Driffield Junior School

News Stories

• Busy Week
  Reminder: What a busy week we have next week! Y6 sitting their SATS tests. Y3 out on their visits. Y4 having swimming lessons. Y5 cycle training
• Tour de Yorkshire
  We really enjoyed waving our banners and flags as the Tour de Yorkshire came through our town. See the gallery and website for more photos.
• Competition Time
  Homework competition. Can you design a front cover for your Year Group’s planner? Draw your design on an A5 sheet of paper Fill the sheet and colour it in.
• Egg Rolling
  Lots of excitement in school this morning as children have a go at egg rolling.
• Easter
  Even year 6 GPS revision has an Easter theme. Children in 6FS were writing active and passive sentences using pictures on the whiteboard as their focus. I am assured that an Easter egg hunt was to follow!
• Speak Up Club
  A year 5 pupil suggested we should have a ‘speak up’ club in school, where children could go and speak about their worries or concerns to one of their peers. We thought this was a great idea so the job was advertised to year 6 pupils.
• Easter Assembly
  Year 4 led an Easter assembly that was shared with their families and with the rest of the school.
• Tour de Yorkshire
  We were very lucky to see first hand the Tour de Yorkshire trophies that are presented to the male and female winners of this prestigious cycling competition.
• Cross Country
  On Friday afternoon, 15 of our most resilient youngsters took part in the Scarborough College Cross Country Challenge.
• Y5 Read and Stay
  Year 5 classrooms were filled with a wonderful buzz on Tuesday as many parents joined us for a reading session at the end of the day. Firstly, top tips for reading at home were shared and the importance of questioning and clarifying were stressed.