Ripon Cathedral School Update

On Tuesday, ten candidates put themselves forward to be considered as this year’s School Ambassadors. Each stood up in front of the whole school and explained the reasons why they felt they would make the best representatives for the school. The speeches were excellent, and the candidates all had some superb ideas for events and improvements they would make to school. Each class visited the ballot box throughout the day and cast their votes, and we can now reveal that the Year 6 School Ambassadors for 2025-26 are… Boaz and Olivia!

In their first interview after having been appointed, Olivia said that she “couldn’t be happier” and Boaz said he was “very excited” to begin the role. Both pupils said that they had heard some of the children saying they would vote for them during the day, but that they had a nervous wait until the votes were counted, knowing how strong the other candidates also were. Boaz said, “I am looking forward to helping the little ones,” and Olivia said, “The school is already amazing but I want to make it even more exciting!” When they were asked about the one thing they promise to try to make happen this year, Boaz said he would like to organise a Bake-Off/Bake Sale later in the year, and Olivia is very excited to make her idea of a ‘Disney Day’ happen. Congratulations to our new Ambassadors who we know are going to be excellent representatives of the school!

A huge well done to all ten candidates, including our runners-up who we hope will take on some of the other pupil representative roles throughout the year: Katherine, Scarlett, Ella, Primrose, Millie, Olive, Jeffrey and Felix.

On Wednesday, a group of Y5 pupils went to Outwood for a football tournament against all the other Ripon Schools. It was a pretty soggy morning but they all showed great resilience. Well done to Stan and Kacper for receiving a certificate for determination!

Congratulations to our Stars of the Week celebrated in today's worship:

Nursery - Mackenzie for being busy, focused and working well with others.

Reception - Louie C for showing fantastic enthusiasm and a great attitude to learning throughout the day. He has been working hard on writing both his first and last name clearly.

Year 1 - Edie for her resilience since beginning Year 1. It has been wonderful to see her confidence bloom and even when things are a little bit different or new, she shows such determination.

Year 2 - Lexi K for working incredibly hard in English this and week and producing a fantastic and detailed description of The Terrible Beast.

Year 3 - Martha for her brilliant attitude to her learning, always setting a good example to others in her class.

Year 4 - Zelda for putting 100% effort into all the tasks and setting a good example to her peers.

Year 5 - Elsie for making such a good effort in all areas this week, showing every school rule, and setting an amazing example to the class.

Year 6 - Olive for always being a fantastic role model to her peers and to younger children in school. She prepared a fabulous speech for the school council elections.