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Key Stage 2 had a fantastic afternoon yesterday making and cooking pizzas, as part of our ‘Italy’ topic. There was an excited buzz from all the children during the prep, and big smiles all round when they ate their own hot and tasty marguerite pizza. While they were chopping, cutting and building, we talked about…

We had a great morning this morning when PSCO Will visited school to talk to the children about keeping safe during trick or treating. We are very lucky and pleased to have such great links with our local community.

We are so unbelievably proud of all the children at Grassington Primary School. This term they have worked so hard and progressed so much. This piece of work shows the amazing progress made by one of our reception children from the start of term to now. Fantastic!!

Class 2 had a lot of fun creating their wonderful descriptive writing stories and making them into books this week. It was even more fun sharing them with friends!

Please can all year 6 parents please complete and return the Gisburn Forest forms as soon as possible so we can sort the correct forms of transport. Many thanks.

What a beautiful Harvest service our children put on today. They worked really hard on their singing and readings. Thank you to all who managed to join us, it was lovely to finally have us all back together.

Please can all children come in normal uniform tomorrow and NOT PE kits as it is the harvest festival. Also if anyone has anything to donate to the food bank we are still collecting and would appreciate anything you can spare.

We love our Friday get togethers… Someone came to visit and was atonished that small schools like ours having specialist teachers – Yes, we do – RE, music, PE and French!

It’s census day tomorrow so if your child would like a delicious school dinner then they can let us know when we take the register in the morning.

Perfect morning for PE…

Great to be back together! Thank you to all those involved in making our federation fun day a success. The children loved it!

We are on the hunt again please! Preschool would be very grateful if anyone is able to donate or sell a wooden outdoor playhouse, a small dolls pram, a steering wheel, a gear stick or some plastic guttering. Many thanks for your continued support.

Kettlewell pupils have helped contribute to this church garden over the years and it has won the regional award! Well done Kettlewell community! https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19584751.wildlife-friendly-dales-churchyard-declared-best-north-yorkshire/ Wildlife friendly Dales churchyard declared the best in North Yorkshire

Reception and preschool really enjoyed collecting Autumn treasures today to make a sculpture inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.

Did you know you can donate to the school PTA simply by shopping on Amazon? Sign up to Amazon Smile and then just continue with your normal purchases. You can sign up here https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1110031-0 and then the school benefits from it straight away!

Watch out Grassington, the Big Bad Wolf is on the loose! But don’t panic, Class 1 created some wanted posters and placed them around the village today. Did you spot any on the way home?

If you would like to come and visit any of our wonderful schools then please see dates below for our open days! Monday 11th October Open morning at Cracoe Tuesday 12th October Open morning at Kettlewell Wednesday 13th October Open morning at at Burnsall Wednesday 13th October Open afternoon at Grassington We are a federation…

A huge thank you to our PTA today. It was great to see an event being held again to raise funds for school. The children did a fantastic job encouraging the visitors to the stall and serving them. Thank you to all who donated baked goods and tombola prizes!

Class 1 have been incredibly busy since we have been back after the summer holidays. From using our acting skills to perform The Three Little Pigs, to using our balancing skills in gymnastics, investigating the properties of different materials, learning about place value in Maths, creating our own Prayers, welcoming our new pet fish (introducing…

Upper Wharfedale School are holding some open events for Year 6 students thinking of applying. Strictly by appointment only. Meet the Headteacher, staff and students and enjoy a tour, including subject demonstrations. Book via their website or follow this link https://uws.n-yorks.sch.uk/event/open-evening-3/ Open Evening – Upper Wharfedale School

Children at Kettlewell Primary School had the opportunity to visit the cast and crew of ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ when they came to film in the village. “We had to be very quiet and patient” Isabella commented. “When the director and actors came over to chat we all went quiet, I think we were…

Roll up, roll up! Come and support Grassington Primary School’s cake stall and tombola this coming Saturday morning outside school! Hopefully see you there between 9am and 12pm 😋

Calling all parents and/or grandparents! Request for baking and tombola prizes for the PTA’s stall outside school this Saturday morning. Please see comments below for further information. Thank you for your support! 🍰🧁😋

We are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Could Class 2 and 3 please come in their P.E. kits ready for tomorrow afternoon. Thank you.

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!