Whole School Events Gallery
Summer Solstice lunch 22nd June, 2018
We celebrated the Summer Solstice with a 'garden party' picnic on the field, garden games, yoga and a special guest - Magic Mike - provided entertainment!
Nafferton Heritage Trail launch - 29th June 2018
Nafferton school museum curators launched their Heritage Trail by welcoming parents and family members to join them for a walk around the village highlighting various historical points of interest as featured in their booklet, created by them. Tea and cakes were enjoyed in the outdoor drawing room, thank you to all those who attended.
Buddhism Days 4th and 5th June, 2018
Here are some pictures from Key Stage Two from the Buddhism Days. Watch out for videos posted soon that tell the story of Buddha, scripted by the children after learning about the history of Buddhism.
Buddhism Days 4th and 5th June, 2018
Nafferton pupils learned all about Buddhism over two days, with a series of workshops ranging from meditation and chanting to making Buddha out of clay and making their own prayer beads. We learned about the history of Buddhism and had some special visitors in to talk to us about what Buddhism means to them. Here are some pictures from Key Stage One.
Summer Walk - Friday 15th June, 2018
Nafferton staff and pupils went on a summer walk around the village.
Cycle Baton Day Thursday 7th June, 2018
Pupils from nine schools took to their bikes to help relay a baton across the East Riding as part of the second Schools’ Yorkshire Tour. The Schools’ Yorkshire Tour is a large-scale cycling event linking primary, secondary, special schools and clubs across the whole of Yorkshire. It started in Pickering, North Yorkshire, on Monday June 5 and finishes in Leeds on Tuesday July 3, celebrating national Bike Week during the event. The baton was ceremonially handed over to the East Riding on Wednesday June 6 at Flamborough Primary School, at 2.45pm, and travelled 70 miles (112 kilometres) through the East Riding on Thursday and Friday June 7 and 8. Nafferton Primary School welcomed pupils from Hilderthorpe Primary School, Bridlington with great cheer and enthusiam. We then sent pupils and staff from Nafferton off for the next leg of the journey to Driffield Kingsmill School. We also had our own 'Bling Your Bike' contest that was judged by our travel ambassadors. Well done to all those who entered and took part!
Royal Wedding 19th May, 2018
More pictures of the Big Day and our Royal Wedding themed lunch!
Royal Wedding 19th May, 2018
On the Royal Wedding Day, Nafferton Primary School celebrated in style. Children and staff dressed for the occasion and we walked through the village to have a short service in the church.
Gardening Club
Here are some images of the kind of things gardening club are doing around our school! These include hedge planting, tree planting and finding places for the donated plants.
Planting trees - Creating a lasting legacy!
Year 6 and Foundation children were involved in woodland planting as part of the schools ongoing forest school project. The trees were purchased at Hutton Cranswick Garden Centre and Mitch from the garden centre helped and guided children and staff to plant the beginnings of a new woodland to develop our site. Many thanks to parents and grandparents who came in to help on the day!
Sports Relief Mile - 22nd March, 2018
World Book Day - 15th March, 2018
We had a lot of fun on World Book Day - here are some of the FANTASTIC costumes and children and staff wore on the day...
Outdoor Wake and Shake, 18th April 2018
The sun was shining so we brought wake up and shake up outside!
The Canteen's Working Progress
During the February half term holidays, Mr Fielder and Mrs Stagg put their artistic abilities to the test when Mr Johnson asked them to envisage a French diner. Here is an update of their working progress Trés bien to Mr Fielder and Mrs Stagg for their efforts.
SNOW FUN! 1st March, 2018 (PM)
As promised, the photographs from the afternoon, depicting activities from outdoor bread charring to mythical beasts.
SNOW FUN! 1st March, 2018 (AM)
NEWS JUST IN: The whole of Driffield came to a complete standstill when the 'Beast from the East' swept through, causing chaos. These pictures were taken at Nafferton Primary School and showed the doom and gloomed faces of pupils at the school. Children had the choice to venture down for a snow battle on the front playground or elect a more quieter session up on the top field. We all went into the Hall for a sing-song and a hot chocolate. And this was just the morning! Stay tuned for pictures for the afternoon. Whoever said "no snow day" would be a "no fun day"!?
Nafferton Swim their way to Victory!
Nafferton Primary School took part in the Swimming Gala at Driffield Leisure Centre and competed against 9 other schools. The competition was tough, but we are pleased to announce that our Key Stage 2 children came out winners! The team captain said afterwards: "The team did really well. Everyone was cheering for each other. We all won lots of races. I am very proud of everyone because they tried their best. Everyone was really happy that we had won. All of the teachers that came were very helpful and supportive. We hope to win again next year and come back champions again!" Well done all. You are all 'swimmer winners'.
