Tannery Drift First School

Enjoyment Achievement & Respect

We adapt activities to allow all children to show their strengths and encourage every child to feel capable, be independent and love learning. We aim to make sure that every child in our care enjoys their time at school and provide a safe and secure environment.

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Open Events for prospective new parents
If your child is due to join Nursery or Reception in September 2025, we will be hosting two Open Events for prospective parents this term, Thursday 7th November 2024 9.30am - 11am and Tuesday 19th November 2024 9.30am - 11am...
21 Oct 24Read More
FTDS Wildlife Area Tidy
A huge thank you to those who gave up their time at the weekend to help tidy the school Wildlife Area. Massive progress was made to clear the area and chop back the brambles and ivy around the FTDS shed. Thanks to all the fam...
18 Oct 24Read More
Year 1 Geography Walk
Last week Year 1 had a lovely walk in the sunshine into Royston, to look at geographical features both human and physical. The children pointed out different buildings and landmarks and drew a sketch of what they could see. T...
17 Oct 24Read More
Baking Bread in Reception
In Reception, the topic at the moment is Autumn. This week they have been learning about how flour is made and how a windmill works. To support their learning and to help the children develop kneading and pinching skills, they have been mak...
10 Oct 24Read More
Making Guacamole and Salsa Dips in Year 4
Last week, Year 4 children used their cutting skills to prepare guacamole and salsa. They used the 'bridge and claw' cutting technique to make sure that the ingredients were in bite sized pieces and combined everything together...
04 Oct 24Read More
Painting Self-Portraits in Early Years
This week our Reception children have been creating self-portraits. They mixed colours to match skin tone, looked in the mirror to identify their face shapes and the position and colour of their features. Well done Reception children!
04 Oct 24Read More
Rocksteady Assembly & Workshops
On Thursday we welcomed Rocksteady into School for a fantastic music assembly and workshops with Years 1-4. The children loved joining in with the guitar, keyboard and drum performances of a whole range of pop and rock songs. Some of the ch...
04 Oct 24Read More
Bouncy Castle Event - A Thank You
Following the huge success of their first Bouncy Castle Event last week, the Friends of Tannery Drift would like to extend a huge thank you to the parents, carers, children and staff at the school. They raised an incredible £1833.98...
26 Sep 24Read More
Status Quo drummer visits Tannery Drift
On Friday we welcomed former Status Quo drummer, Jeff Rich, into school for an amazing drumming workshop. Year 3 and 4 had such a fantastic morning learning all about drumming as well as getting the opportunity to try out a variety of percu...
20 Sep 24Read More
Platinum School Games Mark
We are delighted to say that Tannery Drift has been awarded the Platinum School Games Mark, the highest standard that can be achieved, for the second year running. This has been awarded in recognition of consistently delivering a high st...
11 Sep 24Read More
Term Starts Wednesday 4th September
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back from the Summer break on Wednesday 4th September, as well as getting to know all of the children and families who are joining our school community!
02 Sep 24Read More
Wishing Everyone a Wonderful Summer Break
We would like to wish all of the children and families at Tannery Drift a wonderful Summer break. Good luck to our Year 4 children, moving on to Year 5 in September! We will miss you all, but we know you will enjoy new challenges a...
19 Jul 24Read More