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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

Every Friday, Class 2 wrap up warm and go down to some of the fields near the school to attend their forest school sessions. When they get there, Mrs Longstaff has some amazing activities ready for them to do, and they get to try their hands at everything from shelter building to cooking on a campfire. Not only is it great fun, but it teaches the children lots about teamwork and working together. We even link in other curriculum subjects and so the children can improve their

Happy New Year everyone! It has been lovely to see all the children back at school after the Christmas holidays. We have been talking about the New Year and things we would like to do more of. The EYFS children have started learning about African animals and will be making comparisons between Africa and England. The KS1 children have been learning about continents and countries in Geography and will also be making comparisons between Grewelthorpe and a village in Kenya. Have

Happy new year to you all - we had a traditional start back and made our first song in assembly Auld Land Syne, and joined hands; it was lots of fun. We also shared our hopes and aspirations for the year ahead. We've started our new class book, Holes, which we're using as an inspiration for our writing. We've been looking at the features of newspaper reports, and imagining the situation of the lead character in the story, Stanley, and have been collecting evidence from the tr

Below is an overview of the topics the children will be studying this term. We will also be running a Forest Schools session on a Friday.

It has been great to see all of the children again after the Christmas holiday, and to hear about all of the wonderful things you have been up to over the break. The children have got straight back into the routine at school and have been looking at how we can multiply numbers, and they have also enjoyed reading our new class book, "The Firework Maker's Daughter". We have continued to look at maps and we have been looking at what is around us and how people use the land for d

We have had lots of Christmas fun this week . The children loved the party, Christmas Fair and whole school Christmas lunch . I hope everyone has a really wonderful Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the new year .

We've celebrated the Christmas season with lots of fun activities; we had our Christmas lunch which was really yummy while enjoying Christmas songs We then ran our Christmas-fayre stalls which the children were extremely excited about. They designed their own games with profit in mind. They had to think of the accessibility of the game, it's appeal and the prizes on offer. Once they planned this, they tested it out and costed the game buying prizes as well as decorating their

After a very long term we have made it to the last week, and we saw the term out in style with our Christmas party on Wednesday. There was lots of dancing and games, as well as a few quizzes thrown in too. We all had a great time playing with our friends and dancing together, and it left us all feeling very Christmassy. I hope you all have an amazing Christmas and enjoy your time off. You have been an awesome class to teach, Class 2, and I can't wait to see you again next ter

This week we have been finishing off some of our Christmas themed activities. We started off by going back over our work and looking at some of the wonderful ideas we had thought of for our Christmas writing earlier in the term. Then we started to put these together to make some poems about Christmas sights and sounds. Later in the week we made some Christmas cards to take home too. There were some amazing designs, and making these made us all feel very Christmassy. I hope yo

This week class 1 have continued to learn about shapes . The KS1 children have explored shapes with lines of symetry and the face shapes of 3D shapes . EYFS have been searching for shapes in the environment and finding items to press into dough to create shape imprints. All children have made some fantastic bags filled with decoration goodies for the Christmas fair . Today the whole school enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch whilst wearing their Christmas jumpers ! Have a gre

After a long wait over the weekend for the paint to dry, the pictures were finally ready to be mounted on pieces of card and finished off to go home. The children created some wonderful designs and loved their art project. They amazed us with their creativity and there were lots of fantastic ideas. They are all really proud of their work, and rightly so.

This week class 1 have been making shapes with straws and playdough. They had to think carefully about the number of sides and properties of a square and triangle. We had fun playing parachute games in the hall during a rainy playtime and also celebrated Letties' birthday . We have been practising our Nativity songs ready for Tuesday and look forward to sharing them with you then ! We have also had a wonderful time at Harrogate Theatre as part of our whole school Pantomime tr

This week it's all becoming to feel a bit like Christmas around Grewelthorpe School. First the school council put up the Christmas tree and made our hall look more festive. Then on Friday, we got to visit the Pantomime; it's been quite a while since we've had a whole school outing to the pantomime. Here we are getting into the spirit of things before our trip. Needless to say, they didn't need to say "I can't hear you" to this lively bunch - everybody definitely picked up tha

The children experimented witrh different types of printing as part of our art week. They printed with leaves , items from the classroom and stamps . They designed and created their own printing tiles using playdough and polysterene. In maths we have started looking at shape. We are using mathematical vocabulary to describe the properties of different shapes. We have started learning the songs from our Nativity and are busy sorting out costumes ...Very exciting ! I hope you a