Ripon Cathedral School Update

On Thursday, Year 3 visited the Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Bradford. The children were warmly welcomed into the temple and they particularly enjoyed looking at the murtis (statues) of some of the gods and goddesses from the Hindu religion on the beautifully decorated shrine. Another highlight was to dress in traditional Hindu outfits and to explore how Hindus worship at home and at a Mandir (Temple).

We did some activities in the Temple, we learned about what a Hindu marriage is like, we dressed up in saris and looked at the gods and goddesses . We saw how Hindus worship using their five senses.

Olive

We learned about the different qualities of the gods and why Hindus pray to them. I was interested in learning about Shiva, who is an important god in the Hindu religion.

Vinnie

In the Temple there was a shrine with lots of Murtis of gods and goddesses, they were colourful and beautiful.

Poppy

I liked it when we went in the Temple, it smelled lovely, they were burning incense.

Keegan

This week Year 6 wrote and presented our Wednesday worship focusing on remembrance and service. They have been exploring World War 2 in class and produced some art work and throughtful poetry which they shared in the worship. The children also spoke about the importance of service to others, thinking about people who have served in wars and nurses and front line workers who serve us on a daily basis. Well done Year 6.

What a busy week it has been in Reception finding out why there are so many poppies in Ripon at the moment. Our learning began by reading the beautiful book, 'Where the Poppies Now Grow' by Hilary Robinson. We learnt the reason for all the poppies, and also discovered the importance of Remembrance Day. The children showed off their creative skills by exploring a range of mediums to create beautiful poppy artwork. It was lovely to have our parents come and help us with our art when they joined us for our second Stay and Play session. Thank you! In Collective Worship this week, we thought about our hopes for peace and recorded our thoughts on little doves which we hung from our tree of peace. To bring our learning to a close, we were very fortunate to have one of our wonderful parents come and join us in the classroom to talk to us about his role in the Army. What brilliant questions and interesting answers we had.

Year 5 and Year 6 went to Spa Gardens to reflect and consider the importance of Armistice Day. They looked at the Memorial and considered the sacrifices made by those who have served our country.

Today, Year 4 listened to and discussed the meaning behind the poem 'Flanders Fields'. Using the poem as inspiration, they created digital artwork on the software app Procreate to show the emotion, love and sorrow described in the poem. I'm sure you'll agree that their artwork is absolutely fantastic! Well done, Year 4.

On the 11th month of the 11th day and the 11th hour of 1918, World War 1 ended. The people had trauma because of the war as many people died. The people went home and the guns fell silent in the poppies area. There was an agreement made because people wanted peace. The soldiers were relieved to go home. Many were sorry for the people who had died. 'There is no instance of any nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.'

At the end of day when picking up, please don't feel that you need to queue, teachers and adults are able to release pupils, who are ready to go home, when they see parents and carers waiting around the door areas of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 classrooms.

Next Friday is Children in Need 2022. As always we would like to support this worthy cause by raising funds. We will be having a non-uniform day on Friday 18th November, when children can come in bright clothes. The theme this year is SPOTacular, so children are more than welcome to come wearing spots. We do ask that a donation is made for each child on ParentPay for the privilege of coming into school in non-uniform. We will be having a 'design a Pudsey' competition and there will be special prizes awarded for each class.

We are sure it will be a fun day and will raise lots of money for a very worthy charity.

Ella and Jack (School Ambassadors)

Isla in Year 5 has earned her Green Blue Peter Badge, an award especially for Blue Peter viewers who care about the environment and nature. Isla achieved this special badge as a result of her hard work on recycling and saving energy. Since a young age Isla has been featured in the Ripon Gazette for her courageous advocacy work around cleaning up dog's mess and she has regularly championed causes to improve our world. Well done Isla.

This week we had a mile competition. Children from Years 1 - 6 took to the mile track to see who could complete a mile in the fastest time. In Tuesday's worship we awarded gold, silver and bronze certificates to the top 3 pupils. Well done to everyone for a such a super effort.

Every Friday we share who is star of the week in each class in our Celebration Worship

Nursery

Jubilee for fabulous baking.

Reception

Edwin for enthusiastically challenging himself in all areas of the classroom, particularly his reading and writing.

Year 1

Sophia for trying her best with her writing. You are a superstar Sophia!

Year 2

William for his fantastic and enthusiastic attitude towards learning, his polite manner and for thriving in our current maths topic on subtraction.

Year 3

Ivy for her enthusiasm in music lessons, she shows confidence and encourages other by sharing work she has done at home.

Year 4

Elsie for outstanding effort in all lessons this week and for trying extremely hard to improve her handwriting.

Year 5

Imogen for impeccable behaviour; mature attitude to learning and kindness. A true star of the week!

Year 6

Lucas for working hard to write an emotive poem and performing it during our class worship.

Wednesday 16th November at 9am - Year 1 Class Worship (Y1 parents welcome to attend)

Friday 18th November - Non-uniform day for Children in Need

Monday 21st November - Nasal flu immunisations

Thursday 24th November - Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew

Friday 25th November - Non-uniform day - bring items for the Friends of the School Christmas raffle hampers

Monday 28th November - Riding Lights Theatre Visit for Reception/Y1/Y2/Y3

Wednesday 30th November at 9am - Year 5 Class Worship (Y5 parents welcome to attend)

Friday 2nd December - Money Day

Friday 16th December at 10.00am - Key Stage 1 Nativity

Friday 16th December at 3.15pm - School closes for Christmas Break

Wednesday 4th January - School reopens for Spring Term

The school health team have asked us to remind you that vision tests for children are free. They strongly encourage you to make an appointment for your child/ren at one of the opticians in town. Even if you do not think there is an issue, it is really valuable to have a routine check up to catch things early.

Please see on the posters below information about health sleep advice.

Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School

Email: admin@riponcathedral.n-yorks.sch.uk
Website: www.riponcathedralschool.org.uk
Location: HG41LT, United Kingdom
Phone: 01765 602355
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Twitter: @riponcathschool