Hungate Echo

It's been an incredibly musical week in school, with our staff completing exciting Drumba training that our children and community are going to absolutely love. More to follow so watch this space.

Meanwhile, I've met with all our teachers to set appraisal targets this week. These are all focussed on sharpening their already strong teaching skills to make learning even better for our children. I'm also delighted to let you know that Mrs Walker has been successful in becoming a senior literacy specialist, in a similar way to Miss Mackay for Mathematics. They really are a talented bunch!

Next week, our Y5/6 children are heading to the Yorkshire Children's Charity Christmas Party at the Pavillion, Elland Road. I can't wait!

Have a super weekend everyone!

We have limited spaces available for our nursery starting in January 2025. We offer funded sessions for children from the term after they turn 3. Our Nursery sessions begin at 0845 and end at 1145 every week day, term time only. The nursery forms part of the school Early Years provision and we currently offer places for up to 26 children. If you would like to know more or would like to register your interest please following the links below.

Sherburn Hungate Primary School is a school with friendly and dedicated staff who always put the needs of our children first. We are seeking a caring, hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join our committed staff team who have high aspirations both for themselves and our children, have a passion for learning, are proactive and dependable and have strong interpersonal skills and a positive outlook. In return we can offer you the opportunity to make a real difference to children’s learning and to be part of a happy and effective staff team.

We are seeking a dedicated practitioner to work as a GTA. This role will primarily involve offering support to children, including supporting them in whole class lessons, within small group work, and supporting children during break times.

Thank you to all of those that donated last week. We have raised an amazing £270 for Children in Need! You have until 6th December to donate!

Students from Compass Martial Arts & Sherburn Hungate primary school returned from the Martial Arts ICO World championships in Frankfurt, Germany at the beginning of October. Our students wowed the judges & spectators performing katas, extreme forms & weapons. Prior to their trip they had worked so hard to raise money to help with funding & committed hours upon hours to their training.

In total 5 Sherburn Hungate students represented England, some for the second year in a row! In total Compass Martial arts won 134 medals in total, 48 Gold, 51 silver & 36 Bronze. The children wanted to put Compass Martial Arts & Sherburn Hungate Primary school on the map through dedication & a lot of hard work.

Since returning home all of the students are training with even more determination hoping to represent England again.

For those eligible for free activities, the email will be sent out on Monday 25th November, please book activities asap as they do book up quickly. Some of the local activities are as follows:

Let's Cook at The Barn Tadcaster

Multi-sport camp at Athelstan School

Perfect Pitch Performing Arts at Church Fenton Village Hall

Forest School at Bishop Wood

Please click on your link in the email, see website above or scan the QR code above.

Staff shoutouts are back for 24-25 and there's no better way of helping to keep our staff morale high than letting them know how you think.

Happy Staff + Happy Children = Happy Family.

If you can spare a minute or two to let someone know how great they are, it would be much appreciated, especially at this challenging time for us all. Thank you.

Following feedback from our parent governors, we've updated the way that the weekly Hungate Echo works so that it is sharper with information you need. A new newsletter, known as the Echo Regulars will contain all the most important regular information that our families may need. It has a permanent home on our website at the link below. Here you will find community events, regular reminders and key information. When I update it, I'll put a short line at the bottom of the Hungate Echo to let you know.