Junior School Chronicle 2021 by Giggleswick School

The Chronicle GIGGLESWICK JUNIOR SCHOOL

2021

INTRODUCTION

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRONICLE 2021 Welcome to our 2021 edition of the Giggleswick Junior School Chronicle.

Parents, guardians and friends of Giggleswick, welcome to our Chronicle for 2020-21. The year will remembered as a unique one for those either working in education or who have had children of school age. Safety restrictions that discouraged mixing of classes, the usual array

of trips and visits, sports fixtures, performing arts events, which are all so often celebrated in our Chronicle publications, meant that this academic year was a unique one! However, this Chronicle also reflects the continued resilience of our community, as well as the many learning opportunities

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that the children had whether at Giggleswick or virtually. Despite the challenges, our children continue to have happy and fulfilling experiences, and embody our key values of respect, participation and ambition. James Mundell, Headmaster

INTRODUCTION

SPEECH DAY 2021 Welcome to Giggleswick Junior School’s Speech Day 2021. A time to reflect on the year, but also a time to think ahead with positivity about the future ahead of us all. children cheer on and support each other, and giving those who finish at the tail end of the races a real boost as they head towards the finish line. Despite the spring lockdown, our pupils also took part in virtual running events such as the Catteral Shield which involved schools both in the North and also the South of the country, with Edward Walker being our best runner, finishing 3rd in the Under 11 Boys’ race. Performing Arts has also been an area that the school has prioritised, overcoming all manner of hurdles to ensure pupils can continue to sing, practice instruments, rehearse and perform in a safe environment. The theme of speech day is ‘Back to the Future’. As well as this arguably being one of the best films of all time, and a personal favourite of mine, it is also an excellent way of describing the journey our pupils make as they race towards their future like a DeLorean reaching 88mph. I’m sure if we had the ability to use a time machine last year, and even through the dark winter months of lockdown, we may have happily sent ourselves back to a time when social distancing, bubbles, face coverings, Lateral Flow and PCR tests, self-isolation, and of course, home learning, would be viewed as something straight out of a science fiction film – and enjoy a time where we all took our freedoms for granted. When the school reopened in September, it was certainly a different place than the one we opened at the start of the previous academic year. The saddest part for me, was having to keep pupils apart, when they so

naturally play together irrespective of age or gender, and for us to no longer enable our oldest pupils to work with our youngest ones, at the Junior School or Mill House. However, despite the restrictions nothing could crush the Giggleswick spirit, and we still maintained our strong sense of community. Our House competition developed this year to include a wider range of sporting events for the children. House hockey, football, cricket, and swimming all involved mixed-gender teams with all our Key Stage 2 pupils participating. We ensured that our cross-country event, Scarret, was able to take place back in October, albeit with some changes to the usual format. Grit and perseverance, as well as lots of smiles and happy faces, made for a brilliant day. What makes this day particularly special is watching our THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRONICLE 2021

Virtual learning during the spring term still enabled pupils to benefit from individual music lessons, take part in a virtual young musician of the year competition, and also begin rehearsals for our production. This year’s drama production was made into a mini movie using locations around the school as a perfect film set for ‘The Mystery at Magpie Manor’. A 1920’s style ‘Who Done It?’ The pupils had the opportunity to work with a professional film crew, and also the experience of recording the soundtrack in the week before Easter. I’m sure you will agree, it was a really impressive achievement, which I would like to particularly thank Ms Boylan and Mrs Jones for their efforts. Again, it was seeing the children really rise to the occasion, and most importantly, thoroughly enjoy themselves, which made this event so pleasing to accomplish. Our sense of service and support

for the wider community has also continued. In November, we came together to raise hundreds of pounds for ‘Children in Need’. As well as it being a non-uniform day, the children took part in the Joe Wicks, ‘Five to Thrive’ campaign, which covered ways to develop our physical and mental health. The children also donned odd socks (this time intentionally) to show their support for Anti-bullying week; and our Pupil Leaders took charge of our fund raising for Comic Relief and Marie Curie back in March, leading our assembly, and organising and judging various competitions, which collected over £200. I was particularly impressed with how our leaders demonstrated initiative and were immensely pro-active in organising this event. Last year, the first lockdown meant that we were unable to take part in World Book Day. Although working virtually in the spring threatened to do the same again, we could not be stopped a second time! This involved reading in unusual places, the masked reader competition (I was the sausage by the way), and taking part in events such as those delivered by Settle Stories;

Whilst school life this year has been different, we have ensured that the children continue to access a wide range of experiences and maintain a real joy in learning. This has meant that classes continue to have lessons in areas such as the Science Lab and Art Room each week, so that they can still enjoy lots of hand-on practical activities, be creative, gain skills, investigate and explore, and have lots of fun in the process. Our academic curriculum has seen greater cross-subject links to provide more depth of knowledge and understanding; and we are now benefiting from greater cross-campus teaching. Languages, Sport, Art and Design are now all delivered by Senior School colleagues to upper year groups, enabling our children to benefit from their specific expertise and to aid transition.

A new Thursday afternoon activities slot began in September so that all Year 3 to 6 children could benefit from additional opportunities outside the classroom, and provide additional breadth to our provision. Performance groups included dance, acting, and creating class compositions; Eco groups made bird feeders, developed our garden areas, and even cooked produce using the Home Economics room; Multi-sports enabled participation in a range of indoor and outdoor team sports beyond our PE curriculum, including water polo and basketball; In Outdoor Pursuits led by Head of OP, Oliver Roberts, our pupils enjoyed climbing, orienteering, den building, first aid and many other activities.

