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A huge congratulations to our netball team who took part in a tournament at West Lakes Academy. They worked together as a team taking on board all the coaching skills they had learnt from our netball coach Mrs Parr and came 1st place overall scoring 41 goals! We are very proud of them!

Reception had a fun day on our trip to Walby Farm park. We played on the indoor wooden castle, firing balls out of canons and sliding down slides, played in the indoor ball pit, go karting, sledging and even trampolining. We also got to see some animals on our tractor ride and in the barn. What a…

Year 2 had a wonderful, sunny, action packed day out for their end of year Summer trip at Walby Farm Park. The day began with a tractor ride around the fields before exploring various play areas and seeing the animals in the animal barn. The children thoroughly earned their lunch and some of them…

Reception have been recapping on all our Maths learning from this year. One area we have particularly focused on this term is number bonds to 10. The children created their own number bonds using cards, including using the add and equals sign. Great Mathematicians in Reception!
 

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What a fabulous day we all had! Year 6 were treated to a day out at St Bees today. We have investigated rock pools, clambered over rocks, splashed in the sea, played on the apparatus and walked up St Bees Head. We enjoyed a picnic and an ice cream from Hartley’s . Most of all, we enjoyed spending…

Our Nursery 1 children loved their trip on ‘The Ratty’ today!
We loved singing songs on the bus ride to The Ratty. We watched out the train windows for different animals on the way. Once there, we enjoyed a picnic lunch before playing on the play park and returning on the train. 

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Today two Sellafield apprentices came in to tell us all about their jobs. We learnt about what happens at Sellafield and how STEM subjects are important in their roles. We got to ask them lots of questions and enjoyed playing a matching game about  alpha, beta and gamma radiation. Well done to the…

Some of our younger Nursery children enjoyed a visit to the book bus yesterday afternoon. 
They listened to a lovely story before choosing some books to bring back to Nursery and share with everyone.

Year 4 enjoyed spending time in Y5 today with their new teachers. They learnt all about the routines and expectations of Y 5. They also visited the Book Bus and all picked a book to put in our class library.

Our Nursery children enjoyed a ‘move up day’ into Reception. We read some stories, made pirate hats and drew self portraits and explored the provision. We had lots of fun getting to know Mrs Palmer, Mrs Bear and Mrs Leslie. 
 

Reception had a fantastic morning in Year 1. They enjoyed meeting Mrs Bond, Mrs Robson and Mrs Benn. They had a great time exploring the classroom and getting to know their new teachers. 
 

This year, Year 5 have been learning how to play the ukulele. Throughout the year they have learnt how to play a total of 5 chords which is great progress for an academic year. Using these chords they were able to play songs from Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons and Bill Withers at their end of year…