Y1 Learning about Baptism
Year 1 Visited St. Mary’s Church to learn about Baptism with Father Peter. To help the children’s understanding of the different parts involved they role played a Baptism. We learnt that Baptism is an invitation to belong to the family of the church. The children learnt about the words and…
Ghost Launchers STEAM Challenge
Year 6 took part in a STEAM ( Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics) challenge. Their goal was to create a catapult to launch marshmallow ghosts as far as possible. They worked in teams to create plans considering: the materials they had available, how they would know the catapult was…
African Drums
Year 1 took part in an African Drumming workshop today with master drummer Zozo. The children explored authentic African music and stories. They were encouraged to use teamwork, expression and improvisation. In addition to this, they explored rhythms and had a whole lot of fun. Drumming and rhythm…
St. Bridget’s Running Sisters
We are very proud of Maisie (Y2) and Mollie (Y1) who travelled to Newcastle to take part in the Mini Great North Run. What a fantastic achievement for the running sisters. As a Platinum mark awarded school P.E. Is a vital part of every school day. The children are taught the benefits of physical…
Year 1’s First School Election
Today Year 1 took part in their first school election. The candidates spoke to the class to explain why they would make a good school councillor. The children were helped by Year 6 to cast their votes. We eagerly await the results.
Y1 History Walk in Egremont
In history year 1 are studying how shopping has changed in our community. Today we went to investigate the different varieties of shop in Egremont. Next we will compare today’s shops with the shops Egremont had in the past. We talked about which shops we felt are newer and which ones may have…
Signs of Autumn in our Local Area
Year 1 visited Egremont Castle to explore signs of autumn in our local area. We loved being autumn explorers and found lots of evidence that autumn has arrived. It was exciting to find conkers and identifying the leaves from different trees. We are going to keep looking out for any signs of…
Y1 Marvellous Mathematicians
In maths we have been learning to use comparison signs. We made our own less than, greater than and equal to signs. We used cubes to represent our numbers and pencils to help us find the correct comparison sign. We love to make our maths with equipment before we draw or write them down. It really…
Science Museum Show
Year 6 were delighted to attend the Science Museum show today at Lakes College, Lillyhall. We enjoyed taking part in the ‘Feel the Force’ show. The Science Museum from London travelled to Cumbria to give the pupils this fantastic opportunity. Matthew was picked out to be a volunteer and assist…
Y1 Jubilee Jubilations
Year 1 enjoyed a fantastic day dressed in red, white and blue celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We enjoyed a snack time treat of an ice cream and a wonderful lunch street party with the rest of the school. We enjoyed listening to patriotic songs whilst we ate our special Jubilee lunch.
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Meerkat Mail
Year 1 loved meeting the Meerkats from Pet Encounters. In English we have been reading Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett. Being able to get up to close to the Meerkats helped Year 1 develop their understanding about the animals. In English we have explored writing in character as Sunny the Meerkat.…
KS1 Construction Club
Construction Club meet on Thursdays 3-4pm. Each week we have a new challenge to design and make. We can choose to work in partners, teams or individually. We enjoy modifying our designs to improve them. We all have lots of fun. If you enjoy being creative come along.
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