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5 October 2019

Y6 Library Visit

Year 6 spent a morning at the library on Friday. They chose some lovely books to book out and enjoy reading at home and also enjoyed listening to a chapter of their current class novel: Street Child. 

 

 

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5 October 2019

School Council Meeting 4/10/19

Our newly elected school Council met for the first time this year. Ventures discussed were: healthy tuck-shop ideas and possible fundraising events. Thank you to Matty and Lola for recording the minutes. 

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4 October 2019

Year 1 Carlisle Castle

Year 1 have had a fantastic trip to Carlisle Castle.  We enjoyed seeing all the features we have learnt about in our History topic in real life.  We also loved learning some gruesome facts!  We learnt about who lived in Castles and the clothes they wore.  Year 1 behaved excellently and this was…

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4 October 2019

Y6 Aspiration Session

Y6 enjoyed a morning with representatives from the Cumbria Primary Business partnership who came in to deliver a series of workshops about different jobs and career paths available in Cumbria. 

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4 October 2019

Nursery making gingerbread men and ladies

Nursery have been reading the story of the gingerbread man and acting it out with puppets. We then made our own gingerbread men and ladies and decorated them after they had been baked in the oven. This time though they had no time to run away as they were eaten by the children! Yum!

 

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4 October 2019

Nursery’s first PE session

Nursery had their first PE session this week. We played the ‘runner bean’ game. Then we moved to different musical instruments. The children really enjoyed it and can’t wait until next week!

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3 October 2019

Investigating properties of rocks

Today, we learnt lots of new vocabulary to describe rocks such as: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, permeable, durable and density. We used this vocabulary to describe our rocks and their properties. 

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3 October 2019

Year4 Prayer and Liturgy

Today’s Prayer and Liturgy was about how we can follow in Jesus’ footsteps by helping others. 

 

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2 October 2019

Strudda farm trip - Reception

Reception had a fantastic morning at Strudda farm with Farmer Kev! They learned lots about local farm life and animals. They were able to meet some animals, ride on the tailor, dig for potatoes and lots more. 

 

 

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1 October 2019

Windermere trip, the final chapter!

We worked so efficiently through our workshops so we even had time for making our own Stone Age rope, using rushes! We had a great day and learnt so much!

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1 October 2019

Stone Age to Iron Age @ Windermere Part 2

After a treasure hunt for evidence of hunter gatherers, in the woods, we enjoyed our lunch. Following that, we made copper imprints and used natural pigments to create a cave painting

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1 October 2019

Year 3 learn about The Stone Age to Iron Age @ Windermere - Part 1

Today we were keen for a hands on, fun filled day of learning about Stone Age to Iron Age. Firstly, we made a timeline, then we created our own axes made from slate and willow. We then investigated the skills used in hunter gathering. We learnt so much from POO. What animals eat? How big the…

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