Y4 cricket
Y4 enjoyed their first session of cricket with Chad today. They learnt how to react quickly to instructions, how to bowl and finished off with a fun game of Quick Cricket!
Y4 Firework Maker’s Daughter
Year 4 are reading the Firework marker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. In English they read a description of the Water Goddess then drafted their own descriptions. These were edited and upgraded adding similes to enhance the description then copied into their English books in their best…
Y4 maths games
As part of our maths day year 4 played some maths games. When they landed on a square they had to work out the calculation. The winner was the first to finish and answer all the questions correctly. They then went on to design and play their own maths games!
Phunky Fit
Year 3 and 4 enjoyed making healthy pizzas in Phunky Fit after school club. They used tortilla wraps for the base with a tomato or barbecue sauce topped with a choice of fresh vegetables and cheese!
Y5/6 Indoor Athletics
Y5/6 enjoyed taking part in Indoor Athletics today. They did a range of events including javelin, long jump, triple jump, vertical jump and chest push as well as a variety of running events! Well done for excellent team spirit!
School Council meeting
Our School Council met to discuss how we can make our school healthier. After discussions in all the classes lots of great ideas were put forward. Some of these included creating a ‘Fruit Tuck Shop’ for the juniors to encourage us to eat more fruit, guest runners to motivate us with our Mile-a-Day…
Y4 Mini Water Cycles
Y4 made mini water cycles to help them understand how ‘The Water Cycle’ works. They planted cress seeds in compost in a plastic cup with a small amount of water added then covered the cup with cling film. After a while, the water from the compost evaporated into water vapour. This rose up and…
Y4 Squash
Y4 enjoyed learning lots of new skills in their squash lesson at the Falcon Club. They learnt the importance of warming up, how to hold the racquet correctly, how to hit the ball and finished with some exercises to improve balance.
Y3/4 Football
Y3/4 enjoyed learning new football skills and playing matches at football club today.⚽️⚽️⚽️
Y4 hockey
In PE we have been learning hockey skills with Dan. We learnt how to hold the stick with two hands, to dribble, shoot and defend. We finished the lesson with a game to practise all these skills. We all played fairly and showed good sportsmanship.
Y4 fractions
Year 4 have been learning about equivalent fractions. They cut the cakes into halves, quarters and eighths and discovered how many quarters and eighths were equal to a half. After a while they worked out that if the numerator is half of the denominator then it will be equivalent to a half. They…
Y4 Competition runner up
Y4 entered a competition to design a picture for a new van at Cumbria River’s Trust. We had a runner up in our class and he received a Book Token in the post today! Well done!