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All those at Ackworth Mill Dam School are saddened by the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. We extend our sincere condolences to The Royal Family.

I am looking forward to welcoming our pupils back to school for the new academic year. School is ready for you, hopefully you are ready for school! 📚✏️😊

Yesterday afternoon, Year 5 had an amazing time building structures using cocktail sticks and marshmallows. We were investigating the impact of earthquakes. Thank you to Outwood Hemsworth Academy for delivering the lesson - we really enjoyed it (especially the marshmallows!) 😆

Year 5 have been investigating time zones in our science lesson this afternoon. They are now experts on the time differences between the UK and other countries! 🌎✈️⏰ @MD_MrsThompson

Louise Ward, the author of ‘A Snail Called…Sylvan’ visited us in assembly today. We had a great time listening to her book and we learnt a few new French words too! 🐌 @MD_MrsThompson

More gardening fun in Y5 this sunny afternoon! 🥵🫑🌶🍅

Year 5 have been dissecting Year 6 non-chronological reports this morning to familiarise themselves with Year 6 expectations and also identify the key features needed for their own reports. There’s quite a bit of ‘magpie-ing’ going on! We love a WAGOLL! 😆 @MD_MrsThompson

@whatSFSaid @MD_MrsThompson Thank you so much for your reply - the children are over the moon that you’ve taken the time to do this! We thoroughly enjoyed learning about your editing process and the resilience needed. We ❤️ Varjak!

@MD_Class5 @MD_MrsThompson This is so brilliant to see! Thank you for reading Varjak Paw - please congratulate Year 5 for me on their editing, and tell them to keep the Way alive! And if they want to see how I edited the book, they might enjoy this... twitter.com/whatSFSaid/sta…

Year 5 are working hard to edit and improve their Varjak Paw inspired narratives. 100% focus on a very, very hot day! ☀️🥵 @whatSFSaid @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 took part in our fabulous KS2 Sport’s Day this morning and demonstrated amazing skills! Warning: some eggs were harmed in the running of this race! 😂 @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 are having a great afternoon planting out tomatoes, chillies and peppers to see if they will grow successfully without a greenhouse. Green fingers crossed! 🍅🌶🫑🤞 @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 are sorting scientific evidence into groups. One that supports that the Earth is flat and the other that supports that the Earth is a sphere. We’re looking forward to the debate! 🌎🌍🌏 @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 have travelled back to the 1990s, as part of Mill Dam’s Jubilee Celebrations. We’re looking forward to our street party this afternoon! @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 have been reading their own Clockwork inspired narratives to their peers (Fritz-style!). We are supporting each other by giving feedback - this helps us to edit and refine our stories even further. We have enjoyed the book so much! Thank you @PhilipPullman @MD_MrsThompson

@0neSquareInch Y5’s summer novel and we’re loving it! 🤩

Each day, #OneSquareInch of a great children's book cover. But what's the book? If you know it, why not drop us a hint. If you don't know it, try asking a 'yes/no' question. Don't shout it out too soon!

This morning, Year 5 have been baking yummy carrot cakes as part of our summer topic, ‘Our Food’. The school smelled heavenly! Thank you for your help, Mr Thompson 😊🥕🧁@MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 have had an amazing afternoon listening to Blues songs and writing our own. They are soooooooo sad! 🥲 We can’t wait to perform them! @MD_MrsThompson

Year 5 have completed their entry for the Ackworth Scarecrow Competition and it’s a thing to behold! Prepare yourself, Ackworth, here comes Little Red Riding Hood! 😍 @MD_MrsThompson @WatertonTrust

Class 5 are so proud of our guitar playing hero, who won our class heats for the upcoming Waterton’s Got Talent competition. He bravely performed in front of the whole school, but was pipped at the post by a comedy duo in Class 6! Well done, DS! @WatertonTrust

Welcome to The White Horse Tavern. Young Fritz, the novelist, is reading us his new story. I hope it’s not as terrifying as the last one we heard! @PhilipPullman #MDReading