We were amazed to collect 417 bits of litter! We are going to challenge the children to reduce the amount of litter we find on our next litter pick. We will remind everybody to use the bins, and help to keep the school environment clean and tidy.

Parent's feedback 

'A really super presentation by all the children. Very engaged when talking to us. The TikTock presentation was great!'

'Thank you so much for putting on such a wonderful event full of info. I have learnt quite a few new things and I thought I knew everything already!'

'I thought I knew a lot, but I learnt something I didn't know about Instagram, so thank you so much.'

In culmination of our great day, we came together for a celebratory assembly of the poetry we had written throughout the day. It was wonderful listening to children from Reception to Y6 read, perform and share their hard work. It was very clear that lots of fun had been had throughout the day! Reception wrote and performed a rhyme, Y1 and Y2 wrote and delivered acrostic poems, Y3 wrote food-related riddles (some really puzzled us), Y4 wrote great continuous poems which went from one child to the next, Y5's poems made us hungry and Y6 stood as a collective and performed an adapted version of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' with a food twist called 'We're Going on a Food Hunt' which we all loved and joined in with!

We are now looking forward to Young Poets Week from 24th November, when we plan to continue enjoying old, much-loved poems, as well as discovering fabulous new poetry!

The atmosphere in the hall was one of quiet respect as pupils and staff gathered together. Mr Mayer joined us to represent our service parents.   Our Worship Warriors and Service Pupils were central to the service, delivering readings of poetry.

The most profound moment of the morning was the traditional playing of 'The Last Post,' which ushered in the two-minute silence by pupils from Ripon Grammar School. It was an exceptionally still and moving period of reflection, broken only by the later playing of 'Reveille.' This silence provided an essential opportunity for every member of our community to reflect on the words recited by  Charlotte ' When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. 

Come and visit our school on Thursday 6th November. Please contact school to book a guided tour.

Our new Year 6 classrooms have been delivered and are being assembled ready for September! A total of five compartments will arrive today. These will be fitted together to make classrooms for Litton and Wharfe!

On National Numeracy Day the children came dressed as a number! Our staff came wearing outfits that reflected what they would spend their time doing if they had lots of money!

In the infants, Mrs Lockwood reported she would be a police officer. Miss Rodgers said she would buy lots of houses and redecorate them! Miss Lee would relax in her pjs all day! Meanwhile in the juniors Mr Brightwell came dressed as the new owner of Leeds United under whose leadership would win the premiership! Mrs Vickers would travel the world paddle boarding! Mrs Calland-Brooke was delighted to share that she would spend her days as a doggy-mummy, she proudly  shared photos of her pets, including her new puppy!

 A parishioner from Holy Trinity shared her experiences about the challenge faced by primary school pupils in South Sudan. It costs families £50 a year to send their child to school. The Worship Warriors decided to sponsor a child each year of their education. Our Worship Warriors are delighted to share that the Easter Tombola raised the £50 needed to sponsor a pupil so they can attend school this academic year. 

Thank you to Alannah, one of the staff members who donated four exciting Easter hampers. 

Last week, the children visited Outwood Secondary School to perform, along with several other local schools, in a mass participation dance event. They had practised and perfected their dances, and organised their costumes so they looked just the part!

This morning, the children were slightly nervous to be performing in front of a crowd full of parents, families and friends, but they did amazingly well, and we were so proud of them. The joy was something really quite special!

As always, we were incredibly proud of the way the children engaged in the day; they loved moving to a different part of school to listen to a member of staff read to them, and the staff enjoyed this as much as the children!

Classes are currently finishing off decorating their doors with their chosen book theme - there is stiff competition and much competitive spirit! Watch out for more photos of class doors!

As always, we would like to say a big thank you to parents and carers - events like World Book Day are brought to life by the combined efforts of everyone involved - and the support we receive from parents is fabulous. Thank you!

Some of our children had borrowed one of Susannah's books from Ripon Library and were so excited to have met her, and received their own signed copy of her new book. 

If you would like to take advantage of a reduced price offer to buy Susannah's books, The Little Ripon Bookshop have them available here or in their beautiful shop. 

Everybody loved seeing our pupils show the adults how to carefully say the sounds! Hop over to our Phonics and Early Reading page to see the powerpoint used during the presentation - including the staring roles our children took!

The children were astonished to find out that sheep make fabulous friends for humans!