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Mar

Our Sporting Shine

Posted In Sports

We were delighted to take a nine strong team of children from years 1 and 2 to Harrogate High this week to take part in the Sporting Influence dodgeball competition series. Seven schools in all took part in the competition, and we played against them all, overall, we came 2nd out of the 7 schools. Bobby […]

Mar

Book Shop Prize Winners Visit

Posted In Community, Events

We were delighted to take our World Book Day competition winners to a special book workshop at Waterstones Bookshop in Harrogate this week. All the children had won their class book cover competition and enjoyed a lovely visit. The children had the opportunity to learn about how the shop operates, browse the books and enjoy […]

Mar

World Book Day Celebrations

Posted In Curriculum, Events

We all very much enjoyed celebrating World Book Day 2025 in style today with a host of special events and activities including making the most of our newly updated library and nurture room facilities. Both these spaces have recently been fully refurbishment with a focus on creating relaxing and nurturing spaces which enable children to […]

Feb

World Thinking Day

Posted In Community, Events

We were delighted to be involved in recognising and celebrating World Thinking Day this week. Celebrated since 1926, World Thinking Day is a day of international friendship. It is an opportunity to celebrate the Girl Guiding and Scouting Movements speak out on issues that affect young people and fundraise for 10.8 million Girl Guides and […]

Feb

Trevor Inspires Learning

Posted In Curriculum

In Science this week the Wrens have been looking at life cycles. They have learnt all about the life cycle of a frog and explored some messy play that looked just like frog spawn! Trevor the tortoise needed a bath this week so the children in the Wrens class have helped Mrs Renton bath him! […]

Feb

Year 5&6 Poetry

Posted In Uncategorised

In Eagles and Ravens, children have been writing poetry based on a wonderful book called ‘The Lost Spells’. The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris. The children wrote their own acrostic poem, about an animal or […]

Feb

Eco Council Launch New Award

Posted In Uncategorised

Following suggestions from the children in our Eco Group we are pleased to have launched a new weekly award. The Golden Light Switch award is presented each week to the class who have earned the most eco points throughout the week. Points can be earned every day by switching off the lights and smartboard when […]

Jan

Planetarium Visit

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Children in KS1 had the most exciting afternoon of learning this week when Ben from Wonderdome Planetarium came to visit us with his mobile planetarium to enrich our science learning about space. We were awestruck by the incredible presentation that Ben gave and we learnt so much about the size of space, the planets in […]

Jan

Sharing our Singing Shine

Posted In Music

We were delighted to share our shine this week along with 4800 other children from choirs across our region at the first Young Voices concert of 2025. Young Voices are the heartbeat of music for primary schools across the UK, where children and teachers unite in an electrifying choir experience. Through unforgettable concerts, children discover […]

Jan

School Opening Tuesday 7 January 2025

Posted In Notices

Good morning. As you may be aware the main secondary schools and some primaries in Harrogate are closed today. We have been able to clear a single pathway to the main entrances at the front of school and will be open today. To ensure the safety of children, staff and families we will enter through […]