We are pleased to announce that children from Askwith have once again been successful in the annual Otley Carnival poster competition. Well done to Thomas, Olivia and Poppy!The PTA is once again kindly helping to coordinate our involvement in the Otley Carnival Parade…

Next week, the children in year 6 will be taking their KS2 SATs tests. The children are well prepared and are looking forward to the Askwith tradition of a continental breakfast each morning! Good luck children!A reminder that on Tuesday 19th May, parents of children…

With the current sunny weather, please can all children bring a named bottle of suncream into school to be kept in their trays for the summer term. If the weather is due to be sunny, we expect all children to come to school with sun cream already applied. Children in…

Following last year’s success, the PTA are excited to be repeating the ‘Grow a £1’ Challenge’! A letter with all the information and a £1 coin was handed to every child in years Reception to year 6 on Tuesday. Please see attached a copy of the letter. If your child…

Your conteI hope you all had an enjoyable break over Easter!Please see attached an updated copy of the Dates for your Diary for this summer term. Please note new date for the PTA Glow in the Dark Disco—Friday 15th May. (Paper copies were sent home before Easter and an…

Your content goesThankyou to all those who baked, brought or bought cakes at the bun sales on Friday for Red Nose Day. A wonderful £101.89 was raised.Today, the judging for this year’s Design Technology Challenge has taken place. Well done to all those who entered….

On Monday, parents and grandparents of the children in years 1 and 2 were able to enjoy a 1 to 1 reading session with their child / grandchild and Mrs Timiney. We hope you found these sessions useful and able to further encourage a love of reading at home! Tomorrow,…

Today we have had a wonderful World Book Day! It has been lovely to see the children dressed as their favourite book characters. Throughout the day, there have been many activities happening across school including making book marks, posters and Gruffalo crumble,…

I hope you all had an enjoyable break over half term. Please see attached a copy of the clubs taking place this half term. World Book Day is next week on Thursday 5th March. On that day, children may come to school dressed as their favourite literary character. We…

Parents’ Evening appointments have been taking place this week and I hope you have found these to be useful. If anyone has missed their appointment, please email the class teacher to make alternative arrangements.Thank you to everyone who supported the Winter Disco…

Further to the ‘tests’ in recent weeks, we have now fully moved over to our new Comms system through Arbor. If you have not been receiving texts and emails this week, please get in touch with the office. Thankyou to all those who have already booked their online…

In preparation for changing the Comms System, this afternoon we have sent a Test Email from Arbor.  In some cases it may have gone into your junk folders. If you did not receive this email from Arbor please contact the school office. Our aim is that from next week,…