Our Year Six children (and parents!) might enjoy, and would certainly benefit from, playing these revision games. Originally this was provided as a CD-ROM, but rather than spend a fortune on blank discs, we have decided to make this available via our website.

To access the games, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ZIP FILE and save to your computer.

Then, open the file and locate the Internet Explorer icon called Mathematical Activities for Year 6. (If your default browser is something other than Internet Explorer, it may show as that instead.)

Double-clicking this will take you to the main menu for the games, which you can then choose from. Enjoy!

On Tuesday 30^th March we are holding an open afternoon in which we would like to invite all parents and carers to visit your child’s classroom and look at examples of work and displays.  This is not a formal parents’ consultation but a chance to chat with your child about their favourite school activities. The open afternoon will run from 2.45 until 5pm.  We have taken on board feedback from the previous open afternoon and are extending the times to cater for working parents.  We hope that this will be an informal opportunity for you to share some of your child’s successes and achievements.

Yorkie Bear enjoyed seeing Flic Floc again after all this time!

Our visitors arrived in time for Assembly and then spent the morning in classes.

The theme for the lessons was ‘games’. Some York Road children had invented their own games while others taught the French children some traditional English games like hopscotch and 4Square.

After lunch the School Council members accompanied the French visitors to The Civic Centre for an audience with the Worshipful Mayor of Dartford, Mrs Jennifer Rickford.

There they were able to sit in the Council Chamber and to ask questions about her role. We are very grateful to the staff at the Civic Centre for their warm welcome.

Back at school Mme Brigitte Shrubsall presented a plaque from Valenciennes to Mrs Reynolds on behalf of her school as a memento of their visit.

Then it was back to classes for gingerbread men and a last chance to swap e mail addresses and contact details with new friends.

Although very busy the staff and children felt it was a very successful day.

More photos to follow!

We would like to hold our annual Easter Egg Raffle and would be pleased to receive donations of eggs. There will be a box in reception for the eggs from Monday 8th March. Tickets will be available for purchase from 8th at a cost of 50p a strip. The draw will take place on Monday 29th March.

On Wednesday 11th February, staff and children came into school sporting crazy hair, to raise money for the Haiti earthquake appeal. Altogether, we raised £334.52… So thank you to everyone who took part!

51 pupils from Ecole Jean Froissart and 8 staff are joining the pupils and staff of York Road for the day. The French children are spending the week at nearby HMS Arethusa and we are delighted that they can find time to come to our school. We are looking forward to repaying the kindness they showed us when we went to Valenciennes back in June 2009. The press has already reported on the visit – see the link below. Next week the French children will be spending the morning in class then visiting Dartford town Centre (including an audience with the Mayor at the Civic Centre) in the afternoon.