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Reception

Police Officer and Vet Visit School

Over the last few weeks, the Reception children have had visits from a police officer and a vet.  The children have been finding out about the jobs and what is involved in their day to day activities.  The police office let the children wear some of his clothes and the vet used Neville to show...
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Boogie Woogie Nativity

Our children in reception, year 1 and 2 have spent the last couple of weeks rehearsing for their nativity.  This week they have performed the nativity at Tockwith Church to three packed audiences!   Reception and Year 1 children looked amazing in their nativity costumes, with Year 1 and 2 telling the story. Bringing their own...
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Reading in School

We were delighted to open up our school this morning to parent and carers of children in Reception and years 2-6.  Adults visited their child(ren’s) classes to observe and experience a guided reading session.  The children engaged with their parents/carers during the session and were able to get a real feel for how children read...
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Early Years & New Parents Lunch

What an amazing start to this term – we’ve welcomed our new cohort of children into Early Years and Miss Davidson and Miss Kilvington have been so proud of how the children have settled into school.They have been exploring the areas, making friends and learning all about families and our Tockwith community.   Today we also...
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Sports Day & BBQ

On Friday we held our annual sports day and BBQ lunch.  The children took part in various team games in the morning, including netball shooting, space hopper relay, gold chip, speed bounce, target throwing, hula hoop skipping and balance bike relay to name but a few.   We then held our superb Sports Day BBQ, hot...
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Lambs visit Tockwith Primary!

As an end of topic treat, one of the Reception children’s dad and grandad brought in their tractor and trailer along with Victoria the sheep and her three baby lambs.  The children got to meet the lambs and stroke them.  They then had a look a the tractor and trailer and how it was used...
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Reception Visit Grasslands Farm

As part of their ‘On the Farm’ topic, last week all of the children in Reception had a special day out to Grasslands Farm in Rufforth. The children were able to see the cows, hold the chicks and ride on a real like tractor!  The children had an incredible time and the teachers are already...
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North Yorkshire Fire Service visit Tockwith!

As part of our inspirational introduction to this half term’s topic of The Great Fire of London, we welcomed the Acomb based crew from North Yorkshire Fire Service. What a great visit it was! We loved listening to how they train to become a firefighter, how they prepared themselves with all the gear to fight...
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People Who Help Us – Police

Children in early years had a surprise visit as part of their ‘People Who Help Us’ topic. They were learning all about the fire service when two police officers walked in!  The children were able to ask lots of questions and use the radio to say hello to someone at the police station.  The police...
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KS1 Nativity

What an awesome KS1 we have!!  This week has seen them performing their nativity ‘Humph the Camel’ at Tockwith Church to the school, Tick Tock Daycare limited and also all of their parents, carers and grandparents.  The children have been practicing at school over the last few weeks and this week wow’d the audiences with...
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