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INTRODUCTION

With restrictions continuing to relax, we can now begin to get back planning for a brighter future at Giggleswick. The school has created a new strategic plan for the next 5-years. This plan ensures that core areas are planned across the 3 schools – Pre, Junior and Senior – with shared values and objectives. Our mission at Giggleswick is to support every child in their lifelong journey of learning so that they have the skills to lead fulfilling lives and make a valued contribution to society. In essence, this is about us helping to build the futures of the children at Giggleswick, and this starts from when they enter our doors at the age of just 2. From Mill House and through the Junior School this is about us nurturing and developing the skills, knowledge and characteristics (our learner profile), that will enable them to be prepared for secondary education, and then to lead fulfilling lives beyond school. Our curriculum continues to be adapted to promote curiosity,

INTRODUCTION

imagination, and creativity; whilst with support, we encourage the children to develop a growth mindset so that they are not afraid to make mistakes to try new things. We help them gain independence, from doing the very basics such as dressing and eating as a 2-3 year old, to undertaking their own research projects, leading initiatives and events when they enter our older year groups. We also encourage them to be confident and friendly individuals who show real care for others and who can be responsible, whether that is a result of holding a specific position within the school, but more because this is just innate. Our shared values are: An Ambition to continue to develop our learning at every age, A Respect for all as equals, ourselves, and the world that supports us, Participation in a manner that positively supports those around us and our own learning. Our vision is to be a flourishing, values-driven boarding school that: THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRONICLE 2021

Offers a rich breadth of education that adds value to all outcomes, Supports the very best wellbeing of every member of our community,

From September, there will be changes to our Literacy schemes, including spelling and handwriting that will better prepare our pupils for the next stage in their education.

The diploma will accredit pupils for their participation, efforts and progress focusing on the areas of academic, CAS (Creative, Active, Service) and enrichment.

We will also continue to build upon the success of our virtual school by continuing to develop the digital skills of our pupils and staff on our continued journey as a Microsoft Showcase School.

It is the intention that our diploma will reward, recognise and value the many achievements and accomplishments, whether incidental or significant, as they pass thorough the various milestones which makes up their journey at Giggleswick.

However, the greatest change will be the introduction of a Giggleswick Foundation Diploma that all children will take part in which fully embodies our aims and values. These will be awarded at the end of Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6, with the first level diploma bridging Pre-school and our first years at Junior School.

and supporting one another in the classroom or wider community. From beginning to recognise numbers, count them and add them together, to calculating long multiplication, converting fractions and solving algebra problems. From writing a first letter, to writing your name, to writing a full sentence, to writing in a range of styles and for different purposes.

From learning to leave parents at the front door of Mill House, to a week away from home on a Year 6 residential.

From learning words in different languages, singing songs, writing role plays to perform with others, to translating passages.

From learning to play and compromise with other children, to leading others in a team and caring

From balancing and navigating a route, to performing a long jump, running a lap the athletics pitch, striking and bowling a cricket ball, mastering a dive in the pool, and representing the school in fixtures.

Develops excellence across the curriculum.

From being part of your first nativity, to performing in concerts, productions and musical competitions as part of an ensemble, group or soloist.

At the Pre and Junior School there are two key aspects within our strategy, that is wellbeing and that is learning. We wish for all our pupils and staff to be comfortable, healthy and happy; and we continue to give safeguarding our highest priority.

From being one of the youngest to eventually becoming one of the oldest in the school, ready for the next adventure that waits – and we wish our current Year 6’s the very best in their next adventure which shortly awaits them.

This will involve us developing indoor and outside environments to promote positive wellbeing; enhancing our PSHE and Pastoral curriculums; developing a culture of mindfulness; enhancing educational visits and residential experiences for more year groups; providing greater roles for pupils; training staff in supporting pupils in Mental Health; and greater engagement with parents in these matters and in also in supporting your child’s learning.

As we end this academic year, we can do so with optimism and positivity about the future. We can once again look forward to a school life with the full range of opportunities, experiences and magic moments. We can once again look forward to getting ourselves back to an exciting future.

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

A YEAR IN THE CHAPLAINCY

ACADEMIC PRIZES English Prize

Nico Gogua and Lucy Giles (shared)

Mathematics Prize Edward Walker

Science Prize

Phoenix Graham

Humanities Prize

Marianne Robinson-Baker

Drama Prize

Violet Hollings-Kelley

One of the challenges that faced the Chaplaincy this year was getting to grips with the technology to record services and assemblies to be shared

The Easter term saw a continuation of the lockdown restrictions and remote services and it was marvellous to see

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Reverend Alex Ladds Chaplain

James Galley

Girls' Sport Prize Lucy Cowin

Citizenship Prizes

Robert Davidson

Y1 Form Prize Ellie Preston

Y2 Form Prize Alex Occardi

Y3 Form Prize Oscar Dodd

Long Service Prize

Y5 Form Prize

Art Prize

KS1 Perseverance Prize

Y6S Form Prize

Languages Prize

KS2 Perseverance Prize

Y6J Form Prize

Rubyann Mitchell Maisee Fairhurst

Edison Wakenshaw

Penelope Wakenshaw

Alfred Walker

Robin Tempest Emma Harrison Maisee Fairhurst

PUPIL LEADERSHIP ROLES Pupil Leaders (elected by the whole school)

I would like to thank all the students and staff who have worked so hard and contributed so much to the Chaplaincy this year and I would like to say a particular thank you to Mr Rice-Bowen and wish him every Blessing as he leaves Giggleswick to pursue his training for the Priestly Ministry at St. Hild College.

Boys' Sport Prize

Busy Bee Plate (summer term)

Design Prize

Lucy Giles

the imaginative ways in which both pupils and staff were able to take part in and contribute to these acts of worship.

Phoenix Graham

James Galley, Isla Miller, Isabella Judge, Violet Hollings-Kelley

Y4 Form Prize

Ted Hargreave

with the Giggleswick community. The IT department did a great job to get the Chapel connected to the school WiFi network (no easy task in a listed building with very thick walls). The brief respite from restrictions meant that we were able to have a socially-distanced Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and, although congregational singing was not possible, Mr Everhart on the piano and the vocal skills of Mr Rice-Bowen combined to produce some truly memorable Christmas Music.

Swimming Prize

Pupil Leaders Prize

Citizenship Prize

Abigail Rice-Bowen

It has been a very different year in the Chaplaincy, to say the least. Whilst we may not have always been physically together, we have remained together in spirit. The Chapel – even when empty – has stood as a beacon of hope for us all. Regardless of whether we have ‘gathered’ in person or virtually, our faith has united us. It has been a joy to see worship at Giggleswick not only surviving but thriving.

