Celebrating St. Bridget’s Day in Year 5
Today we celebrated the feast of our Patron St. Bridget by going to mass. We all sang a hymn dedicated to St.Bridget beautifully. Back in school we learnt all about St. Bridget’s life then wrote our own prayers to her.
Year 5 Forest School
Year 5 had a fun packed afternoon at Forest School today.They learnt how to make a fire, made a den and enjoyed making snow angels in the bark. Some children learnt how to hammer nails safely into a piece of wood then decorated them. They also had to work together as a team and heave a log from…
Year 3 Celebrate St. Bridget
Year 3 have been learning all about their Patron Saint Bridget. They attended church, learnt the St. Bridget hymn, listened to the story of St. Bridget’s cloak, did some fact finding and created their own storyboards, bookmarks and cloak pieces. A busy Bridget’s day.
Nursery Celebrate St Bridget’s Day
We baked and decorated biscuits to celebrate St Bridget’s Day. We used red icing inspired by our burgundy coloured uniform and added sprinkles too. We talked about who St Bridget was, that she is our patron saint, and that our school is named St Bridget’s, which is why we are celebrating St…
All aboard the Book Bus!
Year 1 had a magical time on the Book Bus. They were amazed how many books were inside. Claire the Librarian showed us around. We all chose a book to bring into class. We will enjoy sharing our books together. Year 1 definitely agree that Claire has an amazing job driving a Book Bus.
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Reception Class Learn about the Hindu Faith
Reception class welcomed Sarika and Deepak today. They came to help us learn about Hinduism. What is means to be a Hindu and about where in the world it originated. We were fascinated to learn about all the different parts to being a Hindu. Deepak showed us videos and pictures of temples and of…
Y1 Play Wheelchair Basketball
Year 1 had a fantastic time learning how to play Wheelchair Basketball. This was a fantastic experience for everyone. We quickly learnt the skills needed to manoeuvre the chairs and soon were playing tactically. A P.E. lesson to remember!
Year 1 Visit to Keswick Museum
We had so much fun on our wonderful trip to Keswick Museum. We enjoyed our fossil workshop, learning about fossils and the geology of Cumbria. We found out all about the continents millions of years ago and that once Cumbria was in the Southern Hemisphere and was covered in tropical rainforest.…
Rugby Coaching
Year 6 enjoyed a taster rugby coaching session this morning with local rugby coach, Mr Telford, from Egremont Rangers. They learnt some essential ball skills and attacking and defending techniques.
Nursery: ‘Tiddler’
Last week our Nursery children enjoyed reading the story ‘Tiddler’ by Julia Donaldson, as part of our ‘All about Julia’ topic.
They loved exploring the ‘Tiddler’ inspired messy tray, looking for the sea creatures from the story in the jelly.
Other children enjoyed creating some tangram…
Year 5 Hockey
Year 5 visited St. Benedict’s today to take part in a hockey session. They learnt how to hold the stick, how to dribble and stop the ball and how to attack and defend. They played mini games in small teams and all improved their teamwork skills. They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are…
Wheelchair Basket Ball Year 5
Year 5 had a great experience learning how to play wheelchair basket ball. They quickly learnt how to manoeuvre the wheelchairs and soon picked up clever tactics in order to score a goal.