Image of Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Armley Library Visit
25 November 2025

Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Armley Library Visit

Class 5 enjoyed their visit to Armley library, where they watched a performance of 'All the world were...' by Joseph Coelho.

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Image of Year 6 (Class 15) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration
20 November 2025

Year 6 (Class 15) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration

Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had an unforgettable experience visiting the historic Kirkstall Abbey as part of their creative writing project.

The trip was designed to spark imagination and help the children gather ideas for their own scary stories.

During the visit, the children explored the…

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Image of Year 5 (Class 13) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration
20 November 2025

Year 5 (Class 13) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration

Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had an unforgettable experience visiting the historic Kirkstall Abbey as part of their creative writing project. The trip was designed to spark imagination and help the children gather ideas for their own scary stories.

During the visit, the children explored the…

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Image of Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration
19 November 2025

Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration

Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had an unforgettable experience visiting the historic Kirkstall Abbey as part of their creative writing project.

The trip was designed to spark imagination and help the children gather ideas for their own scary stories.
During the visit, the children explored the…

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Image of Year 2 (Class 6) - History / Literacy - Skipton Castle
14 November 2025

Year 2 (Class 6) - History / Literacy - Skipton Castle

Class 6 have just visited Skipton Castle as part of their history and literacy topics.

When they arrived they met their tour guides and learnt all about the castles history. They went inside and found maker marks on the stone, learnt about murder holes, where the drawbridge would have been and…

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Image of Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Play Scripts
22 October 2025

Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Play Scripts

In Class 10, we have been writing play scripts in English. 

In groups, we have planned and written a scene from a book or film, thinking about stage directions and body language, as well as what the characters will say. 

We can't wait to perform them tomorrow!

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Image of Year 2 (Class 6) - English - The Paper Bag Princess
17 October 2025

Year 2 (Class 6) - English - The Paper Bag Princess

Class 6 have been reading The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, and we finally read the ending of the story.

It turns out one of the main characters isn’t very nice and the children explained why using a stem sentence for support and explained using ‘because’.

They have loved the story…

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Image of Year 3 (Class 8) - English - Fluency
16 October 2025

Year 3 (Class 8) - English - Fluency

Today in our fluency session we practiced developing our pace. 

We learnt that reading quickly is not what makes a good reader. 

We learnt that a good reader reads quickly and slowly to emphasise parts of the text. 

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Image of Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Oliver Twist
30 September 2025

Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Oliver Twist

Class 10 have been writing an alternative ending to Oliver Twist this week. 

They have all tried really hard and produced some lovely stories.

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