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This week Nursery have had fun in the provision with dinosaurs. They made dinosaur masks, role played with dinosaurs and did some dinosaur painting. There were lots of dinosaurs roaming around Nursery! We finished the week by baking dinosaur footprints.
 

Year 1 had a great day celebrating St. Andrew as it will be his feast day on Sunday 30th November. St. Andrew is Year One’s Saint. They found out about his life and why he was special. Year 1 created Scottish flags, made their own shortbread biscuits and even enjoyed some ceilidh dancing. 
 

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Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a wonderful performance of The Wizard of Oz at Keswick Theatre by the Lake.

Year 3 have been putting together a sequence of moves, balances and jumps. They have been practising different skills each week. We really do have some very talented gymnasts. We ended our session with a “Plank Off”, a massive well done to everyone who held on for as long as they could and…

Reception had a fantastic school trip to Whinlatter Forest, where we explored the Stick Man Trail, collecting our own sticks along the way to make our very own Stick Men. Despite the rain, the children did absolutely brilliantly and kept smiling throughout the whole adventure. We enjoyed our…

Year 5 had so much fun in their ukulele lesson today!
They played the Human Bar game, which involved working out the notes in each bar and representing them with arm signs. The children then played along to several songs using the notes they’ve learned so far.

We were all very impressed with…

Year 2 won the whole school attendance race in the Autumn first half term. They chose to have a movie and popcorn afternoon as their treat. Today they got their reward. They thoroughly enjoyed watching the film ‘Migration.’ They are working hard to try and win the race again this half term for…

Year One enjoyed a fantastic trip to the magic show. It was full of lots of exciting magic tricks and lots of laughs. Iylah was even chosen to be the magician’s assistant for one trick and did an amazing job spinning plates. We all had so much fun. 
 

Nursery have been learning the rhyme, ‘Miss Polly had a dolly’. They then role played as doctors in the tuff tray, looking after the babies. They put on masks and plasters and made sure the babies were better with medicine. 
 

Nursery have been having some car wash fun this week. They have been washing cars, trucks and trains with sponges and toothbrushes and lots of bubbles. There was lots of opportunities for the children to talk about their own cars at home and how they were washing them. The children were even…

Year 2 are using the story ‘PenguinSmall’ by Mick Inkpen as inspiration for their dance. Today the children looked at the beginning of the story and thought carefully about how they could use facial expression and their bodies to portray the feelings of sadness and being frightened. They used…

Reception have been learning about the Advent Wreath. They found out that ‘Advent’ means getting ready for Christmas and that the Advent Wreath is used in church to to count down to Christmas by lighting the candles. They found out about the different coloured candles used and their meaning.…