Blog Author: Miss McKendrey

This term, Year 1 are working on improving their ball skills. In today’s PE lesson, the children worked on practising their rolling of a ball. When they were able to send the ball accurately to their teammates, they extended the distance over which they wear sending the ball. The children showed…

This week, Year 1 voted in the school council elections for who would represent their class this year. They all went in to the hall and casted their votes in the polling station. Six children stood in total and the votes were very close. Henry and Alina won the vote and are looking forward to…

What a fantastic start to Year 1! Our Year 1 class have enjoyed exploring the new areas of continuous provision in their classroom. It has been wonderful to see their curiosity, enthusiasm and confidence as they discover new opportunities for learning and play. They have made such a positive start…

Year 2 went to Walby Farm Park for their end of year trip along with Reception and Year 1. The sun was shining and everyone was smiling as they explored the animal barn and various play areas. All the children were treated to a tractor ride around some of the fields where they saw some deer and…

The Reception children had lots of fun during their time in Year 1 today. The morning started with a story about moving classes and the feelings associated with this. They also looked at photos of some of the activities that they can look forward to in the year ahead. Afterwards, the children…

The Year 2 children thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon at Whitehaven Academy. They took part in many different sporting activities including, basketball, football, bowling, golf and hoopla to name a few. Their final activity was the parachute, where they had to stop the ball from rolling or…

The Year 2 children are working on improving their running, jumping and throwing skills in P.E. this half term. In today’s lesson, they had great fun seeing how far they could throw a beanbag, throwing beanbags at a target, sprinting between cones, jumping from a stationary position and walking…

Year 2 spent World Ocean Day learning about its importance and the role they can play in protecting the World’s oceans. Each child created their own mini ocean landscape from paper and had great fun filling it with their favourite ocean creatures and plants.

In Science, Year 2 have started learning about plants. This week, they have been finding out about what germination is and how seeds germinate. They had the opportunity to plant sunflower seeds for themselves as well as planning an experiment to see which conditions are best for growing plants.…

In RE, Year 2 made story fans to help them retell the story of the Good Samaritan to the children in Year 1. What a wonderful way to share God’s message!

Year 2 attended a STEAM event, delivered by the Centre for Leadership Performance, at Westlakes Academy. They took part in workshops from Arco, Sellafield, React Engineering, Amentum, Nuclear Waste Services,  BAE and Balfour Beatty. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about all the jobs they…

As part of their writing lessons on instructional texts, Year 3 have been using adverbs to improve instructions on creating zentangle patterns. They used the instructions to help Year 2 and themselves to create their own zentangle patterns. How wonderful their finished patterns were!