School Blog
9th October 2025
Thankyou to all those who visited our book fair last week and bought books! As a result of the book sales, over £300 has been given to us by Scholastic to spend on books. Books will be bought for every class.Unfortunately, due to low uptake, the Curriculum Information...
2nd October 2025
Last Friday, the children enjoyed our Celebration of European Languages Day. The children learnt about the geography of Europe and practised the languages. Early years and KS1 learnt some French, years 3 and 4 learnt some Italian and years 5 and 6 learnt some Greek....
25th September 2025
We are delighted and proud to share with you the news that, according to the Telegraph Best Primary Schools League Table—we are the fourth best primary school in the whole country! We scored the maximum 40/40 using their criteria of measuring key academic, behavioural...
18th September 2025
A reminder about the PTA Afternoon Tea Party on Monday 22nd September 3.15-4.30pm in Askwith Village Hall. Do come along to say hello, have a cuppa and a cake! This is a great way to get to know other parents if you are new to the school. Any donations of cake will be...
11th September 2025
Thank you to all who came along to the PTA AGM. The events of 2024-2025 were reviewed and all agreed it had been a very successful year with £4,200 being raised! Many thanks to all involved in raising such a large sum. Please see attached an updated copy of the ‘Dates...
4th September 2025
I hope you all had an enjoyable summer break. Welcome to the new families who have joined Askwith Primary School this week. There is a lot of information and reminders in this edition, which I hope you will find useful. As per my letter sent out on Tuesday, we are...
3rd July 2025
The KS2 Art Exhibition on Wednesday show cased the skills and techniques the children have learnt this year. Displays included water colour painting, line drawing, printing, sewing, clay modelling, pencil shading and pointillism! Their beautiful sketch books were also...
26th June 2025
A very enjoyable day was had by all who joined us for a very sunny and warm Otley Carnival parade on Saturday. The PTA and school would like to say a big thank you to ‘the crafting team’ and to everyone who attended and supported them on the day helping to make it a...
19th June 2025
Last Friday, the children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 travelled to Harrogate to take part in the Brownlee MiniTriathlon. This was a non-competitive fun event that gave the children the opportunity to experience all three parts of a triathlon. The children thoroughly...
12th June 2025
This morning, the children thoroughly enjoyed our annual sports day event. We are so proud of how they supported their friends racing, whilst also waiting patiently and quietly until the next race. PE sessions and playtimes have been spent practising hard for this, in...
5th June 2025
This week, all children have been enjoying our International Arts and Diversity week! Class 1 have been using chalk, collage and paint to recreate the work of Lebanese artist Etel Adnan’s beautiful, pastel landscape art. They have discussed how different paintings...
22nd May 2025
On Tuesday morning, Tempest took the class photographs. Letters will be sent home after half term to enable you to place orders. Today, the children in year 6 have greatly enjoyed taking part in the Askwith Bake Off! Earlier in the week, in teams, they planned their...
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