<p>Beth from Phunky Foods led a food tasting session with Class 2 yesterday, pupils enjoyed trying some new foods and alternatives! &nbsp;</p>

<p>Well done to all our pupils who attended the Young Voices 2024 concert at Sheffield Arena last night and a big thank you to all the parents who joined us for this amazing experience! &nbsp;</p>

<p>Pupils from our Sing Up club are now on their way to Sheffield Arena where they will be joining thousands of children from around the country for the Young Voices 2024 concert. We hope they have fun!</p>

<p>We were extremely lucky this week to welcome another visitor into our school….this time from Peru! Sonia is a teacher in Lima, Peru and she spent some time with us finding out about UK primary schools and teaching the children a traditional peruvian dance.</p>

<p>Thank you to Rose, our Ugandan visitor, who is a director of a school in Kampala, Uganda. Rose spent a day with each class Mon-Wed this week to see how primary-aged children learn in UK schools. We will keep in touch with Rose and have set up a link with her school &#8211; more to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last Friday Julian Smith joined us in school and discussed leadership and his role as an MP with the Class 2 and Class 3 children. Class 2 children wrote to Julian to thank him for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit Roecliffe school. Julian has sent us a reply</p>

<p>With ‘Blue Monday’ on the horizon (the third Monday in January is said to be the saddest day of the year) we have celebrated our very own Well-being Day at Roecliffe with a number of activities and events.</p>

<p>We invited Julian Smith MP to visit our wonderful school to see how we learn and to meet our Class 2 and Class 3 children so that they could find out more about Democracy and leadership.</p>

<p>Thank you to all our parents who joined us for our Christingle service on Thursday.</p>

<p>Wednesday was a very busy day! The children enjoyed Christmas dancing,  Christmas dinner and a visit from Santa! </p>

<p>Our Class 3 children visited the residents at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home to wish them all a very merry Christmas this week. Our children delivered their own hand-made Christmas cards and sang Christmas tunes to entertain the staff and residents.</p>

<p>Class 1 children in nursery, reception and Year 1 wowed their families with beautiful singing and amazing acting at their nativity performance. The children wrote their own nativity play, and designed and made the costumes, props and scenery with the help of the wonderful staff in Class 1. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Class 3 children spent a day at Queen Ethelburgas taking part in a Science Technology Engineering Maths (STEM) day. The children took part in all sorts of STEM activities including making a bath bomb!</p>

<p>Thank you to all our families and children for supporting the Martin House Children’s Hospice Christmas Jumper Appeal by wearing a Christmas jumper at school today. If any parents/ carers would like to donate to this charity, please use the link below. William Jarvis is fundraising for Martin House Hospice for Children and Young People [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Class 2 and Class 3 children were very entertained at the Dick Whittington pantomime at Harrogate Theatre this week. It was wonderful to see so much laughter and excitement on the children’s faces! Thank you FORCES for funding this event.</p>

<p>Our choir sang Christmas carols at the Boroughbridge Christmas Lights Switch On last night and they did amazing, thank you to all the children and parents.</p>

<p>Thank you so much to all our families who provided us with empty egg boxes and some were even painted green &#8211; thank you so much for helping us! We have created our recycled Christmas tree and this is on display at St James church. Please vote for our Roecliffe recycled Christmas tree! &nbsp;</p>

<p>Thank you so much to all our families who provided us with empty egg boxes and some were even painted green &#8211; thank you so much for helping us! We have created our recycled Christmas tree and this is on display at St James church. Please vote for our Roecliffe recycled Christmas tree! &nbsp;</p>

<p>A huge well done to all of our children from Reception to Year 6 for their efforts during the Cross Country tournament at Boroughbridge High School on Wednesday. We are very proud of your determination to run your fastest for a long, long way! &nbsp;</p>

<p>We learned about the Bible story of Sarah and Abraham in our Collective Worship today when we thought about Advent. It&#8217;s almost here! &nbsp;</p>