Stay and Play Our first Stay and Play of 2023 is next Tuesday 9.30am—11.30am. Everyone with children from 0-3 is welcome, no charge and refreshments provided. Please feel free to spread the word to anyone who you might know.
Following an inspection in June, Orton CofE School received its full OFSTED report just before the start of the new school year. The inspectors judged that the school “continues to be a Good school.”
“I was delighted to start the new academic year with the great news of a Good outcome,” said Mrs Emma Pomfret, head teacher. “We’d had immediate feedback from the inspectors back in June that was encouraging but we were only able to share the outcome and full report with parents, staff and governors last week. It made an encouraging start to the new term.”
The report begins by stating that the school’s Vision, “A happy place to learn, grow and thrive”, rings true. The inspectors go on to talk about the ambition in the school, its warmth and community and the individual support available to children.
“The inspectors seemed to understand the essence of our school and its community,” said Chair of Governors, Richard Petty. “And it was really encouraging that the areas for improvement that they identified were already in our school development plan as areas identified by the staff and governors for improvement.”
Particular strengths of Orton CE School in the report included a broad and engaging curriculum, the high profile given to reading, good behaviour throughout the school day, the importance of raising pupils’ awareness of diversity in society and the quick and effective identification of pupils with special educational needs.
“The report is a real testament to the work by all our staff in the five years since our last inspection,” concluded Mrs Pomfret. “None of us could have predicted what those five years might entail but staff, parents and governors have worked together throughout and it is brilliant that OFSTED inspectors have recognised the fruits of that work in the behaviour, progress and achievements of our pupils.”
What a lovely morning of sport and fun we have a Sports Day this morning. It was lovely to see so many family and friends coming to cheer on the children, we hope you enjoyed it. Thank you to all our helpers, we really appreciate your support. A special thanks to Miss Coward and Miss Potter for organising such a great Sports day.
Class 1 & 2 enjoyed a lovely afternoon on a Wildlife Tour of Tebay services and estate with John their estate manager.
At the end they were all given a red squirrel each to remember their visit and their learning. IT was a brilliant afternoon of wildlife hunting. Thank you to Tebay Services for accommodating us and John for teaching us so much about the importance of looking after our wildlife.
To coincide with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations our history learning in Spring 2022 has been all about the 1950's. We have found out so much about the history of Orton Parochial School (as it was called in the 1950's). We even uncovered a set of records with a BBC radio program recorded in Orton School in 1954. This is absolute treasure so we decided to invite as many former pupils and connections of Orton School from the 1950's for a special morning of memory sharing with the children and each other. We thought one or two might join us but we were overwhelmed with the response and had around 30 very excited visitors come along! What an awesome morning everyone had. Our children loved hearing about the older generations experiences of school, especially the naughty bits and the very primitive toilet arrangements!!! We don't always realise how lucky we are!!
We loved sharing the BBC program with our visitors and evoking lots of memories. Tears, laughter and conversation were shared throughout the morning.
What an extraordinary privilege to have so many pupils of Orton school in the 1950's join us to share their memories with us and each other. It has been such a special day.
It was so very busy we didn't capture many photographs but we hope you enjoy the ones we have captured.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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