We hope that you enjoyed our sports days this week. The children did really well, trying their best and having fun. Both events were a great way to end our summer term, with some sun at last. Thank you and best wishes for a super holiday.
Y5&6 pupils have enjoyed a brilliant underground journey, exploring Crackpot Cave. As part of this term’s geography project, pupils have learned about caves and their formation. The adventure provided an opportunity to see some really impressive stalatites,...
Reception children enjoyed a super visit to Newby Hall to enhance their learning on their topic, 'What's in your garden?' They explored the gardens and footpaths and also looked at the dolls house exhibition and the teddy bear room. They took shelter under a big tree...
Yesterday, key stage 2 pupils spent the day learning about the importance of the uplands, the wildlife that lives there and how they are protected. The event was provided by the Yorkshire Dales Moorland Group in partnership with Countryside Learning, as part of a...
‘I found the river habitat study really fun because we got to learn about our local river - the River Swale - and it was good to use kick sampling. I also found it fascinating how many species live in the river.’ Jessica ‘The best part of the day was using the chart...
Y1&2 pupils had a fantastic day visiting Bolton Castle, exploring life during the time of the Tudors. We met Mary Queen of Scots and enjoyed asking her questions about her life and her time at the castle. We learnt how to dance a pavane and danced with the Queen....
Today we enjoyed a lovely walk from Keld down to Muker. We took time to appreciate the wonderful scenery and talked about the positive impact of the outdoors and exercise on our wellbeing and spirit. We took time to stop, think and reflect. Many of the children chose...
We looked at some different artists that have been inspired by tribal art. We started to sketch our own ideas before making a final design; this was then used to create our own batik. To make the batik we had to sketch our design lightly on fabric using a pencil....
Year 1&2 pupils spent the day studying the meadow habitat at Muker with staff from Yorkshire Dales National Park. They had a great time identifying buttercup, red clover, selfheal, oxeye daisy, cow parsley, bird's foot trefoil, bistort and germander speedwell.
There were some heavy showers on Friday, but the sun came out in time for after school bike club. We enjoyed a super ride in Gunnerside Gill, with lots of variety and a great sense of adventure.