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Jul

Leavers’ Service

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We were delighted to say a fond farewell to our Year 6 children and one of our longest serving members of staff Mrs McNichol this morning in our worship in church. The children led a wonderful service with readings, songs and prayer. We wish them all every success and happiness for their futures. Leavers PowerPoint […]

Jul

Summer Reading Challenge

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Summer Reading Challenge In North Yorkshire, the Summer Reading Challenge will take place from Saturday 12 July 2025 to Saturday 6 September 2025.  We were pleased to welcome one of the librarians from Harrogate Library into school earlier this week to talk to the children about the challenge and share the details which we have […]

Jul

Year 6 Prayer Spaces

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Following a very successful prayer spaces week earlier in the year, we were delighted to welcome Karin and the team for St Peter’s and St Paul’s churches back for a special end of year prayer spaces event for our children in Year 6. The team transformed the hall of St Paul’s church into a wonderful […]

Jul

Shining at Dance World Cup

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Shining at Dance World Cup We are delighted to share the shine of Sylvia in Sparrows who recently attended the Dance World Cup in Spain. Sylvia dances with Freedom Performing Arts group in Knaresborough as was part of two teams who travelled to Burgos in Spain to compete against 5,000 dancers from 65 countries in […]

Jul

YLA Community Action

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We were delighted to take our second group of Young Leaders to complete their community action support this week in partnership with St Peter’s Church. Four more of our fantastic Young Leaders went to support at the church market day café helping guests with their orders and clearing tables. The children interacted beautifully with all […]

Jul

Come Dine with Us!

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Come Dine with Us! This week, as part of our DT/food technology, Eagles and Ravens created an array of fabulous pepper and cream cheese starters. The children were simply given the ingredients and brief (bake off style) then challenged to use their creativity and foodie flair to make a starter! Once the dishes were complete, […]

Jul

Year 3&4 Food Tech

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Owls really enjoyed the start of their DT project. They tasted biscuits and commented on taste, texture and appearance. They also looked at the packaging and reviewed the target audience. We then watched the teachers model how to make and bake a plain biscuit and next week we will be designing packaging and creating our […]

Jul

Creative Writing

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Children in Herons have been completing a creative unit inspired by Judith Kerr’s ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’.  This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War. They took on the role of the main character Anna, and […]

Jul

East Barnby Day 4

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Chidlren have enjoyed a final day of activity on their residential taking part in a moorland orienteering course. It was blustery for them up on the North York Moors bit they rose to the challenging  using and applying their map reading skills to complete. They are looking forward t their final East Barnby lunch before […]

Jul

East Barnby Day 3

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Chidlren have enjoyed an amazing day of adventure today on the third day of their residential. They have been canoeing down the river Esk and will conclude their river journey in Whitby harbour.   And we made it…….