Spofforth News

Class 2 at Spofforth have been learning about Sculptures in art. We explored using clay and learning techniques such as flattening, smoothing, creating shapes and making marks. We created our own sculptures inspired by the artist Anthony Gormley who created a field of sculptures. We made a Spofforth class 2 field! They were so enthusiastic!

Children at Spofforth wore their green jumpers (and socks, hairbands, t-shirts!) on the 1st March for our Green Jumper Day. We wore our jumpers to remind us about how much we need to care for the environment. Each class turned down their radiators a little and kept warm in their jumpers. We also had a half hour switch off to save electricity. We turned off the lights and all our electrical equipment. At the end of the day each class made paper chains using the scrap paper we had collected during the day. At Spofforth we care about our planet, it was great to have a day to remind us of all the things we can do to help it.

On Wednesday 21st February, children from Years 5&6 across The Federation attended the Young Voices concert at Sheffield Arena. Everyone had an amazing time which included enthusiastic singing and dancing.

Class 3 had enjoyed their golden time on Friday 2nd February after having the most children who walked to school! Well done Class 3!

The Children at Spofforth enjoyed storytelling activities week commencing the 29th January as part of National storytelling week. School Council enjoyed reading stories to Class 1 and telling the story of The Three Little Pigs using puppets to Class 2.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in donations for our fundraising day on Friday 26th January. We were blown away with how enthusiastic the children were and how independently they ran their stalls. They interacted with all the children across the school brilliantly and managed to raise an amazing £287 for the Harrogate Homeless Project!! This is a huge achievement, especially as most of the items sold were only charged at 50p. It was fantastic to see them working together and taking responsibility in order to support such a worthy cause. We were very proud of all of them. Well done Class 4!”

Class 3 at Spofforth have had an amazing start to their DT topic. They explored making different structures using marshmallow and cocktail sticks.

We are so proud of KS2 for their superb attitude and effort in the Cross Country competition. Despite the weather, the children rose to the challenge and performed brilliantly! As well as trying their best when running, the children were supportive and kind towards each other.

The bucket which is kept on the counter at Spofforth Shop was allocated to Spofforth Primary School in December, and the total collected was generously doubled by the owner of the shop John Singh.

The Reception and Nursery children of Spofforth and Follifoot Federation performed The Nativity with great enthusiasm and excitement. All 3 performances were a great success!