James Galley

Computing Prize Samuel Galley

Giggleswick chaplain, Reverend Alex Ladds reflects on a challenging and uplifting year for the chaplaincy.

Music Prize

James Galley Isla Miller Isabella Judge Violet Hollings-Kelley

School Council (elected by forms) Sophie Wright - KS1 Alexa Jones - Y3 Rose Nicholson - Y4

Art Leaders Boe Evans Emila Routledge Phoenix Graham Rosie Braithwaite

House Captains Edward Walker - Ingleborough Sam Galley - Pen-y-Ghent Phoenix Graham - Whernside

Rubyann Mitchell - Y5 and Pupil Leaders - Y6

Busy Bee Plater Winners (for unsolicited helpfulness) Freddie Robinson - Autumn Term Robin Tempest - Spring Term Robert Davidson - Summer Term

Wellbeing Ambassadors Alexa Jones Tess Giles Camille Bolles Eleanor Cope Nico Gogua

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ACADEMIC

LITERACY

YEAR 2 Dougie in Year 2, wrote and illustrated a fantastic poem about a frosty Monday morning in Giggleswick using lots of descriptive words and phrases, including similes!

‘NAUGHTY BUS’.. IN OUR OWN WORDS! YEAR 1 After reading the ‘Naughty Bus’ and creating a story map of the book, the children in Reception and Year 1 rewrote the story in their own words! The children worked incredibly hard and tried to include lots of our success criteria to make their story amazing! Can you spot words like ‘because’ or ‘and’ which have been used to extend sentences? They have included adjectives and exclamation marks, as well as conjunctions like ‘so’ and ‘because’! Great Job, everyone!

YEAR 3 & 4

SETTLE STORIES YEAR 1

In Literacy, Year 3 & 4 have been learning all about haiku, a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. The children had the chance to create their own and they produced some fantastic work.

We very lucky to be invited to join in Settle Storytelling Festival, hosted by Settle Stories. Reception and Year 1 took part in a live storytelling event about a story called 'We Share the Same Moon.' This story was created by a collaboration between storyteller Cassandra Wye and astrophysicist Dr Megan Argo. The aim of the project is to bring science into primary schools in a creative and innovative way, using stories about the Moon. Cassandra, the storyteller, told us a story which was based around Science and explained the relationship between the Moon and the Earth. She invited us to join in telling the story and taught us sign language so we could tell the story too! We had a wonderful time and learnt lots about why the moon is so important. We are very much looking forward to continuing or links with Settle Stories and are looking forward to our next event.

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ACADEMIC

WORD BOOK DAY

YOUNG WRITERS

World Book Day was a highlight of our school year, it was wonderful to see so many children and staff dress up for the occasion and take part in the activities and online events that the teachers had organised.

SHAKESPEARE WEEK Do you know your ‘bunch-backed ruffians’ from your ‘cankerblossoms’? Our Year 6 celebrated Shakespeare Week by undertaking a range of activities including the Shakespearean insults game. Pupils finished Shakespeare Week by watching a live screening of a Shakespeare play.

In the summer term, a number of pupils took part in the ‘Young Writers’ creative writing competition which marked the 29th anniversary of this national event. The competition aims to inspire children to become confident and passionate writers, which link perfectly with the school’s Learner Profile. This year the competition received over 5000 entries across the country! The theme was ‘A Wander in the Woods’, and pupils were asked to create a mini saga of 100 words based

around nature. When the results were announced, the school was delighted to find that all our Year 5 entries had been chosen for publication into the book. The editor, Allie Jones, wrote to the school and notes, “Having all your pupils’ work chosen is something to be proud of, it doesn’t happen every day! I was impressed with their writing and it’s clear that you’ve really inspired them with A Wander In The Woods - it’s been a privilege to read and every piece will make a fantastic addition to (the book)”.

Budding young writers from North Craven went through to the next stages of a national competition after winning their local heat on the topic of ‘my happiest day’. Congratulations to Abi and Lucy, who were awarded 1st and 2nd prize in this year’s Settle Rotary Young Writer competition. Settle Rotary Club commented “Both entries were highly entertaining, thoughtful and well written.” Judges were especially impressed with the final sentence of Abi’s submission, which read: “I realised it’s not things that make you have the happiest day of your life, it’s people, and there’s nothing better than family and loved ones and I was so lucky to have mine.”

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ACADEMIC

MATHS

BUTTONS YEAR 2

DINO MATHS YEAR 1 As part of their topic on Dinosaurs, Reception and Year 1 applied their knowledge of 3D shapes to create junk models of their favourite Dinosaur. They used their team building and cooperation skills and a variety of Mathematical vocabulary to explain, justify and reason why they had chosen each box for the part of the dinosaur!

In our morning Maths sessions, the children were asked to find interesting ways to sort buttons and to record the methods they used. Here are a few examples of the fantastic work they did.

TIME Year 2 studied time as part of their Maths curriculum. Here they are making their own clock face using ‘clue cards’. Everyone had a different instruction on their set of cards. They worked together to create a clock face. They then added hands and took it in turns to say a time to a partner who then made it on the clock for us.

MEASURING IN METRES YEAR 1 Reception & Year 1 used their mathematical skills to carry out an investigation. Pupils followed instructions to create paper planes, carefully choosing the size and type of paper, to see which would fly the furthest. They then used a range of measuring tools and equipment, including rulers and trundle wheels, to determine the distance the planes travelled.

MUDDY MATHS We thought you might like to hear about the fabulous ‘Muddy Maths’s we enjoyed at lunchtimes and the comments of our pupils, with their Maths-thinking heads on! “Can we make a pile of leaves a metre high?” “Let’s get a metre stick to measure with...” “Will it be a million leaves? It could be?” “How heavy will it be? It won’t be as heavy as a car because a car is made of heavy stuff and leaves are light like a feather.” “Who can hold the most leaves in their hands?” “It's a cylinder, pyramid, a soft cube...it's not a triangle because that’s flat, it’s like a cone like an ice-cream that fallen on the floor!”

