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Thursday 14 December 2017

We will be raising money for NSPCC

We are holding our Christmas Jumper Day

early due to Christmas Concerts.

School

Christmas

Dinner

Wednesday 13 December

Key Stage 2 Carol Service:

Monday 11 December @ 2pm

Tuesday 12 December @ 6pm

Holy Trinity Church Skipton

No tickets are needed for this event

Reception:

November has been another super month in Reception. We loved the ‘Fire Fire!’ topic

and had lots of emergencies inside and out of our classroom! Last week we enjoyed a

performance of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by the Image Theatre Company – thank you

so much to the PTA who fund this treat every year!

We have finished phase two of our phonics now we are so delighted with how well the

children are now blending phonemes to read and segmenting them to write. They are

also remembering the special words and loving writing in every area of provision.

We have also been really enjoying ‘buddy lunch’ on a Friday where our buddies take turns to

come and join us for lunch. It is a great opportunity to catch up.

This week our classroom has started to change once more as we begin our Christmas topic.

December is always a busy month in school, but a magical one too – for pupils, parents and

staff. There will be lots going on with the nativity, secrets stall, parties and more so keep

checking the weekly email for updates and please ask if anything is unclear.

We will also be having

daily visits from Ernie the

Elf.

Mrs Roberts

Year 1:

What a busy start to our second half of the Autumn Term. We have enjoyed lots of

great learning especially in our History topic where we have been learning about im-

mediate history and the connection of our families through toys. We had a visit from

‘Teacher Ted’ who wrote us lots of letters and gave us lots of information about his

classroom. We worked out that he was the same age as our Grandparents and that

he had actually belonged to Mr Munslow’s mother. When we visited Ilkley Toy Museum

we saw similar teddies and could make comparisons and had a lot of fun completing

the quiz as we explored the museum. Certainly a great place to visit if you get the

chance.

We have also enjoyed having visits from parents during some maths sessions. The chil-

dren loved being able to show their parents what we do and it was great to share with

them how Year 1 works. Our Christmas preparations are now well under way and we

look forward to welcoming you to our Nativity in a couple of weeks.

Year 2:

November has been action packed in Year 2, starting with a brilliant trip to Skipton Castle. We all learnt

loads of interesting facts thanks to our great guides. Particular favourites were the banqueting hall and the

dungeon. Our visit has led to some super work in English and has led to great recounts using 'talk for writing'.

We have also started to write some fact sheets and we are learning about writing questions using question

marks and then fact finding to write the answers. We also used our visit to help inspire us to design and

draw our own

castles. We then went on design and make our own castles with a moving drawbridge in DT.

In science we finished our healthy living topic

by thinking about how keep our bodies clean

and healthy. We designed our own packed

lunches, with lots of healthy food, it's amazing

how many different healthy foods you can

think of. We also carried out a science experi-

ment looking at what works best to get rid of

germs from our hands. Well done to the three

volunteers who had oil and cinnamon all

over their hands to act as germs.

In maths we have become re-

ally confident with multiplica-

tion and division have been

working hard to learn our 2, 5

and 10 x tables. There was

some super homework looking

at arrays and groups. Thank

you for all your great ideas.

Finally, we have been busy preparing for our class assembly, working out who would like to show which

things, remembering all they needed to say and passing the microphone like professionals.

Well done Year 2. It has been great preparation for our speaking and acting for our Nativity!

Wow Year 2, what a brilliant November!

Mrs Rimmington

Reminder:

School closes for the Christmas Holidays on

Friday 22 December @ 3.15pm.

School re-opens for pupils on

Tuesday 9 January 2018 @ 8.55am.

Year 3:

November has brought another fun filled month for Year Three, we have been

extremely busy in Literacy this month, working hard to write instructions, initially

based on the book ‘Beware of Boys’, where we enjoyed creating the ingredi-

ents list and method for ‘Girl Pie’, we used alliteration to create an interesting list

of ingredients and imperative verbs in order to create the method. We are now

moving towards writing real instructions for making a sandwich that we have

designed. We will create an ingredients list, equipment list and method from

their experience of making their own sandwich.

