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March 30, 2023

RE Easter Day

On Monday, Tockwith Primary took part in an RE Easter Day. Teachers ran a station in their classroom, each linking to Easter.  The children were grouped into their houses and spent time in each classroom so that by the end of the day, all of the children had completed all of the tasks.  Children in...
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March 22, 2023

Y6 Trip to London

Our year 6 children had an incredible day in London yesterday – what an absolutely amazing experience!  The children caught a coach from Tockwith Primary to York train station where they boarded a train to London. Unfortunately the train had some mechanical issues so the group had to have a pit stop at Grantham.  After...
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March 14, 2023

Comic Relief

On Monday 13th March we invited children to come to school dressed in sports clothing in support of Comic Relief. The teachers were given surprise fancy dress to wear for the day – I think the favourite outfits were Mr White dressed as a character from Hi De Hi (for those of us old enough...
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March 1, 2023

Test the Teacher Final!

Back in November, Mr Goodacre took part in ‘Test the Teacher’, organised by York Mix Radio. Mr Goodacre did really well and managed to achieve 15 points in total. We were delighted to hear that at the end of the preliminary rounds, he was in third place and invited to the final with St Lawrence’s...
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February 28, 2023

Experience Church

Over the last two days, the whole of the school have taken turns to visit church to focus on Lent.  There were five ‘stations’ in church and the children spent time at each learning about a different aspect of Lent.  The stations were as follows: Shrove Tuesday – this is the traditional feast day before...
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February 23, 2023

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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February 22, 2023

Alice in Wonderland

We were delighted to have M&M Theatre Productions in school to deliver an amazing ‘Alice in Wonderland’ performance to the whole school – what a treat! M&M Theatre Productions deliver enchanting classic literature adaptations that are easily digestible to children and are in an interactive format. These productions can be an inspiring way to learn...
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February 9, 2023

Y5/6 Visit Tadcaster Grammar to watch Matilda

Years 5 and 6 were invited along to Tadcaster Grammar school to watch their production of Matilda Jr.  The cast were very professional and the children at Tockwith were very impressed with the quality of performances from the leading roles.  It was also lovely to see lots of former Tockwith pupils supporting the cast in...
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February 8, 2023

Y5 Radio Show!

On Monday, Year 5 had the amazing opportunity to become radio presenters for the day. With the help of expert Russell Prue they split into teams and created scripts on their area of expertise. We had national news, weather, sport, climate change and other topics. The children rehearsed all day and went live from 2pm...
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January 31, 2023

Handwriting Competition

Monday 23rd January was National Handwriting Day and Tockwith Primary launched a handwriting competition for all children in school.  All children took part and wrote a piece of work in class.  Mrs Strachan, our handwriting expert, then chose the best from each class. All of the children did a great job so thank you to...
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