Form 3 take the Hippocratic Oath
Form 3 donned their white coats and stethoscopes as they took their first lesson in anatomy and medicine Latin style. With Finn Baker as the prostrate patient, Mrs Richardson guided trainee medic Connie Pride through his various symptoms, identifying parts of the body in Latin and prescribing treatments to cure his many ailments.
Form 1’s blindfold challenge
Pupils in Form 1 were set the novel challenge last week of negotiating the play park area whilst blindfolded. Poppy and Amy helped to guide the children by giving verbal instructions. This was an eventful challenge that had the children in fits of laughter after several comical stumbles but did wonders to develop their teamwork, a key aspect of their learning this year and something that will certainly be useful on their residential trip later in the year.
White Rose Book Shop – Chapter 2
Following the success for Form 1’s trip to the White Rose Book Shop, Forms 2, 3 and 4 have taken up Mrs Lake’s kind invitation to stock up with new books for their class libraries. The children in each form enjoyed a morning’s perusing the well-stocked bookshelves, enjoying stories in the storytelling corner and sampling the delights of the in-store café! Every child came back to school with a personally chosen book to put onto the new bookshelves in their classrooms, and can look forward to many hours of literary escapism.
Cundall’s Book Worms
This week, Form 2 have been the first of our Junior Forms to visit The White Rose Bookshop in Thirsk in order to discover and select new books for their classrooms. They enjoyed a story time which introduced some new popular reads before hunting out a selection for us to bring back to school for their Form rooms. Well done to the children for choosing so enthusiastically and also especially for respecting and supporting one another in their choices of favourites. Thank you to Mrs Sue Lake for welcoming us so warmly, guiding the children with their choices and generally creating an extremely happy and industrious morning for us all. Children in Forms 1, 3 and 4 can look forward to enjoying their visits in the next few weeks of term.
Form 1 celebrate their ESB success
What a lovely way for our new Form 1 pupils to start the year. They are the very happy recipients of the certificates they earned from their ESB presentations last term. It was a tremendous set of results with children gaining Merits and Distinctions all round. Well done Form 1!
Form 6 leavers
The last day of term was a particularly poignant day for those Form 6 pupils who were saying goodbye to Cundall for the very last time, prior to heading off to their chosen public schools in September. After the final whole school assembly of term, the departing pupils were given the customary send-off by the rest of the school before heading down to join parents and staff for the Leavers’ Service in Cundall Church. Afterwards the leavers and their parents enjoyed a celebration lunch in the Dining Room during which many of the youngsters entertained the guests with hilarious anecdotes about their more covert escapades at Cundall. After being presented with their Leavers’ caps, the pupils gathered on the front steps for a final celebratory photo and send-off.
Form 4’s Ripley project
Form 4 enjoyed this term’s English project. They were whisked away on the first day of term to Ripley Castle where they discovered that their task was to write a children’s guide book. They were fascinated by the stories and history at the castle. Fortunate enough to have two further visits before the castle was open to the public the children have amassed a great deal of knowledge, so much in fact that 3 children were asked by the guides to start one of the public tours by explaining all that they knew about the Entrance Hall. What a privilege. They learned so much, especially why you don’t want to be caught ‘red handed’.
Form 6 conquer Ben Nevis
Form 6 recently returned from a fabulous trip to Glencoe Outdoor Centre, Fort William where they completed a gruelling challenge, climbing Ben Nevis! The pupils arrived at Fort William after an 8 hour drive on Monday evening in high spirits and ready to face the UK’s highest Mountain. The pupils were split into two groups; the first group climbed on Tuesday and the second the following day. The pupils take an alternative route to the ‘tourist route’ to the summit. It is a challenging climb and scramble to the top, however it was secluded, beautiful and most importantly fun! The weather conditions were not favourable but the pupils continued with determination. After a four hour climb in the rain, the summit was reached at approximately 1pm. The pupils had lunch at the summit and then descended through snow and rain in 2 ½ hours. This extremely impressive time was aided by several games of ’I-spy’ to distract them from the aching muscles! Group 2 faced Ben Nevis on the Wednesday and they were lucky enough to have very little rain, completing the mountain in a similar time to Group 1. We even had a little visit from Mr Simpson in his jet aeroplane. Julia was very impressed with this! Other activities that the pupils completed included kayaking, canyoning and sailing (for one lucky group). Although the canyoning was very cold, it was certainly a popular activity. A fabulous experience was had by all and the teachers were extremely proud of the team work, determination and enthusiasm of all of the pupils. The Mountain Leaders were also very impressed with our students, who were an absolute pleasure to be with!
Form 2 Camp-out
Following their camp-out the previous night, the Form 2 teachers opted to let the children write their own account of the night’s adventures. Here is their rather wonderful report: “ Form 2’s Tuesday camp out began by hauling all our comfy kit down to the tree-like Tepees [sic]. Once arrived, we felt supreme to have the school fields all to ourselves. Rugby, football, wrestling, dancing, sandpit fun and a code cracking team game followed. The barbecue tasted scrumptious and was only better by the toasted marshmallows which we munched greedily as the sun faded and the campfire brightened. We got some sleep. It was wonderful. We felt transformed into our true wild Cundall outside selves!
Form 1 Countryside Day
Form 1 spent a wonderful sunny day at the Great Yorkshire Showground taking part in many countryside related activities. They tried their hand at willow weaving, rag-rugging, dry stone walling, bread making and pond dipping. They also got to see a variety of farm animals and a superb sheep show! It was just what they needed after all the hard work of exams!