Ripon Cathedral School Update

Week ending Friday 16th September 2022

Ambassador Elections

Ambassador Elections 2022

This week we have been thinking about the British Value, Democracy. In worship we have explored how elections work, particularly in relation to the election of our government. We have thought about the way laws are agreed and considered why being democratic is important in our country,

The children have also seen democracy in action through our Ambassador Elections. Twelve Year 6 pupils put themselves forward as candidates; they shared their impressive speeches to persuade the children that they should vote for them in our Wednesday worship. The children from each class then visited our polling station to complete their ballot papers and after they were counted, Ella and Jack were elected as our new Ambassadors.

Parents' meetings

Over the last two years we have conducted parent consultations online, partly due to the restrictions caused by the Covid pandemic. As we plan for our next round of parent consultations in October, we would like your thoughts about whether parents and carers would prefer for us to continue with online appointments or move back to face to face meetings. We would be grateful if you would click below to complete a short survey. Many thanks.

Parent Teacher Appointment Survey

School Update

Bank Holiday - Monday 19th September

As you will undoubtedly be aware there is a Bank Holiday on Monday for the Queen's Funeral, therefore the school will be closed. This is quite a special moment in our country's history and we have spoken to the children about the significance of the state funeral and encouraged them to spend time with their families reflecting on the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

Mobile Technology and Teddies and Toys

Children should not bring mobile phones into school along with smart watches that connect to phones or take photographs. We do allow children in Year 5 and Year 6, who have permission to walk home, to have a phone. However, for safety and safeguarding reasons they must be handed in to a member of staff at the start of the day and must not be used whilst on the school premises.

Please can we also ask that parents do not send toys and teddies into school.

Uniform

The vast majority of children are coming to school with the correct uniform. We have included the link below again in the newsletter so that all families know the school's expectations. For PE can we remind parents and carers that children should bring black shorts and a plain white t-shirt for PE (this can include T-shirts with the school logo).

Up to date information

If there are any changes to addresses, emails or phone numbers for your family, please can you email rbingham@riponcathedral.n-yorks.sch.uk so that we can update records accordingly.

Many thanks for your ongoing support.

Kind regards

Steven Holmes

Headteacher

Ripon Cathedral School Uniform

Uniform Guidance

Remembering the Queen

This week the children added their reflections, thoughts and prayers to our condolence book. We also thought about the words and phrases that describe who the Queen was. Children shared lots of words and phrases and we made a word cloud out of all the words. In worship we noticed that the words, loving, loyal, gracious and hard working came up many times.

Stars of the week

Stars of the Week

Well done to our Stars of the Week.

Nursery

Violet for being thoughtful and helpful and kind with the new nursery children.

Reception

Ivy for coming into school with a wonderful smile and for trying so hard with everything she does.

Year 1

Amelia for embracing all the new challenges of Year 1 with enthusiasm and a huge smile on her face!

Year 2

Jacob for always putting 100% into all the work he produces and for offering help to his class mates when needed.

Year 3

Vinnie for having an excellent attitude to his learning, working well with others in the group.

Year 4

Alfie for having a growth mindset. Alfie understands that growth and learning require effort.

Year 5

Noah for an impressive start to Year 5; always aspiring in his work and having a caring attitude to all.

Year 6

Connor for fantastic effort in mathematics, persevering to solve problems involving rounding and demonstrating a determination to challenge himself.

Colour Mixing in Year 1

Year 1 have been exploring colour mixing. We have focused on creating the secondary colours and the children applied their knowledge through making bird paintings. They had to choose a shape for the body, mix and paint with the primary and secondary colours and then when they were dry we added details to make birds. It was great to see how unique everyone's were and understand this was because of the amount of each primary colour used.

Aspiring, Flourishing and Loving in Reception

This week, Reception have been learning about our school vision and how they can be loving to others, both at home and at school. It has been wonderful to see the children independently demonstrating kindness and friendship. Reception learnt that words and actions are both important when showing love to others, so they baked some delicious heart biscuits to give to their families along with a message saying what it is that they love about them.