School News & Events

Our Vision

We believe that our children should have the aspiration and opportunity to ‘Live life in all its fullness’ and ‘Shine like stars in the sky’.
 
New this week…
 
New staff to school
We are delighted to welcome two new staff members to school. Mrs Helen Dibb has been appointed as the additional administrator to work alongside Mrs Phillips in our office. She has started this week and looks forward to meeting you all over the coming weeks. We have also welcomed Mrs Kron. Mrs Kron will be working across all classes supporting children with their reading and started her induction training this week. 
 
Spotlights from Learning…
 
Acorn Class
This week we have been looking at maps and photos of Kirkby Malzeard. We have discovered that some of the buildings have an interesting past! I wonder if you can recognise any of the buildings as you walk to and from school? We are all curious about the different dates on our school buildings and we are using our detective skills to think about why this could be!
 
Oak Class
Oak class have thoughtfully reflecting on the meaning of the prodigal son story for Christians and for themselves. Ask your child about what are the most important values in the story.
 
Palm Class
This week we concluded our science learning on tooth decay. We had been investigating which liquids caused the most tooth decay. Ask your child about what we found out and what we decided we needed to do to keep our bodies healthy. 
 
Cedar Class
We have loved writing about Rosa Parks using a range of fantastic figurative language and meaningful intelligent metaphors to describe this remarkable and courageous person. Ask your child about who Rosa Parks was and how she changed the world? 
 
Also this week …
 
Nativity
The children in Acorn and Oak classes are starting to think about their Nativity; there will be performances at 2pm and 5pm on Tuesday 16^th December.  Teachers will be in touch with information nearer the time.

Patronal Festival – Saturday 29^th November 2025
We are busy learning songs to sing at our Patronal Festival which this year will be held in St Andrew church.  We will be singing at 11.30am on Saturday 29th November 2025. All children and parents will be welcome; more details will follow shortly. All children will need to be accompanied by their own adult at all times.
 
Warm waterproof clothing
With the change in weather please can children come to school prepared to be outside in all weathers, even if children do not want to come to school wearing a coat, can they bring one with them, as we never know who the weather will change during the day.  Hats, scarves and gloves all need to be named please.
 
Children in Need
On Friday 14^th November we celebrated Children in need in school. We are pleased to announce that we have raised a fantastic amount of £140.50. It was exciting to watch the Sara Cox documentary, showing clips of her 135 mile adventure.  It has also been fantastic to see all the support and clips of our school on social media.  Many thanks to everybody that took part.
 
School Council Pyjama Appeal
Don’t you love the feeling of new fuzzy PJs? Not everyone gets to enjoy that feeling. Therefore, we are collecting new sets of pyjamas for the Clothing bank’s 'Pyjama Appeal'. We would love it if you could donate any new pyjamas to help those who don’t get that wonderful feeling at Christmas. You can donate PJs from now until Monday 1st December 2025. Please can it be new PJs only. Any ages. There is a bin on the playground to place them in. Thank you! 

Lost Property
Has anybody lost a mitten? Please collect from the admin office if this belongs to you.
 

 
Forest School Friday
To support our Golden Threads, Helen will be running a morning forest school session for each class on a Friday morning. Dates are as follows:

Friday 21^st November 2025 – Acorn – Acorn class will not be changing in the afternoon
Friday 28^th November 2025 - Oak
Friday 5^th December 2025 - Palm
Friday 12^th December 2025 - Cedar

Children should come in comfy, warm clothes suitable for forest school. They will need long trousers, water proofs and wellies. Please send uniform in a bag for the afternoon session. 
 
Class Collective Worship
Each week one of our Collective Worship sessions takes place in class with a focus on something in the news.  Attached is a take home that you might like to think about and share with your child at home, there is no need to return this to school.  There is a new sheet each week.

 -Take Home 20 Nov.pdf-  
 
Reminders…
 
Headlice- NITS
We have a significant outbreak of headlice in school, please can we ask everyone to check hair throughout families and treat all cases over the weekend. A reminder that a follow up treatment is needed a week later to ensure all eggs and lice are treated. A nit comb is also advisable to remove dead eggs and lice from hair after treatment. 
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/
 
 
Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates…
None this week

News from the Wider Community…   Information from Ripon Concerts Ripon Concerts is delighted to share an exciting opportunity for your students and families. On Sunday 14 December at 3pm, the internationally acclaimed jazz pianist David Gordon, together with his trio, will be performing at Holy Trinity Church, Ripon. To support music education locally, we are pleased to offer free tickets for students and families from your school. Thanks to the generosity of a local sponsor, two FREE tickets are offered for all adults accompanying an under 18, making this an affordable festive treat for local families.  Free tickets should be booked via our website www.riponconcerts.co.uk