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 ...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Christmas live event. We hope that you enjoyed it and that it brought ...
As I am sure you are aware, we are trying to ensure that the children enjoy school life in a way that ...
Key Stage 2 created some leaf mandalas in forest schools last week. The children created some amazing pieces of natural art.
On behalf of the school community, Year 5 walked to the memorial to pay their respects and present a wreath. Mr Fisher ...
I am very pleased to inform you that we have achieved the Wakefield Schools Health and Well-Being Charter, the first school to ...
It was lovely to see the children in Key Stage 2 so excited yesterday during their weekly forest school lesson. The fire ...
Our Digital Leaders organised and undertook a recruitment process for appointing the new Year 4 Digital Leaders. They organised the whole process ...
It was lovely to have so many people able to join us for our virtual harvest service, we hope that you enjoyed ...
It was lovely to see Year 3 using the new Makerspace as part of their DT unit of work. They are designing ...
In looking at ways to encourage more physical activity in school during the restrictions in place as a result of the pandemic ...
We have been working extremely hard to transform our curriculum and are very excited to share this with you. It will continue ...
Autumn 2021 Menu
I am very pleased to inform you, that in recognition of the hard work of our Eco-Council and other members of the ...
In light of the current situation regarding Covid-19, we have contingency plans in place for remote learning opportunities should a lockdown occur ...
We cannot begin to put into one post how fantastic it is to welcome our children back to the Howard School ...
It's finished!!! An exciting development for September is our Makerspace. A creative space that has been designed to engage learners in hands-on ...
Today we held an assembly to celebrate a proud and special moment for our school. We are very pleased to share with ...
The school organised a visit from Jim Gump last week. Jim is an extraordinary man and inspirational speaker. He has run over ...
The Eco-Council and Howard Ambassadors took the opportunity to meet this years Mayor, Councillor Charles Keith. The children met the Mayor in ...
32 children from our school attended Young Voices last Monday. This is the largest school choir in the world! The children practiced ...
School Council representatives from Key Stage 2 have travelled to London to undertake a tour of the Palace of Westminster. The children ...
The children had a great time during their recent activity residential and it was fantastic to hear from the centre of their ...
During the last week we have been lucky enough to have an artist in residence. It has been amazing to see how ...
The weather and atmosphere was wonderful during our sports day and family BBQ event on Friday. Thank you to everyone who attended ...
On Tuesday 11th June 2019, the primary schools of Ackworth held their first Primary School Community Committee meeting. The purpose of the ...
Children in year 5 took part in their residential visit to Northumberland last week. They enjoyed visits to Alnwick Castle, The Grace ...
‘One small step for bear, one giant leap for bear kind.’ (Y5/6 Inspire Morning) It is never too early to nurture the ...
Thank you to everyone who attended the Easter Bonnet Parade and the Great Egg Race and to those children who entered the ...