Our school hosts the Beamsley Harvest show each September. The Juniors used pastels to create these pictures of sunflowers.
Roop Singh provides sessions in Sikh awareness. Through his consultancy - Sikh Educational Advisory Services based in Leeds, UK he visits schools across all ages, doing assemblies and workshops and above all telling stories in both English and Punjabi.
Website link: http://www.sikheducationaladvisoryservices.com/
Roop Singh talks to our school and tells exciting stories. He shows us different artefacts.
A Sikh is an adherent to Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit "shishya", which means disciple or learner. A Sikh can easily be recognized by his turban, beard, or by a steel bracelet on the right wrist.
Most Sikhs come from the Punjab region of India, although significant communities exist around the world.
They are known for their their warm hospitality and welcoming nature.
A shining feature of the religion is that the followers are selfless in situations where they commit to help, and without discrimination of caste, creed, or religion.
Their history is replete with examples where the followers have given up everything they owned, including their lives for the protection of others.
The priory was originally founded at Embsay in 1120 and contained canons led by a prior. Bolton Abbey was founded in 1151 on the banks of the River Wharfe.
The lands at Bolton were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154.
In the early 14th century Scottish raiders caused the temporary abandonment of the site and serious structural damage to the priory.
Website link: http://www.boltonabbey.com/
The nave of the abbey church was in use as a parish church from about 1170 onwards, and survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Building work was still going on at the abbey when the Dissolution of the Monasteries resulted in the ddestruction of the priory in 1539.
The east end remains in ruins. A tower, begun in 1520, was left half-standing, and its base was later given a bell-turret and converted into an entrance porch.
Most of the remaining church is in the Gothic style of architecture, but more work was done in the Victorian era, including windows by August Pugin.
Our fantasy landscape pictures were inspired by the art of psychedeia which we looked at as part of our Britain Since 1948 topic.
This wall hanging was sewn by the Juniors in response to listening to the music by Saint Saens.
