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Y6 spent the afternoon learning about future career choices and ways to work as a team at our Aspiration Event. They used Lego and were set a variety of challenges to help prepare them for scenarios when they’re older in the world of work. 
 

Year 1 have enjoyed a fantastic trip to Egremont Library to celebrate World Book Day.  We enjoyed sharing stories and choosing a book to take home.  At the end of our session we shared a class story of ‘The Gruffalo’.  We enjoyed exploring the story sack that contained all the characters from ‘The…

As part of their Science topic on Living Things and their Habitats, Year 2 went to Whinlatter Forest Park to take part in a Habitats workshop. They learned about the trees and animals that live in the forest then went exploring to see what they could find. There was much excitement when they…

After introducing our pizza shop in Nursery the children then made their own pizzas. We made the pizza base from scratch and then added tomato purée and cheese. The best bit was eating them. They tasted delicious! 
 

Year 2 had their first cricket session today. They learned how to bowl over arm and tried to hit the wicket with the ball. A great first effort was made by all the children. They can’t wait for their next session so they can learn even more about cricket.

Nursery celebrated pancake day yesterday by making and eating some pancakes. Some of our children had a turn at flipping the pancakes too in the frying pan. We had the choice of syrup, chocolate sauce or jam to go on them. Yum yum!

Y5 visited the library today to chose some exciting new books. They were able to say why they chose their book and enjoyed some quiet time reading them back in class.

Today we celebrated Shrove Tuesday by making pancakes and writing a recipe to describe how we made them. We learnt the key features of an instructional text and enjoyed choosing our preferred toppings. Yummy!

Twelve children from Year 2 took part in the Key Steps gymnastics competition at St Gregory’s and St Patrick’s School in Whitehaven. Four children achieved the advanced level and eight children achieved the intermediate level. We are very proud of them all!

Wasdale Mountain Rescue team visited our school this morning to tell us all bout how they save people in trouble on mountains. They showed us all the equipment they used and amazed us with their stories of rescue operations. 

Year 5 had a great week learning how to stay safe on the road on their bikes during Bikeability.

As part of our topic on Earth and Space we designed and made our own Moon Buggies! We looked at features on real moon buggies and tried to include them in our own designs. As you can see we made some fantastic vehicles.