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On Thursday Year 3 looked fantastic in red, white and blue. They all enjoyed a lovely outdoor picnic lunch followed by plenty of fresh air, making spitfires and colouring in. A great day to mark all of those who fought and died in WW11.

Reception have been learning how to thread and sew using a needle and thread. This has been great practise for their fine motor skills and they have been able to sew the first letter of them. 
 

Year 5 have had a busy and meaningful day celebrating VE day. We made cards which were given out to members of our local community to help mark the occasion. We were fortunate to attend a VE Day service at Egremont Castle, where we paused to give thanks for peace and prayed for peace across the…

Year 6 dressed in red, white and blue today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. They enjoyed eating a picnic lunch outside with the whole school whilst listening to some music from the 1940s. 

Year 2 have spent the day finding out what VE Day is and why we remember it. Along with Year 1 they were visited by one of the parishioners who is a member of the British Legion. She spoke to them about VE Day and the role of the British Legion with veterans. She showed the children photos of how…

What a wonderful day we’ve all had - marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Reception Class thoroughly enjoyed their street party picnic lunch complete with music from the war era. The children have also designed their own bunting and created their own soldier from poppies. 
 

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To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, year 4 have had a fantastic day learning, celebrating and remembering. We enjoyed a street party style picnic, waved our flags and listened to war time music. We then learned about what happened on the 8th May 1945. Then, using Winston Churchill’s…

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating VE Day. In the morning they received a visit from Sandra Edwards. Sandra explained about her role in the British Legion and the good work of this charity.  Year 1 were particularly excited to hear how she was one of 76 women and 76 men to be awarded Maundy…

Thank you to everyone who donated clothes for the Great North Air Ambulance, which is Class 5's chosen charity. The donations were collected on Tuesday, and we all enjoyed helping to carry them out to the van. 

Continuing our Electricity topic, today we learned about different electrical components in a simple series circuit. In teams of 3, we independently planned out what components we would need to power a circuit. We then built our circuits and used switches to turn the bulbs on and off. We showed…

Year 2 have been learning about how the Holy Spirit came to the disciples at Pentecost. They spent some time listening to poetry about it then celebrated it by learning the song 'Song for Joy'. They thoroughly enjoyed showing joy in different ways. What a wonderful time they…

Our topic this half term is called ‘From Another Planet’. Continuing with that theme this week in Nursery, we have been creating flags to take to the moon, once we build a rocket to get there. We enjoyed using the paint in the Creative Area to decorate our flags. Some children even used the paint…