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ACADEMIC

MATHS MEASURING YEAR 3 Learning takes place both indoors and out, in any subject. This experiential learning allows for concepts to be embedded and is fundamental to our approach to accessing the curriculum. Year 3 and 4 completed perimeter challenges using standard and non-standard units of measure. They worked collaboratively as a team, tested hypotheses’ and discussed their findings afterwards.

MATHS YEAR 6 In Maths, Year 6 used their mathematical reasoning to investigate and double numbers into the million, billions, trillions, quadrillions and quintillions.

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WORLD MATHS DAY We celebrated World Maths Day. Activities ranged from designing, making, and playing Maths board games, Escape Room challenges, and exploring important Mathematicians from the past, to taking Maths outdoors with ‘Wake up, Shake up’ (Maths) and ‘Muddy Maths’.

EQUIVELENT FRACTIONS Mylan and Albert enjoyed a challenging game to help them recognise the equivalence between percentages, fractions and decimals during Maths. There was lots of questioning, reasoning and explanations shared.

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ACADEMIC

SCIENCE

THE SUN RECEPTION & YEAR 1 Reception and Year 1 talked about the Sun in Ms Horsman’s Topic time. The children turned themselves into a living model of the Sun and talked about how important the Sun is for life on Earth. We also discussed how to stay safe in the sun by protecting our skin and wearing a sun hat and sunglasses on a hot day.

SENIOR SCHOOL SCIENCE YEAR 1 Reception & Year 1 were very lucky to visit the Senior School Science department for a special lesson with Mr Atkinson, who helped further their knowledge on their topic of Dinosaurs.

FLOWERS YEAR 1 As part of our Science topic on ‘Plants and Animals’, Reception and Year 1 predicted what might happen when we put flowers into coloured water. We know that all living things need water, but will they drink blue water?

Pupils learned about the period in which dinosaurs lived, how they may have become extinct and got to look at some very special fossils and bones.

What will happen if they do drink it? They could not wait to find out the answers!

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ACADEMIC

DAFFODILLS YEAR 3 Whilst exploring different parts of plants, Year 3 & 4 pupils dissected a daffodil. Using microscopes, the children identified and labelled the different parts. They were amazed at the number of ovules, drew similarities and differences between plants and animals.

EVOLUTION YEAR 6 As part of Year 6’s ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ Science topic, they were set the challenge of designing a new species that would survive in the classroom environment. The children had to think carefully about what features an imaginary creature would need to be suited to living there. What would this imaginary creature eat? How would it move? Would it be active in the day or at night? They used art materials to model the imaginary animal and discussed how the creatures could evolve in the future.

PHEASANT CHICKS YEAR 5 Year 5 eagerly awaited the arrival of some pheasant chicks, linking to their work on lifecycles in their Science lessons. 24

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ACADEMIC

HUMANITIES

MARY ANNING YEAR 1 Reception & Year 1 travelled back in time to meet Mary Anning, who was one of the first female palaeontologists and discovered the Ichthyosaur.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS YEAR 2 Year 2 learnt about life at sea in the time of Christopher Columbus. They followed an old recipe for ships biscuits called ‘HARD -TACK’ that the sailors at this time would make and eat every day! They had fun making the sticky mixture but decided that they would not like to try them as they contain far too much salt! Alex thought they smelt like sea water!

SEAS AND OCEANS YEAR 2 As part of Year 2’s topic on ‘Seas and Oceans’, they completed some great independent research containing facts about the five oceans. Meanwhile, they made boats and rafts using natural materials. We then tested them to see if they will survive a trip down the stream in the school grounds! Year 2 researched the Oceans and Seas as part of our Geography topic in the summer term. Here is some fabulous research undertaken by Robert. 26

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EAT CARROT COOKIES... THEY’RE CARROT-LISCIOUS! Our Year 3 and 4 pupils learnt how children were affected by World War 2. We made carrot cookies with limited rationed ingredients and created persuasive posters to encourage children to make and eat vegetable-based treats!

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ACADEMIC

EVACUEES YEAR 5 To support their Humanities lessons our Year 5 pupils also read ‘Friend or Foe’ and watched ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’. They also dressed up as if they were an evacuee so they could experience what it would have been like for children who had to leave their home in the city for a life in the countryside during the war.

DR BEVERLEY COLDWELL YEAR 6 As part of their ‘Earth Matters’ topic, Year 6 held a ‘question and answer’ session with Dr Beverley Coldwell. Dr Coldwell works for INVOLCAN (the institute in charge of monitoring the volcanoes on all the Canary Islands) and lives in Spain. It was such a treat for Year 6 to speak to a geologist who is currently working with active volcanoes. Thank you very much Dr Beverley Coldwell, and we all look forward to speaking to you soon!

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ACADEMIC

ART

CLAY YEAR 3 & 4

We love an opportunity to get outside and get creative. Here we all are creating our very own firework display using squeezy paint. We made our design whilst listening to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture!

MARY ANNING After studying the life of Mary Anning, Reception & Year 1 children experimented with watercolours, charcoal, oil pastels and drawing pencils in their Art lesson to create portraits of the palaeontologist.

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Our Year 3 & 4 pupils studied the work of Pablo Picasso in their Art lessons, they drew portraits in the style of his work before recreating them in clay.

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ACADEMIC

PHSE As part of our work in PSHE on ‘Me and My Relationships,’ Reception to Year 6 explored positive relationships and considered what makes a good friend. They completed a range of tasks which included sorting statements and built friendship bridges.

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One of our topics in PSHE this year was ‘Healthy Lifestyles’. Pupils learnt about the importance of exercising every day. Our pupils have been putting this into practice throughout our Virtual School in many forms, from walking and running in the fresh air, to doing home workouts.