Nafferton Sponsor Jahaira
Nafferton Primary School have been sponsoring Jahaira-Gutierrez Palacios since she was 8 years old through a charity called 'Plan'. Jahaira lives in Equador, which is in South America, with her family. She writes to us a few times a year and we send letters and pictures back to her. We learn lots of things about her life and the differences between living in Equador and Britain. Because Jahaira speaks Spanish, a translator re-writes our letters so that she can understand them.
TRIP - Year 6, Forest Schools
Year 6 visited Burton Agnes as part of their Forest Schools experience. They identified trees by leaves and sticks, went on a snowdrop walk, learning about various knots, played the odd game of hide and seek and even had time for some marshmallows.
STRANDED! The Y6 Amazon Rainforest Adventure
In an aeroplane bound to see their father, Esme and Luke have had to parachute to safety into the Amazon rainforest after the plane experienced major problems. Just how 'safe' are they? Year 6 have embarked on their Amazon adventure and have been coming up with creative ways to use broken mobile phones, survival knives and medical kits on their adventure. Check out the photographs to see how they have fared in part one of their adventure.
House Captains New Year Meeting, January 15th 2018
The House Captains from Blue, Yellow, Red and Green met to discuss and think about the upcoming events for 2018. They even helped Mr Johnson to do the washing up!
Lego Club Christmas
Jacob & Reuben with their Christmas Lego creations
Music at Nafferton Primary School
Lots of music happens at our school - We love it! We sing our hearts out at every given opportunity and it makes us feel good! There are lots of clubs and lessons - choir, steel band, guitar, violin, cello, brass + EVERYONE learns to play an instrument at some point. We do lots of concerts (we thrive on them) and we all have opportunities to take to the stage on many occasions. We love tying in our music lessons with topic work as we learn music from all over the world, different historical periods and specific areas. MUSIC IS FUN!
The Great Exhibition (Nafferton School Style)
Young inventors from years 5 and 6 gathered on 6th December to display their creations to parents and visitors – some had travelled far (Hornsea) to attend this bi-annual event. Year 5 have used their Design and Technology skills to build 21st Century gadgets. There were dispensers of all kinds – food, dog treats, drinks; aids for gift wrapping, sound-proof boxes to help ‘Ferbies’ have a good night’s sleep, absorbent door mats, a water-logged welly pump, cat toys, baby toys, people detectors, and even.... As well as their inventions, Year 5 used their electrical circuit knowledge to create a burglar alarm for an array of buildings, some of which lit up and flashed. Year 6’s DT project has been to invent a fair-ground ride to entertain visitors to the exhibition. There were carousels, vertical drops from outer space, Harry Potter rides, Jungle Adventure, a Pirate Ship (swinging) and even an Inferno Ride around the top of a volcano! All these thrilling rides were powered a computer program called Flowol (with circuit back-up!) It was an amazing afternoon. One very special visitor, Mr John Collins, a retired civil engineer and University Lecturer, was most impressed. “The thing that comes across is the enthusiasm of the children, the kind that comes about through hands-on experience and learning the skills that help them do things by themselves. What a fantastic variety of ideas and the children spoke so well and could explain things in great detail. When these children leave school they can use these inventive skills to create jobs for themselves and many others in the future, as many of the jobs that exist now will disappear in their adulthood.” The future is safe in Nafferton’s hands!
2017's Foundation & Key Stage 1 Nativity
Carols on the Yard 18th December 2017
We invited parents and people living close to the school to join us for singing Christmas Carols.
Key Stage 1: A Snowy Day at School, 30th November 2017
Electing our House Captains for 2017-2018
We learned about how democracy works, then we put it into action by electing our new House Captains.
Our School Council 2017-2016
Anti-Bullying Week 13th-17th November 2017
Odd socks during Anti Bullying Week as a sign of our support.
Strictly Come Dancing - Nafferton - 17th November 2017
Village Ramble 26th October
Harvest Fayre
Harvest Festival
September 28th was National Poetry Day
We had a special assembly with Mrs Burtenshaw and looked at different types of poems. (Some were funny!) Some Y3/4 children read out their HARVEST acrostic poems. They really enjoyed writing them. Y2s found some poems to perform. Isla and Olivia found one about an elephant! Christopher read the famous poem by A.A. Milne about Christopher Robin sitting on the stair. Year 5 performed “ From a Railway Carriage” at the National Railway Museum!
