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30 January 2026

St. Bridget’s Day Craft Year 5

Today we remembered the life of St Bridget in honour of our school name and her feast day. To celebrate her kindness and generosity, we made bookmarks to give to our peers in Year 5 at Our Lady’s and St Patrick’s School. This was our way of showing kindness to others, just as St Bridget showed…

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30 January 2026

X-country Finals

We are incredibly proud of our children who qualified for the Cross Country Finals at Sedbergh, representing the county. Competing in extremely muddy and challenging conditions, they showed remarkable determination and resilience. Despite the tough course, none of them gave up, fighting all the…

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16 January 2026

Year 5 Printing

Year 5 have been learning about reduction printing. First, they carved a pattern into a polystyrene tile. Then they printed with it. After that, they carved more of the pattern away and printed again. This process is called reduction printing because the tile gets smaller each time.

Their…

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17 December 2025

Year 5 Christmas Dinner 2025

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed a delicious traditional Christmas dinner today, expertly prepared by our talented kitchen staff.

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5 December 2025

Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 Challenge

Supporting Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 Challenge

We are incredibly proud of the hard work, kindness and enthusiasm our children have shown while supporting Kevin Sinfield on his inspirational 7 in 7 ultra-marathon challenge.

As Kevin passed through Egremont, the children gathered to cheer him…

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5 December 2025

Year 5 Research on Greece

Year 5 are writing stories set in another culture. Their chosen culture is Greece, as we have been learning about Ancient Greece in History. To help them with this, the children have been researching different aspects of Greek culture. They explored the weather, climate, environment, language,…

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28 November 2025

Ukulele in Year 5

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…

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21 November 2025

XC Challenge Year 5

Year 5 braved the weather and showed remarkable resilience at our XC challenge at St. Benedict’s this week. Everyone completed 2 laps of the course in the fastest time they could. We will go back in July next year and complete the same course to see how much they have improved. We have already…

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19 November 2025

Year 5 Science Experiment

Year 5 carried out a science experiment to separate a mixture made of raisins, sugar, and flour. They discussed the best methods to separate each material based on its properties.

First, they hand-picked the raisins. The raisins were much larger and darker than the other ingredients, so they…

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12 November 2025

Key Stage 2 Cross Country Event 2025

Congratulations to all the children from Year 5 who represented the school at a cross country event at Whitehaven School. They showed great perseverance and resilience, in very wet conditions, to complete the cross country course. They are all shining examples to their peers and demonstrate the…

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24 October 2025

Halloween with Year 5 2025

Year 5 came to school dressed up in spooky outfits to celebrate Halloween. They spent part of the day taking part in fun Halloween activities. A spooky time was had by all.

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24 October 2025

Year 5 Swimming Week October 2026

Year 5 have spent the week visiting Copeland Pool for swimming lessons. All of the children grew in confidence and stamina, while improving their swimming skills. Lots of fun was had by all. Congratulations to Eliza, Oliver and Callan who were awarded swimmers of the week.

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