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Friday 21 June 2024 St Joseph's Tadcaster host Franciscan Sisters This week, we were delighted to host two nuns from the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal.

Friday 14 June 2024 St. Joseph's Barnoldswick visit Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory This week Class 4 and 5 visited Jodrell Bank.

Thursday 13 June 2024 St. Stephen's Skipton Penalty Shootout with Bradford City FC and Billy Bantam Well done everyone who took part in the football activity. It was Billy's first visit to Skipton for a shootout. St. Stephen's are celebrating their school's 170th anniversary this year.

Wednesday 12 June 2024 Holy Name Cookridge Year 4 First Holy Communion Congratulations to our Year 4 children who received their First Holy Communion at the weekend.

Thursday 6 June 2024 St. Joseph's Otley Year 2 Class Drawing Year 2 are enjoying trying to draw different poses of people today in art.

Monday 3 June 2024 The Good Shepherd Celebration 2024 All schools in The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust fundraised for the Good Shepherd Appeal.

Wednesday 8 May 2024 St. Wilfrid's Ripon support Walk to School Day Every half term schools across North Yorkshire take part in their local Walk to School Day, whatever the weather!

Sunday 31 March 2024 Holy Name Cookridge Year 2 Class Poetry Beautiful published poetry pieces in Year 2.

Saturday 30 March 2024 St. Joseph's Pudsey Teacher Bambisanani Partnership Fundraising David Farmer runs, swims, cycles and rows his virtual way to Africa to raise funds for Special School

Friday 29 March 2024 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Year 5 Easter Performances The Easter performances have been truly outstanding. The production has helped us to reflect on the death and resurrection of Christ during this Holy Week.

Thursday 28 March 2024 St. Mary's Menston Diocesan Duties for Philippa Philippa Cowell (Year 7), is a Cathedral Altar Server

Saturday 23 March 2024 St. Joseph's Harrogate take part in Good Shepherd Walk All pupils took part in the event that raised money for Catholic Care (Caritas Leeds).

Thursday 21 March 2024 St John Fisher U12 Netball Squad take part in competition at Loughborough University What an an amazing experience for our U12 Netball Squad after qualifying for the Sisters n Sport Final 4 competition held at Loughborough University.

Sunday 17 March 2024 St. Joseph's Barnoldswick Penitential Service Children from our Mini Vinnies and School council led a lovely Penitential service for Key Stage 2 with Fr Phillip joining us. Children were then able to go for Reconciliation afterwards. Preparation continues for Holy week.

Sunday 17 March 2024 St Mary's Knaresborough Year 4 enjoying Local History topic They produced some fantastic artwork, complete with reflections of the arches in the River Nidd. The class are learning about the railway as part of our local History topic. We then walked down the steps to get a closer look. We are so lucky to have such an impressive structure on our doorstep.

Friday 15 March 2024 Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School take part in the Big Lent Walk The event raised funds for CAFOD

Wednesday 13 March 2024 St. Mary's Menston Music Success Congratulations to St. Mary's Menston Sixth form student Malachy Cullen in Year 13 who has been offered a place at both the Royal Northern College of Music and National Youth Orchestra.

Monday 11 March 2024 Sacred Heart Ilkley Computing On Friday 8 March, children in Wharfe class published their information text using AI (artificial intelligence) technology.

Saturday 9 March 2024 St. Stephen's Skipton New Football Kits Thank you to the Premier League and Nike for our brand new football kits.

Friday 1 March 2024 St. Joseph's Barnoldswick Year 5 represent school in Maths Challenge Sessions Well done to our Year 5s who are representing St. Joseph's at Ss John Fisher and Thomas More's maths challenge sessions.

Thursday 29 February 2024 Holy Name Cookridge take part in Football Competition Year 3 and 4 footballers were amazing today whilst playing in the Well-being competition at the Boddington pitches.

Wednesday 21 February 2024 Holy Name Cookridge Science Year 6 had a great time at Cardinal Heenan this morning, doing some science experiments for our new topic on evolution.

Monday 19 February 2024 St. Mary's Horsforth Family Mass A lovely family Mass for the first Sunday of Lent.

Friday 16 February 2024 St. Mary's Menston Year 13 Psychology 'Crime Scene' Activity

Monday 12 February 2024 St. Joseph's Harrogate Year 4 Assembly February 2024 Year Four sealed our first spring term with an assembly all about Love

Wednesday 7 February 2024 Ss. Peter and Paul Yeadon Young Apprentice Challenge 2024 Year 6 pupils at Ss Peter and Paul Primary School are each given a ‘loan’ and asked to be creative about how they could turn that into a profitable business.

Wednesday 7 February 2024 St John Fisher Year 11 Boys Rugby A great team effort - Well done to all those involved.

Wednesday 7 February 2024 St Joseph's Otley host Little Jo's Play Sessions Little Jo's is back. We are delighted to invite you and your child (babies and toddlers welcome) to come along to our FREE play sessions.

Friday 26 January 2024 St John Fisher Boys Year 10 and 11 Basketball Team Well done to the Year 10 and 11 Boys Basketball team who played in an extremely entertaining game against St Aidan's on Thursday narrowly losing 36-34.

