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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…

In their multiskills, lesson Year 2 have been working on improving their jumping skills. They used the tuck jump to jump in and out hoops as well as challenging themselves to see how high they could jump over a rope and how far they could jump from a line using the long jump. Lots of enthusiasm…

Reception created some Good News streamers. They enjoyed dancing to the Good News song using them. They found out that Jesus has called each of us to share the Good News with others. Reception talked together about how they can spread the Good News with love, kindness, sharing and forgiveness.…

Year 3 started their topic on the Romans today. They saw the remains of a real Roman Fort in Maryport and deepened their knowledge through activities. 
 

Our School Council organised a toy sale to raise money for our school. What a success it was! A huge array of different toys and books were on offer. It was also a chance for children to learn the concepts of shopping, buying and how to manage their own money.

Year 5 conducted an investigation to see whether they could make the same-sized piece of plasticine both float and sink. They discovered that making it float was much more challenging. Through their experiments, they found that the best shape for floating was a flat one with a larger surface area.…

Year 2 are learning how to measure lengths and heights in centimetres and metres. Today they spent some time outdoors and in class measuring different lengths and heights to see if they were longer or shorter than a metre. They had great fun and were even surprised by some of their findings.

Thank you for sending in money and donations for the toy sale. Much appreciated and enjoyed. 
 

Reception Class have enjoyed planting their own sunflower seeds today. We talked about what our seeds will need to germinate and survive. We can’t wait to see the first green shoots!