Welcome Back! Autumn Term 2023
New Beginnings…
It was absolutely wonderful this morning to see all of our children arrive looking refreshed and rejuvenated ready for the new term. They all seem to have grown over the summer and everyone was so happy and excited to be back, even the staff!
Miss Harper
Staffing Changes
Due to some unforeseen circumstances we have needed to make some minor changes to staffing. During the holidays Mrs Lisa Baldwin took an exciting new job and so we have sadly said goodbye to her after many years of dedicated service at Bainbridge School and to our wider federation. We wish her lots of luck and happiness in her new role.
I am delighted to announce that Mrs Abbey Teasdale (previously Connelly – she got married in the summer!) has been appointed to our team as a full time teaching assistant.
Confirmed staffing is as follows:
| Teacher(s) | Support Staff | |
| ROBINS: EYFS at Bainbridge | Mrs Johnston Mrs Middleton | Mrs Iveson Mrs Pickard-Sparne Mrs Teasdale (Charlotte) |
| OWLS: Y1 at Bainbridge | Mrs Harrison* | Mrs Teasdale (Abbey) |
| SWALLOWS: Y2 at West Burton | Mrs Park | Mrs Fawcett |
| KINGFISHERS: Y3 at West Burton | Mr Greenway* | Mrs Fawcett |
| GOLDEN EAGLES: Y4 at Askrigg | Mr Scrafton | Mrs Handley (Mon, Tue, Wed) Mrs Parkinson (Thu, Fri) |
| HERONS: Y5 at Askrigg | Miss Collins* | Mrs Donno-Fuller |
| MERLINS: Y6 at Askrigg | Miss Telford | Mr Stokes |
*Base Leaders
Class Timetables…
…will be made available available on our website when we have had a week or so to check that they run smoothly, but if you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch. I will share links when they are ready.
In the meantime, please see the following info about PE and swimming.
There is a statutory requirement for all children to have a minimum of 2 hours’ PE per week in KS1 and KS2. Children must sure that they have weather appropriate PE kit (click here to see our uniform policy) and on their PE days (although we recommend that PE kits are in school everyday).
| PE days(s) – PE Kit required | Other PE Provision (PE kit not required) | |
| ROBINS: EYFS at Bainbridge | Wednesday | Yoga on Monday |
| OWLS: Y1 at Bainbridge | Wednesday | Yoga on Monday Swimming on Tuesday (starting Sep 19) |
| SWALLOWS: Y2 at West Burton | Monday | n/a |
| KINGFISHERS: Y3 at West Burton | Monday | n/a |
| GOLDEN EAGLES: Y4 at Askrigg | Tuesday and Thursday | n/a |
| HERONS: Y5 at Askrigg | Thursday | Swimming on Tuesday (starting Sep 19) |
| MERLINS: Y6 at Askrigg | Tuesday and Friday | n/a |
Earrings:
For health and safety reasons, children are not permitted to wear any earrings or wristwatches during PE or swimming.
We request that children planning to have their ears pierced, do so at the beginning of the 6 week summer break to allow time to heal. If children come to school wearing earrings on PE or swimming days they will need to be able to remove them themselves prior to taking part.
Shuttling and Transport
This morning our shuttle runs seemed to run smoothly and children arrived in a timely way at each site. Thank you for your support with this. Massive thanks to the admin team who do a sterling job in organising these arrangements and making sure that all of our registers are up to date and thoroughly accurate.
Please can I urge you to let us know if there are any changes to your child’s collection or drop-off arrangements, by 2pm at the latest (where possible). If there is any ever any doubt about a child’s arrangements, or if your child is telling us something different to our registers, we wait and try to contact parents. This can hold up and entire bus load of children and go on to affect classes across our federation.
We do not rely on the word of children directly (this is not a trust judgement but a safeguarding issue) so please do contact us directly either by phone or admin email ([email protected]) if you need to make changes. Your support is appreciated.
Celebration Assemblies
These will begin again on Friday 15th September at 3:00pm. Friends and family members are invited to attend at the school at which your child is on roll. We look forward to seeing you next Friday!
After School Clubs
These will also start next week (w/c 11 September):
| Day | Club | Location | Year Groups |
| Wednesday | After-school sports | Askrigg | Reception to Y6 |
| Thursday | Cycling | Bainbridge | Reception to Y6 (must be able to pedal independently) |
| Friday | Science | Askrigg | Y3 to Y6 |
