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Reception supported Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 marathon challenge by creating a big class poster decorated with all our handprints and proudly hanging it outside the school. We were so excited to be part of something so important. Later, when Kevin ran past our playground, we waved and cheered as he…

Supporting Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 Challenge

We are incredibly proud of the hard work, kindness and enthusiasm our children have shown while supporting Kevin Sinfield on his inspirational 7 in 7 ultra-marathon challenge.

As Kevin passed through Egremont, the children gathered to cheer him…

Year 5 are writing stories set in another culture. Their chosen culture is Greece, as we have been learning about Ancient Greece in History. To help them with this, the children have been researching different aspects of Greek culture. They explored the weather, climate, environment, language,…

This week in Year 4, our scientists had a fantastic time exploring one of the key changes of state: melting. To make the learning hands-on and meaningful, we carried out a simple but exciting experiment using something very familiar… butter!

The aim of the lesson was to help children understand…

Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon at the Carnegie Theatre watching the pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They were fortunate enough to have the whole theatre to themselves. Everyone enthusiastically chanted, booed and cheered and were truly full of the Christmas spirit by the end…

Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon at the Carnegie Theatre watching the pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They were fortunate enough to have the whole theatre to themselves. Everyone enthusiastically chanted, booed and cheered and were truly full of the Christmas spirit by the end…

This week Nursery have had fun in the provision with dinosaurs. They made dinosaur masks, role played with dinosaurs and did some dinosaur painting. There were lots of dinosaurs roaming around Nursery! We finished the week by baking dinosaur footprints.
 

Year 1 had a great day celebrating St. Andrew as it will be his feast day on Sunday 30th November. St. Andrew is Year One’s Saint. They found out about his life and why he was special. Year 1 created Scottish flags, made their own shortbread biscuits and even enjoyed some ceilidh dancing. 
 

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Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a wonderful performance of The Wizard of Oz at Keswick Theatre by the Lake.

Year 3 have been putting together a sequence of moves, balances and jumps. They have been practising different skills each week. We really do have some very talented gymnasts. We ended our session with a “Plank Off”, a massive well done to everyone who held on for as long as they could and…

Reception had a fantastic school trip to Whinlatter Forest, where we explored the Stick Man Trail, collecting our own sticks along the way to make our very own Stick Men. Despite the rain, the children did absolutely brilliantly and kept smiling throughout the whole adventure. We enjoyed our…

Year 5 had so much fun in their ukulele lesson today!
They played the Human Bar game, which involved working out the notes in each bar and representing them with arm signs. The children then played along to several songs using the notes they’ve learned so far.

We were all very impressed with…