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We finished today with a new tradition and an old tradition. Well done to Edward and Jessica who received our first ever Governors’ Award and we wish our wonderful Year 6 children the best of luck as they move on to high school. Thank you to all our parents and friends for your continued support.…

We had a lovely Yesr Six Leavers Assembly this morning- we all wish our wonderful Year 6 pupils all the best at their chosen high schools😘

Today we had an assembly to thank Niki Child for all her help and support as our Governor for Outdoor Learning, as she leaves the post.

Today we ate the vegetables that we harvested from our garden! Roasted beetroot, broccoli and kale! 😋 yummy!

What an exciting day we have planned for tomorrow!!!! Please remember to send your children in their own clothes tomorrow that they don’t mind getting wet and please also remember to pack their uniform too as they will need it for the afternoon. Super exciting times ahead!!!

Handing out buddy cards 😊😀!

Look at what is growing in our garden 👍😁. Tomorrow lunch we have roast beetroot, broccoli, celery and kale to try!

Well, what a lovely afternoon! Sporty Kettlewell kids doing sporty things! Here’s just a taster… check back for more tomorrow. 🏃🏻🎖🏆⛹

Today was our Big Day In! Think the children might have just secretly loved it! 💦🍦😁

No better way to end a hot day with a whole school water fight!!! 😁💧💦 We had an absolute BLAST!! (Teachers included!)

Brilliant fun day performing our Seaside Spectacular for Class 1 and parents👍

What a wonderful day we have had celebrating the end of our “Splish, Splash, Splosh” and “Coastal” topics. We had ship building, flag making, boat floating, treasure hunting, ice lollies and of course fish and chips!!

Looking cool in the sunshine with our custom made designer sun glasses 😎☀️

SANDCASTLE COMPETITION! 😄

Making memories with our buddies! Making ice cream sundaes 😊☀️

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19364011.upper-wharfedale-federation-pre-school-goes-strength-strength/?ref=rss Upper Wharfedale Federation pre-school goes from strength to strength

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19329983.primary-schoolchildren-plant-hundreds-trees-future-generations/ Primary schoolchildren plant hundreds of trees for future generations

We are looking forward to our seaside day tomorrow at school! Please remember to send your children in their seaside/pirate/mermaid themed clothes!! Looking forward to seeing them have lots of fun!! 🕶☀️🌊🍦🏄‍♀️ It’s going to be another hot one so please remember your child needs a sun hat, sun cream and a water bottle x

This morning we made cards for our special buddies to say thank you for looking after us ☺️! We will be enjoying this last week spending time with our buddies before September!

Apologies for the short notice, but tomorrow’s Car Wash at Kettlewell Primary School has had to be cancelled.

Kev, the Cartoonist came into school this week. He explained about character development and how, when stories are filmed, different perspectives can be considered just by framing a picture in a certain way.

Remember these faces. They’ll all be on Masterchef soon! This week Class 2 explored spices in their cookery class!

Wow… what a dinner! Fish and Chips right out of the paper, followed by ice cream in a cone. Bringing the seaside to the Dales. Thank you Chef Imogen Swales!

Welcome Zac, Kettlewell’s deputy chef in full Pirate/Chef outfit. And look at that view!

Well done to Charlie for creating a wonderful beach scene at home! It looks wonderful Charlie, I wish I could take a holiday there 😎

Class 1 have had a wonderful week so far. On Tuesday, We dressed up and took on the role of a different character. What wonderful characters they were! We also had a seaside/pirate day on Wednesday where the children came in dressed up and we enjoyed some fun activities including a treasure hunt 🏝🏖

The was a rabble of pirates and mermaids lurking around in Class 1 today!

Oh we’ve had a lovely day! ☀️🌈🏖⛱ frisbees and bubbles!

Pirate cookies!! 🍪

Seaside Day! 😀

For part of our arts week, our KS1 children had a fantastic master class in poetry writing.

The KS2 children had a fantatsic master class in comic strips yesterday!

Arts week – ☺️🎨🎼 Art in nature: inspired by sticks and using our imagination and creativity!

So much laughter in our schools today – thank you so much to Tony and Kev, and also to Grassington Festival for organising this. Grassington Festival

In preparation for ‘Pirate Day’ on Wednesday and to start ‘Arts Week’ off – we spent our morning making pirate props!! We made our own pirate hats, cutlasses and swords! 🏝🏴‍☠️

Home learning is available on the Grassington Primary School website under “our learning” then “home learning”.

Wonderful home learning has already begun ready for tomorrow!! What a fab acrostic poem Hannah well done!!

Please can all parents check their emails for an urgent email from school. Many thanks.

