Class one had a wonderful time on Friday with artist, Liz Harvey. They learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed a day of art. We began by exploring with pencils, looking at different techniques before drawing some of the natural objects we had brought into school. Following that, some of us drew round our hands and created some work all about us by drawing images that represented the things we like. After playtime, we explored techniques with water colours. We experimented with

This week we have been working incredibly hard in English and Maths and have been revising some of the topics we learnt in earlier in the year. In Maths, we have looked at fractions, long multiplication, roman numerals, area, perimeter, circles and percentages. It was lovely to see how much the children had remembered from our previous work on these topics and to see how their confidence had grown. The Year 6s then applied this knowledge to some practise SATs papers, ready fo

Class 2 had a wonderful trip to Fountains Abbey today, and it was a brilliant way to see our classroom learning in the real world! We began our morning with a tour of the abbey, exploring the different rooms and learning about all the features we had spotted on our maps earlier this term. After a lovely lunch sat on the grass in the beautiful gardens, we headed over to explore Fountains Mill. The children spent the afternoon being very creative, sketching the abbey from diffe

In RE this half term we are thinking about what The Trinity means to Christians. As part of this work, the children have been learning about how The Trinity is represented in Baptism. We looked at some two famous art works of "The Baptism of Christ" and then created our own.

This week we have continued our learning about Maya. We have spent time finding out and reasearching their Gods. The children then put this information into a double page spread. We understood how important religion was to the Maya people and how this was shown through their everyday lives. We listened to the Maya Creation story and found out the Maya Gods tried to create humans in 3 ways. The Maya had over 150 Gods, the children focused on a few of those, finding out what th

The children had a fantastic day exploring life in 1666. We began with an enthusiastic discussion about clothing from the period before moving on to how the Great Fire started and the key figures involved. The class loved getting hands‑on with the artifacts flint and stone, ink and quills, bread trays, butter churners and many more items that brought the past to life. After playtime, we learned about what everyday life and schooling looked like in 1666. The children then had

Class 2 have been stepping back in time this week during our History lesson. The children have been studying maps of Fountains Abbey to understand why it was built in such a specific location. By looking closely at the landscape, the children identified the natural features that made it the perfect spot for the monks. They explored the importance of the River Skell, the surrounding rock, and the layout of the land that provided everything the abbey needed to thrive. The child

In computing, year one and two have been looking at programming. They have enjoyed using software called scratchjr to create a sequence of actions for a character. We have used our computer skills to drag the icons across the screen and then building on from it. The children enjoyed exploring the different movements, sounds and messages the character could do. In English, we have been using the story of Vlad and the Great Fire of London. We have liked the retelling of the sto

This week in Class Three we have finished our first Maths unit of the term, statistics. This topic has involved looking at range of graphs: line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables and timetables. The children have practised drawing their own graphs from a given set of data and answering questions and retrieving information from graphs and charts. Our last lesson was spent looking at the mean. The children understand that the mean means average and to find the mean you add

In Maths, Year one and two have enjoyed learning about money. We began by spending lots of time exploring coins and notes, comparing them and identifying their value. After that, we looked at counting in pence and pounds. In History, we have started a topic on the Great Fire of London. So far, we have thought about what London was like in 1666 and compared it to now. The streets were very different as the houses were made of timber and they jetted out. Life was harder as fi

I hope everyone had a great Easter holidays. It was great to see the children back in school. As we have started a new term this week has meant starting lots of new units of work. In Maths, we are looking at statistics; we have covered line graphs, bar graphs and tables of data so far. In Guided Reading we have read the first chapter of Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. Before reading the first chapter, the children used the front cover and the blurb to make predictions

Class 2 have settled back into school well and have been very busy this week. We have begun a local history unit about Fountains Abbey. The children are very familiar with the Abbey and are excited to learn about what life was like for the monks who lived there. We started thinking about what we already know. The children raised lots of questions about how and why it was built and we will be finding out the answers to the questions over the coming weeks. We have been find

