Rivers Field Trip
Year 4 went to Ennerdale to investigate their local river, the River Ehen. We started with a treasure hunt to find examples of living organisms in a river habitat, with a few challenges thrown in. We then behaved like topographers and used symbols to create our own technical drawing of a section…
Knitting
Ahead of our next Design and Technology unit, some of us have been practising our textiles skills. We are all looking forward to seeing the completed blanket.
Christmas Storytime and Draw-along Session
Today the children joined an online Christmas story time and draw-along with the author and illustrator Nick Sherratt and Pippa Goodhart. They shared their new book ‘You Choose Christmas’ with the children, taking them on an adventure through different Christmas scenes. Afterwards the children…
Nursery Maths: Numbers 1-5
This week in Nursery we have been practicing our numbers 1-5.
We waited patiently and took it in turns to roll the dice, recognise the number and pick the correct number of bears out of the pot. All of the children were able to recognise the numbers on the dice and count out the bears that they…
Library Visit Y5
Year 5 visited Egremont library yesterday. They returned books they had previously borrowed then browsed the shelves for something new to read. A lot of children chose Christmas books including cookery and craft ones. They learnt the importance of returning a book to the shelf with the spine…
S'mores at Forest School
Year 5 we’re glad of the campfire to keep warm around at Forest School today. They collected the wood and learnt how to build a fire. They then enjoyed toasting marshmallows to make S’mores!
The Zog trail at Whinlatter
In Reception we read the story of ‘Zog’ the dragon who wanted to win golden stars from his school for being the best at roaring, flying and breathing fire. We went on a trip to Whinlatter to find Zog in the forest. We found him in the trees and the magic golden stars we found gave us magic…
Year 3 asked: Why do we have muscles?
We have been learning all about a healthy lifestyle, food and exercise. We have studied the 3 main functions of our skeleton, to protect, support and help movement. We now know that we have 3 different types of muscle, they move in different ways and have different function. Some muscles move…
Y6 using proportion to create self-portraits
Year 6 have been learning how to draw self-portraits in their art and design topic of drawing. They learnt how to use their sketching pencils effectively to create cross-hatching to form the illusion of light and shade. They then considered the proportion of their facial features.
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Rivers Workshop pt2
This afternoon, we learned more about the river as a habitat and played a game using a key to help us guess the animal. We then examined what a river needs to be healthy and what causes it to be unhealthy; we became conservationists and rangers, discussing ways to solve problems. Finally, we used…
Rivers Workshop pt1
We have had a great morning using our knowledge and vocabulary about rivers in various activities and learned new facts. We built a river using objects in the classroom and labelled it, we used a map of our local area to find nearby rivers and other river environment features and we got to handle…
Theatre by the Lake
What a wonderful experience we all had today at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick! Year 4 went to watch the World Premiere production of ‘A Little Princess’, which is a new adaptation of the much-loved children’s classic ‘The Secret Garden’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We all had favourite parts e.g.…