We are loving our jungle animal carpet!! Lots of cheeky monkeys!!!🐵

All of our Year 6s enjoying time in Grass Woods this week…

KS2 pupils at UWPF have a fantastic day out at Darrowgill – we love learning outdoors!

Class one’s penalty shoot-out before school! ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️!

What a lovely day this was …

Year 2 had lots of fun joining Year 3 for transition day. After learning about King Henry VIII’s favourite war ship the Mary Rose, they had a go at creating their our own clay floating vessel, which was more complicated and messy than they thought it would be!

Class One UEFA Euro Semi-final predictions are in! ⚽️😃

Small school… but BIG maths! Our children have opportunities to enhance their maths daily with our BIG maths challenge. Keep up the good work ladies!

Class 1 are so excited to see their letter writing pay off!! Whilst Mr Whiskers was left injured the children set about trying to solve the mystery of who did it! Even though clues were found they needed more help so they decided to write a letter to the police. They were so excited to…

Class 2 had a wonderful trip to Darrowgill yesterday. The video shows the fun that was had!

Class 2 wrote thoughtful and sensitive letters to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the recent loss of her husband. We are exceptionally grateful for this wonderful reply! Writing for a purpose motivates us to compose thoughtful texts here at Kettlewell, and to get a response makes it all worthwhile!

We learnt about controlled burning of heather on the moor and how it helps regenerate the land- and that it is a carbon neutral activity 😁

Looking at the vital role the Gamekeepers play

Learning about sphagnum moss and it’s importance to the balance of the moor’s ecosystem

We had an amazing trip to Dallowgill Moor today and want to say a big thank you to all at BASC along with the Countryside Learning team👍

Key Stage Two have been out, out! The children have had a fantatsic day out on the moor at Dallowgill, learning about how the moorland is managed, how mountain rescue work and the importance the moors play with water and vegetation.

And here is KS1 making vegetable dips! Easy to make, super healthy and really tasty! Well done everyone!

Delicious smells are wafting around Kettlewell Primary School this half term with Mrs Allen’s cookery lessons! This week KS2 made Frikadeller with remoulade! (Fish cakes with sauce!) La de dah!

Class 1 were also involved in the sponsored walk on Wednesday to raise money for UWFRA. The children walked from Kettlewell to Starbotton and what a wonderful time we had!

On Monday, Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) came to visit us at Kettlewell Primary School. They shared their expertise and we even had a go on their stretcher!

Key stage 2 strode off for a sponsored walk on Wednesday. Kettlewell to Buckden and back, all in aid of Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA). Well done!

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/general-teaching-assistant-kettlewell-primary-school General Teaching Assistant – Kettlewell Primary School | North Yorkshire County Council

Yoga in our ‘Spiritual Garden’ 🌳🌿

This morning we were inspired by the works of artist Henri Matisse – in particular, his still life painting ‘The Daisies’. “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse.

It’s coming home! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

Today we’ve been exploring the feelings and emotions of the characters Mr and Mrs Grinling in our story ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. We had so much fun dressing up and putting on different voices! ⭐️😃

Coming together to enjoy PE and music… UWPF

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/general-teaching-assistant-burnsall-va-primary-school General Teaching Assistant – Burnsall VA Primary School | North Yorkshire County Council

Any children who are in Sapphire can come in their own clothes tomorrow as they won the house points on Friday x

🌼🐝🌸🐝🌼 The bee meadow at the end of Springfield Road that the children helped with is back in full bloom at the moment and looking lovely! Radio 2 are currently running the Big Bee Challenge in association with the Royal Horticultural Society to help save our bees. Children between the ages of 6 and 12…

Class One’s ‘dance off’ yesterday… we have the moves! 🕺💃 Children started off practising dance moves in groups of 3 before coming together in larger groups to add their sequences together! What a performance!

Please remember there is a bike event in the morning that runs through school drop off time. We would appreciate every effort to get your child to school on time but we also appreciate difficulties some may experience so please don’t worry if you get caught in it, get here safely when you can x

We enjoyed sharing our lunch with our teddy bears today 🧸🍽🧸.

‘At the Foot of the Fell’ is a beautiful anthology of poetry which were produced by children of Upper Wharfedale Primary Federation in memory of Max Leefe. The children who contributed to this anthology will receive a copy this week. We would like to thank Rebecca for taking time to put the collection together. We…

Thanks to Rebecca, Roger and Sally from Yorkshire Dales National Park for a wonderful learning experience in Grass Woods this morning. Class 1 enjoyed treasure hunts, bark rubbing, making clay creatures and their homes as well as appreciating the sensory environment. 🌿🪵🪶🍂🌳🌸🦔We were even lucky enough to see a barn owl on our journey too!…

We had another successful stay and play in the forest session this week. The fairies and pixies came to visit Kettlewell Primary. The children enjoyed finding the fairies, pixies and fairy doors in the forest. They made some wonderful fairy themed creations and had so much fun! 🌿🧚🏻‍♀️

Our lovely trip to Grass Woods! 🍀🍃🌿🌳🐌🦉🕷 We thought we’d let the photos speak for themselves ☺️!

