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5KH residential Day 2 evening
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
Read news5KH residential Day 2: Caving and Mountain Biking
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
Read news5KH Residential evening
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
Read newsYear 5 Residential 2025 5KH Day 1 so far
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
Read newsReady for residential
Good evening, The last full week in school for both classes has been busy as usual. All the bedding has been brought into school and will be transported up to Gearstones this weekend. Everyone’s cases and bags containing clothes will go up on Monday, along with 5KH on the mini buses. The weather forecast Read More
Read newsPreparing for residential
Good evening, This week, both classes have been busy brushing up on their cycling skills. Initially, the children went out on the playground and surrounding playing fields to gain some confidence. Then today, 5B have been to Otley Chevin and have riden through the woods. This is more challenging as the ground is more Read More
Read newsWelcome back Year 5
Hi all, It’s been a short but busy week in Year 5. 5KH finished off sewing our rainforest animals. Rivers and Rocks Our new topic in geography is rivers and rocks and this week we learnt about the three main types of rock: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. We learnt about how each is formed Read More
Read newsHappy Easter
Good evening, The sunny weather has arrived just at the right time. English In English this week, we have been completing and editing our own versions of the ending to The Explorer. Editing work is a difficult skill but is very important, especially when looking for missing capital letters and full stops. Maths Our Read More
Read newsSweet Treat at the End of the Week.
English In English, we have been working on writing interesting paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types. These are description, action and dialogue sentences, and the author of the Explorer, Katherine Rundell, uses these to good effect in her novels. We based our writing this week on the video Catch It. As it Read More
Read newsEvery good story has a happy ending.
Another busy week has come and gone. 5B had a very welcome visitor this week when Mr Kenvyn and baby Margot popped in to say hello. Whilst in class, she brushed up on her “adding expression” skills by reading a chapter this half term’s book, The Explorer, to the class. World Book Day The Read More
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