Prayer and Liturgy in Year 5
A group of year 5 children planned and organised Prayer and Liturgy. As it is November when we celebrate the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls the focus was remembering those we have loved and lost. The children read from the bible and listened to some quiet music in order to give them time to…
Year 5 Gardening
Year 5 have had a great morning laying turf in our Garden of Peace.
KS2 Friendship Disco
KS2 had an amazing time at the Friendship Disco tonight! They loved dancing with their friends and enjoyed having a snack, drink and chat together.
Odd Sock Day to Support Anti-Bullying
Today we wore odd socks to show that it’s ok to be different and to stand up against bullying and discrimination. We also learnt how online bullying can be different to bullying in the physical world but both have mental and emotional impact on a persons health.
Year 5 XC Fitness Challenge 2023
Today Year 5 attended a XC fitness challenge at St. Benedict’s school. They ran a 2km course and we’re all timed. An average time will be taken from this. In June we will return and run the course again aiming to improve our average time. All the children did incredibly well in the muddy…
Remembrance Day in Year 5 2024
Today we observed two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the two world wars and other conflicts.
Year 5 Make Flat Bread and Smorrebrod
In D&T year 5 have been learning about food and nutrition. They learnt about different types of bread that are eaten around the world and made their own unleavened flat bread which they enjoyed eating with garlic butter.
They also learnt that in Denmark they eat a type of bread called rye bread…
Year 5 Visit the Library Van
Year 5 visited the Library Van yesterday to choose some books for our class library. They all enjoyed browsing through the selection of books on offer and reading the blurb to see if was interesting. We now have a fresh set of books for the children to read in class.
Year 5 Visit Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Year 5 visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at the Beacon today. They felt very privileged to view these amazing images of nature captured on camera. The Beacon is the only museum outside of the Natural History museum that is displaying these photos so it was a wonderful…
Play Leaders Training
Today our School Games Officer came into school to train us how to be Play Leaders. We learnt what leadership qualities are and played some games to see if we could demonstrate these. We then worked together in small groups to devise a game we could play with younger children. We all came up with…
Ten Pin Bowling Competition
This week, a group of Year 5 and 6 students participated in a Ten Pin Bowling competition at Hollywood Bowl in Carlisle. They all had an amazing time, and we are thrilled to announce that one of our teams came 1st place! Also a huge congratulations to Ryker for achieving an impressive 113 points,…
Recycling Week 2024
During Recycling Week 2024, a warning was issued highlighting that households are wasting an astonishing 1 billion items each year that could be recycled. To promote greater recycling efforts, our Laudato Si group organised a recycling poster competition. We received an amazing response from the…