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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.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the wonderful Easter service at St Joseph and St James Church in Follifoot this morning. We enjoyed poetry, art and songs – including a performance from the school choir. Obviously, we finished the service with the traditional rendition of ‘Spring Chicken’, including dance moves!
After the service, we returned to school for one of the highlights of the year – Egg Rolling!

The children had a lovely morning last Wednesday, listening to Harriet Muncaster author and illustrator of Isadora Moon.  Harriet explained where she got her inspiration from.  She also explained how she made all the miniature models that were in the story and even showed the children how to draw some of the characters.

On Thursday we came to school wearing clothes comfortable to ‘Relax and Read’ and many children came dressed as fantastic book characters. The Imagined Things Bookshop on Montpellier Parade provided school with books, so each child could exchange their voucher for a free book! Well done to ‘The Queen of Hearts’ and ‘Amelia Earhart’ who won a £10 book voucher from County Caterers for their amazing costumes!

Class 2 really enjoyed talking about online safety on Internet Safety Day.  We talked about what information should not be shared online and who are trusted adults are

Thank you to our Digital Leaders for putting together a superb afternoon of activities on the theme of ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself from scams online’. They started with a whole school assembly then led activities in the classes. The Y1/2s learnt about trusted adults and in Y3/4 they looked at a range of scenarios and generated their own strong passwords. In Y5/6, they had a go at creating their own scams.