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What an exciting day we have planned for tomorrow!!!! Please remember to send your children in their own clothes tomorrow that they don’t mind getting wet and please also remember to pack their uniform too as they will need it for the afternoon. Super exciting times ahead!!!

What a wonderful day we have had celebrating the end of our “Splish, Splash, Splosh” and “Coastal” topics. We had ship building, flag making, boat floating, treasure hunting, ice lollies and of course fish and chips!!

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19364011.upper-wharfedale-federation-pre-school-goes-strength-strength/?ref=rss Upper Wharfedale Federation pre-school goes from strength to strength

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19329983.primary-schoolchildren-plant-hundreds-trees-future-generations/ Primary schoolchildren plant hundreds of trees for future generations

We are looking forward to our seaside day tomorrow at school! Please remember to send your children in their seaside/pirate/mermaid themed clothes!! Looking forward to seeing them have lots of fun!! 🕶☀️🌊🍦🏄‍♀️ It’s going to be another hot one so please remember your child needs a sun hat, sun cream and a water bottle x

So much laughter in our schools today – thank you so much to Tony and Kev, and also to Grassington Festival for organising this. Grassington Festival

Home learning is available on the Grassington Primary School website under “our learning” then “home learning”.

Wonderful home learning has already begun ready for tomorrow!! What a fab acrostic poem Hannah well done!!

Please can all parents check their emails for an urgent email from school. Many thanks.

All of our Year 6s enjoying time in Grass Woods this week…

KS2 pupils at UWPF have a fantastic day out at Darrowgill – we love learning outdoors!

What a lovely day this was …

Year 2 had lots of fun joining Year 3 for transition day. After learning about King Henry VIII’s favourite war ship the Mary Rose, they had a go at creating their our own clay floating vessel, which was more complicated and messy than they thought it would be!

Class 1 are so excited to see their letter writing pay off!! Whilst Mr Whiskers was left injured the children set about trying to solve the mystery of who did it! Even though clues were found they needed more help so they decided to write a letter to the police. They were so excited to…

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/general-teaching-assistant-kettlewell-primary-school General Teaching Assistant – Kettlewell Primary School | North Yorkshire County Council

Coming together to enjoy PE and music… UWPF

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/general-teaching-assistant-burnsall-va-primary-school General Teaching Assistant – Burnsall VA Primary School | North Yorkshire County Council

Any children who are in Sapphire can come in their own clothes tomorrow as they won the house points on Friday x

🌼🐝🌸🐝🌼 The bee meadow at the end of Springfield Road that the children helped with is back in full bloom at the moment and looking lovely! Radio 2 are currently running the Big Bee Challenge in association with the Royal Horticultural Society to help save our bees. Children between the ages of 6 and 12…

Please remember there is a bike event in the morning that runs through school drop off time. We would appreciate every effort to get your child to school on time but we also appreciate difficulties some may experience so please don’t worry if you get caught in it, get here safely when you can x

'At the Foot of the Fell' is a beautiful anthology of poetry which were produced by children of Upper Wharfedale Primary Federation in memory of Max Leefe. The children who contributed to this anthology will receive a copy this week. We would like to thank Rebecca for taking time to put the collection together. We…

Would you like to help shape the future of our local schools? “ We have 12 members on the Federation Governing Board all of whom are appointed by different constituencies. It is a fascinating and rewarding role and a chance to make a contribution to the strategic direction of our four schools. From time to…

Well done to the house team Ruby. You gained the most house points this week so are allowed to come to school on Monday in your own clothes. (Can any winning child in class 1 come in or bring with them something suitable for PE)xWell done to the house team Ruby. You gained the most…

Day 2: The Year 6s have continued to enjoy a fun-packed day, rotating the activities they did yesterday. They have enjoyed chilling out in the grounds on an evening and had a bonfire last night with hot chocolate and snacks…

One of the groups went caving on Wednesday. They had to work as a team as they navigated the caves… “it was wet, tricky but really good fun!” – Ellie.

We really did have the most wonderful afternoon celebrating Fathers’ Day. The sun shone brightly, the dads, children and staff had lots of fun and the baking went down a treat!