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CAS CREATIVE ACTIVE SERVICE

CAS

FRENCH WITH CAMEMBEAR

The school introduced a new focus on C.A.S. (Creative, Active, Service) from the start of the academic year. This placed greater emphasis on the importance of the non-core curriculum, and providing more opportunities for pupils to develop skills in a range of areas. For pupils in Key Stage 2, this included a dedicated afternoon to these areas each week which were on a carouse l basis. ‘Creative’ opportunities were performance driven, including class

musical and drama pieces, such as raps on the environment and life at school, preparing for our production and also our Young Musician competition. For ‘Active’, pupils enjoyed regular Outdoor Pursuits, led by our Head of OP, Oliver Roberts, with activities including climbing (and gaining climbing awards), orienteering, first aid and geo-

caching. ‘Active’ also included multisports, which enabled pupils to play sports beyond the curriculum, such as basketball and water polo. Finally, there was the ‘Service’ strand, which included initiatives to protect and support our natural environment, work around our school, and also raising money for charities.

CAS CREATIVE To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Ms Boylan taught Reception & Year 1 traditional Irish dancing. Ms Boylan commented “The children has so much fun and did a brilliant job learning the steps – Riverdance here we come!”

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In Languages, Reception and Year 1 were challenged to create their very own rainbow! Camembear gave them a colour to hunt for... but in French! They then used their objects to create a huge ‘Arch en Ciel!’ Fantastique!

FRENCH FACES Reception and Year 1 worked hard in their Languages lessons. They followed instructions from Mrs Shuttleworth in French to create a funny face and then practised pronouncing the new words.

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CAS

MAGPIE MANOR RECORDING Our Key Stage 2 children had a great time recording songs from this year’s school production ‘Mystery at Magpie Manor’. Our sound engineer for the day, Jason Marshall, commented “I was extremely impressed with the children’s amazing singing, professionalism, enthusiasm and can-do attitude”.

YOUNG MUSICIAN OF OUR YEAR COMPETITION Congratulations to Year 6 pupil, James Galley, who was announced as the winner of our Junior School Young Musician of our Year competition. James wowed adjudicator, Spencer Moran (OG), with his performance of ‘Farewell for a Fox’ on the saxophone and his singing of the piece ‘Cockles and Muscles’. Spencer, and members of staff, were blown away at James’ musical knowledge and professionalism, particularly when instructing the accompanying pianist, Mr Broadhouse, on when he would like him to take a breath or slow down. We were delighted that 32 Key Stage 2 pupils, playing a range of instruments from the cello to the clarinet participated in the competition, which took place in our beautiful library. Music and Performing Arts teacher, Ms Boylan, commented: “All the pupils rose to the occasion and performed brilliantly! It was a great experience for them, and they should be really proud of themselves for participating.”

First, second place and highly commended were awarded to the following children in each year group: Year 4 Tessa Giles – First place Bailey Graham – Second place Oscar Dodd, Alfred Walker – Joint Highly Commended

Year 5

UKELELE YEAR 3 & 4

Bram Scott Cass – First place Grace Thornton – Second place Rubyann Mitchell – Highly Commended

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Year 6J Phoenix Graham – First place Abi Rice-Bowen, Violet Hollings Kelley – Joint Second place Nico Gogua – Highly Commended

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CAS

CAS ACTIVE

COMPASS WORK As part of their topic ‘Local Area (rural)’, Year 6 learnt how to use a compass. Pupils learned about the orienting arrow and lines, magnetic needle, degree dial and compass housing, before playing games which involved taking bearings from a map.

ORIENTEERING Orienteering formed one of the key skills that Key Stage 2 studied during their Outdoor Pursuits sessions. The pupils studied maps on different scales, how to successfully orientate these maps and use the landscape around them to pinpoint their location.

Year 6 spent time in our school observatory field and had to use these skills to locate their position on maps which covered the whole school grounds. They then had to use their orienteering maps to locate the position of various points around these

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fields to find different orienteering points. As well as the work on map skills, it was great to see the children consolidating their teamwork and communication skills, all the while having a great time doing it!

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CAS

CAS SERVICE We were proud to announce that the pupils of Giggleswick Junior School took part in the RSPB Wild Challenge and achieved the award! Also, our Eco Club, in preparation for the Big Garden Birdwatch, created food and water sources to support an array of garden wildlife, after researching what specific species would require.

HENS YEAR 1 Reception & Year 1 took care of the school chickens and demonstrated how responsible and caring they are. Pupils collected their eggs, checked their house was clean and made sure the chickens were fed and had water.

Some brought in food from home for the chickens, after researching and discussing ways in which to keep chickens happy. Looking after the chickens helped the children develop a sense of responsibility and compassion and understand that having a pet is a lot more than cuddles and playing.

LITTER YEAR 1 Inspired by the book ‘A Planet Full of Plastic: and how you can help’ written by Neal Layton, Reception & Year 1 pupils went on a litter hunt around the school campus and the village of Giggleswick. Pupils recorded their findings on a tally chart and will be exploring the data they have collected in their Maths lessons. We were surprised to find lots more rubbish than we thought and so will be organising a letter picking afternoon to help keep our local area tidy!

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ECO CLUB MATERIALS During our Eco Enrichment Activity, the pupils worked towards awards in the RSPB Wild Challenge. One of these required pupils to consider the habitats for insects that are much needed in the ecosystems around our school grounds. The pupils were challenged to use what we have in our school grounds, to create ‘Bug Hotels’. They had to consider suitability, range of habitat, sustainability and aesthetics! An amazing job… and a lot of fun!!

ECO CLUB MATERIALS In Eco Club we have been planting herbs and lettuces in our planting beds. We can’t wait to watch them grow and even give them a little taste.

ECO CLUB MATERIALS During Eco Club, the children in Key Stage 2 worked in (virtual) partnership with Josh and Sarah from the ‘Veggie Vagabonds’ The focus was Veganism. Josh and Sarah set the children a vegan cooking challenge each week. Cookie week was fantastic, they tasted DELICIOUS!

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COMIC RELIEF MARIE CURIE In March, our Pupil Leaders organised fundraising initiatives for both Comic Relief and for Marie Currie nurses. The led a school assembly which introduced the event and highlighted the important work of both charities. They organised various competitions which included: ‘Design a Red Nose’ and also the best joke competition, choosing the winners from each class later that day who were awarded prizes. They also encouraged everyone to come into school in non-uniform and to wear slippers!

