Mon 07 Nov 2016 Mr Phoenix

  There was a tremendous buzz of excitement as the children came into the hall for assembly this morning.

  After months in the making, our very own custom-made curtains are here! The curtains include artwork from all the children in the school, with each section made up by one of the classes.

  The designs begin at the bottom with sea creatures by Team Titan, then animals by Team Phoenix, above which are trees and birds by Team Unicorn. The upper part of the curtains shows off hand-print birds made by the Nursery, with scenes from outer space, planets, aliens and astronauts at the very top by Team Dragon.

  The children were delighted to see their art displayed in such a colourful and prominent way.

  Our PTA have done a fantastic job in raising funds to support this project, and their contribution to the cost of the curtains has meant the difference between having plain functional curtains and being able to bring these to life with the children's own work.

  Members of the PTA joined us for our special assembly, in which the curtains were ceremonially closed for the first time by former school governor Mrs Nami.

  Mrs Nami said to the children "What a wonderful privilege to have such beautiful curtains that you yourselves have designed. We are perhaps the only school in the country to have our very own artwork on our curtains. Maybe one day some of you will become fabric designers!"

  After the assembly, children gathered eagerly to get a closer look. They were commenting on the origin of different animals, the species and where you'd find them in the world.

  "There's so much to this design. It's really rich with ideas, and there's enough here to be able to teach whole sections of the curriculum - about rainforests, geography, the environment, space, weather and so much more." added Mrs Nami.

  Thank you to our PTA for their fundraising, and to Sanderson's Interiors for creating and installing the curtains from the children's designs. And a special well done to Isobel for threading on the curtain hooks to help with the final installation! A fantastic result!