This week has been DT week with a focus on levers and sliders. We began the week by thinking about different mechanisms and how they work, looking at books and cards which have them. We decided that our aim by the end of the week was to make an Easter card using either a lever or a slider. On Tuesday, we had a go at making a simple slider and lever using paper, card and split pins. Following that we designed and them made our lovely Easter cards. On Monday we enjoyed showin

A group of children from Class 2 had a very active trip to Outwood Academy in Ripon this week. They took part in a Cross Country competition organised by Sporting Influence. The children who attended did a fantastic job representing the school, showing great determination as they tackled the course. It was a brilliant opportunity for them to get outside, get active, and compete alongside other local schools. Well done to everyone who took part—we are very proud of your effort

This week may have only been a short one, but we have certainly fit a lot in. On Tuesday the children who expressed an interest went to Outwood and took part in a Cross Country competition, against lots of local schools. They were brilliant ambassadors of our school and our Y5/6 boys took lots of the top 20 places. After school on Tuesday, a team of children went to North Stainley and took on Grewelthorpe and North Stainley in a dodgeball tournament. In school all week, it ha

It has been a very busy week in Class 2. The children have worked very hard doing their assessments. We have been very impressed with their attitude and they have all shown great resilience. The children have also been looking at how we can classify living things. and finding out what they need to survive. They explored the school grounds, recording things that were alive, dead or never been alive. We then found out about the different groups of vertebrates and their featu

Class Three have worked so hard this week to demonstrate their knowledge and ability across the core subjects. This week we have spent lots of time doing our termly assessments and the Year 6s used this as a practise for their SATs in May. All of the children showed a positive attitude and put lots of effort into the tests. It was nice to end the week with a more relaxed Friday, taking part in Red Nose Day. Alongside our assessments, we finished our Science unit- Earth and Sp

It has been another lovely week in class one. We are enjoying the sunshine! The children have spent time outside looking at signs of spring and discussing the seasonal and weather changes we expect to see. Year one and two took this further, considering how the daylight changes with the seasonal change. We get to enjoy longer days! In RE, we enjoyed learning about the importance of Easter. Reception have been looking at “Why do Christians put a cross in a Easter Garden?” and

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Class 2 have had another very industrious week. The children have been continuing and finishing their information leaflets all about Bear Island. Linked to our class book, The Last Bear , the children have been using persuasive language to inform readers about the polar night, travel and work on the island, and the local wildlife. They have worked hard to make their writing both informative and exciting for their readers. The children have really enjoyed the creative process

On Monday, we enjoyed an acro session with Miss Chloe. We leant that this involves acrobatics and dancing. It was lots of fun! We used the mat to practice our jumps and forward rolls. We learnt some different moves such as pike and tuck. The children liked dancing to the music with the scarves as well to colliderscope. Thank you Miss Chloe! On Friday, year one and two completed their bridge project. For several weeks, in Science, we have been learning about different material

On Tuesday we took part in a workshop about the life of Jesus. The children sat and listened really well to the adults leading the workshop. We spent time learning about the miracles that Jesus worked. We met some of the people from the Bible who came to life and explained their stories. We appreciated the juice and biscuits that they brought to share with us. In Maths, we have been looking at percentages. This unit began by understanding that % means out of 100, so 34% mean

Class 2 have been enjoying reading "The Last Bear" by Hannah Gold. As part of our English work we have been creating a leaflet to encourage people to visit Bear Island. The children have been working hard and have produced some good work.

Today we have celebrated World Book Day, The children looked brilliant in their costumes, thank you so much for your effort in helping them look fantastic. The Reading Mentors decided on 1 best dressed winner from each class. We spent our day completing lots of different activities. During the morning, the children all took part in a Where's Wally scavenger hunt. There were 10 different people/ objects to find, some of them were very tricky to find, but the children worked t