Here is an overview of the topics and themes we will cover this half term. 

Summer 1 Curriculum

English - Film Units

Maths - Shape, Position and Direction

Religious Education - Is it better to express your beliefs in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity?

Art - Making Memories

Geography - Biomes

PSHE - Citizenship

Music - South & West Africa

PE - Netball

Rievaulx Residential 2026 - PGL Newby Wiske

 

We have had the best time at PGL Newby Wiske for our residential.  We were busy from the second we arrived and packed so much in - laser quest, giant swing, vertical climb, archery, raft building and lots more.  Most importantly, we have worked as a team, enjoyed each other's company, challenged ourselves and laughed...lots!  We are filled with wonderful memories and pride in everything we achieved.

Forest Schools - Summer Term 1

Rievaulx have had an excellent Forest School day this week.  The sun shone brightly as we made clay candle holders, filled with wax and wicks to make candles we could take home and light, weaved star dream catchers and cooked and ate delicious cinnamon toast.

DT - Playgrounds

Today, Rievaulx completed their DT unit - Playgrounds.  In this unit, we had to begin by identifying the criteria that was needed to make a good playground.  We thought about lot of elements, such as safety, enjoyment and inclusion, before creating a design that matched our criteria.  Following that, we were tasked with creating a model to bring our designs to life.  Teamwork, patience and a lot of technical skills were needed, but we rose to the challenge with amazing results.

Yorkshire Rotters

Today we welcomed a team from The Yorkshire Rotters, an organisation which works with the community to help reduce climate change and encourage sustainable living.  We learnt all about the role worms can play in composting waste foods and built our own wormeries.  We also looked at using up fruits in the home by making smoothies on the rotter's smoothie bike, where the faster you pedal, the quick the blender mixes your drink!

Today in Rievaulx Class we dealt with a supermarket disaster!  The delivery truck found on arrival that the packaging of the items being delivered had been damaged and many of the products had mixed together.  We were tasked with separating the materials before anyone noticed.  The class were given a set of equipment that they could use, including sieves, paper towels, magnets and spare cups.  It was clear that some separating techniques were not suitable for some mixtures, so some investigation needed to be done to complete the job well.

Rievaulx Class had a wet, muddy and enjoyable forest school session this week.  Linking in to our Viking topic, the class had a chance to make oat, rye and spelt bread over the fire, built Viking settlements and spent time in the craft area whittling wooden objects to take home.

Rievaulx Class had a fantastic afternoon looking at Maths through the story book, The Lion's Share.  The book tells the story of Ant, who attends Lion's party. The animals at the party all attempt to share the cake by taking half and passing it on. We followed the story, looking at the fraction each animal got as each slice quickly got smaller and smaller!