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Years 1&2 had a fantastic day on Wednesday at Born of the Forest. We loved playing in the mud kitchen, on the hammocks and taking part in some craft activities. We especially enjoyed the campfire and toasting marshmallows!

What a fantastic day Class 1 across The Federation had at ‘Big Sheep, Little Cow’ farm. The children were so well behaved and had so much fun?

Class 3 at Spofforth had a great time drawing at the Castle Ruins and even saw a wedding!

Thank you to all of you who came to watch our Sports Day at Spofforth school. It was lovely to see so many people there to support the children and I know it really elevated the atmosphere and made their day really special.

Congratulations to all the children in the WATER team as they came first, with 483 points overall!

Well done to all our Year 6’s across the Federation who completed the bikeability, levels 1&2 last week. This is a governments national cycle training programme which helps children learn practical skills and understand how to cycle on today’s roads. It also gives everyone the confidence to cycle and enjoy this skill for life

Years 1 and 2 from Spofforth and Follifoot had a great day out at Tropical World just before the half term holiday. There was a workshop in the morning, and they found out lots about Food Chains and the difference between prey and predator, they even talked about apex predators. A couple of children were chosen to get dressed up as a gecko and meerkat and we talked about their characteristics. We then went off to Tropical World and saw so many wonderful animals which included fish, stingray, spiders, birds, butterflies, large tortoises and some very sleepy meerkats. We had so much fun!

Everyone joined in our Easter Egg Hunt on the last day of term. The children decorated an egg template and these were hidden in the front garden. Once found, the children received a chocolate egg from Mr Lakin.

Class one at Spofforth made their own Easter garden in the sunshine after reading the story ‘Puddles and the Happy Easter Day’

Thank you to all parents that attended our Easter celebration this week. The children performed fabulously bringing a lovely church to life with song, poetry and thoughtful and reflective readings at this special time. My thanks to the teachers, parents and of course the pupils for the hard work and efforts to make the occasion such a success. This was quickly followed by Mr Lakin and Reverend Barbara who judged the Easter Egg design competition, such amazing designs, the decisions were really tough, my congratulations to all.