Category: News

11th March 2019

Last week was the annual World Book Day event for which many dress up as their favourite book characters. At Richmond House we decided to go a step further and have a whole week to promote a love of books and reading for pleasure. Throughout the week, various quizzes and competitions were undertaken by children…

4th March 2019

On Saturday we were delighted to host our first inter-school cross country event on our school fields. Four local schools attended; Moorlands School, Weetwood Primary School, The Froebelian School and The Grammar School at Leeds and over 200 children from Reception to Year 6 took part in races on a challenging course on the school…

11th February 2019

Year 4 had a wonderful trip out to Danelaw Dark Age Village at Murton Park near York last week.  The children took part in a hands-on activity day which introduced them to life in Saxon Britain. Upon arrival, the children dressed up in a period costume, and visited the Anglo-Saxon village where they experienced first-hand…

1st February 2019

Over the last few weeks, we have been running some inter-house competitions for both Lower School and Upper School. Run by the House Captains, Years 1 and 2 took part in a beanbag throwing competition. Everybody tried hard and achieved some great distances but some people threw the beanbag further than others and won the…

21st January 2019

Richmond House School, the independent school in North Leeds have nominated Candlelighters as the chosen charity for the Spring term. The charity has been chosen by the School Council at Richmond House, which is made up of elected pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 who are responsible for charity and fundraising in the school….

21st December 2018

Richmond House School are delighted to have submitted plans for development of their Early Years building and the construction of a new sports and performance hall. Following the granting of the planning permission in April 2018 and positive feedback from parents on our proposals, the Governors and Senior Leadership Team have reviewed the plans in…

14th December 2018

Richmond House School choir has been out and about over the last few weeks. They took part in a Choirathon in aid of St Vincent’s Support Centre at Trinity Leeds. The Richmond House choir was one of 12 choirs that sung in the shopping centre over a 2 day period to raise funds for the charity.  This week the…

6th December 2018

This year pupils and staff at Richmond House School are proud to be supporting the Mission Christmas toy campaign. Pupils have been asked to donate Christmas gifts for children aged between 0-18 years which will be sent to disadvantaged children across Leeds. Last year’s Mission Christmas appeal supported 25,553 children in West Yorkshire and many…

29th November 2018

This week we were delighted to welcome the children’s author, John Clewarth to Richmond House School to visit our Year 5 and 6 pupils. John, who is the author of the much acclaimed young adult novel, Firestorm Rising, hosted a workshop for each year group on story writing and supplied top tips and techniques on…

19th November 2018

Last week, Richmond House School, the independent school for children aged 3-11 in Far Headingley, North Leeds went dotty over fundraising for Children In Need. All pupils from Nursery to Year 6 were allowed to come to school dressed down in their own clothing or dressed up in a Children In Need or spotty outfit….