Mrs Smith held the very first Calligraphy Club session on Monday lunchtime. Key Stage Two pupils were invited to try their hand at writing the alphabet using two attached pencils. Doodling with double pencils is a very good introduction to...
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Stay and Play – Fun in the Sun
Visitors to our Stay and Play sessions have been able to make the most out of the lovely weather in the Little Adventurer playground. We start the morning with our Little Notes music session with Mrs Coultas where we dance...
Middleton Woods Visit
Great Explorers have been investigating and exploring the environment of our local area by visiting Middleton Woods to look at the flowering Bluebells. The children really enjoyed walking through the ‘carpets’ of bluebells and using lots of descriptive words to...
Donate to Cancer Research UK
Mrs Ellis will be running the Race for Life in Leeds on the Sunday 4th June. The 5k run is in aid of Cancer Research UK with thousands of participants taking part to help this worthy cause. 1 in 2 people...
All Things Bright and Beautiful!
For Form 1 and 2’s Art lesson, Mrs Smith took the children outside to discover what beautiful, natural colours can be found outdoors. In pairs, we had a palette with a different piece of coloured paper in each section. Mrs Smith...
Maths x Outdoors + Sun = A Great Lesson!
Mr Nicholson took learning outdoors on Wednesday morning to practice Algebra with Form 5. We were each given a piece of paper with the following task written on it: ‘Using the outdoors, design and build a model of a square-based...
Stay and Play – Summer Term
Our latest Stay and Play session made the most of the summer sunshine as we headed outdoors for Art Splash! We never let any bad weather stop us from going outside, but when it’s sunny, it’s so nice to be...
Arty Pupils Take to the Stage
Talented Form 5 pupils Ava, Evie C and Bea took to the stage at Ilkley Carnival on May Day to accept their prizes for their winning submissions in the Carnival’s Cover Competition. The pupils made their designs in Mrs Smith’s...
Fantastic Four: Pupil Achievements
In the first week of the summer term we’ve had the pleasure of celebrating some fantastic achievements by our wonderful pupils. Hockey Bea in Form 5 was announced as ‘Player of the Season’ in the U10s girls team at Ben...
Form 1 and 2 Art
As part of the Key Stage One learning challenge, we are learning all about: ‘What is and where is our environment?’ We have been combining our learning of this topic through a range of subjects including geography, science, music and...
