--- title: "Blog Author: Mrs Smith" url: "https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/author/ssmith" school: "St Bridget's Catholic Primary School" --- # Blog Author: Mrs Smith [![Image of Year 5 Visit to Egremont Library ](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/0585D03F-49E4-405C-A901-BD3FF983C247.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-40-33-year-5-visit-to-egremont-library) 13 March 2023 #### [Year 5 Visit to Egremont Library ](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-40-33-year-5-visit-to-egremont-library) Year 5 visited Egremont Library today to choose a book. They read the blog to see if they were interested in the book and if they were they checked it out. They had some quiet time to enjoy reading their chosen book. [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-40-33-year-5-visit-to-egremont-library) [![Image of Year 5 Ball Skills](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/FEEF3F83-0DA3-4E73-9837-4B6985319547.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-39-34-year-5-ball-skills) 13 March 2023 #### [Year 5 Ball Skills](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-39-34-year-5-ball-skills) Year 5 enjoyed a warm up game of ‘Chain Tag’ in PE. They had to work together as a team to catch the whole class and make one long chain. This was followed by relay games where they practiced ball skills such as dribbling, changing direction and passing. [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-13-16-39-34-year-5-ball-skills) [![Image of World Maths Day in Year 1](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/CE5B9E50-C36B-4258-BF38-03B2D303DE0A.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-43-43-world-maths-day-in-year-1) 12 March 2023 #### [World Maths Day in Year 1](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-43-43-world-maths-day-in-year-1) As part of our number day fun today we made our own ‘Number Museum’. We worked in pairs and chose a number. Then we made our number in different ways. We practised writing it, drawing it and making it using cubes, ten frames, base 10 and Numicon. Next we displayed all the ways we made our… [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-43-43-world-maths-day-in-year-1) [![Image of Woodmatters 2023 pt2](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/A3ED9C83-62C2-4ECB-A7D1-F9A57132534D.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-42-48-woodmatters-2023-pt2) 12 March 2023 #### [Woodmatters 2023 pt2](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-42-48-woodmatters-2023-pt2) Year 4 learned about the runic alphabet and had to decipher the instructions written in runes to find out how to make ink in the same way as the Anglo-Saxons. They also learned how parchment was made then made their own quill which they used to write their own message using the runic alphabet. … [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-42-48-woodmatters-2023-pt2) [![Image of Woodmatters 2023 pt3](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/083929EE-926B-4935-8E1B-95961FDF92F9.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-40-12-woodmatters-2023-pt3) 12 March 2023 #### [Woodmatters 2023 pt3](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-40-12-woodmatters-2023-pt3) Year 4 learned about how coins were developed, used and made during the Anglo-Saxon and Viking times. They then designed and made their own coin. [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-40-12-woodmatters-2023-pt3) [![Image of Woodmatters 2023 pt4](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/1955A176-6353-40B9-A852-00E022B834D6.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-34-22-woodmatters-2023-pt4) 12 March 2023 #### [Woodmatters 2023 pt4](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-34-22-woodmatters-2023-pt4) Year 4 learned about how the weaving technique was used in different ways to create materials during medieval times. They then learned how to weave wool in the same way as our early ancestors. [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-34-22-woodmatters-2023-pt4) [![Image of World Maths Day in Nursery](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/0A0ED226-633B-45FE-B714-B954DCD1B7B7.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-33-18-world-maths-day-in-nursery) 12 March 2023 #### [World Maths Day in Nursery](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-33-18-world-maths-day-in-nursery) We celebrated world maths day with the help of the numberblocks. We practised our counting skills, counting the objects in the picture, we then used a peg to choose the correct numberblock for the amount. Our challenge was to try and build the numberblock too! [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-33-18-world-maths-day-in-nursery) [![Image of Planting Seeds in Nursery](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/C4DF107C-B881-49C3-A32C-5B6802DCE765.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-32-03-planting-seeds-in-nursery) 12 March 2023 #### [Planting Seeds in Nursery](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-32-03-planting-seeds-in-nursery) This week in Nursery, we have been planting seeds linked to our topic “How does your garden and it’s creatures grow” and our story “Jaspers Beanstalk”. We have learnt that a seed needs soil, water and sun to grow. We can’t wait to see how big our plants will grow! … [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-32-03-planting-seeds-in-nursery) [![Image of Hands on History](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/7860D78F-29BC-4ACB-A8AF-00D27D77067D.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-30-38-hands-on-history) 12 March 2023 #### [Hands on History](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-30-38-hands-on-history) Year 4 throughly enjoyed a day at Woodmatters learning about the Anglo-Saxon and Viking struggle for the kingdom of England. They re-enacted the entire period in history and battle formations using a range of artefacts. They had opportunities to use historical vocabulary and learn Norse words. … [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2023-03-12-17-30-38-hands-on-history) [![Image of Good News in Nursery](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0618(1).JPG)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-12-34-26-good-news-in-nursery) 27 September 2018 #### [Good News in Nursery](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-12-34-26-good-news-in-nursery) The children read the story of Noah's Arc from the Bible and we talked about good news. They then took home a butterfly template and brought it back into school with good news written on it. We shared this with the class. Some of the good news included helping at home, learning new skills and one… [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-12-34-26-good-news-in-nursery) [![Image of Gingerbread Men](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0632.JPG)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-11-53-31-gingerbread-men) 27 September 2018 #### [Gingerbread Men](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-11-53-31-gingerbread-men) Nursery read the story of The Gingerbread Man and then made their very own gingerbread men with a face and buttons. These ones didn't have a chance to run away as the children gobbled them all up! [Continue reading](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-09-27-11-53-31-gingerbread-men) [![Image of Girls’ Cricket](https://files.schudio.com/st-bridget-s-catholic-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/B81429AB-81CE-464F-84E8-7B550025B2A6.jpeg)](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-06-21-16-20-03-girls-cricket) 21 June 2018 #### [Girls’ Cricket](https://st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk/blog/2018-06-21-16-20-03-girls-cricket) The girls’ cricket team thoroughly enjoyed their matches against other local schools yesterday, winning 2 out of 3 games. 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