Children across school demonstrated their courage and leadership skills with boundless enthusiasm last week. They led worship on Tuesday sharing the work ...
Key Stage 1 have been busy exploring today! This morning, Year 1 went on a walk in the local area looking for ...
Wow! Year 3 and 4 did a wonderful, heart warming interpretation of the Easter story during their production this morning at St ...
What a delightful afternoon!!! Thank you to everyone who attended the Easter Bonnet Parade and the Great Egg Race and to those ...
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Famous author of The Egg stories, M.P Robertson, has visited school to work with the children through an assembly and illustration workshops ...
Funny is Power! Generosity is our value this half term. Through Red Nose Day, we are helping people live free from poverty ...
Class 2 visited Rhyddings Farm today where Mrs Thorpe helped them to learn exactly why Ackworth is such a successful area to ...
Today I received an update on our partner school from Canon Arthur, the Education Officer in the Diocese of Mara. He confirmed ...
We hope the children enjoyed their World Book Day dressed as their favourite book characters. Lots of activities were undertaken including a ...
All of us will have been watching the terrible events taking place in Ukraine over this last couple of weeks and our ...
Year 2 travelled back in time to 1854 with Florence Nightingale as they learnt about the dreadful conditions in the hospital at ...
20 children from Year 6 took part in the British Dodgeball competition on Thursday. They had a fantastic day and did really ...
Year 4 had a wonderful time on Friday visiting the Jorvik and DIG centre. They were able to apply their prior learning ...
What a lovely way to finish a busy half term! Well done and thank you to the children for a delightful carol ...
It has been wonderful to see such great support for the children during their Christmas productions this week and we are so ...
Our Howard Ambassadors responded to Hemsworth Food Pantry's Christmas appeal by supporting them to help local families in need have the best ...
Amazing Christmas pantomime this evening. The children were thoroughly entertained by our friends at M&M Theatrical Productions and their interpretation of Sleeping ...
As part of a School's Community Council initiative, children have designed and created gift tags that will be attached to small gifts ...
The power of freedom at playtime... getting outside to play, explore and develop together. The children have really enjoyed having access to ...
Year 6 took part in their Robinwood residential visit last week where the children made memories that will last a lifetime. The ...
We have produced a phonics resource for parents which outlines our approach to phonics teaching and offers guidance to parents who want ...
We are currently in a period of thankfulness in school as our termly value and this fits perfectly with our Harvest celebrations ...
To prepare the children for their residential trips to Northumberland in Year 5 and Robinwood in Year 6, Year 4 took part ...
Yesterday we celebrated the rich history of our school during our annual heritage day. The children enjoyed learning facts about how the ...
It has been wonderful to welcome our families into school again and for such a fantastic cause too! We have been overwhelmed ...
Key Stage 2 children undertook a first aid programme last week. The aim of the course was to increase pupils' knowledge and ...
It was wonderful to welcome the Wakefield Music Service staff band into school this afternoon where they performed a concert for the ...
What a fitting way to end a great week with some musical mindfulness workshops for each class in school. The interactive sessions ...
The children were outstanding in their production of Darwin Rocks and it was wonderful to be able to invite parents in for ...
The children are so talented... grab a cuppa and enjoy this year's Musical Extravaganza! As is now an annual tradition, the children ...
After all the uncertainty the Robinwood visit took place last week where the children made memories that will last a lifetime. The ...
Year 1 have had a fantastic day at the Yorkshire Wildlife park. They enjoyed exploring the park, seeing many animals. They especially ...
We have been exploring different expressions of the Christian faith and have begun inviting leaders from other Christian denominations to lead collective ...
On your marks, get set, go! The weather and atmosphere was wonderful for the children during their sports day today. Year 5 ...
You maybe aware that we have been working on the Artsmark journey for a few years now. Artsmark supports schools to develop ...
Number 35 in the Ackworth Scarecrow Festival is Rachel Howard. Having been well educated herself, Rachel started to teach a small group ...
Year 2 have been investigating habitats and exploring the impact of pollution on environments whilst visiting the South Kirkby Recycling Centre today ...
During our Ackworth School’s Community Council meeting on the 13th May, the children discussed a number of community projects for the summer ...
Today we have celebrated our first school Eucharist. Reverend Charlene delivered a wonderful service in the hall for a number of children ...
It was wonderful to receive an unexpected video call from Canon Arthur, the Education Officer in the Diocese of Mara yesterday. During ...
On Thursday, Year 2 were visited by Kelly Powell from Wakefield Museum who delivered a workshop about the local explorer, Charles Waterton ...
During Forest School sessions last week, the children took part in some fire lighting, they created mini teepee shelters and in the ...
The children have been learning about the Eucharist in school and it was an honour to welcome Bishop Tony Robinson and Reverend ...
The children were introduced to the value of strength this week. We discussed that showing strength doesn’t only mean being physically strong ...
Great news! We have provided a home for 4 chickens and they are settling in really well. The children have all had ...
As a consequence of the pandemic, we have been unable to invite parents/carers into school for our traditional Easter activities again this ...
During last week, over 80 children in school shared their talents during Howard’s Got Talent for Comic Relief. It was lovely to ...
World Book Day took place on Thursday and children in school and at home enjoyed activities. Children could dress as their favourite ...
Thank you again for taking the time to complete our remote education survey. As a result of this, we have made a ...