Walk To School Week 2022
It was great to see so many children walking to and from school this week and collecting Street Tags along the way!
Year 5 Library Visit
Year 5 enjoyed their visit to the library yesterday. They read the blog on the back of the books to help them make a decision about which book to choose. They had some time to enjoy reading their book then learnt how to check it out themselves on the computer.
Year 3/4 Football Tournament
Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic afternoon at a football tournament at St. Benedict’s School today. They enjoyed practising all the skills they have been learning in PE with our football coach.⚽️⚽️⚽️
Year 5 Cricket
Year 5 have had a fantastic morning learning how to throw, catch and hit the ball with our cricket coach Matthew Semphill. They were all keen to practice their new skills in a game of cricket!
Year 5 St. Patrick’s Day
Year 5 enjoyed celebrating their class saint’s day on Thursday. They learnt all about the life of St. Patrick, how St. Patrick’s day is celebrated and had a special visit from Mrs. Smith who shared all her Irish heritage with us.
Year 5 Strudda Farm Visit
As part of our British Science Week work, Year 5 visited Strudda Farm to learn about growth. They found out about the importance of the growth of wheat, corn and barley in order to produce a lot of the foods they love to eat. They were delighted to pet new born lambs and chicks and were thrilled…
Biomes in Year 5
Year 5 designed and made biome dioramas. We have been studying the world’s biomes and we used our knowledge to create them.
Year 5 Science Experiment
Year 5 have been learning about friction. We discussed when friction is helpful and unhelpful especially in certain sports like skiing. We carried out an experiment with jelly cubes, chopsticks and oil. We picked up the jelly cubes with the chopsticks, without oil on them first and then with oil…
Year 5 Science Week
Year 5 have been learning about what STEM stands for and jobs that involve using these subjects. We were very lucky to receive an Innovabox from some nuclear graduates who created this activity box to promote an awareness of STEM in schools. One of the activities was to challenge us to create a…
Year 5 World Book Day 2022
Year 5 have had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day. We learnt all about the importance of reading and how to choose a book we will enjoy. We finished the day by sharing books with children in Year 2.
Year 5 Earth and Space
Year 5 have been learning all about space and earth. They have researched information about planets in our solar system and designed their own planets. Today Jeremy Hunt, a local astronomer, came to school to give a talk all about the stars. The children all leant lots of new facts and Matthew was…
Year 5 Cyclewise
Year 5 have had a fantastic week doing Cyclewise. They have learnt lots of new skills including how to turn in and out of junctions safely. They have had lots of fun cycling around Egremont putting these skills into practice.