National Poetry Day
Yorkshire in Bloom GOLD AWARD
Success for Nafferton Primary School in Bloom, please read the attached documents.
Our award winning school for Yorkshire in Bloom
Summer Solstice
According to the online dictionary, solstice refers to "...either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point." Here is Nafferton Primary School summer solstice in full action. Great fun had by all on an afternoon where the children were spoilt for choice on activities, food and entertainment.
Key Stage 2 Sports Day
Here is the gallery for the Key Stage 2 sports day. A great effort all around from Yellow, Red, Blue and Green teams. After the points had been counted the winners for the Year 2016-2017 were...BLUE TEAM! Well done all those who took part and thank you to those who helped make the day a success.
Key Stage 1 Sports Day
Due to poor weather conditions on the scheduled diary date, the Key Stage 1 Sports day had to be postponed. Here are the pictures of Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 on their rearranged Sports Day. Take a look at the gallery now to see just how sporty our Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children are. A massive thank you to all those who helped such as the PTFA, the Year 6 children and other volunteers!
Year 3/4 Visit to Flamborough & Bempton Cliffs
The Year 3/4 classes visited Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough in an 'above' (cliffs) and 'below' (Flamborough) themed trip. The children learnt about the various seabirds and were even treated to a special viewing of baby pufflings. The rock pooling adventure was a great experience for the children as Anna, Sean and the rest of the team showed us sea creatures close up. The red-eyed, velvet crab was certainly not pleased with being picked up by Anna! Once again, commendable behaviour from the children as ambassadors of Nafferton Primary School.
Year 6 Production
Here are a few snaps of the Year 6's dressed in their attire and ready to perform Peter Pan. The performances were very well received by parents and children in school.
Friends of Nafferton's breakfast morning
The Friends of Nafferton held a very successful ‘breakfast morning’ offering bacon, sausage and vegetarian sandwiches to the children. The sun shone and fun was had by all – a great way to start the day and raise funds!
The Tour de Yorkshire comes to Nafferton
On Friday 28th April the Tour de Yorkshire went past our village. The whole school walked through Nafferton, taking our packed lunches with us, so that we could have a picnic before watching the riders pass by at great speed. What a brilliant and exciting adventure.
Decorate an Egg
Look at our egg-stra-ordinary creations! What egg-cellent ideas! Winners in each year were: Foundation William L, Runners-up: Joseph C, Hayden, Noah F Year 1 Chloe, Runners-up: George C, Christopher F, Oliver T Year 2 Joseph B, Runners-up: Ben A, Henry W, Rhys H Year 3 Harry J, Runners-up+ Emilie S, Rose, Daniel C Year 4 Amber S, Runners-up: Izzy G, Kaitlyn, Nina Year 5 Jake, Runners-up Eve B, Charlie & Harry Year 6 Imogen, Runners-up Jessica H, Ruby H-B
Easter Celebrations
The whole school went to church and our Church Wardens were on duty at the Easter Celebrations with Rev Rob. We sang our favourite Easter songs and we learned that God's gifts are plentiful and that Jesus is one of those gifts and we can open that gift if we want to.
Red Nose Day: Nafferton's Got Talent
Number Day 3rd February 2017
The Great British Spring Clean
On Friday the 3rd March, the school council's Eco-Sub Committee participated in The Great British Spring Clean. The eight children picked litter along the length of Middle Street and all round the play park. School Council Co-ordinator, Miss Guild, said: "We often take part in the events organised by The Keep Britain Tidy group and the children really enjoy doing it. They feel proud that they have helped to keep our village clean. The children know that is important that we all take responsibility for our local environment and make sure it stays safe for the people and animals that live in it." Although the children did collect quite a lot of litter the amount found was definitely less than in the past, especially in the park. Things the children found the most of were little bits of plastic and cigarette ends. The most unusual find was a pair of broken spectacles!
Key Stage 1 Kenya Safari
As part of our African project, Key Stage 1 boarded an aeroplane in the hall to fly to our Kenyan Safari.
Nafferton School Choir sing for the Archbishop of York
On the first Sunday in December the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, held a special service of thanksgiving and rededication at All Saints Church, Nafferton. Mr Johnson and Mrs Burtenshaw took the school choir who sang at the service.
This year's Nativity
Our dress rehearsal, 5th December 2016.
