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Our Nursery children this week have been creating lots of things with play dough. From making 5 little ducks to sing the number rhyme, to cakes to go in oven and adding candles. 
 

Our Nursery children have been enjoying using the new addition to our mud kitchen, made by Miss Lawson. They have been making mud pies, soup and cakes. Lots of imagination and creativity used. Our children also love to play in the water, exploring filling, pouring and textures. 
 

Our 2 year olds have enjoyed cork printing this week with cork and paint. They looked at the different shapes they could make and were all very proud of their work. 
 

Will from Rock Steady came into school to deliver an assembly and a workshop. He taught Year 1 about the difference between acoustic and electric instruments. He introduced them to some of his instruments and played some popular music for them to sing a long and clap to. During the workshop, some…

What an amazing morning we had when our Year 4 children took to the stage for their Rock Steady assembly!

The children joined in with singing and learning about different band instruments. Some children even got the opportunity to show everyone their skills at playing various musical…

Year 3 developed their shading skills to get tints of colours. They added white to primary colours, then added white to change the tone. Their tints will be very useful for their colour mixing skills to be used during next week’s painting . 
 

We all enjoyed taking part in a rock band today. We heard some wonderful music and learnt how the instruments work. It was great fun! I am sure we have some rockstars in the making🤩😂🤩

This week in RE, we learnt that God made each of us special and unique, and that we have a responsibility to look after ourselves. We discussed how eating healthy foods and practising self care are ways of respecting and caring for God’s creation.

We also learnt how to use a knife safely to cut…

Year 4 and 5 at the School Games 🏅

Yesterday, our Year 4 and 5 pupils were honoured to represent Copeland at the School Games in Carlisle.

They had a fantastic time alongside pupils from other schools and were inspired by hearing from successful sportspeople, including athletes who…

Year 3 and 4 enjoyed having a rugby coach from St. Benedict’s School to teach them some skills. Some children will be attending a school tournament later this term to represent St. Bridget’s. It was lovely to have the opportunity for everyone to experience the game.

Year 3 have been very busy developing their knowledge of 3-digit numbers to 1,000. They used base ten, place value counters, charts and part whole models to partition 3-digit numbers. As well as writing them in digits and words, they also understood the value of each digit using partitioning to…

Year 2 Science – Living Things!

This week in Science, Year 2 have been learning all about living things! We started by learning about MRS GREN, a fantastic way to help us remember the seven things that all living things do:

M – Movement
R – Respiration
S – Sensitivity
G – Growth
R –…