Thursday 25 January 2024 St. Joseph's Tadcaster Celebrate Whole School Mass It was the first time some of our preschool children had ever been to Church so it was a very precious experience, and one we were privileged to be part of.

Wednesday 24 January 2024 St Mary's Knaresborough take part in Netball Competition Well done to these superstars who competed in a local Year 3 and 4 Netball competition at Aspin Park Academy.

Tuesday 23 January 2024 St. Stephen's Skipton History There is a fascinating page on the School website about the school's history.

Sunday 21 January 2024 Sacred Heart Ilkley visit Pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre The whole school visit to see Cinderella took place on Thursday 18 January 2024

Friday 19 January 2024 St. Stephen's Skipton EYFS Visit to Keighley Early Years Foundation Stage have had a fantastic morning going to Skipton Railway Station and travelling on the train to Keighley.

Tuesday 16 January 2024 Holy Name Year 3 Pupils take part in Writing Workshop Year 3 pupils represented Holy Name at an AIM High Writing Workshop delivered by Matt Abbott.

Monday 15 January 2024 St Joseph's Harrogate Chess Club Year 3 and 4 started their weekly lunchtime Chess Club today.

Sunday 14 January 2024 St. Mary's Menston is a Fairtrade School St. Mary's Menston has received confirmation that it has achieved the final step in the Fairtrade Schools awards - the FairAchiever.

Friday 12 January 2024 Former St Mary's Menston Student Awarded CBE in New Years Honours Congratulations to former pupil Stuart Murphy CBE who was recognised in the New Year’s Honours List and awarded a CBE for his services to Opera.

Friday 12 January 2024 St Joseph's Tadcaster, St Therese Class Mixing Colours St Therese Class have been learning about the results of mixing different paint combinations.

Monday 1 January 2024 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Explore homes built in the past Year 1 have been exploring homes built in the past and creating a timeline to show the order they were built.

Friday 22 December 2023 Bambisanani Partnership Review 2023 By any standards this has been the most remarkable year for the Bambisanani Partnership.

Wednesday 20 December 2023 St. Mary's Horsforth Carol Service 2023 Well done to Key Stage 2 for a lovely Carol Service. We are all now ready for Christmas.

Wednesday 13 December 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Year 6 Class learn about the Mystery of the Incarnation They have explored biblical sources and beliefs and are now using a range of sources to explain their points of view

Friday 8 December 2023 St. Mary's Menston named among the UK's highest-ranking achieving secondary schools St Mary’s Menston has been named among the UK’s highest-ranking achieving secondary schools in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

Friday 8 December 2023 Holy Name Cookridge Run to support Simon on the Streets Charity We would like to thank Ana for coming to talk to us today about the amazing work Simon on the Streets do to support people who are experiencing homelessness.

Sunday 3 December 2023 St John Fisher Year 7 Netball The U12 A and B netball squads played a fixture against Harrogate Ladies College and showed that all their efforts in training is starting to come together, with some lovely linking play from defence to attack, resulting in goals.

Friday 1 December 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate take part in Walk to School Day 2023 What a wonderfully fresh and frosty morning is was to take part in Walk to School Day.

Saturday 18 November 2023 St John Fisher Year 7 Boys Football The Year 7 Boys 5-a-side football team were runners up to Harrogate Grammar School in the area competition, narrowly losing out on penalties after a 2-2 draw.

Wednesday 15 November 2023 St. Mary's Menston raise the bar with two remarkable visits to South Africa this year St. Mary’s have made two visits to South Africa this year involving 25 students as part of the Bambisanani Partnership.

Saturday 11 November 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate Year Four class perform a journey through the alphabet of Remembrance Day The children showed their art work, beautifully poignant poems and photographs of their families during the war to remind us of our heroes.

Friday 10 November 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Year 1 retold the story of the Annunciation They reflected on Mary’s feelings and why God chose her.

Thursday 9 November 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Year 5 Class enjoying Gymnastics Year Five loved being gymnasts on a range of apparatus. They have recently explored ways of travelling, balancing and rolling.

Thursday 9 November 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate Mini Vinnies supporting Harrogate Foodbank The Mini Vinnies have recently collected generous donations for the Harrogate District Food Bank.

Sunday 29 October 2023 Elf The Musical at St John Fisher Have you got your tickets for Elf The Musical?

Saturday 28 October 2023 St Joseph's Otley School Open Days We warmly welcome Parents and Carers of children starting school in September 2024 to come and see our incredible school.

Wednesday 25 October 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate enjoy UV Dodgeball in PE The fun ‘glow in the dark’ activity took place in the Hall on 24 October 2023.

Friday 20 October 2023 St. Mary's Horsforth Ready, Steady, Read Success More than £3,000 has been raised to spend on exciting brand new books for school.

Tuesday 17 October 2023 St Joseph's Tadcaster School Prayer The St Joseph’s Mini Vinnies have recently been working on it.

Sunday 15 October 2023 St. Mary's Horsforth Harvest Festival 2023 St. Mary’s celebrated the Harvest Festival at Church on 6 October 2023.

