Social Media and the Whitby Gazette
Christianity
At the end of our unit about Christianity the children in Base 2 designed and made pebbles showing important Christian symbols.
Spring / Summer Term
We love Base 2's use of different media to depict our solar system!
Space - Our Solar System
Base 2 light project - Electricity & Circuits
Sirius Minerals
Sirius Minerals gave a very informative presentation on the mine and career opportunities to Base 2. We already seem to have budding engineers and geologists amongst us. The children also held a piece of rock older than the dinosaurs which was found 1,500 meters below sea level and took 2 years of digging to reach!
Whitby Schools World Cup 2019
Base 2 were drawn as Ireland in The Whitby Schools World Cup. Ireland played fiercely and were placed 4th. Well done!
Eskdale Festival of the arts, Whitby
Science Experiments
Base 2's Roman Shields
Base 2 pupils show off their Roman Shields in Goathland.
Base 2 Science Work
The children in Base 2 have been learning about the properties of light in their science work this half term in order to solve a burglary. Some diamond earrings were stolen during a play rehearsal at the Spa & we are helping the police catch the culprits.
Base 2’s Trip to Ryedale Folk Museum
Base 2 spent the day at Ryedale Folk Museum as a final part of their themed learning this term. The children experienced chores poor children would do in their homes and in a wash house. They spent a short period in a Victorian classroom (with a very strict teacher!) chanting tables, writing on slates and using quill pens and ink. They then relaxed and had fun playing with Victorian toys and exploring the rest of the museum.
Forces
Road Safety
Air Resistance
Base 2 have begun to investigate air resistance. They had to reduce the air resistance of a large piece of card to make it easier to run with.
Years 5 & 6 will now investigate the link between surface area and air resistance while Years 3&4 will investigate whether the weight of an object affects how fast it falls to the ground
Sword Dancing
Our Junior Sword Dancing Team are making rapid progress. Here they are proudly displaying their 'Lock' made at the end of the Goathland Dance.
Science
Base 2 visited Whitby Museum as part of their Science work on Evolution. They were amazed at the ichthyosaur fossils on display!
Power-Down Pete
Visited school and taught us all how to be more environmentally friendly. We looked at ways of cutting down waste and saving electricity. The School Council will be helping us all remember how to make our school more Eco-friendly!
Countryside Day
Easter Trail. Base 2 took part in an Easter trail at Egton Church. They went to several stations and learned about how the Easter story can be relevant to life today.
Year 6 are relieved to have made it through SATs! Here they are with mascots made with the help of Mrs Herdman.
Base 2 went litter picking in the village before enjoying a well earned icecream!
Base 2 investigate how sound travels.
Windchimes
As part of their work on Sound (science) and Recycling (Environmental awareness) Base 2 have been making windchimes. Luca Hall is delighted with his!
School Governor, Angus Nicholson, visited school in December. He worked with Base 2 building a model swing bridge similar to the bridge in Whitby harbour.
School Governor, Angus Nicholson, visited school in December. He worked with Base 2 building a model swing bridge similar to the bridge in Whitby harbour.
Key Stage 2 have been learning to spin using drop spindles like the Ancient Greeks
Archie B award
Year 5 & 6 Children worked as volunteers with the National Park helping to clear, and lay a new surface on, the footpath alongside Water Ark in Goathland, They also helped clear some bracken on Danby Moor, this work will count towards their awards for helping in their communities.
French Café Morning
Key Stage 2 children set up a French Café and spent the morning in role play practising their French food vocabulary. The activity finished with the whole school sharing a French snack. Great fun was had by all.
Challenge: Can you balance the forces!
Winning Orienteering Duo
Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station
Base 2 enjoyed a visit to Hartlepool nuclear power station on Friday. Everyone was amazed by the size and scale of it! We all learned something new and some of us returned to school wanting to be nuclear engineers in the future!
Mini Moors Rally
Our Belonging Tree!
We designed and built Space Station models as part of our Space Topic
Gallery March 2016
Viking Trader Visit
Base 2 – were visited by Sif a Viking trader on Wednesday. History came alive in the classroom as we all learnt about the everyday life of people in the Saxon/Viking era.
Eskdale Festival
Huge congratulations to the children for their success in this year’s festival.
Science Club
Base 2 enjoyed their last Science Club for this term. They investigated how craters are formed on planets and made their own Martian surface with clay. It was great fun making craters with pebbles, although it proved to be very messy!
Bradford Multicultural Visit
Base 2 visited a Mosque and a Gurdwara in the city of Bradford. They were also able to compare a city environment with that of a rural village. The visit ended with shopping in the Bombay Stores.
Writing Workshop
The children of Base 2 rode on the steam train from Goathland to Pickering to participate in a persuasive writing workshop run by the NYMR education officer.
Their brief was to persuade Dr Beeching not to close the railway. They made a very good case and had the opportunity to read their letters to Dr Beeching himself before returning by train to Goathland.
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Base 2 Go Fossiling!
Base 2 travelled to Boggle Hole and Stoupe Beck to study rocks and fossils. We discovered how erosion has changed the coastline and tried to work out where the cliff might have been thousands of years ago.
On our walk along the beach we collected many fossils including a lovely ammonite and everyone managed to find something special to take home! On our walk back some of us discovered just how heavy a bag of rocks can be!! This resulted in some difficult decisions being made in order to lighten the load! Our day ended with dam building before returning to school.
Hit the Surf
Cooking at Eskdale
Shakespeare
Junior Pupils performed Midsummer Nights Dream at Whitby Shakespeare Festival in the Spa Theatre
Bronze Age
We learned about the Bronze Age with Heather McNiff from Danby Moors Centre and Walk to Two Howes and Simon Howe
Iron Age
Roman Visit to Cawthorn Camp and Roman Road
Indian Puppets
Scarborough Art Gallery
Pupils learn about Portraiture from Artist-in-residence Karen Thompson, at Scarborough Art Gallery.
Boulby Dark Matter
Base 2 children learn about 'Dark Matter' from Scientists at Boulby Potash Mine.
Shakespeare Performance at the Spa Theatre in Whitby
Junior pupils performed Macbeth at Whitby Shakespeare Festival in the Spa Theatre