11th October 2021 — Following two years of fundraising, The Froebelian School Horsforth, Leeds was delighted to present The Yorkshire Air Ambulance with a cheque for over £6000.

The leading Independent Preparatory School for children aged 3-11 years was delighted to welcome Vickie Bowden and mascot Polly the Paramedic from the charity to present them with a cheque for £6024.39.

Throughout the lockdowns and challenges over the last two years, the whole school community has come together to carry out some new and imaginative ways of fundraising; from a virtual Roman Marathon to hot chocolate days. One of our younger pupils embarked on a 3-day hike with her Dad across North Yorkshire raising over £1000 alone.

Headteacher, Catherine Dodds, said: “I am overwhelmed by how the Froebelian family has embraced the fundraising over the last two years - with individual and group efforts from pupils, staff, parents, friends and the FPTA. It is a tremendous achievement to have raised such an astonishing amount.”

Vickie Bowden, West Yorkshire Regional Fundraiser, from Yorkshire Air Ambulance said: “The charity relies on donations to ensure we can continue to save lives across the region and make a difference to someone who needs our help. The money that Froebelian has raised, pays for two helicopters to be deployed to help the people that need them – potentially saving two lives. We are incredibly grateful to everyone at the school for making such a magnificent contribution.”

10th May 2021 — We are delighted to be celebrating our Form IV (Year 6) pupils who all gained a place at their first choice of senior school, with many children receiving multiple offers of places -a total of 43 places to 20 pupils which included eight scholarships and awards.

10th May 2021 — The Froebelian School, Horsforth, has appointed Miss Gemma Zincke as Director of Studies and Form IV (Year 6) Teacher, bringing a wealth of experience with her to benefit the children’s learning at Froebelian.

Miss Zincke joins the independent preparatory school after spending nine years at Fulneck School in Pudsey, as Director for Teaching & Learning and Year 6 Form Teacher.

With a teaching career spanning 21 years, Miss Zincke has wide experience across the primary age range, including some teaching in all year groups up to Year 12, as well as working abroad in international schools. She is well-versed in designing and implementing curriculum initiatives; most recently writing and delivering an enquiry-led, topic-based curriculum for pre-school through to Year 6.

Miss Zincke has also expanded the more able and talented programme; organising seminars for talented writers and mathematicians hosting schools from across Yorkshire. She took a strategic role in designing a new Digital Literacy programme which involved leading teachers and children to develop confidence in blogging to provide an international audience for the children’s work.

Headteacher, Mrs Catherine Dodds, said: “ The Board of Governors has a clear vision for Froebelian and its future , focused on developing the Early Years Foundation Stage, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths); and Sport, as well as 51 weeks a year provision for all children from the age of three, all sitting alongside strong individually-tailored pastoral support for the wellbeing of our whole community. Miss Zincke’s appointment will allow us to strengthen that vision to offer Froebelian children a true ‘flying start’.

Miss Zincke added: “I very much look forward to getting to know everyone and working with pupils, staff, parents and governors to embed the vision and future plans for Froebelian.”

12th February 2021 — It is AD 205 and Form II (Year 4) has received vital knowledge from

Emperor Hadrian that the Picts are planning an attack on Hadrian’s Wall.

They must run the 26.3 miles from where they are based in Corbridge to

warn the legions at the wall – the fate of Rome rests on their shoulders……

Will Form II be victorious? Can they run the marathon and save Rome?

Community involvement has never been so important and at The Froebelian School, Horsforth, despite the majority of children home learning, charity activity hasn’t slowed down.

This term, children in Form II (Year 4), whilst observing Government Coronavirus guidelines, ran a Roman Marathon to help Emperor Hadrian protect Hadrian’s Wall, as part of their project about The Romans, and to raise money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. They also created a video documenting the event. Watch it at https://youtu.be/4ztAQ_U2L30

Over £1000 has already been raised for the charity.

Headteacher of Froebelian, Mrs Catherine Dodds said: “Whilst we continue to learn from home, our community involvement is still of utmost importance. Not only have we raised £1000s for The Yorkshire Air Ambulance but there is scientific evidence that contributing to our communities and making a positive difference to the lives of others is good for our mental health.”

She continued: “Our pupils, staff and parents have shown true Froebelian spirit in this project, with children and staff pulling together to ran one mile each to complete the marathon. Like me, I’m sure Emperor Hadrian would have been proud of their efforts!”

Yorkshire Air Ambulance is the designated charity of the year at The Froebelian School. To date, they have raised over £4500.

8th February 2021 — Deputy Headteacher at The Froebelian School, Horsforth, Mrs Sharon Stratford, has recently completed her training in becoming a Mental Health First Aider.

MHFA England is an organisation that has trained over 3 million people worldwide to help create a society where everyone’s mental health matters.

https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/about/

http://www.froebelian.com/about-froebelian/the-froebelian-happiness-project/

6th March 2020 — The Froebelian School Horsforth is once again celebrating the success of its Year 6 children. Each and every pupil has worked with incredible focus and determination to achieve excellence in the 11+ Entrance Exams for a range of top independent schools and selective grammar schools in the region and further afield.

Places and scholarships have been awarded at schools including The Grammar School at Leeds, Bradford Grammar School, Woodhouse Grove School and a number of pupils have passed exams for selective grammar schools such as Heckmondwike Grammar, Crossley Heath School and North Halifax Grammar.

Headteacher, Mrs Catherine Dodds, said: “We are tremendously proud of every single one of our Year 6 pupils. The combined efforts of our Froebelian family of pupils, parents and staff has ensured that each child has succeeded in gaining offers of places at their first choice school. We are confident that each and every one has received a genuine ‘flying start’ to the next phase of their education”.