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Let’s Learn Moor

Let’s Learn Moor

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...

Stream study with YDNP

Stream study with YDNP

‘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...

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....