Y1 Whinlatter Workshop
Year 1 spent a wonderful sunny day at Whinlatter. They enjoyed a seasons workshop with Ruth. It was lots of fun exploring the forest for signs of Autumn. They enthusiastically looked for wildlife and signs of their habitats. Year 1 enjoyed their packed lunches with a stunning view before creating…
Year 5 Garden Work
Year 5 have had a busy morning working on our new garden. They have levelled out the area to be seeded with grass, put down the grass seeds and watered it. They have transported all the compost into the flower boxes and sorted and labelled the plants. They learnt the difference between top soil…
Rivers Workshop in Year 2 2024
Emma from West Cumbria Rivers Trust came into Year 2 to deliver a rivers workshop as part of their science unit of work. The children found out which animals and plants live in their local river and at Longlands Lake. They worked together to create a river habitat and used branching databases to…
Year 1 Library Visit
This afternoon Year One visited Egremont Library. We enjoyed finding out all about the library, sharing books, choosing a book to borrow and listening to some exciting stories read by Mrs Bond. We really enjoyed looking at all the wonderful books and are very excited to read our new books when we…
Musical Reception
Reception have been learning how to keep a rhythm in music by clapping our hands or tapping our knees. We learnt the song, ‘Pat a cake’ and some actions to match. We first did this on our own and then found a partner to do the actions with. The children really enjoyed the partner game where you…
Pupil led Prayer and Liturgy In Year 3
Ivy was leading Prayer and Liturgy in Year 3, she did a great job reading a new prayer with the rest of the class. Well done
Year 4 Still Life Artwork
In art this week, Year 4 have been creating their own Still Life artwork. We have selected our own objects and created our own arrangements. We have started with sketching and next, we will add colour using pastels before adding a colour wash.
Year 2 Learn to Skip
In Multiskills Year 2 have been working on performing different types of jumps. As part of this, they have been learning to skip with a skipping rope. They showed great determination to try and master this with some children succeeding. It was a jumping success!
Creating Great Waves in Year 2
In Art and Design Year 2 have been looking at the artwork of the artist and illustrator, Beth Krommes. They explored her artwork in the book ‘Swirl by Swirl’ by Joyce Sidman. The children recognised many different types of marks in her artwork. They used a mixture of these marks to create their…
Reception Visit Church
Reception class enjoyed visiting our parish church of St. Mary’s. They took part in a role play to explore the different parts of Baptism. They dressed the baby in a white baptismal gown and went through the stages of Baptism. Reception enjoyed their visit to church and finding out more about…
Egremont Castle 2024
As part of our history topic about our local area, Year 6 visited Egremont Castle. After our picninc lunch, we explored the area finding all aspects about the castle that we have been learning about in class e.g. motte and bailey, The Horn of Egremont.
Florence Mine 2024
As part of our local history topic, Year 6 walked to their local iron ore mine to learn more about the influence of mining in their locality. They noticed how ‘red’ parts of the area is and recalled the ‘red men of Cumbria’. During our visit, we saw and handled some real authentic objects from…