We have had a good first week back. We are continuing to read Malamander in Guided Reading and now we are also going to use the book as a stimulus for our writing. In Maths we are continuing with our work on fractions. Our block subject for the beginning of this half term is Geography. In Geography, we are looking at the big question ' Where in the world are we?' We began by looking at the continents and main oceans of the earth. We looked at our exact location on the earth,

Class one has had an action-packed week. We have enjoyed being back at school and sharing all of the exciting things we did in our week off. It sounds like you all had lots of fun and were very busy.   Our year ones and twos have been working hard in science this week. Their topic has been animals, including humans. The have completed two lessons this week all about animals. The first lesson was considering the types of animals there are. The children enjoyed working scientif

Wow, well we have made it! What a half-term it has been. The children have made us so proud with how well they have settled into school and got stuck in. The year ones and twos have been the most wonderful role models to our reception. Our lovely reception children have made the best start to school. They have made new friends, learnt so much and showed us all how fantastic they each are. In Maths, year one and two have been looking at tens and ones. We have practiced countin

We have had a slightly shorter week this week, but we have still covered a lot. In Maths, we have moved onto fractions. In our Theme lessons, we are now doing Geography and answering the question 'Where in the World are we?' We will share more about this work after half term. In English, this week we have been looking at Kenning Poems. A Kenning Poem is like a riddle. The poem is 2 words per line and often follows a noun- verb pattern. Here are some examples of our poems, can

We have had a great DT week! At the beginning of the week the children found out about how some of the food we eat comes from all over the world. We talked about the importance of eating seasonal food and how this can help reduce the air-miles involved in transporting food to the UK. The children then made some delicious soup from seasonal ingredients. This involved learning new skills- chopping vegetables, following a recipe and using a blender. The children looked at l

What a wonderful week we have had this week! The children have enjoyed DT week learning lots about seasonality and making some yummy food.   In reception we made a delicious apple cake. They helped to weigh out the ingredients, add them to the bowl, mix it and then add the sliced apple. After cooking, we enjoyed eating it!   In KS1, we made kebabs. The spend a lesson investigating the need and consumers for kebabs. Then several following lessons learning about seasonality and

On Tuesday, 21st October we have our Open Classroom. Doors will open at 3pm, offering you an opportunity to see what your child has been doing in school since September.

This week, we have spent lots of our lessons focusing on DT. Our DT unit for this half term is Food Technology. The week began with learning based around the seasonality of our food. We then looked at where our food comes from, is it grown, reared, caught or processed? It was an opportunity for lots of our children to share their experiences from home on their farms. We then discussed what we were going to produce this week, pies. The children shared pies that they had eaten

This week we have started a new unit on writing instructions in English. To begin the unit we decided to follow a set of instructions about how to make an origami koala bear book mark. This was a challenge! We are very lucky to have Poppy in our class, who is an origami expert. She provided advice and supported us all through some of the more tricky parts of the process. The children showed great resilience and have made a whole range of origami animal book marks. Here are so

Here are some photos from our fabulous Forest School session over recent weeks. The children have had an exciting time juicing pears, and exploring our lovely Forest School area.

This week we have been embracing Autumn. We have talked about signs of Autumn and spent time noticing the seasonal change. The children have enjoyed creating with the leaves, collecting acorns and using Autumnal resources to count and play. The reception children have been doing lots of painting, making cards, rainbows and Autumnal artwork. They have also liked dressing up this week; roleplaying policemen and making their own "jails". The children have been learning how to us

This morning, we left school slightly earlier and drove to Bolton Castle picking Grewelthorpe up along the way. On arrival it was like we had gone back in time and we were immersed in the Tudor times. During the day we learnt lots of information about the Tudors and were able to demonstrate confidently what we had learnt during our work in school. When we arrived we got dressed in some Tudor style clothing and we gathered outside to learn the drill the soldiers would have don

This week we have been learning about how the Ancient Greeks governed themselves in Athens. We found out about how they voted and how a Democracy was formed. The children have exercised their own democratic right by voting for the members on the School Council and meeting in their chosen committee to make plans for the school year. Congratulations to Freddie, Poppy, Heidi and Beth who were elected as Class 2 representatives on the school council. The children have been contin

We are well into our Tudor unit now and have covered so much already. We are really looking forward to our trip to Bolton Castle nest Friday. You should have received a letter reminding you of the arrangements for our trip. This week, we have been learning about the monarchs who ruled after Henry VIII. We realised the Tudors changed monarchs as quickly as Henry changed wives. Chronology is really important to demonstrating a good understanding of history, so we spent time pla

This week has been another lovely week in class one!   In Maths, this week we have been looking at number bonds, adding and doubles. The children have enjoyed some creating addition fact families together. They have been working hard with lots of practical resources. In French, we have been practicing our greetings. The children have enjoyed using them to greet people and are getting more confident with their pronunciation.   On Friday, we had a lovely visit from Mrs Simpson

Reception have enjoyed another busy week. We have been busy in our areas making lots of lovely creations. In our learning, we have been talking about our families. Thank you for sending pictures in for us to look at! We discussed the groups we belong to such as swimming, rainbows and Fountains school too.

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KS1 had a magical day at Bolton Castle. The children loved looking around, learning about life in the castle and looking at artefacts. It was also so lovely to be joined by North Stainley and Grewelthorpe. We started the day by meeting Master David and his wife Sue who talked to us about the castle and showed us the entrance called the Portcullis. After that we went into the solar to get dressed for the day. Once ready, we looked at lots of artefacts from the castle and talke

We have had another wonderful week in class one! In English, for several weeks now we have been learning about traditional tales. In our lessons, we have read many traditional tales, considering the audience, purpose and features of the book. This week, we have thought about the vocabulary that is used in the stories. The children have also learnt about the coordinating conjunction, "and", which they are going to use in their writing.

Fountains CE Primary School is looking to recruit a friendly and committed After School Club Leader to join our team. This role will support the smooth running of our afternoon wrap around provision following the end of the school day. The successful candidate will work closely with staff to support children during this period, and will help with the planning, organising and leading of activities. If you enjoy working with and supporting children, have excellent communication

<p>What a wintry week! Thank you very much to all our parents/ carers for helping us to keep the children and their families safe at dropoff and collection times this week.  We have enjoyed playing in the snow on the village green during our playtimes this week as it was the safest place to be.</p>

<p>Santa visited us this morning in school and he took some time out of his busy schedule to chat to us in our classrooms and answer any burning questions like “How do you get down the chimney?”  “How do you manage to visit ALL the children around the world?!” “How much food do the reindeers [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Well done to our children for coming together to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus in our Christmas service. It was lovely to see the children singing, reciting and performing their Christmas pieces. Many thanks to family members for joining us at our service and afterwards at the carol singing. We certainly needed that hot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>All of our children learned a class dance routine this week with Holly (https://www.mind-body-dance.com/). The children performed their Christmas jumper dance brilliantly and we have shared the film clips of each performance on Youtube.</p>