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World Maths Day!

Tockwith Primary Academy celebrated World Maths Day in several different ways.  Children in Y5 went to York St John university and worked with academics and trainee teachers – taking part in a range of interactive, problem solving activities. As part of the day the children enjoyed a tour of the historic campus and received a certificate...
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Comic Relief

On Friday 21st March we saw our children and staff dress down in 1980’s gear in support of Comic Relief!    This year it’s the 40th year that Comic Relief has been going so we supported it with dress down and a Tockwith Primary Academy joke book!  Year 5 did some 80s yoga and the...
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Reception Stay & Play

This week we invited our Reception parents/carers into school for a stay and play session with their children – one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  The two sessions were great opportunities for parents/carers to see the fantastic progress their children have made, explore the Reception learning areas and understand the importance of...
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Fire Engine to Visit Y1 & 2

Last week, as part of their topic ‘The Great Fire of London’, children in Y1 and 2 welcomed the Acomb Fire Service into school.  After quite a lot of manoeuvering to get into the school gates, the fire engine finally made it onto school grounds!  The children enjoyed listening to the firefighters talk about the...
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Pond & Wildlife Area

We are delighted with our new wildlife area – we have cut back some trees to make a new mud kitchen area for the children to enjoy.  We’ve also added a bridge over the pond so children can safely look into the pond for exciting wildlife!  Our children in Y1 had a fantastic time out...
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New Lunch Process!

Today saw the launch of our new school lunch system, Appetite.  This system allows parents and children to sit together at home and order their food choices for the day, week or whole term in advance.  Once in school, teachers can check all orders have been placed and round up anyone who hasn’t placed an...
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Beware of the High Viz

Beware of the Hi Viz! We are starting to see massive improvements out on the mornings with no people parking on the zig zags. However there are some cheeky grownups sneakily parking on the zig zags at pick up. As you saw on Tuesday we went out on duty at pick up instead of drop...
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KS2 Watching England Rugby Training Session!

Children in KS2 had the amazing opportunity to watch a training session for the England Rugby team!!  27 children were randomly selected from over 50 chilren who registered their interest in the event. The children travelled to the LNER stadium and watched the training session.  Following this they had the pleasure of meeting some of...
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