Reading Deep Dive Colleagues from the Diocesan School Improvement team visited Askrigg on Wednesday to complete their deep dive into reading across our federation. It has been heartening to hear validation of the hugely positive impact of Read, Write, Inc. We have also talked through our new ‘Power of Reading’ approach and Read more…
Reading Deep-Dive As part of our curriculum development work with our diocese, we had a full day on Wednesday at Bainbridge and West Burton exploring and evaluating our reading provision with two school improvement colleagues from the diocese. The day was called a ‘deep dive’ into reading provision and mirrored the approach that an Ofsted Read more…
The Story of Schools The Dales Countryside Museum (DCM) in Hawes will re-open with a special exhibition telling The Story of Schools in the Upper Dales. The exhibition will open at DCM on 17 May, and run till 18 July 2021. It marks the culmination of a project run by The NASH in partnership with the museum, and funded by The National Read more…
Uniform May I remind parents of our uniform policy which can be found here on our website. The aims of our policy are as follows: To set a high standard of presentation for pupils at school To make clear to the whole school community the expectation of uniform at The Read more…
Maths – Ready to Progress? Your children may have told you that we are doing maths in a new way at BAWB. On training day, we introduced a style of teaching maths that is designed to help children catch up and to ensure that they are ready for their next Read more…
Class timetables and curriculum overview Summer term Apologies in the delay of getting these out – please find attached the class timetables and curriculum overviews for summer term 2021. After School Clubs Cycle Club – Unfortunately, due to very low take up of this club, it will not be taking place on Read more…
Reading One of the curriculum sessions during our training day on Monday was a very inspiring session led by Miss Collins about the launch of ‘The Power of Reading’ Here she tells us some more about this exciting approach to reading …. One of the key areas in which we Read more…
Recruitment We are delighted to announce that we had an extremely positive and heartening experience in our recruitment process this week and have secured a great new appointment to join our team. More details will follow. Our new teacher will start later in the summer term and, in the meantime, Read more…
Assessment Our teachers are busy preparing for assessment week next week. All children from Y1 upwards will undertake assessments in maths, reading, and grammar. There may be some children who do not sit the ‘formal’ reading assessment i.e. those who are currently engaged in the Read, Write, Inc programme. This is in line with our clear Read more…
Reminder about Covid measures Thank you in the main for your incredible support of our measures in place to reduce the risk of Covid. Reminders: Please wear a mask when you drop-off / collect, unless you are medically exempt. Please do not gather in groups in and around the school Read more…
