On Tuesday, Years 1 to 4 enjoyed Sports Day. It was a wonderful morning with the children enjoying competing for their school teams in events including sprinting, relay and skipping.
Thank you to parents and carers for coming along to cheer them on! Black Bears were the winning team overall, and we’ll be announcing individual winners and presenting medals next week.

Last Sunday we were delighted to see so many of the Tannery Drift School community taking part in, and supporting,
Royston in Blue. This fantastic annual event sees people run, walk, wheel or toddle the 5km course on Royston Heath, all whilst raising money for a wonderful cause – The Teenage Cancer Trust East Anglia.

It was a wonderful day with everyone really giving it their all, despite the intense heat! For some of our youngest Tannery Drift pupils this was the first event of this kind they have taken part in, and the first medals they have been awarded.

Well done to everyone who took part, and we encourage looking out for next year’s event and signing-up if you are able to.

We are delighted to announce that our Year 3 team have got through to the finals of the HFL Education Maths Challenge, which will take place next Tuesday, 1st July. We wish them the best of luck!     

With many faces leaving FTDS at the end of this term and roles becoming vacant, we are holding our Annual General Meeting in advance of our general meeting on Monday 23rd June. We will be voting in new committee members, reviewing the previous year, and planning upcoming events.

If anyone is interested in named Committee roles for our AGM, or has any queries, then please email us at friendsoftannerydriftschool@gmail.com. As mentioned, we are always grateful to our volunteers who generously give their time to help at events, but we also need people to join the committee, attend our meetings and plan the events - otherwise there won’t be any events to help out at! We look forward to seeing you there. If you would prefer to join the meeting virtually, then please email us for the link.

On Wednesday 11th June, we were delighted to enter four teams of Year 3 & 4 pupils into the Royston and Villages Tennis Tournament, held on Royston Heath. The children all played fantastically, showed great support for one another and should be really proud of themselves.

We are happy to announce that one of our teams was the overall winner of the tournament, and they now move on to playing in the County final against schools from all over Hertfordshire.
Wishing our team the best of luck in the next round!

As part of Science Week, on Tuesday and Wednesday we hosted KAPLA workshops for children in all year groups.

Thousands of wooden blocks were used to build a massive structure, filling the School Hall, with each class learning to build and add their own special components including a castle, a train, a very tall giraffe and even a massive cobra!

The children displayed excellent listening skills and dexterity, ensuring they followed the directions and carefully created their part of the build.