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The improvement in the weather is making everyone smile this week. The sunshine is really helping us to make the most of our Forest Schools lessons with Mr Bates. We had a great time this morning exploring our school wood and wildlife areas. In class, we have begun to look back in History to Stone…

Stakesby's Wise Owls had a lovely morning with residents of Marton Court, Whitby. With kelly Brown from Yorkshire Coast homes, they decorated paper butterflies, shared stories and sung their favourite nursery rhymes!

The lovely weather has lifted everyone's mood in Elm class and we're starting the summer term with a spring in our step and raring to go! We've welcomed Miss Taylor and we're trying our best to impress her.

We're finishing up our work on The Highwayman in literacy so we're excited to find out…

You may have noticed that we are blogging a day early this week! We are breaking up for Easter today at 2pm. We are very excited about that! We have all worked our socks off this term and Mrs Tillson and Mrs Gurney are delighted with the progress our learning is making. 

Most of us have been…

We are very excited by our new literacy topic this week- The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. We have been learning about the poem and understanding the vocabulary, themes and figurative language.

We have been maths detectives this week! Using our investigative skills, we have been employing a…

This week the Super Squirrels have been to work with the lovely community at Marton Court.  We had a fabulous time sharing stories and look forwards to our next visit when we will be decorating biscuits.

We have been reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The Wise Owls have also made…

We had a wonderful open day on Wednesday and the children enjoyed lots of Easter activities including making Easter baskets and Easter nests.Thank you to all the parents who came into school to experience the learning opportunies afforded to their children and the rich extra curricular activities…

This week, we have written thank you letters to Barbara at the Co-Op for taking time out of her day to spend teaching us about Fairtrade products from the Co-op.

In maths, we have been problem solving decimals, fractions and their equivalents, and assessing so that Mrs Tillson can see our…

This week we have been busy doing our assessments in all curriculum areas.The children have tackled the questions enthusiastically and worked to the best of their ability.We are very proud of them all! Well done to Isla who has worked particularly hard this week and is our Friday certificate…

Next week, our school will be holding an Open Day. On that day, our familes are invited to come and join us in lessons to see the type of things that we get up to each day in school. There is a buzz of excitement about the school this week as we are all sharing ideas and getting ready for the Open…

Monday 12th March

Hi there! We have arrived safely and are all settled. We have been orienteering today. It has been very rainy, but everyone is still smiling! 

Tuesday 13th March

Today we have been beck scrambling at Trollers Ghyll, down a mine, on the high ropes - including the Leap…

We've been working on a war-themed piece of story writing this week and have watched the animation of 'Beyond the Lines' provoking much discussion and emotion. We are also watching Mister Tom alongside passages from the book. We are all really enjoying the film, Mrs Gurney especially!

In maths,…