Form 5 went to meet historian Alex Cockshott from Ilkley Civic Society to learn more about Ilkley’s Victorian heritage. When Victoria first became Queen, there were only 100 houses in Ilkley; at the end of her reign there were 1000....
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Will it Sink or Float?
After a busy SATs week, Form 6 are continuing to show what they have learnt this year by presenting lessons to their classmates. Each pupil in Form 6 has created their own lesson to teach to the rest of the...
Phoebe’s Sponsored Walk
Phoebe C in Form 4 is feeling inspired after her Easter holiday to Nepal! After trekking with her family where she mets lots of Nepalese children, she felt that she wanted to help make a difference to the children who...
Form 3 & 4 Art
Forms 3 and 4 are experimenting with clay in their Art lesson to create some fantastic pottery bobble heads. Did you know Chef Sean is also a ceramicist? He kindly brought in his clay press to help Mrs Smith flatten and...
Spanish Word Search!
To test how much Forms 1 and 2 have learned in Spanish this year, Mrs Smith sent the children on a word hunt in the School playground. We gathered around Mrs Smith as she explained the objective of our Spanish lesson....
Super-callig-fragilistic
Mrs Smith held the very first Calligraphy Club session on Monday lunchtime. Key Stage Two pupils were invited to try their hand at writing the alphabet using two attached pencils. Doodling with double pencils is a very good introduction to...
All Things Bright and Beautiful!
For Form 1 and 2’s Art lesson, Mrs Smith took the children outside to discover what beautiful, natural colours can be found outdoors. In pairs, we had a palette with a different piece of coloured paper in each section. Mrs Smith...
Maths x Outdoors + Sun = A Great Lesson!
Mr Nicholson took learning outdoors on Wednesday morning to practice Algebra with Form 5. We were each given a piece of paper with the following task written on it: ‘Using the outdoors, design and build a model of a square-based...
Arty Pupils Take to the Stage
Talented Form 5 pupils Ava, Evie C and Bea took to the stage at Ilkley Carnival on May Day to accept their prizes for their winning submissions in the Carnival’s Cover Competition. The pupils made their designs in Mrs Smith’s...
Fantastic Four: Pupil Achievements
In the first week of the summer term we’ve had the pleasure of celebrating some fantastic achievements by our wonderful pupils. Hockey Bea in Form 5 was announced as ‘Player of the Season’ in the U10s girls team at Ben...