Look at the new terrarium our stick-insects moved into!

Would you like to help shape the future of our local schools? “ We have 12 members on the Federation Governing Board all of whom are appointed by different constituencies. It is a fascinating and rewarding role and a chance to make a contribution to the strategic direction of our four schools. From time to…

Inspiring writing! ⭐️ Hamish the cat was really scared of the seagulls when he was sent up in his basket to scare them off! Class 1 have been looking after him, giving him cuddles and writing him notes of encouragement! 🥰

Well done to the house team Ruby. You gained the most house points this week so are allowed to come to school on Monday in your own clothes. (Can any winning child in class 1 come in or bring with them something suitable for PE)xWell done to the house team Ruby. You gained the most…

Day 2: The Year 6s have continued to enjoy a fun-packed day, rotating the activities they did yesterday. They have enjoyed chilling out in the grounds on an evening and had a bonfire last night with hot chocolate and snacks…

One of the groups went caving on Wednesday. They had to work as a team as they navigated the caves… “it was wet, tricky but really good fun!” – Ellie.

Our KS2 children had a lovely day on Tuesday working with local artists as part of a project that we are involved in this term. The children had a fantastic afternoon exploring the different plants in our school field which they then used to create their own natural photographs without the use of a camera.

We really did have the most wonderful afternoon celebrating Fathers’ Day. The sun shone brightly, the dads, children and staff had lots of fun and the baking went down a treat!

It felt very hot this afternoon! We spent playtime under the trees, creating chalk masterpieces featuring a rearing horse, gigantic beanstalk and a ‘Dream Beach’! ☀️☀️☀️

Sports tournaments will still go ahead for federation schools because we already operating in year group bubbles. It is times like this that it is so fortunate we are a federation of four schools and we can continue to do the things we love – residentials, sports competitions, transition days. ‘Dream work makes the team…

Trapping the cheeky seagull!! Yesterday we enjoyed the sunshine – making little traps for the seagull (at the request of the children!) If caught, children have told me that they’d like to relocate the bird to a seaside town, where it can quote: “eat all the chips it wants!” Yesterday we conducted a survey to…

Preschool and Class 1 are looking forward to seeing everyone at 1.30 for our Father’s Day celebrations tomorrow. Please make your way round to preschool’s outdoor area where we will be ready to welcome you.

After arriving safely and settling into Ingleborough Hall, the children enjoyed a range of different activities. One group have been enjoying orienteering, another group were taught how to use a bow and arrow in an archery session and the final group went off caving (caving photos to follow). The sun has been shining and the…

There’s no better feeling than the feeling of sand between your toes! ☀️🏝 Our sensory experience! ⛱

Class 1 children across the federation came together for the first time today. They had a wonderful, sunny afternoon at Burnsall, enjoying Lempen Theatre puppet show. It was lovely to see children re-kindle old friendships and form new ones…

Happy Birthday Ma’am! Last week Kettlewell pupils enjoyed a celebration lunch to acknowledge the Queen’s official birthday. The children came together outside to have lunch with flags, bunting and party food.

Class 1 children said “goodbye” to the bug hotel they made as part of the “Churchyard Project”. It is now in the Kettlewell churchyard where lots of wildlife will have a wonderful place to live.

Last week Class 2 made Fat Rascals. Did any make their way home?!

Any child in the house team ‘Emerald’ gained the chance of coming to school tomorrow in non-school uniform by winning the most amount of house points last week. If your child is in Class 1 please ensure they are wearing or bring with them clothes that are suitable for PE int he afternoon.

Preschool have been working super hard recently to learn the story of ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’. Look how amazing they are!

This week was the first week of ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’ and we destroyed the tomatoes! We were very proud that every child in the school tried a tomato, even if they weren’t very keen. Next week we will be taking on sweetcorn!

Mr Grinling from ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ story had his lunch eaten by seagulls… You’ll never guess what happened to Miss Smith last night when she was having her dinner at school… HER fish and chips were stolen by none other than a very cheeky seagull! The children arrived at school to see all of…

Yesterday, Class 1 made cheese scones! Yummy!

🏆Sports Day 2021 🥇