Blog Author: Mrs Newby

Walk to School Week 2026 

This week, our pupils took part in Walk to School Week 2026 and we have loved seeing so many children walking, scooting and cycling to school each day.

The children have enjoyed learning about the importance of staying active, keeping safe near roads and helping to…

Year 5 Residential Visit to Castlerigg Manor

Year 5 have had a wonderful time during their residential visit to Castlerigg Manor. Throughout the trip, the children took part in a range of workshops based on the theme “Let Your Light Shine.” These sessions encouraged the children to reflect on…

Year 5 are taking part in an enterprise project. Gary from Graham, who works with Bright Stars came into our school to tell us all about it. We have been given £50 to buy products and try to make something that we can sell to make a profit.

We came up with lots of good ideas and this week we…

Our Year 3 and 4 representatives had a fantastic time at the tri-golf tournament, taking part in a round robin of fun golf activities. The children developed their putting, chipping, and aiming skills while showing great focus and control.

They also demonstrated excellent teamwork and…

Today, Year 5 took part in their sponsored run to raise money for their class charity, the Coast Guard. The children showed fantastic determination and enthusiasm as they completed an amazing 20 laps of our school field!

We are incredibly proud of their effort, teamwork, and positive attitude…

Year 3 and 4 representatives had a great time at the School Games Quicksticks hockey tournament, competing against other schools. They won some games and lost others, but all of the children showed excellent sportsmanship throughout.

Today, KS2 had a visit from the search and rescue team, who spoke to us about the important work they do. We learned that they are all volunteers who give up their time to train and help find people who go missing.

They explained some of the ways they search for missing people, including using…

Today, our Year 5 girls took part in a rugby festival and had a really enjoyable day. They spent time practising key skills like passing, tagging, defending, and moving into space.

They then played a few games with other schools, where they worked hard and showed good effort in every match. It…

Year 3 and 4 representatives recently took part in an exciting kicky rounders tournament alongside other local schools. Kicky rounders is a fun variation of the traditional game, where players kick the ball instead of hitting it with a bat, making it fast-paced and accessible for everyone.

Our…

In RE, Year 5 have been learning about how the Holy Spirit came to the apostles, giving them courage to spread the word of God and the ability to speak in many languages during the festival of Pentecost.

They played a game of snap using images from the story. When they found a matching pair,…

Year 5 and 6 representatives had a fantastic time at the tri-golf tournament today. They took part in a round robin of activities, which involved practising a variety of golf skills such as putting, chipping, driving, aiming, and distance control. The pupils also worked on their swing technique…

This year, Year 5 has chosen the Coastguard as our class charity.

To help us understand all the wonderful work they do, we had a visit from a Coastguard rescue officer. They explained their important role and shared lots of interesting facts. We learned that there are 18 stations around the…