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6 November 2019

Y5 Sunflowers

Y5 have worked hard to create their own versions of Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. We have some budding young artists!

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5 November 2019

Year 4 develop watercolour and oil pastel skills

Year 4 learnt new techniques to create different effects with their paint brush. They used watercolours to create a landscape which showed a variety of painting techniques. They also explored how to blend and apply oil pastel for best effect on their bonfire

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4 November 2019

Gymnastics Year 3

Year 3 have been practising their rolls and now know how to do cartwheels! We are so good at gymnastics!

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1 November 2019

Visit to Whitehaven Fire Station

What a perfect end to our topic on the Great Fire of London! Year 2 had the pleasure of visiting Whitehaven Fire Station today. The staff were amazing and demonstrated how quickly the fire would have spread in 1666. The children learned about fire fighting today and what equipment is like compared…

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1 November 2019

International Artists Day Y4

As part of Intenational Artists Day, Y4 compared two well-known artists. We then chose a style we liked and had a go at creating our own versions. Can you guess which two artists we looked at? 

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30 October 2019

Year 3 had a spooktacular day!

Year 3 enjoyed a fun filled day with lots of activities. They looked amazing in their scary costumes. An excellent effort from children and parents to make them look so goulish. We plan to write instructions for one of our activities: pumpkin

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30 October 2019

Halloween P.E.

Year 2 had a Halloween themed multiskills session for P.E. Today. They pretended to be ghosts, vampires, zombies and skeletons while trying to steal treasure from the haunted house and playing evading games. A spooky time was had by all!

 

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29 October 2019

Year 4 Squash

Year 4 enjoyed their very first Squash coaching session this morning. They developed their balancing skills and learnt what strong arms you need. 

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23 October 2019

Outdoor in all weathers!

Nursery learn outside in our outdoor provision in all weathers. They love to put waterproofs and wellies on and go and jump in the puddles. Fun in the rain!

 

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18 October 2019

Autumn activities in Nursery

Some of our Autumn activities in Nursery this week included our fine motor activity of putting elastic bands around mini pumpkins and making Autumn shapes with natural materials. The children have loved using real life materials and we can’t wait for our winter…

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18 October 2019

Y1 Castles D&T

Year One have enjoyed a productive day creating their own castles.  Some of us may have more paint on ourselves than on the castles but we did have fun! The children designed their own to make sure they included key features such as ramparts, towers and of course a portcullis.  They are still…

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18 October 2019

Y5 science

Year 5 carried out an investigation to see if they could separate a mixture of sand, salt and water. They discovered that filtering the mixture separated the sand and evaporation separated the salt and water.

 

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