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Please see the school's latest newsletter.

We've started looking at balanced arguments in English and weighing up where we stand on a range of subjects. Should children get homework? Should children own mobile phones? We quickly realised we needed to go over what being unbiased meant and had to consider both sides of the debate... Needless to say, their minds were made up but here we are deciding where we stand on the use of mobile phones We also highligted the features of a balanced argument And then held a full deba

This week the KS1 children have been looking at fact families in numbers and even made up some of their own ! EYFS have been learning about number 6 and the numbers within it . They have also enjoyed learning about life in polar regions . All the children have been reading adventure stories and thinking about what makes a good story. In RE KS1 children made posters about the good news Jesus brings and EYFS read the bible story about Adam naming the animals and thought about

The children have been carrying on with their Forest School sessions again this week with Mrs L, and they have been learning some great life skills. They have been learning how to create shelters from things around them, and also how to cook some very tasty looking food (their cooking is much better than mine, the food would look very burnt if I had tried this!). It is fantastic that the children get to explore the amazing environment around them and to experience the country

Please find below details outlining support for families and young people across Ripon and the surrounding area. The information focuses on a ctivities, events and the support available, some of it aimed at low income families and children with additional needs but with useful information for all .  For support and information, please ask them to contact: 01423 813090 or help@hadca.org.uk . You can also access our ‘Where to Turn’ directory at hadca.org.uk/wheretoturn or

We've finished our newspapers and what an excellent job they've done with them. They've worked extremely hard to communicate the news story in a formal manner, with fact but interest as a focus. We're very proud of their work and presentation. We've also been continuing our investigation as to whether Ripon ought to reconsider its closure of the railway station, back in 1969. First, we invited a man from the Civic Society to explain some of the transport history of Ripon, inc

This week in maths the reception children have been learning about all the different ways to make 5. They have used frogs and a pond with the song 5 little speckled frogs . Today they used beanbags and a hoop to see how many beanbags out of 5 they could get into the hoop and then how many were outside the hoop. The KS1 children have been working on number bonds to 10 and 20 and using these facts to solve addition and subtraction problems. The KS1 children have started writing

Over the last few weeks, Class 2 have been working on their dance skills with Mr Whitford in pe, and they have created some samba inspired dance routines. The children have loved listening to the music and finding out about the history of the dance and watching videos of people performing it. They have then gone on to begin to create their own routines and to start to put some sequences of moves together. The project is lots of fun and it is lovely to see so many smiling face

This week the children in EYFS looked at animals from polar regions and talked about differences and similarities. They sorted animals by region and read some lovely books about animals. KS1 children have contined to learn about the physical and man-made features of Grewelthorpe and found these on maps. In English they have been looking at nouns and adjectives and found interesting ways to describe the fruits and animals in the book Handas' Surprise . Have a lovely weekend e

We've continued with our newspaper reports, and have been busy collecting research and quotes to ensure we've got all the facts and are accurate with our information. Here's a behind-the-scenes shot of our reporters at the press office. We've also been developing our understanding of our local area and have been studying Ripon and older maps of the area to locate where the former rail station stood and the where the line went. Here we are adding the former railline to a moder