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All of the children have been working so hard to create their Stone Age Homes. Having studied Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic homes at school; children and parents helped to create some breathtaking houses over 3 weeks for homework. A huge success and fun to do too!

In our music lessons we have been listening to various songs and different styles of music. We have been learning about the tempo and dynamics of the songs and appraising the sounds we hear. This week we loved listening to the music of the Carpenters and after appraising their work we designed new…

Members of our newly elected School Council were delighted to hand over school’s very generous harvest donations to Andrew from Egremont Food Bank today. Every item will go to support the most vulnerable in our local community and is a charity which we’re very proud to…

The Nursery children have been reading traditional stories. They have then been making story props such as puppets and masks to use to retell the stories. 
 

Y6 have been refining their throwing and catching skills and consolidating their knowledge of how to play invasion games through weekly dodgeball sessions each Friday in the hall. Excellent teamwork and sportsmanship have developed. 

This week we have listened to and retold our own version of Traction Man.  We loved the descriptions of the ‘evil pillows’ and the ‘poisonous dish cloth.’  We have made superheroes out of 2D shapes and weighed and measured pictures of superheroes.  We have learning through play outside using every…

For Mental Health Awareness Day Y5 learnt all about positive thinking. We made booklets to help us have a positive outlook on situations that arise. 
 

Y6 have been using their art skills to create posters celebrating how amazing they all are!

Today we further explored the concept of identity. We discussed the importance of feeling proud of ourselves and loving ourselves for who we are. We then extended this to the concept of ‘diversity’, what it means and how we feel about it. Finally, we talked about the importance of our thoughts and…

Y6 tackled some tricky conversations surrounding mental health and well-being in their PHSE sessions this week. They discussed the importance of keeping their minds as healthy as their bodies. On Friday they created posters using paint or oil pastels to show off why they are “amazing” and admitted…

Today Year 2 reflected on what mental health is and ways they can look after themselves using mindfulness. They also thought about why they are amazing. Each and every child were able to talk about what makes them amazing and were able to say why they think their classmates are amazing too. They…

We used Numicon to explore making number bonds that make 10.  We had lots of fun exploring using Numicon and using it to check our answers.  Great work.