Ripon Cathedral School Update

Week ending Friday 23rd September 2022

Getting Adventurous

Year 6 Take on How Stean Gorge

As part of our physical education, adventurous activities programme, Year 6 went to How Stean Gorge this week. They started the day by caving, exploring a range of caves, some of which required the children to crawl through tight spaces and get really muddy. After lunch the children put on wetsuits, before abseiling down into the gorge, where they swam, climbed and slid down rocks. The centre staff were extremely impressed with the all the children, particularly as every child took on the abseiling challenge..

Do click on the video below to see pictures and film of their exciting day.

Having a great time at Go Ape

Year 5 Go Ape

Year 5 also had an adventurous week when they visited Go Ape in Dalby Forest. The children had a great day developing their climbing, balance and skills as they navigated their way around the treetop course. Afterwards the children enjoyed a range of team games that developed co-operation and team work.

Do click on the video below to see more pictures of the children day at Go Ape.

Sports Captains

We continued our work on democracy this week when we had an election for the Sports Captains for each of our teams; Dragons, Sharks and Tigers. Across the school the children split into their teams and our Year 6 candidates prepared a short speech which they delivered. The children then voted for the year 6 pupils that they would like as their captains.

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Team Dragons Captains

Captains - Milo and Indie

Vice Captains - Ernie and Elodie

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Team Sharks Captains

Captains - Ben and Alice

Vice Captains - Oliver and Lisa

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Team Tigers Captains

Captains - Layla and Jack

Vice Captains - Ollie and Merry

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Baby News

Both Mrs Beckett and Mrs Babington had their babies last week on the same day, Tuesday 13th September! The Beckett family welcomed a second son and Mrs Babington had a little girl. We are sure you join us in sending congratulations and best wishes to both families.

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European Day of Languages - Monday 26th September 2022

Next week it is the European Day of Languages on Monday. Children are welcome to come into school in non-uniform wearing the colours of the flag of a country that each class will be thinking about (non-uniform is optional and can be just a T-Shirt etc). Each class teacher will have communicated with the children and through email with regards to the country and language that they will be exploring.

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Parents' meetings

Thank you very much for the large number of responses to our survey about parent teacher appointments. The results showed that 83% of parents found that the virtual meetings were successful. 56% of parents are happy to continue with virtual meetings, with 44% preferring the option to have a face to face appointment. Taking these results into consideration, we feel that offering one afternoon of virtual meetings and one afternoon of face to face meetings should help us satisfy most parents. Dates and booking details will be sent out soon.

Parent Governor Vacancy

Please check the letter emailed to all families today which has a lot of information about the work of our governing body and specifically about the role of parent governors. Being a parent governor is a great way to help the school and be involved in strategic decisions, but it also brings with it some duties and responsibility. If you are interested in becoming a governor, or if you need to discuss any questions about the role first, please contact Mrs Rich or Mr Holmes.

Safe Parking

Thank you to those parents who have taken advantage of the permits to park in the St. Marygate car park which helps keep the roads around school safer. These permits enable you to park both at drop off and pick up times in the car park at the bottom of Sainsbury's at no charge. Please send an email to rbingham@riponcathedral.n-yorks.sch.uk if you would like a permit or more details.

Next week we have contractors in school installing play equipment in our nursery yard. There may be larger vehicles parked in the bays in the staff car park near the entrance to the Reception classroom. Please would all parents who bring children through the car park or with children in Reception, be extra vigilant to keep everyone safe, thank you.

Stars of the week

Stars of the Week

Well done to our Stars of the Week.

Nursery

Jimi for being enthusiastic and working hard in the provision areas.

Reception

Archie for showing super enthusiasm for his learning and having a go even when he finds things tricky.

Year 1

George W for his effort and enthusiasm in the Spanish lesson with Mrs Shawcross.

Year 2

Sophie for always giving everything a go and doing so with a huge smile on her face. Sophie always includes others.

Year 3

Blake for having a fantastic effort in all his learning, completing every task to the higher standard.

Year 4

Robson for showing empathy and helping his friends when they need support.

Year 5

Lacey for her brave attitude during our trip; increased independence in class and support of her peers.

Year 6

Eva for having the courage to face her fear and abseil into a gorge. An amazing effort to overcome obstacles.

Hope and Apples in Nursery

During snack the children were investigating their fruit, and found the apples had lovely big pips inside. We collected the apple pips and decided to plant them. Thinking about our Hope theme for Worship, we were discussing what our hopes for the apple pips would be.

"I hope they are juicy apples."

I hope the apples are red."

"I hope they all grow."