MYSTERY AT MAGPIE MANOR During the summer term, Key Stage 2 filmed the school production, ‘The Mystery at Magpie Manor’. Set in the roaring Twenties, Magpie Manor, a large house in a crumbling state, needed drastic action to be saved by its owners Lord and Lady Pica. A plan was hatched between the family and the bank manager to sell off the family silver via auction. But at the auction things went pear-shaped when the family heirloom disappeared. Professional videographers, Jason Marshall and Paul Nicholson, took time out of their busy schedules to film and produce the production. The children really enjoyed the experience, and the finished production was incredible. We hope all our parents and families enjoyed watching it together, and we hope that next year we will be back in the theatre to perform our annual production for you.

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CATTERAL SHIELD - VIRTUAL

GJS AND CATTERAL HOUSE 3 PEAKS CHALLENGE 2021 During the Summer term, with the better weather and the longer warmer evenings, a group of intrepid runners from the older end of GJS and Catteral House took part in the annual 3 Peaks Challenge. This is an event that is now 30 years old! Originally, to gain a coveted certificate runners had to complete the summits of Penyghent, Ingleborough and Whernside as part of Sunday afternoon boarding activities in ‘Catteral Hall’(the Prep School before the formation of the Junior School in 2007) within an academic year. This changed more recently to runs taking place on Monday evenings after tea, with the runs completed in the first half of the summer half.

Ingleborough

This year it was great to see 15 people completing the run. Eleven of these completed their ‘Bronze’ certificate completed the challenge for the first time: Tom Bagshaw, Lilly Bowness, Susannah Freegard, Phoenix Graham, Ted Hargreaves, Isla Hutchinson, Nicholas Jamieson, Max Lampkin, Lucinda Leeming, Mr Buck, and Mrs Jones. ‘Silver’ certificates were awarded to Mathilda Evans and Elodie Martin for completing their 2nd successful challenge. Some past pupils have completed 5 successful challenges and gained ‘Sapphire’ certificates! Something to aim for.

Penyghent

CRICKET - ASHEN Giggleswick School and Settle Cricket Club were delighted to welcome back Sri Lankan Test squad member Ashen Silva as their cricket professional for 2021.

Whernside

Our inter-school Catteral Shield cross country championships is always a highlight in our sporting calendar, and this year was no exception, with almost 350 pupils from 15 schools taking part virtually by completing a run over a set distance and recording their times with a trusted fitness app.

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Ashen led and supported timetabled games lessons for pupils in the Junior School, as well as providing specialist coaching sessions with pupils who are part of the Elite and Junior Sports Programme.

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RECEPTION & YEAR 1 PE In Reception and Year 1 weekly PE sessions, the pupils engage in a broad range of activities to develop their Fundamental Movement Skills. They enjoy agility, balance, and coordination work on obstacle courses, skipping with a rope and through basic gymnastics skills development. They also develop their hand-eye, foot-eye coordination through ball skills work, and games for learning. The pupils swim once a week and develop their confidence and aquatic skills and are joined by staff from the senior school who join us to help deliver the activity.

SCARRET 2020-21 - REPORT Due to the restrictions of Covid-19, Scarret had a different look this year. Years 3-4, 5 and Year 6 did their weekly Cross-country in three different sessions in cohort bubbles, so that is how we ran the Scarret this year. The Year 3-4 race was straight forward as it constituted all the U9 age group. However, for the U11 race we had to run two races, Year 5 and then the Year 6 before combining the results based on finishing times. The races were run in cool overcast conditions and the course was soft underfoot after the Senior School had run over it for Scarrig on Saturday. It was good to see all the pupils putting in determined efforts to score points for their houses.

and Boe Evans was third. Bethany Kay had a very strong run to win with Bailey Graham and Alexa Jones second and third, respectively. In the U11 boy’s race there was a great battle between the top three with Mylan Baladi just holding off James Galley for first place and Ed Walker close on his heels in 3rd. Lucy Cowin had a strong run to win the girl’s race some way ahead of Charlotte Denneny and Emilia Routledge who was third based on her strong time from the Year 5 race. Ingleborough won the overall Championships for this year.

At U9 level there was a great battle between Archie Mitchell who lead for all but the last 80m of the races to be pipped at the post by Alfred Walker

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Race position

U9: Y3-4 Scarret Race Results 2020-21

1.7km

Alfred Walker

7.11

1st boy

Archie Mitchell

7.14

2nd boy

Boe Evans

7.38

3rd boy

Bethany Kay

7.45

1st girl

Bailey Graham

8.19

2nd girl

Alexa Jones

8.25

3rd girl

Race position

U11: Y5-6 Scarret Race Results 2020-21

2.1km

Mylan Baladi

8.39

1st boy

James Galley

8.4

2nd boy

Overall House Trophy

Edward Walker

8.51

3rd boy

Lucy Cowin

9.12

1st girl

Charlotte Denneny

10.11

2nd girl

Emilia Routledge

10.34

3rd girl

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Y3-4 Race average position + Y5-6 Race average position 1st

Ingleborough

23.16

2nd

Penyghent

26.45

3rd

Whernside

29.83

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SPORTS DAY REPORT 2021 Although it was not possible to invite parents to our Sports Day due to restrictions, we were delighted all pupils from Reception to Year 6 had the opportunity to showcase their sporting skills at our annual event for the first time since 2018. There was real sense of togetherness as our pupils encouraged and cheered on their peers, with results from the events going towards the House Competition. The format was different to our past programmes, but all pupils in Key Stage 2, Years 3–6 were involved in five events - a sprint and middledistance run, the long jump, the ball throw and to finish there were some exciting relays. Key Stage 1, Reception. Year 1-2 enjoyed a broader range of activities competing amongst themselves in a 50m sprint, a standing broad jump, a ball throw, an agility course timed run and showing off their excellent skipping skills with a rope. All pupils participated well in all the events, enjoyed the range of activities, and were keen to do their best to gain points for their Houses, which was ultimately won by Ingleborough, followed by Penyghent and then Whernside.