Thursday 12 October 2023 St Mary's Knaresborough Bikeability Training Year 6 had a fantastic time participating in Bikeability. They were a credit to St Mary's!

Sunday 8 October 2023 St Joseph's Tadcaster Explore a Godly play to learn more about St Francis during whole school worship Follow St Joseph’s Tadcaster on X (formerly Twitter): The account is @StJosephsTad

Sunday 8 October 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate Year 6 join their Reception Buddies for Lunch Year 6 were overjoyed to dine with their Reception buddies for their first lunch together on October 6 2023.

Sunday 8 October 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Year 3 Class Create Pre-historic Art Year 3 have been engulfed in the process of creating prehistoric art.

Saturday 7 October 2023 Olympic honour for the Bambisanani Partnership David Geldart, Founder and CEO of the Bambisanani Partnership was recently invited to speak at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece.

Monday 2 October 2023 St Mary's Knaresborough learning about Parliament On Wednesday, Key Stage 2 had a special visit from a visitor who came in to teach us all about Parliament.

Friday 29 September 2023 St Joseph's Otley Year 2 enjoy creating Repeating Patterns in Art Year 2 enjoyed creating repeating patterns using resources found around the room.

Thursday 28 September 2023 Celebrating St Mary's Knaresborough Watch the video from the St Mary’s school website.

Wednesday 27 September 2023 Holy Name Cookridge New School Councillors presented with their Badges Thank you to Alex Sobel MP for Leeds North West and Izaak Wilson City Councillor for presenting the new school councillors with their badges.

Saturday 23 September 2023 St. Joseph's Pudsey Supporting Foodbank Friday As a Trust, it has been agreed that all Trust schools will support the Foodbanks by putting on a food bank Friday.

Saturday 23 September 2023 St. Joseph's Harrogate Start of a New School Year Mass 2023 St. Joseph's celebrated the start of a new school year today.

Friday 22 September 2023 St. Mary's Horsforth Year 4 Class visit Nell Bank to Explore and Learn Outdoors Nell Bank is dedicated to helping every child connect with nature by running exciting, safe and educational outdoor activity days that inspire learning and inquisitiveness.

Thursday 21 September 2023 St John Fisher Open Day 2023 Information Saturday 7 October 2023 (noon to 3pm)

Tuesday 19 September 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon New Eco-Committee Our new Eco-Committee have gotten together to choose our topics for this year. We have chosen to learn all about Global Citizenship, Marine and Biodiversity.

Sunday 17 September 2023 Ss Peter and Paul Yeadon Reception Class Mark Making Reception have enjoyed using pens and chalks for indoor and outdoor mark making.

Sunday 17 September 2023 St Joseph's Tadcaster Celebrate the birth of Mary We were delighted to celebrate the birth of Mary at our parish Church on 8 September 2023 with St Therese's Class.

Friday 15 September 2023 St Joseph's Otley Year 4 Class Explore New School Library Year 4 loved exploring our new school library on 8 September 2023.

Friday 15 September 2023 Sacred Heart Ilkley working with Bradford Music Hub this Year Their expertise will enhance the music provision at Sacred Heart.

Sunday 10 September 2023 St. Stephen's Skipton Celebrate Mass at the Start of the School Year Years 1-6 came together on Thursday 7 September 2023 to ask for God's blessing at the start of the school year.

Sunday 10 September 2023 St. Mary's Menston World Challenge 2023 to Borneo The achievements of the expedition to Borneo (in South East Asia) included reaching the top of Mount Kinabalu (4095m)

Friday 8 September 2023 Den Building Activity at Holy Name Cookridge All of the children used great teamwork and determination whilst building dens together in teams.

Tuesday 5 September 2023 Another record-breaking Year 11 Results Day at St. Mary's, Menston St. Mary’s is celebrating again – This summer’s Year 11 cohort has achieved the schools best ever results which have exceeded grades achieved pre-pandemic (2019).

Thursday 24 August 2023 Congratulations to St John Fisher Year 11 Students on their GCSE Results today Congratulations to our Y11 students on their GCSE Results today. We are all very proud of you.

Monday 21 August 2023 St. Mary's Menston Celebrates their Best Year 13 Results Congratulations to all our Year 13 students on their excellent A-level and Vocational results.

Tuesday 8 August 2023 Bambisanani International Athletics Challenge 2023 St. Joseph’s Pudsey, St. Mary’s Horsforth, Holy Name Cookridge, Sacred Heart Ilkley and St. Mary’s Menston all took part in the international event.

Friday 4 August 2023 St John Fisher Students Benefit from West End Star Visit Students in Years 7,8,9, and 10 had a wonderful morning with West End star Damien Pool.

Friday 26 May 2023 The Good Shepherd Celebration 2023 All schools in The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust fundraised for and participated in the Bishop’s annual Good Shepherd Celebration at St. Anne’s Cathedral on Wednesday 24 May 2023.

Tuesday 11 October 2022 Incredible photos showing St Robert's Harrogate lessons in 1920 There is a fascinating School History page on the St Robert’s school website.

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