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Bolton Castle

Bolton Castle

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....

School walk

School walk

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...

Batik art

Batik art

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....

Meadow study with YDNP

Meadow study with YDNP

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.  

Bike adventure

Bike adventure

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.