Teacher Strikes On 16 January the National Education Union (NEU), one of the trade unions representing the teaching profession, announced its intention to strike. Not enough members of two other unions voted in favour of taking industrial action (the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Read more…
Spelling Homework Our current spelling homework software (Spellzone) has expired. Until the beginning of next half-term when we explain our new homework plans (parents’ meeting on Wednesday 22nd February), our children will be using the spelling section of Sumdog to complete spelling homework. Sumdog is an adaptive programme which means Read more…
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend precious time with family and friends. The Christmas break is always a very busy one but I also hope you managed to rest, and enjoy some quieter times. We are Read more…
We went to the panto…… OH YES WE DID! On Tuesday we took all of our children and staff to the wonderful Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond to see Pinocchio the panto, and what a delight it was! Congratulations to all of our pupils whose behaviour was impeccable. Staff were Read more…
There are so many wonderful things happening at St. Oswald’s and St. Margaret’s this Christmas. See below.
Please remember that The Open Pantry in St Oswald’s Church exists for those in genuine need who would benefit from some help at this time.
The best nativity we have seen in three years! On Tuesday we were delighted by the retelling of the nativity story by our children in St. Andrew’s church, Aysgarth, in front of two very large audiences. Having been unable to come together for a Christmas production since 2020, this was Read more…
Welcome to our new style news-release Thank you for all your feedback about the way we present news to our most important stakeholders – our families. We have listened. Each week, all of our news will be presented all on one page, and you will be sent a link via Read more…
Thank you to those parents who attended the forum on Monday night, or sent comments via other representatives. It is really positive to have this group established again and very helpful for us to hear all your views and suggestions. Please note that any reference to ‘parents’ in the record Read more…
