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On Wednesday 4th May, Year 2 visited Fairburn Ings and had a fantastic time. The weather was glorious which made exploring micro habitats even more fun! We investigated the micro habitat of ponds as our main focus. We had great fun pond dipping and then identifying each creature....

As part of their Viking topic the children were split into small groups and asked to design and build a model Viking village, based on what they had learnt about settlements. The key DT focus was to find and use materials that were as realistic as possible. We’re sure you’ll...

Year 3 had an amazing day living as Vikings at Murton Park, York. The children took part in a number of Viking themed activities such as guard training, pottery and making traditional games. This helped the children gain a deeper understanding of what it would be like to live as...

Ten Year 6’s took part in a Kwik Cricket tournament yesterday at Church Fenton Cricket club.  They all showed fantastic sportsmanship, despite the rather wet weather and then children’s positive attitude was commented on by others there.  All the children were...

Monk Fryston welcomes Tour media and riders press release  

10 of our Year 3 pupils took part in a golf festival this week, along with 60 other children from schools across the STAR Alliance. They had to do a range of skills including chipping, putting and hitting a long distance. Joe ‘Rory’ Alderson certainly needs a mention for hitting...

On Friday, our Eco Warriors took part in an organised ‘litter-pick’ as part of the national ‘Clean for the Queen’ campaign. To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, the nation has been working together to clean up our countryside. Our warriors worked hard to tidy up the village...

Pupils from Y3 at Monk Fryston School braved the cold to meet a cycling legend today. Dame Sarah Storey was out recceing the route ahead of Saturday’s ASDA Tour de Yorkshire women’s race. She stopped briefly to chat with pupils, and meet the Y5 pupil  who won the land...

We took some Year 6 children to a swimming festival at Tadcaster Pool on Thursday, they did a superb job of representing our school. The Sainsburys School Games Swimming Festival was a fantastic event and gave the children the chance to compete against a number of schools from...

Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed their Romans trip to the Yorkshire Museum today. We started our day with a workshop all about Eboracum where we learnt all about the difference between Roman slaves and citizens. From mosaics, to building bridges, dressing up in Roman armour to...