Science forces

20/06/2025 · No comments yet

Science Science this week has seen both classes start the new topic of Forces. Testing gravity. Was Aristotle or Galeleo right? Aristotle thought heavy things would fall faster. Galleleo thought the weight didn’t matter. Objects would fall at the same speed, unless affected by air resistance. In Science we tested this by dropping the Read More

Growing a garden in Year 5

14/06/2025 · 1 comment

Hi all, We have had a fun week in Year 5 this week, completing lots of science and work on plant reproduction. We labelled and dissected flowers, learning about all the male and female parts. Next, we learned about asexual reproduction. We took cuttings of tomato plants, rosemary and started an experiment growing potatoes Read More

06/06/2025 · No comments yet

Good evening, Firstly, happy Eid to all those celebrating today. The first week back has flown. We started by chatting about the holidays and memories of the residential (which seems an age ago). Then, straight on to Maths. Maths This week, we have been looking at coordinates and translating points and shapes. The most Read More

5B residential – final day

23/05/2025 · 3 comments

There are only a few photos today, mainly of the walk to the Ribblehead viaduct and then on to the river study, although the sandwich making skills deserved a few pics! This morning, we headed out in two groups to walk from either end of a route from the viaduct to Chapel-le-dale. From the Read More

5B residential – Day 2

22/05/2025 · 2 comments

Caving was the best thing ever – Clara I liked climbing in the caves – Frank I loved biking down the hill – Evie I liked caving because I enjoyed looking at the pretty rocks – Layla I loved biking as there were so many turns – Maisie Caving was amazing – Lewis These Read More

5B residential – Day 1

21/05/2025 · 6 comments

Good evening (or more probably good morning when you are reading this), We have had an absolutely packed day today. We left school this morning just before 10am and arrived at Gearstones at 12:30pm after a very enjoyable train journey. Following lunch at the lodge, we drove the 20 minutes to the Ingleton Waterfall Read More

5KH residential Day 2 evening

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In the evening, after some recreation time, half the children visited the church graveyard and viaduct (no photos), whilst the other half did the night walk. The night walk session begins with a map reading lesson: orientation, contours, symbols and six-figure coordinates. The children did well with this and Zach excelled – knowing that Read More

5KH residential Day 2: Caving and Mountain Biking

20/05/2025 · 11 comments

What a day we have had! The children have been absolutely fantastic all day! We have a new caving instructor called Sean this year. We have done the same Long Churn Cave above Selside. It is a bit of a trek to get up there, especially in a hot day in full caving gear, Read More

5KH Residential evening

19/05/2025 · 3 comments

This group are just so quick: everything is over 15-20 earlier than schedule! Can they do this tomorrow too caving and cycling? The night walk group practised 6 figure grid references and orientating their maps to line up with observable features. The children did some good map reading and we didn’t get lost! We Read More

Year 5 Residential 2025 5KH Day 1 so far

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5KH have been a fantastic group to take away so far! Everything has gone according to plan so far, typically a few minutes ahead of schedule as they are so quick. After arriving at the lodge, having lunch and making our beds, we headed off to Ingleton Waterfall walk. Mr Harris was impressed by Read More