Sports tournaments will still go ahead for federation schools because we already operating in year group bubbles. It is times like this that it is so fortunate we are a federation of four schools and we can continue to do the things we love – residentials, sports competitions, transition days. ‘Dream work makes the team…

Preschool and Class 1 are looking forward to seeing everyone at 1.30 for our Father’s Day celebrations tomorrow. Please make your way round to preschool’s outdoor area where we will be ready to welcome you.

After arriving safely and settling into Ingleborough Hall, the children enjoyed a range of different activities. One group have been enjoying orienteering, another group were taught how to use a bow and arrow in an archery session and the final group went off caving (caving photos to follow). The sun has been shining and the…

Class 1 children across the federation came together for the first time today. They had a wonderful, sunny afternoon at Burnsall, enjoying Lempen Theatre puppet show. It was lovely to see children re-kindle old friendships and form new ones…

Any child in the house team ‘Emerald’ gained the chance of coming to school tomorrow in non-school uniform by winning the most amount of house points last week. If your child is in Class 1 please ensure they are wearing or bring with them clothes that are suitable for PE int he afternoon.

Preschool have been working super hard recently to learn the story of ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’. Look how amazing they are!

This week was the first week of ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’ and we destroyed the tomatoes! We were very proud that every child in the school tried a tomato, even if they weren’t very keen. Next week we will be taking on sweetcorn!

Don’t forget to bring your tube of Silver Smarties back to school tomorrow. If it’s not full, then that’s absolutely fine. All the money raised will go back to helping the school and pupils, including hoodies for leavers and book bags for our reception children in September.

Class 1 are in search of some new items to add to our provision please. If anyone has any of the following or know someone who does please would you be able to send it into school as we will make great use of it. Thank you! Metal tea pots Doll and clothes/ accessories Small…

Cooking up a storm… Grassington pupils enjoying their weekly cookery lesson with Mrs Allen

Wow, what a start to our ‘Travel around Africa ‘ spotlight week. So far we have had storytelling from Zimbabwe, we have played the African Steel Drum, learnt about different African countries, found out how chocolate is made (sampling required of course!), looked at artefacts from Africa and we have had a go at gum…

Making a BIG splash at Upper Wharfedale Pre-School

African steel drumming workshop this morning at Grassington Primary…

When the gosling came for tea… Thank you to Dr Cuthbert for bringing in Pip and Poppin.

When the goslings came for tea… Upper Wharfedale Primary Federation pre-school

Places are filling for September. If you would like to look around our wonderful pre-school, please email fbm@uwpf.n-yorks.sch.uk to make an appointment.

It’s our first spotlight week starting tomorrow and we are ‘Travelling around Africa!’ Please remember to wear those African flag colours tomorrow and we are looking forward to working out which country you are representing. Also can all of Class 1 please remember their wellies!x

SPOTLIGHT WEEK: Lets’ Travel around Africa. Children at Upper Wharfedale Federation kickstart the global mindedness week with a storyteller from Zimbabwe. We have dancing, music, cookery and an assortment of surprises from Monday as part of our spotlight week.

NEXT FOREST SCHOOLS SESSION for children under 5 at Kettlewell Primary. To book a place email admin@kettlewell.n-yorks.sch.uk

Oops! We forgot it was SATs week. We are too busy having fun! The key stage 2 children came back together this Friday, enjoying their time together once a week is what makes our federation special. Children have specialist qualified teachers in PE, music, French and RE. In PE the children were learning how to…

We are so lucky to have our own cookery teacher in the federation. Mrs Allen is currently working with children at Grassington Primary. The children learned how to make their own dough, use a range of utensils and finished their Italian masterpieces with a smile!

We’re really enjoying seeing your pictured from The Red Tractor Challenge. There is still time to sign up and support our school. Simply pick your distance, from 5, 10 or 26.2 miles. You can do your miles in one go or over the course of May. Sign up here www.justgiving.com/campaign/redtractorchallenge and help to raise money…

We pride ourselves on providing a nurturing, holistic and family environment within which children flourish. Each of our schools offers the privileges of small class sizes and as a federation every pupil benefits from specialist teachers, joint learning sessions within a wider group. We offer opportunities beyond the prescribed national curriculum. We are proud of…

It’s school photographs tomorrow everyone, please send your child in full school uniform, including a jumper or cardigan. If they have PE they can bring their kit and get changed later. Thank you!It’s school photographs tomorrow everyone, please send your child in full school uniform, including a jumper or cardigan. If they have PE they…