This week saw three key out-of-class curriculum experiences for Year 5 in North Yorkshire - a history study visit to Eden Camp, a geography field trip to Robin Hood’s Bay, and an English curriculum walking tour of Whitby.

      Eden Camp is a modern history museum, housed in a former prisoner of war camp.  Here, the girls consolidated last term’s WW2 topic with a recap of the role of women on the home front, and the experiences of families affected by bombing, rationing and evacuation.

      As well as developing their map reading skills, the girls’ current geography topic involves a study of how bays and headlands erode over time, and the nature of coastal defences.  The beach at Boggle Hole and the Cleveland Way coastal path to Robin Hood’s Bay therefore provided opportunities for them to see examples of land slips and sea walls up close, to visit a community under threat of coastal erosion, and to navigate a walking route using map reading skills learnt in class.

      The final morning, in Whitby, had an equally important learning angle for our Year 5 girls.  Their current English texts  -  Room 13 by Robert Swindells and Evie's War by Holly Webb - are set in the town, and seeing the places mentioned in books will help them in their upcoming reading and writing tasks.

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      Year 6 have just spent three days at Dobroyd Castle's Robin Wood Activity Centre in Lancashire, where they have faced a variety of personal and team challenges such as climbing, caving, zip-wire and canoeing - all of which involved venturing beyond their own comfort zones to achieve success.

      From crossing the legendary 'piranha pool' to escaping from a haunted dungeon, our oldest pupils tested their problem solving and collaborative skills to the max.  The instructors noted how supportive and encouraging the girls were of one another; their communication skills and adventurous responses to challenges were especially impressive.

      Year 6, you can be very proud of your spirited approach to challenges this week, your behaviour in sometimes testing conditions, and your manners when working and living with others.  Well done, girls!

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      Congratulations to everyone - from Nursery to Year 6 - who took part in last week's TCS London Mini Marathon on the Forest Recreation Ground!  It was lovely to see girls demonstrating collective RESILIENCE and POSITIVITY, encouraging their classmates and house comrades to walk or run non-stop and as far as possible for 26 minutes.

      This mammoth team effort also helped to clock up another 274 miles for this year's Sheriff's Challenge, bringing our average up to 26.5 miles per pupil and putting us in second place thus far.  What a super achievement all-round - with a special mention to Mrs Resch who also completed the course whilst pushing a wheelchair!  💪

      We are pleased to announce that this year's Scholastic Book Fair will be open in the Rainbow Room during break times and lunchtimes as follows, with a librarian on hand to offer guidance:

Fri 17 May – Nur sery/Reception/Years 1-2

Mon 20 May – Years 5-6

Tue 21 May – Years 3-4

Wed 22 May – girls who missed their slot due to clubs or absence

There will be a 3 for 2 promotion on all titles, and girls will need to bring money to school in a named purse for their purchases.  Sorry, we are unable to reserve books, however we can order additional copies of books if we sell out of popular titles.