We have been focusing on multiplication and division in maths, working hard to

try and learn the 3,4 and 8 times table and using different methods and tech-

niques to multiply and divide. We have become experts on ‘4 for the price of 1’

sums and are getting much better at solving missing number problems using in-

verse.

November has been a great month for our Topic work, not only did Year 3 cre-

ate and present a fantastic class assembly based on the Stone Age but they

were also given the opportunity to experience life in the Stone Age through visit-

ing the Stone Age site at Murton Park. On arrival at Murton park we were given

authentic Stone Age clothing to wear, this not only made us feel the part but

also kept us nice and warm! Although it was a very cold day, the rain managed

to hold off for most of the time and we didn’t let it spoil our fun. We had a fan-

tastic experience, grinding grain to make flour using traditional Stone Age meth-

ods, hunting like a Stone Age man, investigating artefacts, cave painting and

producing our own Stone Age inspired pottery. Huge thanks to the helpers that

joined us for the day, we couldn’t have gone without you!

Mrs Taylor

The winners for November 2017 are:

1st Prize of £25 Steph Brown (Number 136)

2nd Prize of £11 Sarah Oliver (Number 16)

3rd Prize of £6.50 Natasha Ross (Number 206)

Thank You and Congratulations!

If you have any questions or would like to join the club

please email Jo Nixon (jo@philandjo.co.uk)

or speak to anyone on the PTA.

Year 4:

We have had a very busy month in Year 4. In the middle of the month we visit-

ed Murton Park, York where we learned all about life in a Viking settlement. The

children were dressed up as Vikings when we first arrived and split into three

families. Staff who were with them (Mrs Bownass, Mrs Smith and Mrs Daguzan)

were Anglo Saxon slaves, which the children really enjoyed! Each family had a

mum and a dad who were the head of each family. During the day the chil-

dren were involved in different tasks including making bread in the longhouse,

creating lamps made from clay, learning how to be a Viking guard, collecting

wood for the fire and gardening. Lunch was held in the banqueting suite with

the Lady, who needed an official food taster in case she was poisoned. She

demanded to be entertained so the children told her jokes and kept her hap-

py. A group also sang a song together for her entertainment. At the end of the

meal the Lady asked for one of the slaves (Mrs Bownass) to be put into the

stocks where she was humiliated (in a very light hearted way) and had water

tipped on her head. As you can imagine, the children really enjoyed this.

In the afternoon, the children continued with their tasks but then at the end of

the day the emergency bell was rung to say that we were being attacked by

other Anglo Saxons and the children had to protect their settlement using skills

that they had learnt during the day (which they all remembered). It was a

great day and one I am sure that they will all remember.

The staff at Murton Park were very impressed with the knowledge of the chil-

dren and their behaviour. We had many positive comments from the staff dur-

ing the day.

In Art we have been busy creating our contribution to the Christmas corridor.

The lanterns look beautiful and the stained glass window is amazing. If you get

chance to come and have a walk through school, please have a look at all of

our hard work.

This month, in English we have been studying the story of Erik the Viking. The chil-

dren have enjoyed reading the different adventures in each chapter and get-

ting to know the characters. We have written a character description of Erik,

hot seating Erik first and using evidence from the text. This week we have fin-

ished the work on Erik. We have written our own chapter with a new adventure

for Erik and his men. We have also designed a new front cover for the book.

In Maths we have been working very hard on our multiplication. We have worked on quickly recalling our

times tables facts and using place value and known facts to answer questions mentally. The children are

becoming more confident when using a formal method to answer questions when that is needed.