Event winners: U11 Boys

There were some super individual performances; in the U9 events Year 3-4 Bailey Graham and Alfred Walker who won most of their events and the latter set a record in the 50m sprint (8.14secs). Mylan Baladi and Lucy Cowin stole the show at Year 5-6 level and won the Victor and Victrix Ludorum Awards respectively, for the best boy and girl over the events of the afternoon. Lucy won all her events which included two new records in the 80m (11.64secs.) and in the 600m (1.59mins.). Lucy also broke the 150m (22.61secs.) and 1200m (4.46mins.) records earlier in the term too. This means she holds all the U11 girls’ track records at GJS, an incredible achievement!

U9 Boys

Perf

R, Y1-2 Boys

50m

Alfred Walker

Rec. 8.14sec.

50m

Dougie Giles

2.01min.

600m

Alfred Walker

2.16mins.

Mylan Baladi

3.90m

Long Jump

Edward Taylor

2.65m

Broad Jump

Dougie Giles

Phoenix Graham

36.92m

Cricket Ball

Alfred Walker

30.03m

Ball throw

George Try

Perf

U9 Girls

Perf

80m

Mylan Baladi

11.91sec.

600m

Mylan Baladi

Long Jump Cricket Ball

U11 Girls

Perf

R, Y1-2 Girls

50m

Bailey Graham

8.78sec.

50m

Megan Wright

Rec. 1.59min.

600m

Bethany Kay

2.35min.

Lucy Cowin

3.24m

Long Jump

Bailey Graham

2.38m

Broad Jump

Eloise Armitage

Rounders Ball

Lucy Cowin

27m

Rounders Ball

Bailey Graham

17.32m

Ball throw

Sophie Wright

Relays

U9: Winners - Penyghent

80m

Lucy Cowin

Rec. 11.64sec.

600m

Lucy Cowin

Long Jump

U11: Winners - A String and B String

House results: 54

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1st

Ingleborough

2nd

Penyghent

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OUT & ABOUT

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DINOSAURS ADVENTURE Reception & Year 1 had a magical adventure exploring ‘Dinosaur Land’. During their travels they met a young dinosaur that needed shelter to keep safe from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The children then worked as a team to create the little dinosaur two dens to play and hide in.

LEAVES Our Reception & Year 1 children enjoyed an autumnal afternoon making leaf crowns as part of their weekly ‘Out and About’ session. Some of the children chose to focus on making patterns with the leaves whilst other enjoyed incorporating different colours. They finished the session listening to a story about autumn, keeping warm with a delicious hot chocolate and some tasty biscuits.

The next week they had another adventure and found some amazing dinosaur eggs. They carefully cracked open the eggs to find some baby dinosaurs. The poor babies had nowhere to live, so the children thought it would be a great idea to build them a land of their own. They used their creative and team building skills to make the dinosaurs new home a safe and happy place.

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RECEPTION & YEAR 1 EASTER EGGS Reception & Year 1 found out about Easter and discovered why eggs are given as gifts. They also took some time to decorate their own eggs and participated in a traditional egg rolling competition which was thoroughly enjoyed by all!

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YEAR 2 - TREASURE HUNT The Year 2 children went on a pirate themed treasure hunt. They looked for gold in our school grounds. Here we found more than we could have imagined in the form of some beautiful golden flowers in our meadow.

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CHRISTMAS

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CHRISTMAS MILL HOUSE, RECEPTION & YEAR 1 Christmas would not be Christmas without the annual Mill House, Reception and Year 1 Nativity. And, even with the restrictions and hurdles that Covid-19 presented, the children managed to put on a Nativity to remember!

CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE As always, Christmas is an important event in the Junior School calendar and 2020 was no exception. Despite the restrictions, we were able to celebrate this special season in a very special way!

Although parents and families were unable to watch the performance in person, the staff and children worked incredibly hard to rehearse, stage and video ‘The Little Nativity’ for families to share at home. From angels to shepherds, sheep to camels... and even an actual real-life donkey! ‘The Little Nativity’ had it all! The performance provides the perfect opportunity for children to develop their skills across the whole of the curriculum and gain a newfound confidence to perform in front of others. Even the youngest of children participated and helped spread Christmas cheer to all that were lucky enough to see the final video! Even though this year was unlike any other, we hope that the families of the children at Giggleswick, enjoyed watching ‘The Little Nativity’ together at home and now have a very special memento of Christmas 2020 to look back on in years to come. Instead of performing in person, the children from Reception to Year 6 worked incredibly hard to put on a festive performance unlike no other! During their Drama and Music lessons, the children rehearsed traditional Christmas songs to perform in our Christmas Showcase and then each form decided on a less traditional Christmas song or story! There were many an unforgettable performance, some of which included ‘Feliz Navidad’ sung and choreographed by Year 3 and 4, ‘Santa Shark’ performed by Reception and Year 1 and ‘The Night Before Christmas’ retold by Year 6.

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The performances were performed and recorded in the beautiful setting of our Memorial Library and sent to our families at the end of term to enjoy at home with their loved ones. Yet again, Giggleswick Junior School rose to the challenge that 2020 brought and produced something that marked this very different, but incredibly special, year at school. Thank you to all our families who helped make our Christmas Showcase so very successful!

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VIRTUAL SCHOOL

V I IRNTTURAOL DSUCCHTOI O ONL

IVNI RT TR U OADLU SC CT H I OONO L

INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL

FRENCH CULTURE PARISIAN LANDMARKS In Language and Culture lessons, Reception, Year 1, 2, 3 & 4 explored the country of France and in particular, the city of Paris. They looked as some of the most famous buildings and tourist attractions and then the children were tasked with researching their favourite one and recreating it in a form of their choice!

With the tremendous effort put in by staff, parents and the pupils themselves in the first lockdown, the Junior School was in a very good place to continue the learning virtually when the second lockdown began. Seamless transition between school and home meant that not only did progress continue, but socially our pupils were not isolated. Be the pupils accessing at home, in their parent’s workplace or even in the Junior School as a key worker family, the children were together, as a Form. Through what was a difficult time for so many families, the pupils and staff were resilient and creative in their approach, ensuring fun and laughter continued, albeit it being through device speakers!

