Follifoot News

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 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!

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!

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.

Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a federation trip to York’s Chocolate Story linked to our leaning in History.  We learnt about the Ancient Maya and how important chocolate was to them.  The precious cacao beans were considered sacred and had many uses, including making a bitter drink known as ‘Xocolatl’.  We had a go at making this and also got the chance to eat lots of different chocolate. A great visit!