Ripon Cathedral School Update

Week ending Friday 20th October 2023

Walk to School Day

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Walk to School Day

On Friday, at the start of the day, Spike the Hedgehog visited Ripon Cathedral School. He was joined by the Sustainable Travel Officer from North Yorkshire Council, Dean John and representatives from Ripon Together.

Spike and the team were visiting school to promote the importance of walking to school. They talked to the children and families and gave out road safety bands and reflectors along with stickers.

Well done to everyone who made the effort to walk into school.

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Harvest Festival

Year 4 will be leading our Harvest festival on Tuesday 24th October at 1.30pm in the Cathedral.

The theme this year is about sharing and as part of our Harvest celebrations we will be doing a collection for Ripon Community House. They are an organisation who provide emergency support for people in crisis in Ripon, Boroughbridge and the surrounding villages. They are particularly asking for donations of the following items.

Toiletries/Toothpaste/New toothbrushes

Washing liquid (laundry and dishes)

If families would like to donate to this local worthy cause, please can children bring items in on Tuesday 24th October. Many thanks for your continued support.

Year 5 Worship

The Year 5 children have been busy this week planning and leading worship for the rest of the school and their family members. The children sung 'Lean on me', explored the qualities they look for in a good friend and shared some lovely acrostic poems they had written. They did a brilliant job of re-enacting the story of 'David and Jonathan' from Samuel 1 in the Bible and finished by getting everyone involved by completing a quiz all about friendship.

Leaf Man in Nursery

This week in Nursery they have been enjoying the story of Leaf Man. The children have been exploring the school grounds looking for natural materials to create their own fabulous Leaf Men.

Purpose Curriculum Pillar

At Ripon Cathedral School, we have five curriculum pillars that help to drive our curriculum and ensure that children encounter a broad learning experience that helps them to think, explore and apply their learning and knowledge in the world in which they live. They are:

Vocabulary

Enrichment

Creativity

Big Ideas

Purpose

Our curriculum provides varied opportunities for children to develop their understanding about the purpose of learning and an appreciation for life beyond school.

Children regularly apply their skills and learning through a range of experiences that include REAL projects, enterprise tasks and opportunities that develop courageous advocacy. We use questions to help children apply their thinking within different contexts. Deep questions help children to demonstrate their learning and deepen their understanding of how concepts and knowledge relate to the wider world.

To find out more information about our Purpose Pillar click on the picture below.

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Book Look and Parent Consultations

Book Look

On Monday 23rd October, parents and carers are invited to come into classes at the end of the school day (from 3.10pm/3.15pm) with their child to look at the work that they have been doing.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Parent Consultations

We are looking forward to seeing parents and carers at our parent consultations on Tuesday 24th October (face to face meetings) and Wednesday 25th October (online meetings). In order for the teachers to be able to have open discussions with parents, we ask that children do not attend appointments. Thank you.

Clubs Next Week

As a result of parents meetings we are cancelling school run extra curricular clubs next week. Schools Out will still be running on Wednesday.

Stars of the Week

At our celebration worship we announced our Stars of the Week. Well done to all the recipients.

Nursery

Jensen for being an independent learner.

Reception

Robin for the kindness he shows others when playing. He always listens to the ideas of the his friends, shares and takes turns.

Year 1

Martha for always showing excellent behaviour for learning and giving 100% effort in her challenges. Well done!

Year 2

Felix for working so hard in everything. Felix you are a superstar. What an amazing story you wrote!

Year 3

Glenda for powering through her times tables every week, showing real enthusiasm and inspiring others.

Year 4

Charlotte for wonderful effort with her learning on the water cycle.

Year 5

Isla for always being ready to learn and contributing to class discussions and her excellent role in our class worship. Well done.

Year 6

Jack for challenging himself in maths and for making valuable contributions in English and science.

Question of the Week

This week we have been thinking about the importance of making time to listen to each other. In worship the children shared their thoughts about the question - 'What would the world be like if no one listened?' As always we had some very thoughtful responses.

'It would be mayhem and there would be arguments.'

'No one would follow the rules and everyone would get agitated and everyone would be ignored.'

'The world would be a mess.'

'No one would listen to people's feelings and sharing feelings can help you feel better.'

'Everyone would be upset with each other.'

'It would be lonely and it would not bring happiness.'

'We would not know what to do.'

'Everyone would be sad it would be a sad world.'

'We have no fun and no friends.'

'It would be bad – no one would hear important messages.'

'No one would listen to cries of pain.'

'We should all listen to each other just as God listens to us.'

Autumn Term Worship

Collective Worship is a very important part of our school. Over the next term there are a number of worship sessions that parents and carers are welcome to attend.

Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Year 4 Harvest Service in the Cathedral at 1.30pm

Wednesday 8th November 2023 - Year 2 Class Worship at 9am

Wednesday 15th November 2023 - Year 1 Class Worship at 9am

Wednesday 22nd November 2023 - Year 3 Class Worship at 9am

Friday 22nd December 2023 - Key Stage 1 Nativity in the Cathedral in the afternoon.

We do our best to let parents know dates in advance. Sometimes we do need to change dates and times so please do check the latest update to confirm when events are happening. Thanks

Dates for Diaries

We are currently organising a range of events for the term. Below are dates that we currently have planned. We will add more dates over the term so please do check each week for new events.

Monday 23rd October 2023 - 3.10/3.15pm 'book look' (lost property out in the entrance hall)

Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Parent consultations (lost property out in the entrance hall)

Wednesday 25th October 2023 - Parent consultations

Wednesday 25th October 2023 - SEND and Sleep Workshop 9am

Thursday 26th October 2023 - Year 6 visit to Flamingo Land

Thursday 26th October 2023 - School closes for October half term

Friday 27th October 2023 - School Training Day

Monday 6th November 2023 - School reopens

Wednesday 8th November - Blue Cross Workshop - animals in WW1

20th - 24th November 2023 - Road Safety Week

Thursday 30th November 2023 - Year 4 sound day

Friday 1st December 2023 - Year 3 Hindu Temple visit

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

Lost Property

As many parents will be in school on Monday and Tuesday afternoon, we hope this is an ideal opportunity for you to have a look through our lost property which will be spread out in the main entrance. Please can we remind you to name all your child's belongings, including coats and shoes. Also, if your child does accidentally bring home someone else's property or clothing, can we please encourage you to return such items as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Individual Photographs

All children who were in school on Thursday had individual photos taken. Thank you also to everyone who came along after school for family photos. Please note that you will not receive a hard copy proof of any of the photos. Your proofs will be emailed you. If you do not receive an email in the next few days, please get in touch with school so we can check that your email address is correct on our system, as this is what we provided to Tempest.