Follifoot News

The children in Years 1&2 across The Federation had a great day on Tuesday 21st January at Spofforth School. They learnt how to build Tudor houses using natural materials. They then had a go at fire lighting in bowls using fire steels, steel bowl and cotton wool. After lunch, they re-enacted how buckets of water were passed from the River Thames to put out the fire. Then, they moved on to making damper bread on a fire. The Great Fire of London was started in a bakery. Children had a go at making their own bread on a fire, using basic ingredients of flour and water. Whilst some children waited to make bread, they had a try at soft archery. A busy day but lots of fun!

On Thursday 16th January, we welcomed Suzie Thomas from the small local charity ‘Open Arms Malawi’. She last visited our Federation about 18 months ago and has visited Malawi since. She is also going back there in June again to see how the children and families are doing and how they are benefiting from the charity’s support. Suzie was so impressed by how much we raised across the Federation previously and wanted to show the children what their money means to the charity and how they are able to use this to support families in Malawi. The children were very interested in what Suzie told them and all the photos – they asked some great questions!

Thank you to those who were able to join us for the Crib Service at Follifoot. It was a fantastic team effort showcasing the talent of our wonderful children. This included acting, singing, rapping, reading and a variety of musical instruments. It was a beautiful celebration of the festive period.

Christmas lunch was enjoyed by everyone this week. We had delicious food served by Peter and Mr Lines.

An enchanting visit brought the magic of C.S. Lewis’ beloved tale to life through drama teachers from Leeds Playhouse who visited Follifoot and Spofforth Primary School on Tuesday 10th December. The teacher’s ran an immersive workshop with the children, guiding them through the wondrous world of Narnia.
The staff in the schools expressed their delight at the unique educational opportunity: Seeing the children’s faces light up as they interacted with their favourite characters from Narnia was absolutely magical. After reading the book with the children this term, this workshop has inspired our students and is such a wonderful event for the children in the run up to Christmas.

The children had great fun making Christmas Ginger Bread houses at Construction Club yesterday. Thank you so much Chrissy and Mrs Milson!

Glorious sunshine for our Cross Country event at Ashville for the pupils in KS2 across The Federation.  The children did really well with some outstanding individual achievements as well as a fantastic team spirit and a lot of support and cheering!

On Monday 18th November, parents were invited into Follifoot for our sharing worship. It was an engaging and informative assembly, sharing the work done recently in Geography and music across the school.

Children were asked to wear ‘Odd Socks’ on Tuesday 12th November in aid of Anti Bullying Week to help celebrate what makes us all unique. Thank you to everyone for their support.

Thank you so much to Sally and Kath for inviting us to the church to mark Remembrance Day. The church was decorated beautifully and the children read the names of those who gave their lives from Follifoot. It was an emotional service and we appreciate the effort that went into setting everything up, including information about each of the men.