Last week, Class 3 visited Tees Barrage. They enjoyed learning how rivers are formed, how rivers have changed over time, how Tees Barrage control water flow and the animals that live there.

Christmas jumpers and Christmas lunch day

Yesterday, Class 3 visited Boroughbridge Manor Care Home - Barchester Healthcare , they delivered Christmas cards they had made for the residents and sang some carols! Thank you for having us.

A huge well done to Class 1 for their wonderful ‘Whoops-a-Daisy Angel’ nativity performance! A big thank you to all the Class 1 staff for their hard work, and to parents and carers for providing costumes and coming along to support the children. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we loved performing it!

This week our Wellbeing Ambassadors delivered workshops to each class all around healthy eating. Thank you to Beth from Phunky Foods for organising.

Over the past four weeks, our Year 6 pupils have taken part in a series of sessions led by the Harrogate Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Each week, they learned valuable strategies to support and strengthen their mental health.

Yesterday, some of our Sing Up choir took part in the Boroughbridge Christmas Lights Switch On and they sang beautifully! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Yesterday we celebrated our school’s Sanctuary Day. The hall became a peaceful space with ten reflective activities for the children. It was a special time for calm and reflection.

Today is Michael Rosen Day! You might know him as the beloved author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. This morning, we joined hundreds of other schools in a live poetry webinar with Michael Rosen himself! This afternoon, each class will be creating their own poems inspired by the theme of kindness and there will be prizes for the best poem from each class.

A moment to reflect and remember. We would like to thank our School Council for opening our Remembrance Worship with a prayer and leading us in the two minutes’ silence. Thank you also to Tim Collins, representing the Royal British Legion, and to Reverend Sue Simpson for closing our service with a prayer.

Thank you to North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service who visited us today. They spoke about how to stay safe on the coming dark nights along with staying safe on Bonfire Night and while out trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Today some of our Year 5/6 girls took part in a netball competition at Boroughbridge High School, organised by Sporting Influence. We’re delighted to share that the team played brilliantly and won and are now through to the finals! A huge well done to everyone for their effort and enthusiasm, and thank you to Sporting Influence  and Boroughbridge High School for hosting a great event.

On Friday the whole school took part in a Forest School Day! We even had the pleasure of Happylittle Hedgehogs Nursery joining us. Mrs Green & Miss Ratliffe planned a whole day of outdoor learning including making leaf crowns, clay faces and potions!

On Friday 10th October, we took part in World Mental Health Day! In the morning, we enjoyed a whole-school assembly with Lucy from Mind in Harrogate District  , who talked to us about looking after our mental health and wellbeing. In the afternoon, Mrs Barrett will be leading some mindful workshops with each class to help us learn ways to relax, reflect, and take care of ourselves.

This morning, some of our Year 5/6 pupils represented the school at a Sporting Influence  competition at Boroughbridge High School and...

Our year 5+6 girls visited Queen Mary's School for their leadership event for girls, "Her Voice".

Class 1 have found lots of things on their autumn walk today.

Further to the virtual assemblies last week, Years 2, 5 & 6 have taken part in workshops today as part of NYCC's Speak Out. Stay Safe....

Come along to our Open Day on Tuesday 7th October!

This week Roecliffe CE Primary School are featuring as School of the Week on Your Harrogate radio, you can tune in at 7.35am and 8.35am...