We are now looking forward to the very busy month of December and all the fun and interesting times

ahead. The Christmas production is coming together nicely and the children are learning the words to the

songs and are enjoying learning the dance and playing the instruments. Mrs Bownass & Mrs Smith

Day During School After School

Monday 4 December Sports Cool

Tuesday 5 December

Wednesday 6 December Year 5 Visit to Leeds City Museum

Ancient Egypt Workshop

Thursday 7 December Christmas Discos:

KS1: 5pm to 6.15pm

KS 2: 6.30pm to 8pm

Friday 8 December Year 6 Football @ Sandylands

Year 5:

Year 5’s November has passed MUCH

too quickly!

In class we have worked hard on writ-

ten multiplication and have made

great progress. We have also worked

on instruction writing and newspaper

reports, improving and varying our sen-

tence structure with all kinds of adver-

bial phrases, expanded noun phrases and relative clauses.

We really enjoyed working with the history trainee teachers who came to ask us about the kind of activi-

ties we have done in our history work. You can see Archie in the photo doing a grand job of explaining his

work!

We have had quite a musical kind of a month with A LOT of Christmas singing going

on! We also enjoyed visits from the accordion players who quite often come and

preform their latest learning to us after their lesson. The closest we get to under-

standing how much skill is required by them, is to pat our heads and rub our tum-

mies at the same time without messing our hair up!

The Image Theatre Company has been one of the great hits of the month with their

interactive performance of The Wind in the Willows. Many thanks to the PTA for

funding this again for us! One of our class had recently read the story, as recom-

mended by their parents, and completed their reading challenge homework from

it – a poster to persuade others to read the book.

Now we are looking forward to three weeks’ worth of festive delight – advent, Christmas performances,

parties and of course, Egyptian mummies! J.

Miss Longman

Penny’s

Kitchen

Monday 4 December:

Tikka Masala & Brown Rice

Bean & Sweet Potato Bake

Jacket Potato

Sticky Toffee Pudding & Custard

Tuesday 5 December:

Homemade Sausage Roll

Vegetable Frittata

Jacket Potato

Strawberry Yoghurt & Biscuit

Wednesday 6 December:

Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding

Mexican Beans & Rice

Jacket Potato

Pineapple Shortcake & Custard

Thursday 7 December:

Chicken Fingers

Vegetable Lasagnse

Jacket Potato

Apricot Bar

Friday 8 December:

Fish & Chips

Cheese Topped Veggie

Burger

Jacket Potato

Chocolate Crispie

Year 6:

November in Year 6 has really been

about inspiring our pupils to gain

new skills, learn about different ca-

reers and develop leadership skills.

Our month started with Museum and

Library Take Over Day. Y6 were

amazing at running both Skipton

Library and Craven Museum. Those

at the library made amazing cura-

tors, ran craft activities as well as

leading WW1 artefacts handling ses-

sions.

Later in the month we gained lots of

new skills and knowledge during our

first aid session run by Dr Jennings.

This included children learning basic

first aid, as well as having a go at

CPR. Finally to finish the month off we have had a

visit from Rolls Royce Engineers and also been

lucky enough to visit the Rolls Royce Bankfield site

in Barnoldswick to see how titanium is made into

aircraft propellers- some of our pupils demonstrat-

ed outstanding knowledge, understanding and

are certainly budding engineers of the future!

We have also managed to fit in some Christmas art

( and of course English and Maths along the

way! ).

We are looking forward to a busy December- in-

cluding the annual Y6 Gingerbread House Chal-

lenge!

Mrs Macnab

Photos of Library Takeover Day!

Year 6 First Aid Workshop

Visit to Rolls-Royce Factory

Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA Quiz

Night, it raised an amazing…

£500 A BIG thank you to all the PTA members, especially

Stewart & Amy Brown - who made the evening such a

success!

This money will be used for the PTA project of

improving the playground equipment.

The next PTA fundraiser is the Christmas Raffle,

have you got your tickets yet?

PTA Christmas Raffle You should have received 2 books of

raffle tickets.

Please could ticket stubs & money be

returned to school.

If you require extra tickets - please

speak to the school office.

The raffle will be drawn on:

WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER @ 3.15pm

School Hall