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Woodland Explorers is closed to the public now until after Christmas.  Re-opening dates will follow shortly.

Our Macmillan Coffee morning was held on Wednesday 4th October and was a great success, raising in excess of £300.  Many thanks to all parents, relatives and Friends who gave their kind and generous support for such a great cause.

Our Primary children visited the National Media Museum in Bradford, learning about the history of the media and watching a movie in the Imax Cinema.

The primary children and Alvin attended their Swimming Gala at Ilkley Pool on Tuesday 11th July. They demonstrated the skills they have learned over the past year, including for the older ones, swimming 100 metres with a variety of strokes.

We would like to welcome all of our children’s parents, even if your child does not attend on Thursdays, to join us for our Woodland Explorers Open Day on Thursday 5th July 2018 from 12:45pm to 3:30pm.  There will be den … Continued

Our parents enjoyed visiting Children’s House, listening to the children sing and then sharing their children’s work.  It was a wonderful opportunity for new and established parents to network and chat to their children’s teachers.

Our Children’s House children visited Stump Cross Caverns to extend their learning on Rocks, Fossils and Minerals. They all had a great time and were fascinated when they went down into the caves.

The pre-school and primary children had a hugely enjoyable session with Harry George Owen, Commonwealth Champion artistic athlete/gymnast and part of Team GB, who took them through an exercise session and showed them video footage of him practicing at the … Continued

The pre-primary children enjoyed a day out at Bolton Abbey & Embsay Steam Railway.  They experienced a ride on a steam train and went up to Embsay Play Park where they had a picnic and extended play and then walked … Continued

Children enjoy smart new waterproofs from Scandinavia in our Forest School

The Strid children recently enjoyed handling various animals in school.  See  our Gallery for more pictures.

The children had great fun on our two special outdoor activity stay and play Art Explorer sessions held on 8 July.  The activities included “scooter painting” and making a bottle-top snail.

All the children from both school and nursery enjoyed a trip to the Grassington Festival on 27 June.  The younger children visited The Tig, a dance and movement luminarium, and the older ones went to the Wordlab at the Town … Continued

The pre-school children took part in a “Space”-themed Big Toddle to raise funds for Barnardo’s charity on 27 June.

Enjoying the May sunshine, the Cabin children visited Spout Yat woods, where they explored woodland activities with the help of a trained parks officer.

The pre-school children enjoyed a nature walk in the Spring sunshine this week, returning to school to experiment with painting the flowers they’d found through glass.  

We are delighted that the local press have been running an article on the Montessorians of the Year Award, presented to Mr and Mrs Jane Lord, proprietors of the School.