Newsletter Archive

2nd and 9th December 2022

A super busy fortnight and Christmas is certainly in full swing! We had a beautiful school Christmas stall at the Husthwaite Village Market, a huge thank you to FoHS helpers and obviously our children for manning the stall, we raised £205!

4th and 11th November 2022

Your fortnightly note from your Headteacher… A busy start to the second half of the Autumn term. On return after the half term holiday the FOHS Harvest Pumpkin Carving Competition was very much enjoyed by all. Mrs Brack found the judging near on impossible there were...

14th and 21st October 2022

Firstly, thank you to all who donated to our Harvest Appeal a fortnight ago to support victims of the Pakistan Flood Appeal. The money we raised will for example vaccinate 600 children against tuberculosis or provide emergency shelter for 3 families! Collective...

30th September and 7th October 2022

Your fortnightly note from your Headteacher… A very busy fortnight in school! Thank you to our ‘Money Makers’ Pupil Voice group for organising a ‘Come dressed in green and have a cake at playtime’ last Friday to raise money for MacMillan. A huge thank you to all of...

16th and 23rd September 2022

Your fortnightly note from your Headteacher… Another eventful and busy fortnight.A copy of the children’s book of condolence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II has been placed at St Nicholas’ Church and the remembrance garden at Hyde Park in London.

9th September 2022

Your first note from your Headteacher for this new academic year… Welcome back to all and what a fabulous first week we have had back in school this academic year. I hope everyone has had a fun and restful summer holiday enjoying the beautiful weather! I would like to...

22nd July 2022

A final note from your headteacher … Well, what a busy final week we have had, surviving the extreme heat earlier in the week. Husthwaite Rat Race 2022! A memorable and successful event which was not just enjoyed by our children and families but our wider community....

July 1st 2022

A note from your headteacher … It certainly has been another busy fortnight. Last week the whole school took part in a YOYO (York Schools and Youth Trust) cluster event and were part of ‘The Big Picture Project’. In our cluster of schools, each school was looking at a...

10th and 17th June 2022

A note from your headteacher It most certainly has been a busy fortnight. All three classes are enjoying their new class topics and texts this half term. Class 2 has already been out on an educational visit to The Jorvik and The Dig this week which I know they loved;...

20th and 26th May 2022

A busy final fortnight of this half term. Last week Class 1 continued their topic work based on the UK and learnt facts about Wales. Everyone made and ate Welsh cakes and tried to say some words in Welsh! In Forest School the children made dens with Mr Houghton. They...