Art Week What an exciting week we have had doing all things printing! The week started off looking at what Pop Art is, and who Andy Warhol was. From here we then did our own research about Andy Warhol to get a real understanding of how his life lead him to be a world famous Pop Art Artist using printing! We then looking at some different kinds of prints and how they were printed- relief printing, screen printing and intaglio printing! This then lead into exploring and discuss

This week has been Art Week in Class 2! We have had a brilliant week learning about all thing’s printmaking! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we practised and played around with three Printmaking processes: Monoprinting, Impressed printing and relief printing. We explored how these different techniques created different types of print – creating colour and line in different ways. We learnt about how to add texture to these prints using different materials in relief prints and

We have had another great week of learning in Class Two. We are so very proud of everyone's tremendous efforts in the England Rocks TT Rockstars Competition. Thank you for your support at home. We came in the top 50 out of 4000 schools nationally and 7th in the Yorkshire and Humber group! It was so much fun and such a great success that we are already planning our next competition between ourselves, Fountains and Grewelthorpe! In our English sessions, we have finished writing

Anther busy week here in Class One with lots of fun and learning! In Maths KS1 have completed their Addition and Subtraction within 20 topic, ready to start Place Value within 100 next! We have continued our Science learning about animals and humans looking at how the bodies are designed to aid them in their habitats- the children thoroughly enjoyed our activity drawing round each other and labelling the body parts! In Spelling Year Two have started to look at spelling rules

We are pleased to share the following fixed term vacancies: Class Teacher at Fountains CE Primary School Class Teacher at Grewelthorpe CE Primary School Class Teacher at North Stainley CE Primary School General Teaching Assistant at Grewelthorpe CE Primary School Closing Date for applications: 5th December 2025 Job Pack and Application Form:

We are looking forward to our special Advent and Christmas themed JAM session on Monday 1st December after school. We'll be hearing the story of 'The Grumpy Owl and the Joy of Christmas' and then doing lots of activities as we explore this theme. Come and decorate biscuits, make your own advent wreath, make an advent wreath for church, make an advent calendar, play a Christmas game... and lots more besides! Please book in through the school office or Arbor as usual.

Yesterday a three day national competition in TT Rockstars began; the aim to get the highest average score for 1 hours play. There are over 4000 schools taking part and with the hard work and determination of every pupil I am delighted to say that after day one, we are ranked 61 in the country and 7th in Yorkshire and Humber! This has been a real team effort as it is an average of the whole class. I am beyond proud of their hard work, and hopefully we will be able to keep i

It has been so busy this week, to have squeezed so much learning and work in between has been aspirational! In between wearing odd socks, having 2 minutes silence, parents evening, ice-cream and laps of running... we have: Continuing working within Addition and Subtraction with KS1, this week we have been working on adding three 1-digit numbers, finding a part (missing numbers) and 8-fact fact families, while reception have been focusing on the numbers 4 and 5! In phonics Yea

We had a wonderful day on Thursday raising money for Children in Need. Thank you for your generous donations. The children all came to school dressed in their sporty clothes (some spotty and sporty!) and we challenged ourselves to run laps to keep fit. We all enjoyed a refreshing ice-cream when the van came to see us and we tracked Sara Cox and her marathon challenge of getting Pudsey to Pudsey! We also took part in Pudsey's 25 question trivia quiz and our winners were Beatri

This week has given us all opportunity to pause and reflect. On Monday many of us wore our odd socks to symbolize the beginning of anti-bullying week and through collective worship and PSHE we thought about being a positive power in the fight against bullying. On Tuesday we paused to reflect at 11am and remembered those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our freedoms. The children showed great respect during the remembrance silence and in our conversations ab

Tomorrow (Thursday 13th November) we will be celebrating and raising money for Children in Need. This year the theme is 'Challenge Yourself to 25'. We are very lucky to be having an ice cream van visit us to serve the children ice cream. We are asking that the children bring a donation of your choosing in, to go to Children in Need in exchange for an ice cream. We are also asking for an additional £1 donation to come to school in sporty (not spotty!) non-uniform clothes. The

Today we have been thinking about Remembrance day and the sacrifices that were made by selfless people during the wars in order for us to be here today. We had a special Collective Worship lead by Reverend. Simon all about 'quiet' and how this coincides with Armistice Day, before we all made our way out to the churchyard to lay a wreath on a war veterans grave and stand for a two minutes silence to ay our respects. The poem 'For the Fallen' was read allowed, and we finished w

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Our free-to-families after school club run by the local churches will be meeting again after school on Monday 1st December in the Village Hall. Please book in through Arbor/the school office and don't forget to pick your children up at 5pm.

FAO Parents of nursery age children. This information is for parents with children born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022. You can now apply for a primary school place for them to start school in Reception in September 2026 and the deadline to apply is 15 January 2026.

This week, Class 2 have been busy exploring angles in maths. Our Year 3 and 4 children have been investigating the number of turns and how angles are formed, while Year 5 and 6 have been learning to identify and classify angles as acute, obtuse, or reflex. Everyone has shown great curiosity and teamwork during our investigations. In PE, we wrapped up our half term of   netball with a fantastic mini tournament. The children demonstrated excellent sportsmanship, teamwork, and e

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We are holding an open morning on the 7th October 09:30 - 12:00 for prospective new parents. Please share with our community!