Ripon Cathedral School Update

This week we had a great Christmas Dinner. The children and staff enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. All children had a cracker and hat and enjoyed singing along to famous Christmas songs. A big thank you to everyone in the kitchen and our wonderful midday supervisors who made it such a fun festive occasion.

We are sure that the children will have shared how much fun they had when Riding Lights Theatre group come into school to present 'Give it back, Mack!' The children laughed at all the jokes and enjoyed the story of how the shepherds met baby Jesus. Many thanks for the parental support towards the cost of this activity. If you haven't yet managed to give a contribution, parents of children in Reception through to Year 3 can make a £3 per child payment through Parent Pay.

The children in Nursery have been learning all about the Christmas story. To help them understand what happened they have been dressing up and recreating the events in their very own nursery stable.

This week Spiritual Council took over leading worship. Our Year 6 members of Spiritual Council put together a worship on the topic of being proud of our achievements. They shared information about some of the famous people who have achieved great things and also talked about the ways that we succeed every day in school. Our Year 5 council members produced a worship all about being safe online. They talked about passwords and the importance of treating everyone with kindness. Well done Spiritual Council.

We are all super excited about our Year 1 and Year 2 Nativity. To end our term the children will be presenting, 'Everyone Loves a Baby!' The performance will start in the Cathedral at 1.30pm. Children from the school will be seated on the left side of the Cathedral (as you enter) with parents and carers on the right. The Nativity is always a very special event and a wonderful way to be reminded about the true meaning of Christmas. After the Nativity, we will walk children in all classes back to school so they can get changed and collect their belongings. School will close at 2.30pm and children can be collected in the usual way from their classrooms.

Next week children will have Christmas parties/celebrations.

• Early Years and Year 1 and Year 2 will have parties with a very special visitor on Tuesday 19th December in the afternoon.
• Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 will have their Christmas celebrations on Thursday 21st December in the afternoon.

Children should bring party clothes/non-uniform to change into on the day of their party/ celebration.

We will provide drinks and snacks for the children.

Next week parents are welcome to join us for our end of term Celebration Worships. As always each class will share some of their learning and we will announce our superstars of the term.

• Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will have their Celebration Worship at 9am on Wednesday 20th December.
• Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will have their Celebration Worship at 9am on Thursday 21st December.

Year 4 have been writing poems about a character they have been exploring in a class book.

We always enjoy celebrating children's achievements in our celebration worship on a Friday. Well done to all our stars of the week.

Nursery

Eliza for growing confidence.

Reception

Jack for his fantastic effort and perseverance with his handwriting.

Year 1

Henry for showing an excellent attitude to his learning this week. He has shared brilliant ideas when exploring digging deeper questions in history and science.

Year 2

Sophia for her mazing puppet design in design technology. She always helps others too.

Year 3

Elsie for a fantastic piece of writing on Mog's Christmas Calamity, using fabulous vocabulary and describing the scene in detail. Well done.

Year 4

Keegan for responding to feedback and creating a wonderful poem.

Year 5

Evie for her excellent 'Christmas Day' poem in English. Evie thought carefully about the structure and used effective vocabulary.

Year 6

Nyasha for a fantastic first term at Ripon Cathedral. Nyasha tries her hardest, challenges herself and always looks for ways to improve.

A huge well done to Thomas who has achieved his Grade 3 in Violin! What a fantastic achievement! It is always lovely to hear about the activities and special achievements of the children inside and outside of school.

Tuesday 19th December - EY and KS1 Christmas Party (afternoon - come in uniform with party clothes to change into)

Wednesday 20th December - EY and KS1 Celebration worship at 9am

Thursday 21st December - Celebration worship KS2 at 9am

Thursday 21st December - Key Stage 2 Christmas Party (afternoon - come in uniform with party clothes to change into)

Friday 22nd December 2023 (at 1.30pm) - Key Stage 1 Nativity in the Cathedral

Friday 22nd December 2023 - School closes for Christmas break at 2.30pm

Monday 8th January - Oscar's Holiday Club (booking essential, see below for details)

Tuesday 9th January 2024 - School reopens for the Spring Term

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