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23 May 2025

Year 5 Residential to Castlerigg Manor

Year 5 have had a truly wonderful time at Castlerigg Manor! During their stay, they made new friends from Our Lady’s and St. Patrick’s School and enjoyed a range of fun and engaging activities with the fantastic team—Beth, Lilly, James, and Grace. One of the highlights was a scenic walk to a…

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23 May 2025

Year 3 Shadows and Light

Year 3 have been learning about light. They had lots of fun measuring  their shadows at different times of the day to see how they changed. They discovered that their shadows were around 30cm shorter than their actual height. 
They also carried out an investigation to see whether the size of a…

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21 May 2025

Junior Bowling Competition 2025

Children from Y5 and Y6 took part in the Junior Bowls Competition at Egremont Bowling Club this afternoon. They had a fabulous time and came away as the overall winners! A huge well done.

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21 May 2025

Can you build with bread?

Year 1 were challenged to use bread as a building material.  They used icing sugar to create cement. They decided to toast the bread to make it more sturdy to build with. The children planned their designs before they began constructing them.  They worked together in small groups to create the…

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21 May 2025

Year 4 STEAM Workshop at West Lakes

Year 4 have had a fabulous morning at the STEAM workshops at West Lakes today! Meeting with a range of scientists, historians and engineers, the children tested the strength of different structures, engineered their own cranes and tested the balance of different Viking weapons. The children also…

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21 May 2025

Celebrating Friendship in Reception

Today Reception celebrated friendship. They created friendship rings to share with each other.  They found out that the shape of a circle is never ending like true friendship. Reception love being friends together. 
 

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21 May 2025

Nursery: Fine Motor Fun

Nursery have loved our Fine Motor Station tray this week. They have been stacking, threading, using tongs and weaving. They have loved wiggling their fingers, making them strong and having lots of fun.

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20 May 2025

Year 2 STEM Workshop 2025

Year 2 spent the morning at Westlakes Academy taking part in STEM workshops. They participated in workshops from Amentum, Hare, Balfour Beatty, Moorforge Viking and Sellafield. They found out about the role of project managers and engineers whilst working together as a team to create projects and…

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19 May 2025

Year Of Jubilee Art Winner

A huge congratulations to Hugo in Year 5, who has achieved third place overall in the Lancaster Diocesan Year of Jubilee Art Competition! The theme for 2025 is "Pilgrims of Hope," and Hugo's creativity truly stood out. As part of his prize, Hugo has been invited to spend an evening with Bishop…

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18 May 2025

Year 5 Mile 4 Miles

Well done to Year 5 for running a mile with Miles, the Great North Air Ambulance mascot, to raise money for such an important cause. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is a charity that provides critical care across the North East, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and the Isle of Man. Each…

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16 May 2025

Year 4 Printmaking With Tie Dye

In Art this half term we have been looking at Printmaking and Textiles. We have been learning about kente cloth and are creating a range of surfaces, combining colour, texture and pattern. We have also been exploring the symbolic significance of  colour. This week we have learned how to create our…

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16 May 2025

Miles in May for Danica

During May some Year 1 children are completing a Miles in May challenge. They are walking, cycling or scooting as much as they can to raise money for their class charity ‘Danica’s Dream Fund’. They are all getting lots of miles in and we are very proud of their commitment to fundraising. 
 

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