RHA project at Nafferton School Art Club
These images were created by Nafferton School Art Club for the Royal Horticultural Society Christmas card competition. This project involved several stages; we sourced flower images online then re-created the flowers using markers and spirit onto ceramic tiles. This process transformed our pictures into abstract art. We then took prints of the tiles for the final stage of the project. We used the print for a 'garden background' and used aquarelle crayons to create a winter flower. This was arranged along with a robin image (made from old dictionary pages) to create the final design. The finished designs will be available on the website from 9th December.
Nafferton School Chess Day
On Sunday 20th November, forty children, aged 6-13, from all over the East Riding, Hull and beyond attended the Nafferton School Chess Day. The event was a partnership between Nafferton School and Hull & District Chess Club. It was the first time such an event has been held outside of Hull but this did not prevent it becoming the best attended junior event the Hull Chess Club has organised. It is hoped that other schools in the area will hold similar events in the future. Over the course of the day the children played five games of chess each. Children from Nafferton School were well represented with ten pupils attending. For the majority of the children this was their first ever chess event. Alfie and Riley, who had attended an event earlier in the year, both improved upon their previous positions securing themselves top ten places. Amber, who had never previously entered a chess event, joined the boys in a top ten finish. The other children all played well and did themselves credit with their performances. A chess cafe was run during the course of the day and £50 was raised towards the Nafferton defibrillator appeal. Nafferton School Chess Club would like to extend their thanks to the members of Hull & District Chess Club who ran the event, Sarah Murray who ran the chess cafe, and all the parents who gave up their Sunday to support their children in having a wonderful experience.
Our School Comes First in UK Water Explorer Awards
Nafferton Primary School has been crowned winner of the UK Water Explorer awards which took place in London's Canary Wharf on 28th September 2016. A school and youth group based environmental education project, Water Explorer is delivered by UK charity Global Action Plan (GAP) and supported by the HSBC Water Programme and aims to highlight the importance of water conservation on a global level. Water Explorer is a free, fully-resourced online programme for schools and youth groups and sets a range of water-based challenges for 8-14 year olds. It offers innovative and energising learning opportunities for young people, helping them to understand how to reduce their own water footprint and help others to do the same. Our award winning entry activity saw us complete a raft of Challenges including creating raps, a play and conducting a fresh water watch. We also hosted a Water Festival assembly showcasing all that they had done which attracted over 100 parents and family members and held an exciting recycled fashion catwalk show. The position at the top of the UK leaders points board has now secured us a place in the international competition to be held on October 25th. Miss Guild said: "The children have really taken the key water saving message of the Water Explorer programme to heart. It has been lovely to see how enthusiastically they thought of exciting new ways to reduce their own water use and spread the message throughout the community." Nafferton Primary School competed against 317 other teams to gain their place in the UK finals, where on Wednesday 28th September they presented their project to a panel of expert judges including those from GAP, Eco-schools, STEM Learning and HSBC. The other four UK finalists in this year’s Water Explorer Awards were: Netherseal St. Peter’s Primary School – East Midlands Applemore Technology College - Hampshire St Bishops Stopford - Hertfordshire Calthorpe Park - Hampshire "The best thing about water explorer is learning how precious water is." said Niamh, Nafferton pupil on the day. Luke Wynne, Global Action Plan Head of Schools, said: "The judges were so impressed with the enthusiasm, creativity and commitment of the five finalist schools this year that it made deciding on a winner a really difficult job. However, in the end Nafferton won out thanks to the variety and quality of their activities that so clearly embodied the values and teachings of Water Explorer."
Happy Birthday Roald Dahl!
To celebrate Roald Dahl's 100th birthday, Nafferton School decided to devote the half term to finding out about this man and his books. Each class chose a different book and some exciting activities were planned to extend the children's learning and enjoyment. Mr Johnson, the new headteacher, presented each class with their books and, on Tuesday 13th September, everyone dressed up as a Roald Dahl character. The children paraded in assembly, sang songs and took part in a quiz about - what else - Roald Dahl's books. Fantastic Mr Fox (a.k.a. Mr Johnson) was the Grand Quizmaster and he had a job to control the panel - Miss Trunchball and Matilda. He decided to put Mrs Fox between them to keep control! The school cook, Mrs Blackburn, made the children a chocolate bun to take home. Little did they know that the Grand High Wizard had added "Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse Maker" to them. Oh Dear! Whatever next at Nafferton!
House Captain Elections
As part of our work on British Values and Investors in Pupils the children were asked to put themselves forward for the role of House Captain. In assembly, the children were introduced to the concept of democracy. Two children were selected as Returning Election Officers, voting cards were designed, a polling station was set up and the Year 5 and Year 6 children were invited to vote. Voting was very popular (over an 80% turnout) and our very first elected House Captains were appointed.
