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15 May 2026

Year One Rainbow Wraps

This term in D&T Year One have been learning about healthy food and nutrition. As part of our topic, Year One had a wonderful time making colourful rainbow wraps! We learned about how eating different coloured fruits and vegetables helps keep our bodies healthy by giving us different nutrients.…

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15 May 2026

Decorating Flags with the Good News of Jesus

This week in RE, Reception have been learning that the early Christian community lived out the Good News of Jesus. We listened to stories about how the apostles shared the Good News of Jesus with others and spread His message of love and kindness. The children then decorated their own flags with…

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15 May 2026

Enterprise Challenge Year 5

Year 5 are taking part in an enterprise project. Gary from Bright Stars came into our school to tell us all about it. We have been given £50 to buy products and try to make something that we can sell to make a profit.

We came up with lots of good ideas and this week we started making some of…

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14 May 2026

Nursery fun on the KS1 yard

Nursery have been having some fun this week on the KS1 yard, they played with hula hoops, balancing cups and scoops and balls. 
 

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14 May 2026

Zentangle Patterns

As part of their writing lessons on instructional texts, Year 3 have been using adverbs to improve instructions on creating zentangle patterns. They used the instructions to help Year 2 and themselves to create their own zentangle patterns. How wonderful their finished patterns were!
 

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14 May 2026

SATs Week 2026

Congratulations, Year 6!

Today marks the end of SATs week, and we want to say a huge well done to all of our Year 6 pupils!

We are all immensely proud of every single one of you. Over the past weeks and months, you have worked incredibly hard and shown outstanding commitment,…

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12 May 2026

Ball Skills with Year 2 May 2026

This half term, Year 2 have been working on using their ball skills to attack and defend in games. Today, they were developing their ability to dribble by bouncing a ball and travelling while doing so. They worked on doing this slowly then with more speed before using what they had learnt to play…

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12 May 2026

Year 4 Planting at The Castle

Our pupils were delighted to work alongside The Friends of Egremont Castle to plant a beautiful flower bed on the castle grounds filled with pollinator-friendly flowers. Together, we carefully planted a variety of colourful blooms that will attract bees, butterflies, and other important wildlife…

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8 May 2026

Let’s get messy in Nursery

Lots of messy activities and experiences this week in Nursery from washing cars with sponges and shaving foam, cleaning our shed and making mud pies. Our Nursery children love to get messy and tell us all about what they are doing or making. 
 

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8 May 2026

Nature Pictures

This term in Reception our topic is Growth. We have been learning all about nature, plants and insects and exploring the world around us. Today, the children created beautiful nature-inspired pictures to enter the Young Artists Nature Explorers competition, where every child will receive a prize…

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8 May 2026

Year 3 Descriptive Writing

Year 3 enjoyed writing a third person narrative this week. It was very descriptive using metaphors, similes and expanded noun phrases. Their descriptions were all about a predator who failed to catch its prey and went home hungry. Descriptosaurus were useful when finding powerful vocabulary. Great…

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8 May 2026

Year 4 Journey To Ancient Egypt

Our class stepped back in time on an exciting trip to Ancient Egypt, where pupils explored the different roles people played in Egyptian society. Using their oracy and debating skills, the children took on the roles of farmers, scribes, soldiers, priests and craftsmen, before presenting persuasive…

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