Year 3 treat afternoon
Year 3 enjoyed hot chocolate, cream and marshmallows whilst watching a Christmas movie. The perfect end to their busy week. A well deserved treat after OFSTED visitors were blown away by the exemplary behaviour of all children and their hard working attitudes. Well done wonderful children.
Celebrating Diwali in Nursery
This week we have started to learn a little bit about Diwali. We have learnt that it is the Hindu festival of light.
We have been looking at Rangoli patterns. We noticed that they were often in a circular shape.
We had a go at creating our own Rangoli patterns using the shapes on our light…
Year 3 Anti-bullying week
We all looked great in our odd socks, discussed and learnt about different forms of bullying, including online bullying.
Year 3 Fabulous Fencing
Year 3 had a great time learning how to fence properly. They learnt new moves, defence and offence. They had so much fun!
Fencing workshop
Today Darren from Fit Fence visited school to give all classes an introduction to fencing in a fun and safe way. The Year 2 children learned the basic skills and techniques using foam swords and masks. They were taught the terminology used in fencing and were introduced to the concepts of…
Celebrating Bonfire night
Reception celebrated Bonfire night by learning about why we celebrate with fireworks on the 5th of November. We had a few small fireworks with Nursery and then Reception had some sparklers. We knew how to be safe after learning about firework and sparkler safety.
Halloween in Nursery
We have loved celebrating Halloween today in Nursery! We came to Nursery dressed in spooky Halloween clothes, we enjoyed playing party games like pass the parcel and musical bumps. We also decorated some ghost biscuits and made some spooky potions.
Spooktacular Year 3
Year 3 looked amazing on Spooky Dress Up Day!
Well done to all children and parents for helping them to look wonderful.
They enjoyed making their own pumpkin designs, colouring spooky pictures and watching a spooky film.
They also learnt about the history of Halloween and All Saint’s…
River Habitat Workshop
This afternoon Year 2 were visited by Mia from West Cumbria Rivers Trust who delivered a workshop on the river habitat. The children found out about the various animals that live in the River Ehen, River Keekle and Longlands Lake. The children used branching databases to play Who am I? The…
Whinlatter Habitats 2023
Year 4 visited Whinlatter Forest Park to explore two different types of habitats (mountain forest and pond habitats) to support their curriculum learning in science. We made lots of observations as we explored the areas. We also had time for some physical activities. A great day out learning about…
Autumn Term Year 4 Library Visit
Year 4 visited their local library today to exchange their library books. We even had time to listen to a story about how a rainbow bird was saved from extinction.
Reception pet encounters
Today we had a special visit from Pet encounters who brought some of their lovely animals to see us. There was Henry the Parrrot, a snake, a tarantula, Cheese the mouse and Romeo and Juliet the cockroaches. Lots of children were very brave and held or stroked the animals. What fab visitors to have…