We really enjoyed our visit to Corn Close Farm. Cath & her team first introduced us to the animals. We helped feed & muck out the animals. We are looking forward to visiting once a month to gain more practical experience as part of our Animal Care studies

Another successful settling in session for Luna 🐾 today #therapydogintraining

🥊 Purple Form hit the bags today! A brilliant opportunity to build fitness, coordination and confidence while learning the fundamentals of boxing from an experienced coach. Huge thanks to Coach Ben for regularly putting them through their paces! 🥊💪

Luna our new therapy dog (in training) was settling in well this week 🐾 Betty’s doggie workforce has increased, there will be more cuddles and ball chasing across the Strive sites!

Good luck to all our students getting their results today. Your achievement of sitting the exam is huge in itself, so well done. Whatever the grade ‘You’re amazing, well done!’ 🙌🥰

Then and now! Last summer we got the keys to the Bishop Thornton site. It was in a sad state of disrepair, hadn’t been loved or occupied for some time. We spent many, many hours over the summer cleaning, painting and renovating it! #community #villageschool #education #harrogate

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Delighted to see the finished article at Bishop Thornton site. This mosaic has been a labour of love for staff & students since the opening of our site in Sept. I think you’ll agree they have done a fantastic job! The detail is phenomenal. #mosaic #art #creative #harrogate

What an exciting new chapter for Bishop Thornton! The new chicken hut is complete, and the chickens are happily settled in. Staff and students are thrilled with their new space and are excited to care for and look after their newest feathered members of the school community. 🐣🐓

Bishop Thornton have a wormery! How exciting 🪱 there is a list of food to feed them and to not feed them. We will update the social media with their new trails they create . #wormery #worms #schoolpet

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Here are some photos from lunch across Strive today. Bishop Thornton made a lovely BBQ, and North Park Road used the food that was set aside for an end-of-year trip to provide a picnic for all students instead. Everyone enjoyed a special lunchtime treat together. #lunchtime 🧺🍔

Today on outreach one of our students learned how to bottle fish. They really enjoyed sitting in the shade, catching and releasing the little fish 🎣 #bottlefishing #fishing #outside #outdoored

Last night’s staff training focused on teaching and learning. We all contributed by highlighting our strengths, discussing what makes our setting unique, and exploring how we can best support children to feel safe, valued, and understood #teaching #learning #teammeeting

Students enjoyed picking strawberries 🍓 in the sun and then making smoothies (with a very unusual mixing method!) 🚲 They were natural and delicious! #outdoors #fruitpicking #pickyourown #education

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Today we did ACROSTIC poems on the 1976 heatwave and the heat today.Using it as a tool to not be phased by a whole paragraph of writing but taking one sentence at a time. Here are some of our student’s poems and a written piece on what to do in the heat. #heatwave #loveenglish

Danny is currently doing a Help for Heroes: Swim 47km to Support Our Veterans. Which is the full length of the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy. This is something very close to Danny’s heart , he is doing it with his dear friend Jason in mind. raise.ing/39103zjvdqdop

Andy and Sonja took a trip to York Portakabin to explore modular classrooms 👷🏻‍♀️

Bishop Thornton have been putting in extra hard work, to make their site echo friendly and sustainable! They have built a pound and a polytunnel where the students have planted tomatoes, flowers and herbs 🪴 🍓🪷🍅🫛 #pond #wildlife #growingveg #echofriendly