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8 February 2024

Year 1 Visit Egremont Library

Today Year 1 enjoyed visiting Egremont Library. We explored all the non-fiction and fiction sections. We also found out that some people visit the Library to use computers. We shared books together and then enjoyed a whole class story of ‘Slinky Malinki’ by Lynley Dodd. Tracey the Librarian made…

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2 February 2024

Number Day in Year 1

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Number Day to help raise money for the NSPCC.  We had great fun playing Snakes and Ladders with Year 6. We learnt to take turns and count the steps we rolled with the dice. We will definitely play more games together as it was such a success.
 

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1 February 2024

Celebrating St.Bridget’s Day

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating St. Bridget’s Day. We enjoyed going to Mass and then sharing the story of St. Bridget. We wrote about what makes St. Bridget special.  In the afternoon we made our own St. Bridget’s crosses using art straws, we used textiles to create a collage of St. Bridget’s cloak and…

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31 January 2024

All aboard the Book Bus!

Year 1 had a magical time on the Book Bus. They were amazed how many books were inside. Claire the Librarian showed us around.  We all chose a book to bring into class.  We will enjoy sharing our books together.  Year 1 definitely agree that Claire has an amazing job driving a Book Bus. 


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31 January 2024

Reception Class Learn about the Hindu Faith

Reception class welcomed Sarika and Deepak today. They came to help us learn about Hinduism. What is means to be a Hindu and about where in the world it originated. We were fascinated to learn about all the different parts to being a Hindu. Deepak showed us videos and pictures of temples and of…

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31 January 2024

Y1 Play Wheelchair Basketball

Year 1 had a fantastic time learning how to play Wheelchair Basketball. This was a fantastic experience for everyone. We quickly learnt the skills needed to manoeuvre the chairs and soon were playing tactically. A P.E. lesson to remember! 
 

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31 January 2024

Year 1 Visit to Keswick Museum

We had so much fun on our wonderful trip to Keswick Museum. We enjoyed our fossil workshop, learning about fossils and the geology of Cumbria. We found out all about the continents millions of years ago and that once Cumbria was in the Southern Hemisphere and was covered in tropical rainforest.…

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18 January 2024

Learning About Our Parish Family

Today Year 1 welcomed Mrs O’Neil into class. Mrs O’Neil is a cleaner in our school and is also an aunt of one of the children in the class.  In R.E. we are learning about who is in our parish family and the roles people play. Mrs O’Neil explained the difference between doing a paid job and job…

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12 January 2024

Super Structures in Year 1

Year 1 are exploring structures this term. We are working to answer ‘How can you stop a tower from toppling over?’  We are investigating what needs to be in place so that a structure can remain standing on its own. We created some freestanding structures using different materials to explore and…

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5 January 2024

Y1 Epiphany Crowns

Year 1 learnt about the Epiphany. They found out that this is also known as the Three Kings Day.  It is a Christian feast day which falls on the 6th January. It is a special day when people celebrate how a star led the Three Kings (Wise Men) to visit the baby Jesus after he had been born.  After…

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25 October 2023

Golden Ticket

Congratulations to Archie who found a ‘Golden Ticket’ when we visited Egremont Library. The ticket was hidden within a book as part of celebrations for Roald Dahl Day.  Archie was lucky that it was within his chosen book. The Library have sent Archie his prize of his own Road Dahl book to keep!…

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25 October 2023

Y1 History Interview

As part of our history work learning about ‘Shopping in the Past’ Mrs Stead came in to talk to Year 1.  Mr & Mrs Stead owned a shop on Egremont Mainstreet years ago, it sold newspapers, groceries and sweets. Mrs Stead explained that contactless was not invented when she had the shop, so customers…

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