The timetables were adapted to ensure that all pupils had a safe balance between screen time and being active, allowing for pupils to remain engaged with the learning. Although the curriculum reflected the alterations necessary for this style of teaching and learning, the Junior School was still able to offer a broad range of opportunities across both Academic and CAS subjects. Assemblies were delivered virtually, successes celebrated, birthday candles blown out and even charity events held virtually, allowing for the Giggleswick Values to continue.

or an isolation so that the learning opportunities for our pupils were there, regardless of the pandemic. Our pupils’ digital skills grew unprecedented due to the context of Virtual School, and so we have continued to use technology and their own devices to facilitate learning across the curriculums in an exciting and forward-thinking way. Who knows, this could be the beginning of worldwide, virtual relationships in the future!

CHINESE NEW YEAR KEY WORKERS Children of our key workers who were in school during the spring lockdown were keen to retell the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) story.

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RECEPTION & YEAR 1 CAMEMBEAR

KIERON COOKING One of our Year 6 pupils used lockdown to begin cooking dinners, learning new skills and enjoying a delicious spaghetti bolognaise.

Calling all Pre-school and Reception aged children... Camembear needs you! Madame Shuttleworth thankfully had help during a Live Virtual Workshop as part of our March Open Day to solve bear clues and hunt for treasure!

RECEPTION & YEAR 1 NAUGHTY BUS

Reception and Year 1 played games to recap the language of position and then they looked at different ways of measuring! Mrs Shuttleworth set some challenges, building a ramp for vehicles and measuring the distance they travelled in a variety of ways and then awarding them medals for which place they came in the race! It was a really fun week of Maths in Virtual School!

Inspired by the book ‘The Naughty Bus’, Reception & Year 1 designed, annotated, and then created their very own 'Naughty Vehicles' which they went on to base their own written stories around.

MEASUREMENT

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SHOW AND TELL Wednesday is 'Show and Tell Day' in Reception & Year 1 form time and our children love seeing their friends share their special things! Pupils shared such things as books that they are enjoying reading, a homemade necklace and a doctors kit. Mrs Shuttleworth also joined in and showed the children a bird nest she had found whilst on a walk.

RECEPTION AND YEAR 1 WEATHER WATCHERS Reception and Year 1 ‘Weather Watchers’ ready and prepared - I wonder what weather we will get next?

YEAR 2 WATER ABSORPTION In Science, our Year 2’s test which materials are best at absorbing water. Here is one of our super scientists in action!

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YEAR 6 SCIENCE - SCIENCE

HEIDI After learning about what food types were available to the Vikings, Year 3 and 4 were challenged to create a delicious menu and then try to make it for their family! We had a menu from one household and a scrummy Vegetable Soup, designed, prepared and eaten by one of the pupils!!

In Science, Year 6 learnt about Evolution and the characteristics we inherit from our parents. They challenged themselves to take the characteristics of different ‘Mr Men’ and ‘Little Miss’ characters and see what their children may look like, with some great results! Can you tell who the parents of these ‘Little Miss’ or ‘Mr Men’ could be?

YEAR 6 - ART

HUMANITIES SALT DOUGH CONTINENTS Year 3 and 4 Pupils created a continent from salt dough, showing the topography and main regions. They explored rain forests and researched where in the world we find them, and why.

Year 6 looked at still life and the work of Patrick Caulfield, specifically the painting called 'Pottery'. The pupils learnt how a vessel or object can be viewed from different angles, as in the

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END OF YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

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IWNHT O RO L ED U SCH T IOOONL W A L K

YEAR 6 RESIDENTIAL Our Year 6 pupils had a brilliant experience on their weeklong residential last week to Caythorpe Court, a stunning Grade II listed form manor house in Lincolnshire set within 65-acre grounds. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the variety of activities on offer; from rifle shooting which tested individual skill and required high levels of concentration, raft building which challenged pupils to work as a team to design and build a robust and working raft, to trapeze which tested the pupils balance as they climbed to the top of a six metre pole, and ‘vertical challenge’ that developed climbing skills as pupils made their way up a course of suspended obstacles including climbing walls, cargo nets, crates and ropes. Year 6 teacher, Mr Shaw, commented: “Everyone challenged themselves to complete each of the activities to the best of their ability and it was great to see so many happy, smiling faces when they exceeded their own expectations. They were brilliant ambassadors for the school.”

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WHOLE SCHOOL WALK As the end of the academic year drew to a close, it was a particularly special occasion for both the Pre-school and Junior School to come together for a whole school walk, an event that was not possible the previous year. Although the children remained in their class 'bubbles', there was definitely a feeling that we were once again returning to normality, and we were blessed with a warm day too. We left school in the morning, and were joined by our Pre-school pupils for the start of the walk through Giggleswick and to the edge of Settle, which was a good distance for little legs! The Junior School then followed the public footpath alongside the River Ribble to Stainforth where we had a packed lunch on the village Green, before returning to school for a well-earned ice lolly after an impressive 6-mile trek.

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ISNT TA RF O F DL U EA C VT EI O RS N

STAFF LEAVERS LEAVERS’ BBQ Following the whole school walk, our Year 6 pupils celebrated their time at Giggleswick Junior School with a Leavers’ BBQ. We wish you all the best of luck in your next chapter!

LIOBHAN BOYLAN Liobhan Boylan has not just once, but twice, stepped in to support the school covering maternity absence. Liobhan has been an incredibly supportive and dedicated member of staff, leading productions and events, including this year's filmed performance of 'Mystery at Magpie Manor' alongside Rebecca Jones. As well as having the versatility

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to teach across all ages of the Junior and Pre-school, Liobhan also taught violin lessons to many of the pupils. The school is very sorry to see Liobhan leave, she very much established herself as part of our team and was highly regarded by all the staff and pupils. We wish her the very best in her new post at Kirkham Grammar.

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